Self-published book bags 2009 Reader's Favorite Award

Bill Poje, author of the self-published title Painless bagged the first prize for the fiction thriller category in the 2009 Reader's Favorite Book Reviews and Awards Contest.

With more than a thousand authors from all over the US who joined the event, this self-published book grabbed the highly coveted gold award alongside other winners in different categories.

Founded by Debra Gaynor, Reader's Favorite aims to provide quality books to readers as well as help authors gain more publicity and recongition through credible book reviews and a Book Contest.

Reader's Favorite believes that book awards have a huge impact on influencing booksellers and buyers alike. Through their honest book reviews, authors are pointed out issues and given suggestions for areas of their book that need improvement.

Winners of the Reader's Favorite awards were announced on January 15, 2010.

Painless is a story of a man named Augustus 'Aug' Valentine who seems to have everything going in his personal and professional life until he is faced with a riddle of deceit and the portent of death.

Painless is self-published by Xlibris.

Bill Poje holds a Bachelors degree in Accounting/Business Administration from Aquinas College and an MBA in Finance and Operations from the Owen Graduate School of Management in Vanderbilt. He became the financial controller for the largest exporter in the Bahamas, after which he moved back to the US to write books.

He is currently working on the sequel to Painless as well as essays, short stories and poetry.

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A Published Book for Pre-school Teachers

Early childhood education comes with a diverse range of programs that may have positive benefits not just for children but also for the entire society as well.

Some of the advantages of early childhood education include higher grades; better ability to focus; improved social skills; lesser referrals to remedial schools and increased parental involvements.

While there may be some flak against early childhood education, the pros may outweigh the cons.

Hazel S. Adams’s A Handbook for Preschool Teachers, explains conceptualization as the key to early childhood learning.

In her self-published book, Hazel illustrates play and flexibility as the two key elements to conceptualizing. Find out how Hazel uses this concept that preschool teachers can apply for effectively carrying out the child’s developmental phase.

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A Published Book on How Leaders Fail

There is no person out there who has achieved success without ever failing. In fact, failure is the most important element in success. Like it or not, fear it or don't, you are bound to fail more than a few times in your lifetime. And while you cannot get away with failure, you can definitely learn from it.

There are so many books out there on how to succeed, but hardly on how to fail. Author Lee Thayer means well, and has decided to publish a book about failing - in a way that can define your success.

Her self-published title, How Executives Fail is a definitive book about how you unknowingly contribute to your failure. With the right mix of humor, irony, wit and wisdom, this self-published book reveals that what you think greatly determines the outcome.

How Executives Fail lets you into the things that fail or can potentially fail you and will surely change you for the better.

Lee Thayer holds a career as a pioneer and influential innovator in designing and developing high performance organizations since 1960. He became consultant for big firms such as AT&T, Hallmark, IBM, General Motors, Westinghouse and the US Air Force, among others. He has also been invited to speak in major leadership programs all over the world.

He is currently mentoring and coaching CEOs and company presidents at the same time being passionate about his writing and speaking engagements.

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