We’d like to thank you, our readers, our reviewers and all who helped to make this book a success. Thank you for the honor! We truly appreciate you.

New Book by J.W. Freiberg Wins Readers’ Favorite Gold Award

We are very honored to announce that “Surrounded By Others and Yet So Alone” has won another Gold Award: The Readers’ Favorite Book Award Gold Medal.

2021 Winner: * Surrounded By Others and Yet So Alone, J. W. Freiberg, Philia Books

The Readers’ Favorite Award is an international award for books in English. Recipients include books by independent authors, small publishers, university presses, and publishing giants such as Random House, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster, with authors who range from first-time, self-published new voices to New York Times bestsellers like J.A. Jance, James Rollins, and #1 best-selling author Daniel Silva.

New Book Wins Gold

We are very proud to announce that “Surrounded By Others and Yet So Alone” is the 2nd book in a row to be honored as a Gold Medal winner of the IPPY Awards ( Independent Publisher Book Awards).

2021 Winner: * Surrounded By Others and Yet So Alone, J. W. Freiberg, Philia Books

This year’s contest drew over 4,500 entries, and gold, silver and bronze medals will go to independent authors and publishers from 46 U.S. states and seven Canadian provinces (35 medalists), with winners also coming from U.K. and Australia (9 medalists each), plus New Zealand, Ireland, France, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Jamaica and Malawi.

About the Awards

Each year since 1996, the Independent Publisher Book Awards have identified a reading list of progressive, thought-provoking books, the kind that can touch lives, advance careers, and stretch our imaginations. With the tag line, “Recognizing Excellence in Independent Publishing,” the IPPY Awards showcase the best books from throughout North America and the English-speaking world. Launched as the first unaffiliated awards program open exclusively to independent, university, and self-published titles, the awards are presented each spring by publishing services firm Jenkins Group of Traverse City, Michigan and IndependentPublisher.com, “THE Online Voice of Independent Publishing.”

New Book Wins Excellence Prize

We are glad to announce that J.W. Freiberg’s new book won again. “Surrounded By Others and Yet So Alone” is the 2nd book by J.W. that has been awarded the “Indie Excellence® Prize”.

The Indie Excellence® Prizes are carefully selected by our jurors from the group of Winners & Finalists categories. These special awards honor books that demonstrate an outstanding synergy of form and content in a superior overall presentation.

We are happy that to announce that “Surrounded By Others and Yet So Alone” was named an Honorable Mention winner of the Eric Hoffer Awards in Health Sciences.

The 2021 Eric Hoffer Award honors freethinking writers and independent books of exceptional merit. Throughout the centuries, writers such as Emily Dickinson, James Joyce, Walt Whitman, and Virginia Woolf have taken the path of independent publishing.

We are proud to announce that “Four Seasons Of Loneliness” (thelonelinessbook.com) was honored as a Gold Medal winner  of the Eric Hoffer Awards  in Health Sciences.

2018 Winner: * Four Seasons of Loneliness, J. W. Freiberg, Philia Books

The Eric Hoffer Award honors freethinking writers and independent books of exceptional merit. Throughout the centuries, writers such as Emily Dickinson, James Joyce, Walt Whitman, and Virginia Woolf have taken the path of independent publishing.

We’re very happy to announce that “Four Seasons Of Loneliness” has won the prestigious 2017 IPPY Awards ( Independent Publisher Book Awards). We’d like to thank you, our readers, our reviewers and all who helped to make this book a success. Thank you for the honor!

The “IPPY” Awards, launched in 1996, are designed to bring increased recognition to titles published by independent authors and publishers.

This year’s contest drew entries from 49 U.S. states and the District of Columbia, 7 Canadian provinces, 7 Australian territories and 15 other countries.

Here are the results for the category Psychology / Mental Health. We would also like to congratulate the other authors and publishers who won this year:

GOLD (tie): Four Seasons of Loneliness: A Lawyer’s Case Stories, by J.W. Freiberg (Philia Books)

GOLD (tie): Show Me All Your Scars: True Stories of Living with Mental Illness, edited by Lee Gutkind (In Fact Books)

We are happy to announce that  “Four Seasons Of Loneliness” (thelonelinessbook.com) has been honored with the Beverly Hills Book Award.

The Beverly Hills Book Awards comes from the heart of the creative capital of the world. The award recognizes both: content and presentation. Awards sponsor Ellen Reid. “These books truly embody excellence”.

We are happy to announce that  “Four Seasons Of Loneliness” (thelonelinessbook.com) has been awarded the “Indie Excellence® Choice Prize”.

The Indie Excellence® Choice Prizes are carefully selected by our jurors from the group of Winners & Finalists categories. These special awards honor books that demonstrate an outstanding synergy of form and content in a superior overall presentation.

We are proud to announce that the cover art and design of  “Four Seasons Of Loneliness” (thelonelinessbook.com) has received the “da Vinci Eye” Award, presented to books with superior cover artwork.

The da Vinci Eye is given in honor of the historic artist, scientist, and inventor Leonardo da Vinci..