On May 17th the National Indie Excellence Book Awards announced their 2015 recipients. These awards were created to recognize and celebrate excellence in independent book publishing. This  prestigious National award, based in Los Angeles  is open to all English language books in print from small, medium, university, self and independently publishers. The National Indie Excellence Awards exists to help establish independent publishing as a strong and proud facet of the publishing industry. Recognizing authors that put their heart and soul into their work, the NIEA is proud to be a champion of self-publishers and small and independent presses that go the extra mile to produce books of excellence in every aspect. Awarded since 2007, the NIEA competition is judged by independent experts from all aspects of the indie book industry, including publishers, writers, editors, book cover designers and professional copywriters.” Winners and Finalists are determined based on ...