LOS ANGELES – USABookNews.com, the premiere online magazine and review website for mainstream and independent publishing houses, announced the winners and finalists of its “BEST BOOKS 2006” NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS (BBA) on November 1, 2006. 408 winners and finalists were announced in over 120 categories covering print, audio, e-books and interactive CD-ROMs. Awards were presented for titles published in 2006 and late 2005.

LOS ANGELES – USABookNews.com, the premiere online magazine and review website for mainstream and independent publishing houses, announced the winners and finalists of its “BEST BOOKS 2006” NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS (BBA) on November 1, 2006. 408 winners and finalists were announced in over 120 categories covering print, audio, e-books and interactive CD-ROMs. Awards were presented for titles published in 2006 and late 2005. Jeff Bowen, president and publisher of USABookNews.com, said this year’s contest yielded an unprecedented number of over 1200 entries which were then narrowed down to 408 winners and finalists.

Awards for the category Business: Management included:

• Winner : Kiss Theory Good Bye: Five Proven Ways to Get Extraordinary Results in Any Company by Bob Prosen, Gold Pen Publishing, 0-97768-48-0-6
• Finalist: Avoiding the Corporate Death Spiral: Recognizing and Eliminating the Signs of Decline by Gregg Stocker, ASQ Quality Press, 978-0-87389-684-9
• Finalist: Beating the Odds: Poker Strategies for Leading Projects and Winning at Work by John Schroeder, Advanced Strategies Press, 0-9774412-0-2
• Finalist: HR Excellence: Improving Service Quality and Return on Investment in Human Resources by Scott Weston, Excellence Media, 978-09786927-0-5
• Finalist: No Yelling: The 9 Secrets of Marine Corps Leadership You Must Know to Win in Business by Wally Adamchik, Firestarter Speaking & Consulting, 0-9779005-0-9

Winners and finalists traversed the publishing landscape: Simon & Schuster, Warner Books, New American Library a division of the Penguin Group, New World Library, and hundreds of independent press titles contributed to this year’s outstanding BBA competition. Bowen adds, “BBA’s success begins with the enthusiastic participation of authors and publishers and continues with our distinguished panel of industry judges who bring to the table their extensive editorial, PR, marketing, and design expertise.”

A complete list of the winners and finalists of the USABookNews.com “Best Books 2006” National Book Awards are available online at http://www.USABookNews.com.