BUSINESS: Local Author Nominated for 2012 Small Business Book Award (From News Shopper)

BUSINESS: Local Author Nominated for 2012 Small Business Book Award

7:42am Wednesday 8th February 2012 in Business News By Jackie Groundsell - business news correspondent

"The Little Fish Guide to Networking" by Beckenham copywriter, Jackie Barrie, has been nominated for a 2012 Small Business Book Award.

Jackie says: "I'm thrilled to be nominated, and excited that my book has been in the top 10 in the Marketing category since voting began on 1 February, although I still need all the votes I can get!"

To support Jackie, please click to vote at http://bookawards.smallbiztrends.com/story/27930 (just copy and paste this into your Browser) with no need to register. You can vote every day until 16 February.

The Small Business Book Awards recognise business books that were published in 2011. Small business owners often seek advice and information through books. While there are many thousands of books published each year, it's those of interest to small businesses and entrepreneurs that the Small Business Book Awards seek to honour.

"With so many books being published each year, we wanted to recognise those that made a difference to small business owners and managers and startup entrepreneurs," said Ivana Taylor, Book Editor at Small Business Trends, which produces the Awards. "Our annual Small Business Book Awards are a way to highlight the books that entrepreneurs are reading and learning from."

The Awards are an honour to the authors who write books for the small business and entrepreneurial community. Says Anita Campbell, CEO of Small Business Trends, "For many of the authors, writing a book is a labour of love. Often they get up early in the morning before the rest of the family awakes, and they devote their evenings, weekends, holidays and vacations to writing. They deserve recognition."

Both this book and Jackie's previous book "The Little Fish Guide to DIY Marketing" have also reached top 10 in the Sales and Marketing category on Amazon.

About the Small Business Book Awards.

The Small Business Book Awards, now in its fourth year, enable the small business community to nominate, show their support for, and vote on their favourite business books. The top 10 winners will be selected by readers based on number of votes as the Best Small Business Books of 2012, while the top five vote-getters in each category become Category Winners. Voting ends on 16 February, 2012. In last year's Awards, over 41,000 votes were cast by the community.

The Small Business Book Awards initiative is produced by Small Business Trends, an award-winning online publication, which along with its sister sites, serves over 4,000,000 small business owners, stakeholders and entrepreneurs annually.

About Jackie Barrie.

Jackie Barrie heads up Comms Plus, the writing and design agency based in Beckenham that makes complex information appear simple. Jackie and her team produce websites, blogs and newsletters to help businesses make more money. She also provides training in marketing, networking, social media and business writing skills.

CONTACT: Small Business Trends.

admin@smallbiztrends.com .

Twitter hashtag: #BizBookAwards .

Jackie Barrie.

jackie@comms-plus.co.uk .

Twitter @jackiebarrie .