Monday, January 18, 2010

Self-published book bags 2009 Reader's Favorite Award

Bill Poje, author of the self-published title Painless bagged the first prize for the fiction thriller category in the 2009 Reader's Favorite Book Reviews and Awards Contest.

With more than a thousand authors from all over the US who joined the event, this self-published book grabbed the highly coveted gold award alongside other winners in different categories.

Founded by Debra Gaynor, Reader's Favorite aims to provide qulaity books to readers as well as help authors gain more publicity and recognition through credible book reviews and a Book Contest.

Reader's Favorite believes that book awards have a huge impact on influencing booksellers and buyers alike. Through their honest book reviews, authors are pointed out issues and given suggestions for areas of their book that need improvement.

Winners of the Reader's Favorite awards were announced on January 15, 2010.

Painless is a story of a man named Augustus 'Aug' Valentine who seems to have everything going in his personal and professional life until he is faced with a riddle of deceit and the portent of death.


Bill Poje holds a Bachelors degree in Accounting/Business Administration from Aquinas College and an MBA in Finance and Operations from the Owen Graduate School of Management in Vanderbilt. He became the financial controller for the largest exporter in the Bahamas, after which he moved back to the US to write books.

He is currently working on the sequel to Painless as well as essays, short stories and poetry.

PUBLISH YOUR STORY.
THE NEXT AWARD-WINNING BOOK COULD BE YOURS.

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