AdoptingOnline.com is a Finalist

AdoptingOnline.com, by Mardie Caldwell, C.O.A.P., has been named a Finalist in the 21st Benjamin Franklin Awards.

(PRWEB) May 28, 2005 -- AdoptingOnline.com has been named as a Finalist in the 21st Benjamin Franklin Awards by Publishers Marketing Association, the independent book publishers association. AdoptingOnline.com ($34.95, May 2004), by Mardie Caldwell, C.O.A.P. was selected as one of three Finalists for The Bill Fisher Award for Best First Book, Nonfiction. The book has also received numerous celebrity accolades. Dr. Laura Schlessinger recently called AdoptingOnline.com an awesome resource for anyone interested in adoption."

PMA will honor the best books and marketing programs in 52 categories at the annual Benjamin Franklin Awards in New York. The award ceremony will take place on June 1, 2005, two days prior to the annual Book Expo America Conference.

AdoptingOnline.com is the complete guide for those who are looking into building their family through adoption. The Benjamin Franklin Award recognizes that AdoptingOnline.com is among the most successful books in meeting its audiences needs.

Mardie Caldwell, C.O.A.P., is the founder of Lifetime Adoption Center in Penn Valley, California. She is an adoptive parent and the host of the radio talk show Lets Talk Adoption." Caldwell has written numerous articles on parenting, adoption, travel and finance. She and her husband have four children.

About the Benjamin Franklin Awards
Named in honor of Americas most cherished publisher and printer, the Benjamin Franklin Award recognizes excellence in independent publishing. Publications, grouped by genre, are judged on editorial and design merit by top practitioners in each field. A panel of more than 150 industry professionals weighed and evaluated more than 1,600 submissions in 52 categories to create the list of 160 finalists for the 2004 publishing year. Publishers large and small from across the nation, Canada and Mexico competed for the coveted award nominations.

For more information, please contact Kristi Wilson at American Carriage House Publishing, 530-432-8860. For a complete listing of finalists, please see the PMA website at www.pma-online.org.

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