CEP Press Celebrates Award-Winning Inaugural Year

Atlanta, GA (June 2002) … CEP Press has marked a successful first year as a full-service independent publisher, with all three of their 2001 releases receiving awards from publishing and professional associations. The three titles have won five awards collectively.

The winning titles are: Conquering Organizational Change: How to Succeed Where Most Companies Fail, by Pierre Mourier and Martin Smith, Ph.D.; The Business of Winning: A Manager's Guide to Building a Championship Team at Work, by Robert Evangelista; and Making an Impact: Building a Top-Performing Organization from the Bottom Up, by Timm J. Esque.

ForeWord Magazine awarded Conquering Organizational Change the Bronze Medal in their Fourth Annual Book of the Year Awards. Scripps Howard News Service calls Conquering Organizational Change a "must-read for CEOs and their board of directors in any size business…. It is a serious study of exactly what you need to do to take your business from humdrum to success." The panel of judges for the literary award consisted of book critics from major publications and librarians.

The Business of Winning was one of two finalists for the Independent Publisher Book of the Year Award for Business. The Independent Publisher Book Awards recognize excellent achievements in independent publishing. The Business of Winning was one of over 1100 entries. "This year's Awards entries exhibited tremendous quality and creativity," said Jim Barnes, Independent Publisher Online managing editor and coordinator of the Awards. "This is where the innovations in the world of publishing are coming from."
In addition, all three releases were granted the prestigious Award of Excellence by the International Society for Performance Improvement. This award recognizes outstanding books that enable individuals or organizations to achieve excellence in workforce performance.

"First and foremost, we congratulate our authors on their accomplishments. We are so fortunate to be able to work with such talented individuals," said CEP Press Publisher Suzanne Joyce Lawlor. "We want to be known for publishing books of lasting quality that people can refer to year after year. These awards are a big step towards establishing that reputation, and we plan to continue to maintain that high level of quality."

CEP Press is an independent publisher specializing in performance improvement, training/education, and human resources books.