New Book Award for PassPorter: Brings Total to an Even Dozen

PassPorter Travel Press has brought home the gold once again, winning first place in ForeWord Magazine's 2006 Book of the Year Awards in the Travel Guide category. ForeWord, one of America's foremost book trade journals, is distributed to more than 20,000 booksellers and librarians. The winners were announced June in a ceremony on the floor of Book Expo America, the U.S. book trade's biggest convention, held at New York City's Javits Convention Center.

"We really weren't expecting this at all," gushed the book's co-author, Jennifer Marx. "There were 19 Finalists in this category, with entries from many of America's top travel publishers. We didn't think we had a chance! I'd like to thank all our contributors, our panel of 16 peer reviewers, and everyone else in the PassPorter community who helped make this such a wonderful book!"

While PassPorter has been honored many times in the past, this is the first award for PassPorter Disneyland Resort and Southern California Attractions (ISBN 978-158771-004-9), a first edition authored by Jennifer and Dave Marx, with contributions by Barbara Baker, Rebecca Oberg, LauraBelle Hime, and Courtney Fontana.

A panel of judges composed of librarians and booksellers named winners in more than 50 categories, narrowed from nearly 1,400 entries representing the finest work from today's vibrant independent publishing community.

The winners of Gold, Silver, and Bronze awards were selected by a unique process, involving dozens of ForeWord readers--librarians and booksellers who are immersed daily in the selection and recommendation of books. Each entry was judged on criteria including originality, writing and production quality, and patron/customer interest in the subject matter.

"It was a great experience, and I know our patrons will benefit from these titles," said Mary Cooper, a librarian and one of this year's judges.

19 books were selected as Finalists in the Travel Guide category, with the second place Silver going to Lonely Planet's New York City guidebook, Bronze to "A Guide to New Zealand Waterfalls" by Story Nature Press, and an Honorable Mention went to Moon Handbook's Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.

PassPorter's guidebooks have garnered 12 awards and honors since the press debuted in 1999, including four Benjamin Franklin Awards from PMA, the independent book publishers association (one Gold, two Silver, and the Bill Fisher Award for Best First Book by a New Publisher), four ForeWord Magazine awards (including two Golds and one Silver), and individual awards from Independent Publisher Magazine (Gold), the Society of American Travel Writers Foundation's Lowell Thomas Award (Silver), the North American Travel Journalists Association (First Place), and a Book Sense 76 "pick" from the American Bookseller's Association.

About PassPorter Travel Press: PassPorter guidebooks are known for their comprehensive information, devotion to accuracy, and unique planning features. The publisher's flagship title, PassPorter Walt Disney World (tenth edition out in November 2007), features PassPorter's unique PassPocket organizer pockets. PassPorter's Field Guide to the Disney Cruise Line is in its fifth edition (January 2007), and is the most comprehensive guidebook devoted to the Disney cruise. The first edition of PassPorter Disneyland arrived in spring 2006. There are over 250,000 copies of PassPorter books in print. Visit PassPorter.com at http://www.passporter.com.

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Updated 04/06/07 

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