March is still Small Press Month! Want to see what other publishers are doing to celebrate now? Check out the Events calendar at smallpressmonth.org.

Prufrock Press was featured in the March 1st edition of Publishers Weekly as one of the nation's fast-growing small publishers. The recognition comes on the heels of 21% sales growth for the company from 2007-2009. Publishers Weekly's Small Publisher Standouts list highlights independent presses in the United States who were exemplary in terms of growth in sales, number of new titles released, and number of employees.

Learning ZoneXpress was just awarded 7 Telly Awards:
Smart Nutrition - Silver
Easy Being Green - Silver
Child Development Theorists - Bronze
Nutrition Controversies - Bronze
Fast Food Nutrition - Bronze
Interior Design Project: Furniture Styles - Bronze
The Montessori Method - Bronze

KidPub Press was recently named a Top 100 Startup for 2009 by Startup Nation. KidPub Press specializes in publishing books written by children ages 8 to 15 and was chosen on the basis of their business model, market, and early success.

Leslie Korenko let us know that her title, Kelleys Island-The courageous (The Wine Press) has won 2nd place in the  Reader Views-2009 Literary Awards in the History & Science Category.

Great Potential Press, Inc. announced that their President, Dr. James Webb, has just received a prestigious award for his work. The California Association for the Gifted (CAG) announced that Dr. Webb is being honored with its Ruth A. Martinson Past Presidents Award for 2009. The award was presented to Dr. Webb at the association's annual conference at the Sacramento Convention Center on March 6th, 2010.

IBPA member Dr. Prakash L. Dheeriya (Finance4Kidz.com) generated some fantastic local articles in Palos Verdes, CA about his company and his 20-volume series of children's books titled Finance For Kidz.

Rosann Levy, author of It's Never Too Late To Dance, A Memoir (The Roart Group, LLC) was recently featured in an issue of the Norwalk Beat Magazine, a publication dedicated to the food, arts, culture and color of Norwalk, Ct.