2014 Global Ebook Award Winners

masthead_2013_hm_pg

Note: In some categories more than one ebook is listed as the winner due to the number of entrants and the sum of their scores from the judges.

“Best Of” Categories

Best Ebook Cover

  • Gold: My Enemy, My Friend, Jack Nidel
  • Silver: Adventures with Ragweed, Linda Lou Crosby
  • Bronze: Battlefields of Gray, Erik Fourie
  • Honorable Mention: Manage it Right!, Carlos Zorea

Best Ebook Trailer

  • Gold: The Sinister Kin, Michael Dadich
  • Silver: Attract Your Ideal Weight: 8 Secrets of People Who Loose Weight and Keep it Off, Zaheen Nanji
  • Bronze: Buried Threads, Kaylin McFarren
  • Honorable Mention: I Imagine, Nicola Lansdell

Best Illustration in Adult Fiction

  • Gold: Adventures with Ragweed, Linda Lou Crosby
  • Bronze: Moa, Sydney Shiu

Best Illustration in Children’s Fiction

  • Gold: Hippoporange, The Importance of Being Orange, Tania O
  • Silver: The Princes Fables, Marc Clark and Eric Hosford – Illustrator
  • Bronze: The Enchanted Grandfather’s Clock, Charlotte Jones

Best Multimedia in an Ebook (Audio/Video/Internet/App/iPad)

  • Gold: SHERLOCK: Interactive Adventure, A.C.Doyle and D.Semenov – HAAB Entertainment
  • Silver: Through the Eyes of the Horse: Finding Common Ground, Carlos Tabernaberri with Marty Schiel
  • Bronze: I Imagine, Nicola Lansdell
  • Honorable Mention: Figure It Out! Making Smart Decisions in a Dumbed-Down, Robert Wendover

Best Website Design (Listing 1 or More Ebooks)

  • Bronze: Let’s End Our Literacy Crisis – http://LearnToReadNow.org, Bob C. Cleckler

 

Specialty Categories

 

Christian Children’s Picture Book

  • Bronze: The Enchanted Grandfather’s Clock, Charlotte Jones

Christian Ebook

  • Gold: ROAN: The Tales of Conor Archer, Vol. I, Eric R. Barr
  • Silver: Shadows of Truth, Angie Robinson
  • Bronze: Perfect Love Casts Out All Fear, Victor Torres
  • Honorable Mention: The Enchanted Grandfather’s Clock, Charlotte Jones

Poetry

  • Gold: Paper Bones, Sherry Rentschler
  • Silver: The Rhyme and Rhythm of Childhood, Joyce Story
  • Bronze: High Romance: A Book of Poetry, Robert Rocco Cottone

 

Fiction Categories

 

Children’s Literature Fiction

  • Gold: Ayshus on the Inside, Richard Gist
  • Silver: Boris the Donkey, George Siegal
  • Bronze: The Princess Fables, Marc Clark and Eric Hosford – Illustrator
  • Honorable Mention: Hippoporange, The Importance of Being Orange, Tania O

Children’s Picture Books Fiction

  • Gold: Lyra to the Rescue, Lara Nance and Karen Webb
  • Silver: Manner-Man, Sherrill S. Cannon
  • Bronze: The Emperor’s New Clothes, Carl Sommer
  • Honorable Mention: Bluebear, Robert Lewis

Fantasy/Alternate History

  • Gold: The Gray Ship, Russell F. Moran
  • Silver: After the Blackout, Paul Anthony
  • Bronze: Magistrate of the Dark Land, Gregory Urbach
  • Honorable Mention: Custer at the Alamo, Gregory Urbach

Fantasy/Contemporary

  • Gold: Ravensblood, Shawna Reppert
  • Gold: Knight of Flame, Scott Eder
  • Gold: The Keepers of Eire, Jordan Bernal
  • Silver: Secrets and Lies (Cassie Scot #2), Christine Amsden
  • Silver: Mind Games (Cassie Scot #3), Christine Amsden
  • Bronze: Divided against Yourselves, Bill Hiatt
  • Honorable Mention: Unexpected Superhero, Kitty Bucholtz

Fantasy/Historical Setting

  • Gold: The Tragedy of Fidel Castro, Joao Cerqueira

Fantasy/Other World

  • Gold: Ancient Guardians The Legacy of the Key (Ancient Guardians Series: Book 1), S.L. Morgan
  • Gold: The Silver Sphere, Michael Dadich
  • Silver: The Cellar Beneath the Cellar, Lee Duigon
  • Bronze: Albishadewe, “Great White One”, Laraine Anne Barker
  • Honorable Mention: Joshua of Gaia: The Lost Elderzamia, M.G.Russell

Gay/Lesbian/LGBT Fiction

  • Gold: Ice, Lyn Gardner
  • Silver: Give Me A Reason, Lyn Gardner
  • Bronze: Holy Roller Disco, James Daniel

Historical Literature Fiction – Ancient (set before 500 AD)

  • Gold: The Maya Papyrus, Richard Coady
  • Silver: The Highest Destiny, Dolores A McCabe

Historical Literature Fiction – Contemporary (set 1940-NOW)

  • Gold: Once upon a Mulberry Field, C. L. Hoang
  • Silver: Surviving 26th Street, Carol June Stover
  • Bronze: Presidential Intentions, Douglas J. Wood
  • Honorable Mention: Farewell My Country, A.J. Harris

Historical Literature Fiction – Medieval (set 500-1500 AD)

  • Gold: The Year of the Horsetails, R. F. Tapsell
  • Silver: The Towers of Tuscany, Carol M. Cram

Historical Literature Fiction – Modern (set 1500-1940 AD)

  • Gold: Flanagan and the Crown of Mexico, John Reisinger
  • Silver: Master of Illusion – Book One, Anne Rouen
  • Bronze: The Bitter Trade, Piers Alexander
  • Honorable Mention: Lantern in the Mist, Liliana Shelbrook

Horror Fiction

  • Gold: Four Course Devil, Mario Carrasco Teja
  • Silver: Abyssal Sanctuary: Remnants of the Damned, Gavin Hetherington
  • Bronze: Bloom: Or, The Unwritten Memoir of Tennyson Middlebrook, Martin Kee

Humor/Comedy Fiction

  • Gold: An Animal Life: The Beginning, Howard Krum

Inspirational/Visionary Fiction

  • Gold: Speaking from the Heart, Ed Weyhing
  • Silver: The Rockin’ Chair, Steven Manchester
  • Bronze: Rebecoming, JR Maxon
  • Honorable Mention: Reason’s Fifth Dawning, The End of ReligionAlan Jeskin

Juvenile Fiction

  • Gold: Young Knights of the Round Table: The King’s Ransom, Cheryl Carpinello
  • Silver: New Jack Rabbit City: Starring the Chicago Hares, Gail Galvan and Mike Evanouski
  • Bronze: Night Buddies, Impostors, and One Far-Out Flying Machine, Sands Hetherington
  • Honorable Mention: Lucid, Natalie Roers

Multicultural Literature Fiction

  • Gold: The Girl From France, Laurent Boulanger
  • Silver: The Conjurer and Other Azorean Tales, Darrell Kastin
  • Bronze: Scattered Links, Michelle Weidenbenner
  • Honorable Mention: If I Never Went Home, Ingrid Persaud

Mystery Fiction

  • Gold: Death and the Blind Tiger, John Reisinger
  • Silver: Long Shadows, Grace DeLuca
  • Bronze: No Accident, Dan Webb
  • Honorable Mention: Murder Times Two, Maxine Neely Davenport

New Adult Fiction

  • Gold: Buried Threads, Kaylin McFarren
  • Silver: That Crazy Little Thing, Kate Bracy
  • Bronze: The Father, Brett Williams
  • Honorable Mention: Everything She Knows, Mike Miner

Paranormal

  • Gold: Strength of Spirit, Amanda Faith
  • Silver: Chains of Prophecy, Jason P. Crawford
  • Bronze: reGUARDing GRACE, Karen A. Leppert
  • Honorable Mention: Soul Seer, Carol Stucki

Popular Literature Fiction

  • Gold: That Crazy Little Thing, Kate Bracy
  • Silver: Looking for Redfeather, Linda Collison
  • Bronze: Surviving 26th Street, Carol June Stover
  • Honorable Mention: Just Going, Jianna Higgins

Religion/Faith Fiction

  • Bronze: ROAN: The Tales of Conor Archer, Vol. I, Eric R. Barr

Romance/Erotica Fiction – Contemporary

  • Gold: The Taste of a Woman, Rigel Madsong
  • Silver: The Journey, Marina Martindale
  • Bronze: Of Art and Air, Michele Venne
  • Honorable Mention: The Silk Romance, Helena Fairfax

Romance Fiction – Historical

  • Gold: The Lion’s Embrace, Marie Laval
  • Silver: Boaz’s Wager, Ruth Ann Nordin
  • Bronze: Francesca of Lost Nation, Lucinda Sue Crosby
  • Honorable Mention: My Enemy, My Friend, Jack Nadel

Science Fiction

  • Gold: Reckoning, Vincent M. Wales
  • Silver: Ghosts of San Francisco (Tales of Eclipse), Mord McGhee
  • Bronze: Encounter One – Static, C. R. Swainward
  • Honorable Mention: The Two Towers, Jamie A. Waters

Short Stories/Essays Fiction

  • Gold: Parallel to Paradise, Laura Newman
  • Silver: The Conjurer and Other Azorean Tales, Darrell Kastin
  • Bronze: Tales of the Sonoran Desert, Joyce Story
  • Honorable Mention: Black People Can’t Be Republican And Other Hot Button Topics In the African American Community, James W. Lewis

Spiritual/Metaphysical Fiction

  • Gold: Nephilim Awakening: Enkindu, Henry R. Yarghn Jr.
  • Silver: Rebecoming, JR Maxon
  • Bronze: Moa (Moa Series, Book 1), Tricia Stewart Shiu

Steampunk Fiction

  • Gold: Philomena Sparks and The Curse of the Big Ben, M. C. Olmo

Suspense Fiction

  • Gold: Battlefields of Gray, Erik Fourie
  • Silver: Fast Escape, Bonnie Vause, Ed. D.
  • Bronze: Beautiful Evil Winter, Kelly K. Lavender
  • Honorable Mention: Mommy’s Missing, Kay C Burns

Thriller Fiction

  • Gold: RED ASSCHER ~ Living in Fear, P. C. Chinick
  • Silver: Blatant Deception, Mary Jo Fay
  • Bronze: Tequila Assassin: Malinalli Way, Greg Prosmushkin
  • Honorable Mention: Buried Threads, Kaylin McFarren

Travel/Essay Fiction

  • Bronze: Getting to Lamma, Jan Alexander

Western Fiction

  • Silver: Deadman’s Lament, Linell Jeppsen
  • Bronze: Lantern in the Mist, Liliana Shelbrook

Young Adult Fiction

  • Gold: The Journeys of a Different Necromancer, James Crofoot
  • Silver: The Silver Sphere, Michael Dadich
  • Bronze: The Shaman’s Calling, Jack Bessie
  • Honorable Mention: Divided against Yourselves, Bill Hiatt

 

Non-Fiction Categories

 

Aging

  • Gold: Ageless!, Judith Horky
  • Silver: Life Expectancy: It’s Never Too Late to Change Your Game, William Keiper
  • Bronze: Singing in the Rain: Weathering the Storm of Dementia with Humor, Love, & Patience, Vicky Ruppert and Ann Henderberg

Animals/Pets Non-Fiction

  • Gold: Toby the Pet Therapy Dog Says Be a Buddy Not a Bully, Charmaine Hammond
  • Silver: Tale of a Lost Dog Found, Michelle Barrett and Karen Magnus
  • Bronze: Through the Eyes of the Horse: Finding Common Ground, Carlos Tabernaberri with Marty Schiel

Anthology Non-Fiction

  • Gold: The Refractive Thinker: Vol II: 3rd ed: Effective Research Methods & Designs for Doctoral Scholars, Managing editor: Dr. Cheryl Lentz (many authors: Anthology)
  • Silver: Seasons of Our Lives: Autumn, Matilda Butler

Autobiography/Memoirs Non-Fiction

  • Gold: The Longest Trail, Roni McFadden
  • Silver: Digging: Lifting the Memorable from Within the Unthinkable, Susan M. Rostan
  • Bronze: Dear Mom and Dad, Love from Vietnam, Joseph E. Abodeely
  • Honorable Mention: My Father’s Keep, Ed Abell

Biography Non-Fiction

  • Gold: Wonder Man-A Memoir of a Craftsman Who Is Recognized As an Artist, Hannah K

Business Non-Fiction

  • Gold: HR’s Seat at the Table: How to Lead the Conversations and Deliver the Talent That Drives Strategic Results, Jack H. Cage, PhD, and Laura E. Larson
  • Silver: Storytelling – The Indispensable Art of Entrepreneurism, Rudy A. Mazzacchi
  • Bronze: Revolutionary Conversations, Mark H. Fowler
  • Honorable Mention: Effective Business Communication, Scribendi, Inc.

Careers/Employment Non-Fiction

  • Gold: The Lens of Leadership, Cory Bouck
  • Bronze: Manage it Right!, Carlos Zorea

Classical Studies/Philosophy Non-Fiction

  • Gold: A Free-Range Human in a Caged World, Roger Gilbertson

Communications Non-Fiction

  • Gold: Revolutionary Conversations, Mark H. Fowler

Cookbooks Non-Fiction

  • Silver: Smart Cooking for Busy People: How to Make Healthy and Tasty Full Meals in 30 Minutes, Alexandra Beck
  • Bronze: Vegetarian Health Recipes, Dr. Patricia Bragg N.D., Ph.D. and Dr. Paul C. Bragg N.D., Ph.D.

Crafts/Hobby Non-Fiction

  • Gold: How To: Organize Your Photo Library in 7 Easy Steps, Peter Gailey

Current Events/Politics/Foreign Affairs Non-Fiction

  • Gold: Under the Influence: The Town That Listened to its Kids, Patty Jo Sawvel
  • Silver: The Rainbow Bridge: Bridge to Inner Peace and to World Peace, Brent N. Hunter
  • Bronze: Amazon for President!, William Keiper

Death/Dying (Thanatology) Non-Fiction

  • Gold: The Last Violet: Mourning My Mother, Moving Beyond Regret, Lois Hjelmstad

Diet/Nutrition Non-Fiction

  • Gold: Nutritional Grail: Ancestral Wisdom, Breakthrough Science, and the Dawning Nutritional Renaissance, Christopher James Clark
  • Silver: New Over 50, Marguerite Fair
  • Bronze: Attract Your Ideal Weight: 8 Secrets of People Who Lose Weight and Keep it Off, Zaheen Nanji

Education Non-Fiction

  • Gold: Through the Eyes of the Horse: Finding Common Ground, Carlos Tabernaberri with Marty Schiel
  • Silver: Under the Influence: The Town That Listened to its Kids, Patty Jo Sawvel
  • Bronze: Workflow Mastery: Building from the Basics, Kourosh Dini
  • Honorable Mention: Let’s End Our Literacy Crisis, Second Revision, Bob C. Cleckler

Entertainment and Performing Arts (Music/Dance/Film) Non-Fiction

  • Gold: The Fans’ Love Story Encore, Sue Tabashnik

Environment/Green Non-Fiction

  • Gold: The Sacred Path of Eco-consciousness: Healing our Culture of Discontent, Alice Iida
  • Silver: Our Rocky Road, Paul Greenberg

Finance/Investment/Wealth Non-Fiction

  • Gold: Retire Secure!: For Same-Sex Couples, James Lange

Gay/Lesbian/LGBT Non-Fiction

  • Gold: Retire Secure!: For Same-Sex Couples, James Lange

Genealogy/Heritage/Ancestry Non-Fiction

  • Gold: When Clans Collide: The Germination of Adam’s Family Tree through Surname, Life Experience, and DNA, Wayne Rudolph Davidson

Gift Specialty

  • Gold: The Rainbow Bridge: Bridge to Inner Peace and to World Peace, Brent N. Hunter

Health, Fitness and Beauty Non-Fiction

  • Gold: Conquer your Stress with Mind/Body Techniques, Kathy Gruver, PhD
  • Silver: Is Your Chair Killing You?, Kent Burden
  • Bronze: Healing and Growing with Reiki: Exploring Reiki I, II and III (Reiki Master), Margaret Cheasebro
  • Honorable Mention: Attract Your Ideal Weight: 8 Secrets of People Who Lose Weight and Keep it Off, Strong, and Calm, Zaheen Nanji

History Non-Fiction

  • Gold: Dear Mom and Dad, Love from Vietnam, Joseph E. Abodeely

Inspirational/Visionary Non-Fiction

  • Gold: Touch the Sky: Find Your Voice, Speak Your Truth, Make Your Mark, Eleni Kelakos
  • Silver: Homeless Hero: Understanding the Soul of Home, Mike Tapscott
  • Bronze: The Rainbow Bridge: Bridge to Inner Peace and to World Peace, Brent N. Hunter
  • Honorable Mention: Fine Black Lines: Reflections on Facing Cancer, Fear and Loneliness, Lois Hjelmstad

Leadership Non-Fiction

  • Gold: The Lens of Leadership, Cory Bouck
  • Silver: The Seven Things Your Team Needs to Hear You Say, David M. Dye
  • Bronze: Tams On The Edge, Shawn Stratton
  • Honorable Mention: Under the Influence: The Town That Listened to its Kids, Fear and Loneliness, Patty Jo Sawvel

Medicine/Healthcare Non-Fiction

  • Gold: Fibromyalgia and Other Chronic Painful Conditions, Jeffrey B. Loomer, M.D.
  • Silver: Fearless Medicine:   Helping Children and Adults Overcome Fear in a Medical Setting, Robert Luka
  • Bronze: Miracle of Fasting, Dr. Patricia Bragg N.D., Ph.D. and Dr. Paul C. Bragg N.D., Ph.D.

Military Non-Fiction

  • Gold: Dear Mom and Dad, Love from Vietnam, Joseph E. Abodeely
  • Silver: Private Svoboda, Steven R. Roberts

New Age Non-Fiction

  • Gold: Tiny Thoughts for Personal Transformation, Karl Schmidt

Parenting/Family Non-Fiction

  • Gold: Solving the College Admissions Puzzle, Debbie Merion
  • Silver: Raise the Child You’ve Got Not the One You Want, Nancy Rose
  • Bronze:The Mommy Code: A New Mom’s Guide to Surviving Parenthood, Keri M. White
  • Honorable Mention: Everything Changed When I Said ‘I Do’ – Preparing for and Living as a God-First Stepfamily, Dori M. Pulse

Psychology/Mental Health Non-Fiction

  • Gold: The Bullies’ Predatory Footprint, Terri Ryan

Reference Non-Fiction

  • Silver: How to Write an Essay in Five Easy Steps, Scribendi, Inc.
  • Bronze:LSAT the Loucas Way, Basil Loucas

Relationships/Sexuality Non-Fiction

  • Gold: My Prison Without Bars: The Journey Of A Damaged Woman To Someplace Normal, Taylor Evan Fulks
  • Silver: So That’s why they Do that! Men, Women and Their Hormones,  Judith Claire and Frank Wiegers

Religion/Faith Non-Fiction

  • Gold: Living … The Testimony, Deidre D Havrelock
  • Silver: The Unfinished Tower of Babel, Robert L. Bonn
  • Bronze:Perfect Love Casts Out All Fear, Victor Torres
  • Honorable Mention: Steve Taylor: The Answers: The Mirror, Steve Taylor

Self-Help Non-Fiction

  • Gold: The C.A.T. Principle: Change, Action, Trust – Words to Live By, Albert Bolter
  • Silver: Nip It- Stop Negativity Moment by Moment, Kristen Fredricks and Jeanie Wade
  • Bronze: GPS Your Best Life, Charmaine Hammond
  • Honorable Mention: My Life As A Diet: Understanding and Healing for Never-ending Dieters!, Maurice Horwitz

Seniors Non-Fiction

  • Bronze: Life Expectancy: It’s Nevedr Too Late to Change Your Game, William Keiper

Spiritual/Metaphysical Non-Fiction

  • Gold: Take the Red Pill …and Cure Global Warming, Andrew Gerard Cusick
  • Silver: Letters From Your Future, Brett Bowden
  • Bronze: Original Zen: A Direct Path to Enlightenment, Eduardo Mitchell
  • Honorable Mention: Compass Libro, Margarita Rosa Pedrozo Taboada

Sports/Fitness/Recreation Non-Fiction

  • Silver: Anatomy of a Figure Skating Injury, John Harmata
  • Bronze: Casual Lies – A Triple Crown Adventure, Shelley Lee Riley

Travel/Guidebook Non-Fiction

  • Silver: The Punk Rock Las Vegas Survival Guide: Beer, Bowling and Debauchery Las Vegas Style, Bob Oedy
  • Bronze: East, Shelley Buck

True Crime Non-Fiction

  • Bronze: Celling Americas Soul: Torture and Transformation In Our Prisons, Judith Trustone
  • Honorable Mention: Maximum Insecurity, William Wright

Women Studies Non-Fiction

  • Bronze: Don’t Hit Me, Vanessa de Largie

Writing/Publishing Non-Fiction

  • Gold: Seasons of Our Lives: Summer, Matilda Butler
  • Silver: Write Everything Right!, Denny Hatch
  • Bronze: The Author’s Guide to Working with Book Bloggers, Barb Drozdowich
  • Honorable Mention: The Frugal Editor, Second Edition, Carolyn Howard-Johnson

 

Congratulations to the 2014 Global Ebook Award winners!

Winners may claim their award certificates:

ORDER YOUR AWARD CERTIFICATES NOW!
Click Here