Greenleaf Book Group Wins Big in the 21st Annual Gold Ink Awards Competition
By Press Release - Aug 22 , 2008
August 19, 2008 (Austin, TX): Greenleaf Book Group, LLC, a publisher and distributor based in Austin, TX, had the honor of receiving several awards in this year’s 21st Annual Gold Ink Awards Competition. With an entry of only five books total, Greenleaf took home three of the four awards presented in the Book Jacket category. Publishing Executive and Printing Impressions magazines, co-sponsors of the Annual Gold Ink Awards, announced that Greenleaf won a Gold award for Stimulated!, a Silver award for The Age of Engage and a Pewter award for When the Apple Falls. This is the second year in a row that Greenleaf has won the Gold award in this category.
As a Gold Ink Award winner, Greenleaf Book Group will become a member of an elite group of the most respected and influential creators of printed work this country has to offer. Its award-winning work will also be honored at this year’s Gold Ink Banquet and Hall of Fame Gala, considered by many printing and production professionals to be the industry’s premier networking event. In addition, Greenleaf will be highlighted in the October 2008 issues of Publishing Executive and Printing Impressions.
This year’s Gold Ink Award winners were chosen from nearly 1,500 entries submitted within different categories. Winning pieces surpassed their competitors based on print quality, technical difficulty and overall visual effect to become the year’s best printing in North America.
Contest judges included a wide range of printing, publishing and design industry professionals. To view a complete listing of Gold Ink winners, please visit www.goldink.com.
About Greenleaf Book Group:
Greenleaf Book Group, LLC is a publisher and distributor that specializes in the development of independent authors and the growth of small presses. They are one of the fastest growing companies in the United States (named to the Inc. 500 in 2006) and have represented (published or distributed) more than 700 titles since 1997, including three titles that blitzed the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller lists in the past 18 months. They are best known for their selectivity, innovative business model, distribution power (bookstores, airports, grocery stores, and beyond) and award-winning designs. You can learn more about Greenleaf on their website (www.greenleafbookgroup.com) and blog (www.bigbadbookblog.com).
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For more information about Greenleaf Book Group or to schedule an interview with Chairman and CEO Clint Greenleaf or COO Meg La Borde, contact Meg La Borde at meg_at_greenleafbookgroup_dot_com or 512-891-6100.
