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800-CEO-READ Business Book Awards 2007

800-CEO-READ is excited to announce our first annual Business Book Awards. With thousands of business books published each year, there can seem like an overwhelming pool of options to choose from when trying to find the best of what you're looking for. That's where we come in. We are encouraging authors to submit their books published in 2007 for us to review and recognize as the top business titles of the year.

Books will be judged in the following categories:

1. Sales
2. Leadership
3. Human Resources/Organizational Development
4. Entrepreneurship/Small Business
5. Finance/Economics
6. Advertising/Marketing
7. Globalization
8. Fables
9. Biographies/Memoirs
10. Personal Development
11. Innovation/Creativity
12. Industry Books
13. New Perspectives

Along with winners for each category, there will be three overall awards including:

Best Business Book 2007

One title will be selected as the overall best business book of the year based on exceptional presentation of ideas and content.

Author's Choice

Any author with a book published in 2007 is eligable to vote on their favorite book of the year.

Reader's Choice

Readers will also have the chance to participate by voting for their choice via an online poll starting November 10, 2007.

Important deadlines to know for the 2007 Awards are as follows:

All entries must be postmarked by October 30, 2007.
Semifinalists will be announced December 17, 2007.
Final winners will be announced January 15, 2008.

For information on how to enter a book and to learn more about the awards, please visit www.800ceoread.com/bookawards.

For any other questions, please e-mail Katie Schutrop at kschutrop[at]800ceoread.com.