Book Marketing Pro Wins Publishing Industry Award - Preditors & Editors Readers Poll Results Announced

Austin, TX (I-Newswire) February 15, 2011 - Publishing industry watchdog, Preditors & Editors, has named
Stephanie Barko, Literary Publicist its 2010 Best Book Promotion Service. The Preditors & Editors Readers Poll, which is held the first 14 days of each year, for the first time added book marketing firms, sites and resources to its ballot this year, emphasizing the increasingly critical role that book marketers play in book sales.

Barko beat out a dozen competitors who were also nominated to the ballot.
Many of her votes were accompanied by optional comments like “hardest working, most passionate, dynamo who knows her craft, and consummate professional”. The win came on the heels of Barko’s peers nominating her for Book Publicist of the Year in December.

This year’s P&E Readers Poll offered 34 voting categories including Best Editor, Book Designer, Book Review Site, Book Store, and Writers’ Forum. After votes were validated, winners were announced at the Preditors & Editors website in early February.

About the Winner

Barko is based in Texas where she does custom national book marketing and publicity exclusively for publishers and authors of nonfiction and historical fiction. Services include book platforms, blog tours, book review and endorsement acquisition, media pitches and social media marketing. Clients include Random House, 2010 USA Book News Award winner Red Honor Press, 2010 IPPY Award winners Jim Boylston & Allen Wiener, 2009 Spur Award winner John Nesbitt, and others. Those interested may subscribe to Stephanie’s book blog.

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About Stephanie Barko, Literary Publicist:
Stephanie Barko, Literary Publicist
Award-winning clients include traditional publishers and their authors, small presses, and independently published writers. Stephanie promotes nonfiction & historical fiction exclusively, with an emphasis on history, business, memoir, and biography. Material set in the American West and debut authors are some areas of specialization.

Ms. Barko was invited into the publishing industry in 2005 after many years in high tech marketing. She has presented on book marketing & publicity at national conferences including the Writers’ League of Texas and Women Writing the West. Her articles and book reviews have been published in Western American Literature, Roundup Magazine, Book Marketing Matters, San Francisco Book Review, and the Texas Book Marketing Directory. She was a 2010 Finalist in More Magazine’s Reinvention Story Competition, was nominated by her peers as 2010 Book Publicist of the Year, and is Preditors & Editors 2011 Best Book Promotional Resource.

Stephanie has degrees in Business & Sociology and is based in Austin where she moderates a book group that has hosted such authors as Paul Woodruff and Gilbert Tuhabonye.

Company Contact Information
Stephanie Barko, Literary Publicist
Stephanie Barko
16100 Crystal Hills
Austin, TX
78737
Phone : 512-291-6188