Have that hard to buy for person on your list? Perhaps Outside In, the winner of the 2014 International Book Award for Literary Fiction and the USA Best Book Award for Literary Fiction, is the perfect gift for them. Choose from one of three formats: hard cover to ebook to audio book and give the gift the gift that keeps on giving. Whether they’ll spend the holidays at the beach, slopes, or cabin in the woods, Outside In is the perfect traveling companion.
In honor of winning the International Book Award and the USA Book News Award for Literary Fiction this year, all ebooks for Kindle, Nook, and iBooks are on special for $2.99 during the holidays. That’s less than your grande, half-caff, triple, three-pump, nonfat, sugar-free, extra whip, caramel macchiato. Don’t have an ereader? Download their apps for your PCs or mobile devices.
Outside In also makes a wonderful holiday gift. All the sites offer the ability to gift the books to anyone with an email address. Show someone just how much you care by giving them an opportunity to escape all their family drama and pursue the endless summer with Brad and all the other wacky characters at Put-in-Bay.
USABookNews.com, the premier online magazine featuring mainstream and independent publishing houses, announced Outside In the winner of the 2014 USA Best Book Award for Literary Fiction on November 12, 2014. Awards were presented for titles published in 2012-2014.The 2014 results represent a mix of books from a wide array of publishers throughout the United States.
Winners and finalists traversed the publishing landscape: Simon & Schuster, Penguin, John Wiley & Sons, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Kensington Books, Harlequin, McGraw-Hill, Llewellyn, Yale University Press, Cornell University Press, University of Missouri Press, White House Historical Association, Wisconsin Historical Society Press, American Bar Association and hundreds of independent houses contributed to this year’s outstanding competition.
USABookNews.com is an online publication providing coverage for books from mainstream and independent publishers to the world online community.
This is the second award Outside In has won this year for best literary fiction, adding to the International Book Award received in May.
Cooper was a guest on a special edition of the Downtown Podcast filmed at the Gold Spike on Thursday, October 24 to talk about Outside In and also his forthcoming novel The Investment Club which is set in downtown Las Vegas.
The Downtown Podcast is a weekly video production filmed by friends, community members, and visitors to share the stories, ideas and people that make the Downtown Las Vegas community so special. It is Las Vegas’ only late night talk show. Filmed live every Thursday night at 9pm at Scullery in Downtown Las Vegas.
Visit the Choosy Bookworm site and sign up to win a free Outside In ebook. If you are one of the first 25 to respond, you will receive an ebook copy as a gift from the seller of your choice: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iTunes, or Kobo.
This limited time offer is part of the Choosy Bookworm’s Read & Review Program in which readers can choose from a wide variety of genres and titles in exchange for honest reviews of the ebooks to be posted on the sellers’ sites they designate.
Cooper will appear at the Vegas Valley Book Festival from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM on Saturday, October 18 to sign copies of Outside In, winner of the 2014 International Book Award for Literary Fiction. You can find him at Table 11 in the Poetry Courtyard at the Historic Fifth Street School, 401 S. Fourth Street, Las Vegas, NV 89101. Books will be available for purchase or you are welcome to bring a previously purchased copy.
The Vegas Valley Book Festival, now in its thirteenth year, is a celebration of the written, spoken, and illustrated word. The festival has networked together a community-wide consortium of cultural organizations and sponsors to offer “a one-stop shopping experience for literature” through a wide range of programs built around sharing resources, developing audiences, advancing the craft of writing, and sharing the joys of reading. This annual festival is the largest literary event in Nevada, drawing more that 10,000 attendees during the season. Since its founding in 2002, the festival has presented over 800 authors and speakers and has produced or sponsored over 500 events, sessions, readings, workshops, and book signings. The festival is free and open to the public.
In honor of winning the 
