Sixteen iUniverse Titles Honored at 2007 DIY Book Festival

NEW YORK (Oct. 25, 2007) – Sixteen iUniverse titles recently received honors at the 2007 DIY Book Festival.

The DIY Book Festival is part of the DIY Convention: Do It Yourself in Film, Music & Books, which also produces the DIY Film Festival and the DIY Music Festival. Produced by JM Northern Media LLC, the festival is designed to honor top independent works of literature.

The sixth annual festival recognized titles from 18 categories. The iUniverse authors receiving honors in the 2007 DIY Book Festival include:

• Choices - Kate Buckley. Teenage category - Honorable Mention
• Ring a Ring of Roses - Randall Scott. Genre-based Honorable Mention
• Introduction to Love and Self: A Romantic Novel - Joan Vassar. Genre-based Honorable Mention
• Alpha Rising - G.L. Douglas. Genre-based Honorable Mention
• Head Trauma: Sonnets and Other Poems - Gary David Johnson. Poetry - Honorable Mention
• Sightlines: A Poet's Diary - Janet Grace Riehl. Poetry - Honorable Mention
• Restoring My Soul - Andrea Matthews. Non-Fiction Honorable Mention
• A Trial of One - Mary E. Martin. Fiction - Honorable Mention
• The Sidewalk Smokers Club - Stephen Siciliano. Fiction - Honorable Mention
• West Across the Board - Andrew Jalbert. Fiction - Honorable Mention
• Tunnel Vision - W.K. Brown. Fiction - Honorable Mention
• The Only Game in Town - Gordon Donell. Fiction - Honorable Mention
• Friends and Lovers in Black and White - Altomease Kennedy. Fiction - Honorable Mention
• Cibolero - Kermit Lopez. Fiction - Honorable Mention
• No Experts Needed - Louise Lewis. Compilations Honorable Mention
• Dreamtime - Robert Steiner. Compilations Honorable Mention

"The DIY Book Festival program demonstrates the tremendous volume of quality work being independently published today," Susan Driscoll, president and CEO of iUniverse, said. "I'm very pleased by the number of iUniverse titles honored in this year's competition. Our authors have demonstrated that success can be achieved outside the boundaries of traditional publishing."

For the complete list of finalists at the 2007 DIY Book Festival or to learn how to qualify for next year's awards, visit www.diyconvention.com. To find out more about the book publishing, editorial and marketing services offered by iUniverse, visit iuniverse.com.

About iUniverse

iUniverse offers a variety of publishing services to help individuals publish, market, and sell fiction, poetry, and nonfiction books. The company utilizes print-on-demand technology, and is one of the largest self-publishing companies in the United States, publishing more than 5,000 new titles each year. The iUniverse management team has extensive editorial and managerial experience with traditional publishers such as HarperCollins, Putnam, Simon & Schuster and Holtzbrinck. iUniverse partners with industry leading author organizations, including the Authors Guild, the Harlem Writers Guild, and the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) to bring innovative programs to their members. iUniverse has strategic alliances with Barnes & Noble, Inc. in the U.S. and Chapters Indigo in Canada and has offices in New York City, Shanghai and Lincoln, Neb. For more information, please visit www.iuniverse.com or call 1-800-AUTHORS.