New updates and recaps about Moonlight Memoirs!

The Moonlight Memoir's June Newsletter was just sent out. We've had so many exciting new events and opportunities come up. Here's the recap of last month in May.

The Young Voices Foundation Seal of Approval
We are thrilled to announce that Moonlight Memoirs recently received a Seal of Approval from the Young Voices Foundation. This award honors books that inspire, mentor and educate readers of all ages. Judging is based on content (with an emphasis on strong family values), originality, design and production quality. Addtionally, Moonlight Memoirs is now under consideration for a Gold, Silver, or Bronze Young Voices Seal of Excellence.

The 2010 Next Generation Indie Book Awards
As you already know from our May News Bulletin, Moonlight Memoirs won a First Place Gold Medal in the Indie Book Awards. This is a very exciting and rewarding book awards program for independent publishers and authors worldwide. It was established to honor the most exceptional independently published books in 60 different categories for each year. It is an thrill to be selected as winner of the Spirituality Category.

Talking Books TV
Melody and I were recently interviewed by Michelle Vandepas of Talking Books TV. The interview can be seen on the Moonlight Memoirs YouTube channel, at our website, on Amazon plus other internet sites. Watch the fun here!

A New Distributor!
We are very happy to announce that Follett Library Resources is our new distributor to schools and school libraries. The Follett Corporation began in 1873 as a small bookstore in Wheaton, Illinois. Today, Follett Library Resources is the largest supplier of books, eBooks and audiovisual materials to PreK-12 schools worldwide. We are looking forward to Moonlight Memoirs going to the schools!

Events on the Horizon for June

Baltimore Sun Newspaper - Watch for an article about Moonlight Memoirs and Maggie Mei in the Baltimore Sun on Sunday, June 6th in the Maryland, Anne Arundel County Section.

Chinese Culture Camp - On June 19th, Maggie will be co-leading a drawing/writing workshop at Families with Children from China Maryland's annual Chinese Culture Camp.

American Library Association's 2010 Conference - In Washington DC on Saturday, June 26th at 11 AM, Maggie will be signing books at the Quality Books, Inc. booth during this annual event.

Annapolis Bookstore Grand Re-Opening - Maggie will be signing books at this event in late June. Watch Maggie's blog for announcement of date and time.

The Rest of the Story

Provide comfort to a military family who is grieving the loss of a loved one by donating a copy of Moonlight Memoirs to the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors.

Follow my and Moonlight Memoirs' Facebook page for updates during June. I tweet on Twitter too!

Check out Maggie's author page on Amazon!

To purchase a copy of Moonlight Memoirs, go on-line to www.moonlightmemoirs.com, Barnes and Noble, Amazon or ask your favorite bookseller.

Moonlight Memoirs is distributed to bookstores by Partner's Book Distributing (1-800-336-3137); to libraries by Quality Books, Inc (1-800-323-4241) and to schools by Follett Library Resources (1-800-511-5114).

Take a look in the Moonlight Memoirs Cafe Press Store for some delightful mementos!

This was a great recap of May, and a successful month! Can't wait to see all the other things wonderful in store for us!

I am very excited to announce that Moonlight Memoirs is the 1st place, gold medal winner in the Spirituality category of the 2010 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. These awards are sponsored by The Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group (IBPPG) which is an organization that promotes professional standards in independent book publishing (also known as "indie" book publishing).

This is a great honor for myself as the author and Melody Lea Lamb, as the illustrator because the awards are open to independent publishers worldwide, making it a very competitive book award. The winners and announcement will be on their website in early june. You can check out their website here. Also, Moonlight Memoirs will be listed as a Winner in the 2010 Next Generation Indie Book Awards catalog which will be distributed at Book Expo America ("BEA") in New York later in the month to thousands of attendees including book buyers, library representatives, media, industry
professionals, and others.

I feel very honored to win such a great award, and can't wait to see whats in store for us next! Myself and the illustrator were also just recently interviewed by Talking Books Tv, and our interview will be coming out soon.