FastPencil Announces 2010 Book Awards

CAMPBELL, Calif., Feb. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- FastPencil, today announced the "FastPencil 2010 Book Awards," a sampling of some of the best books written exclusively through the FastPencil authoring service and publishing platform. FastPencil (http://www.fastpencil.com) provides authors with a writing and publishing service where they can maintain control of the content creation, price, distribution and sales activity every step of the way. FastPencil's 2010 Book Awards showcase the best authors of 2009.

"As a first-time author, I was looking for a publisher that could guide me through each step of the traditionally-daunting publishing process," said T.D. Edwards, winner of the Breakthrough Author Award. "I feel very fortunate to have found FastPencil so that I could fulfill my dream of becoming a published author and I am honored to receive this award."

FastPencil's Book Authoring Features:

• Select from a variety of book templates including the personal memoir, the great American novel and children's books
• Collaborate with a professional book creation team, personal network of colleagues or fans during the authoring process
• Publish in print and eBook formats supported by the iPhone reader, Kindle and soon the Apple iPad
• Distribute to thousands of online retailers

"Our service is being utilized by writers in all genres to create truly great works and we are very excited to highlight some the best,'" said Steve Wilson, FastPencil Co-Founder and CEO. "In selecting the first annual FastPencil 2010 Book Award winners, we poured over many well-crafted works to find the ones that best exemplified the genre and FastPencil's capabilities."

FastPencil 2010 Book Award Winners:

Breakthrough Author

"Double Take" by T.D. Edwards

"Double Take" is a thriller centered around the story of a young girl named Tiffany who is coping with the loss of her twin sister in a tragic car accident. As time goes by, Tiffany's past begins to haunt her as well as those around her. Will Tiffany find the strength to finally acknowledge her past or will she refuse and keep all of their lives in danger?

Best Fiction Novel

"Memoirs of A Texan: War" by Tim Murray

"Memoirs of A Texan: War" is a historical fiction based on a first person account of the Civil War experience of a VMI cadet reluctant to go to war. He learns reading about a battle and being in one are two different things. He perseveres while serving as aide to Dorsey Pender, perhaps the best officer in either army, and later A P Hill, General Lee's gamecock. Although he never loses his apprehension or humanity, he becomes a battle hardened Confederate officer not disappointed with the outcome of the war and eager for a new start in Texas.

Best Children's Book

"Percy, The Perfectly Imperfect Chicken" by Rick Rieser

"Percy, The Perfectly Imperfect Chicken" is a meaningful story that teaches children how to experience the power of celebrating differences and imperfections. "Percy" is a beautifully illustrated book based on a young chicken named Percy who is different from the other chickens in his coop and aims to teach children to accept themselves for who they are.

All FastPencil 2010 Book Award Winners have been written and published exclusively using FastPencil.com. With FastPencil, writers have access to an end-to-end solution that enables them to write a book, collaborate with reviewers and fans, connect with a professional team for editing or illustrations and publish to hardcover, paperback or eBook. FastPencil gives authors multiple distribution channels to expand readership, including the new Apple iPad, and the write-once, publish anywhere approach ensures an author's book can be read anywhere today and in the future.

Additional FastPencil Features:

• Flexible content upload through blog to book or direct PDF to publish
• Expand readership through Twitter, Facebook, Gmail, AOL, Yahoo and MSN
• Capture inspiration from anywhere with an iPhone or iPod touch
• Author concierge services including consulting, design services and formatting to simplify the book authoring process
• Integrated self-publishing wizard for step-by-step assistance

About FastPencil

FastPencil is leveraging the disruptive trends of self-publishing, social media, print-on-demand and eBook distribution to deliver a new unified online service that streamlines the book publishing process offering more control and higher margins for authors. The FastPencil writing and publishing service enables authors to create books online, collaborate, publish and distribute from one engaging, simple, cost-effective solution. For more information please visit FastPencil.com.

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