Released on = June 15, 2006, 7:53 pm

Press Release Author = Jon Antonni D. Enriquez / Xlibris Corporation

Industry = Entertainment

Press Release Summary = The 2006 Independent Publisher Book Awards honors Xlibris
author for Best Regional Fiction.

Press Release Body = Washington D.C. - Bradley T. Platt, author of Deadstream, won
an Honorable Mention Award for Great Lakes - Best Regional Fiction category. Platt,
born in Saginaw, Michigan in 1971 and graduated from Central Michigan University in
1994, was formally recognized May 19, 2006 at the National Museum of Women in the
Arts flanking with other victors of diverse categories. The purpose of the IPPY
Awards is to help deserving books and their messages reach a wider audience and to
get the attention they deserve.

Published November 2005, Deadstream, the first release of a trilogy, talks about a
man's struggle to get through life and how he deals with the muddled tension
bubbling beneath the surface of a rural place he calls home. Set in the 1980's,
Deadstream conveys an intense picture about the profundity and boundaries of the
human spirit.


About the Independent Publisher Book Awards

The Independent Publisher Book Awards, launched in 1996, is designed to bring
increased recognition to the deserving but often unsung titles published by
independent authors and publishers. Established as the first awards program open
exclusively to independents, nearly 800 \"IPPYs\" have been awarded to publishers
throughout North America. For more information, visit
http://www.independentpublisher.com/.


About the Publisher

Founded in 1997, Xlibris continuously gives writers the tools to become authors. In
strategic partnership with Random House Ventures, Xlibris offers comprehensive
publishing services from editing to proofreading, from cover design to page layout,
from book and marketing and publicity that open the marketplace of published books
to everyone, and will strengthen and enrich the landscape of books and writing as a
whole. For more information, visit http://www2.xlibris.com/ or contact Jon Enriquez
at JonAntonni.Enriquez@xlibris.com.

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