Dr. Miller’s “Politics” prevails among Sunbury Press bestsellers. Cli-Fi novel leads fiction.

MECHANICSBURG, Pa. — Sunbury Press has released the bestsellers list for September, 2015. Dr. William N. Miller took the top spot with his education memoir “The Politics of Prevailing.” Dr. Edward Rubin’s Cli-Fi novel “The Heatstroke Line” led fiction in 3rd place. Darla Henry’s “3-5-7 Model” was 2nd.

SUNBURY PRESS – Bestsellers for September, 2015 (by Revenue)
Rank	Last Month	Title	Author	Category
1	NEW	The Politics of Prevailing	William N Miller	Education
2	—	The 3-5-7 Model	Darla Henry	Counseling
3	NEW	The Heatstroke Line	Edward Rubin	Climate Fiction
4	4	Capital Murder	Chris Papst	Investigation
5	5	Where Elephants Fought	Bridget Smith	Historical Fiction
6	11	Call Sign Dracula	Joe Fair	War Memoir
7	NEW	The Alabaster Jar	Marie Sontag	YA Fiction
8	3	The Segregated Georgia School for the Deaf	Ron Knorr & Clemmie Whatley	History
9	NEW	The Penns’ Manor of Spread Eagle and the Grist Mills of the Upper Mahantongo Valley	Steve Troutman	History
10	—	The Sign of the Eagle	Jess Steven Hughes	Historical Fiction
11	—	Murder Run	Shelly Frome	Murder Mystery
12	19	Raising Monarchs	Sue Fox McGovern	Nature
13	10	Dead of Summer	Sherry Knowlton	Murder Mystery
14	—	The Wolf of Britannia Part II	Jess Steven Hughes	Historical Fiction
15	—	The Wolf of Britannia Part I	Jess Steven Hughes	Historical Fiction
16	7	The B Team	Alan Mindell	Sports Fiction
17	—	A Brother’s Cold Case	Dennis Herrick	Murder Mystery
18	12	Winter of the Metal People	Dennis Herrick	Historical Fiction
19	—	Head Over Wheels	Ken Mercurio	Medical Memoir
20	26	That Night at Surigao	Ernie Marshall	History
21	—	Beagle Tales 5	Bob Ford	Humor
22	15	The Bronze Dagger	Marie Sontag	YA Fiction
23	—	Dead of Autumn	Sherry Knowlton	Murder Mystery
24	—	Beagle Tales 4	Bob Ford	Humor
25	9	The Closer	Alan Mindell	Sports Fiction
26	—	Courting Doubt and Darkness	J M West	Murder Mystery
27	—	Dying for Vengeance	J M West	Murder Mystery
28	1	Jesus the Phoenician	Karim El Koussa	Religious History
29	14	Amelia Earhart: The Truth at Last	Mike Campbell	History
30	18	Pit Bulls	Anthony Julian	History

Sales for the 3rd quarter just ended were nearly double sales in Q3 of 2014. EBooks were down about 10% over the same quarterly period. Hardcover sales are up 10x from Q3 2014. Year-to-date, sales are up over 92% from 2014. Comparing Septembers, sales were nearly 1.5x higher, year-over-year. The company is expecting its best 4th quarter ever.

Dr. William Miller’s “The Politics of Prevailing” rocketed to the top thanks to advance sales. Darla Henry’s “The 3-5-7 Model” placed due to orders for conferences in Canada. “The Heatstroke Line,” Dr. Edward Rubin’s first novel is pioneering in the “Cli-Fi” category, burning up to #3 due to author activities. Chris Papst’s “Capital Murder” held at #4 as the author appeared on numerous radio programs nationwide. Bridget Smith’s historical novel “Where Elephants Fought” stuck at #5 thanks to author appearances in Mississippi. “Call Sign Dracula,” the Vietnam memoir by Joe Fair, moved up again to #6 thanks to author appearances at veterans events. Marie Sontag’s new historical YA novel, “The Alabaster Jar,” debuted at #7 due to author appearances at schools. It’s prequel, “The Bronze Dagger,” also charted at #22. “The Segregated Georgia School for he Deaf,” by professors Ron Knorr and Clemmie Whatley of Mercer University, slid to #8, but continues to sell steadily. “The Penns’ Manor of Spread Eagle and the Grist Mills of the Upper Mahantongo Valley” by Steve Troutman ground to #9 thanks to advance orders. Jess Steven Hughes’ three novels: “The Sign of the Eagle” (#10), “The Wolf of Britannia Part II (#14), and “The Wolf of Britannia Part I” (#15) marched onto three spots on the chart in tandem with author appearances in Washington and Oregon. Shelly Frome’s recently-released “Murder Run” vaulted to #11 prior to author appearances in North Carolina. “Raising Monarchs,” Sue Fox McGovern’s instructions on saving these disappearing butterlies, flitted to #12 due to sales to bookstores. Sherry Knowlton’s “Dead of Summer” (#13), and “Dead of Autumn” (#23) held two spots thanks to author appearances. Alan Mindell’s sports novels The B Team (#16) and The Closer (#25) perservered thanks to continued interest in the author’s new website and blog and his appearance schedule. Dennis Herrick was another author with two books on the chart: “A Brother’s Cold Case” #17 and “Winter of the Metal People” next in line at #18. Dennis continues his appearance schedule in New Mexico. Ken Mercurio’s “Head Over Wheels” flipped back onto the chart at #19. Ernie Marshall’s account of the last conflict between battleships, That Night at Surigao, was #20, thanks to author activity. Bob Ford nabbed two spots with his hilarious “Beagle Tales 5” at #21, and “Beagle Tales 4” at #24. J M West also doubled with “Courting Doubt and Darkness” at #26, and “Dying for Vengeance” at #27. “Jesus the Phoenician,” Kareem El Koussa’s controversial history of the Son of God, held on the list at #28 as his US tour ebbed. Two mainstays, Mike Campbell’s “Amelia Earhart: The Truth at Last, ” and Anthony Julian’s “Pit Bulls” continued their streaks on the chart at #29 and #30 respectively.

The company released eight new titles during the month of September.

SUNBURY PRESS – New Releases for September, 2015
Ionica	Catalina Petcov	Biography
The Heatstroke Line	Edwin Rubin	Climate Fiction
White River Monster IV	Keith Rommel	Thriller Fiction
White River Monster V	Keith Rommel	Thriller Fiction
White River Monster VI	Keith Rommel	Thriller Fiction
The Alabaster Jar	Marie Sontag	YA Fiction
Hairy Men in Caves	Marlin Bressi	History
High Passes	John Timmerman	Western

For a list of Sunbury’s best-sellers, please see the Sunbury Press web site:
http://www.sunburypressstore.com/BESTSELLERS_c3.htm
For a complete list of recent and upcoming releases, please see:
http://www.sunburypressstore.com/COMING-SOON_c47.htm