2014 Global Ebook Award Winners

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 Religion, Alan 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