Four titles from Oceanview Publishing have been named award-winners in the National Indie Excellence 2007 Book Awards. Sponsored by PubInsider magazine, the awards celebrate excellence in
independent publishing.
South Beach Shakedown by Don Bruns took top honors in the mystery/suspense/thiller category of the National Indie Excellence 2007 Book Awards. A third-in-a-series novel featuring rock and
roll journalist Mick Sever, South Beach Shakedown (1-933515-02-3, $24.95 ) also won top honors in the mystery/suspense category of the Best Books 2006 Awards, sponsored by USA Book News,
was named a finalist in the mystery/suspense category of the ForeWord Book of the Year Awards, and was named one of three finalists in the mystery/suspense category of the Benjamin
Franklin Awards.
The Perfect Assassin by Ward Larsen was named an award-winning finalist in the mystery/suspense/thriller category of the National Indie Excellence 2007 Book Awards. The Perfect Assassin
(1-933515-01-5, $22.95), a gripping tale of espionage and intrigue, was also awarded the Silver Medal in the Florida Book of the Year Awards, named as a finalist in the mystery/suspense
category in both the Best Books 2006 Awards, sponsored by USA Book News, and the ForeWord Book of the Year Awards.
Death Angel by Martha Powers was named an award-winning finalist in the mystery/suspense/thriller category of the National Indie Excellence 2007 Book Awards. Hailed as a
don'st-start-this-one-late-at-night read, Death Angel (1-933515-03-1, $24.95) was selected as a BookSense Pick and also named a finalist in the mystery/suspense category of both the Best
Books 2006 Awards, sponsored by USA Book News, and the ForeWord Book of the Year Awards. Thorndike has purchased large print rights for Death Angel, and Doubleday Book Club has purchased
book club rights for Death Angel.
Trash Talk by Bob Gussin was named an award-winning finalist in the humor category of the National Indie Excellence 2007 Book Awards. A hilarious tale of what happens when disparate
worlds collide, Trash Talk (ISBN: 1-933515-04-X,$14.95) was also named a finalist in the humor category of the Best Books 2006 Awards, sponsored by USA Book News. In addition, Publishers
Weekly highlighted Trash Talk as one of the sports books of the season in the October 2, 2006 issue.
Susan Greger, Publisher at Oceanview, stated, When we founded Oceanview in 2005, we endeavored to create a tradition of excellence in independent publishing and it is a tremendous honor
to have four of our titles chosen for the Indie Excellence Awards. We extend warm congratulations to Don Bruns, Ward Larsen, Martha Powers, and Bob Gussin, and to all of the other winners
and finalists.
Oceanview Publishing (www.oceanviewpub.com) is an independent publisher based in Massachusetts. The complete Oceanview catalog includes: Shadow
of Death by Patricia Gussin, The Perfect Assassin by Ward Larsen, South Beach Shakedown by Don Bruns, Death Angel by Martha Powers, Trash Talk by Bob Gussin, Ladykiller by Lawrence Light
and Meredith Anthony, as well as the forthcoming The Castro Gene (May 15) by international bestselling author Todd Buchholz, Stuff to Die For (September 1) by Don Bruns, A Grave Breach
(October 1) by James Macomber, Egrets to the Flames (November 1) by Barbara Anton, and Twisted Justice (December 1) as well as a trade paper edition of Shadow of Death (December 1) both
by Patricia Gussin. Members of the news media wishing to request review copies, interviews or additional information are kindly asked to contact Maryglenn McCombs by phone - (615)
297-9875, or by email - maryglenn @ maryglenn.com