Profiting By Design Wins Excel Award

Profiting by DesignMAY 19, 2009 -- The latest title from MJSA Press, Profiting by Design: A Jewelry Maker’s Guide to Business Success by Marlene Richey, has won top honors in the Excel Award sponsored by the Society of National Association Publications (SNAP).

The book, which received the Gold Award in the Non-Technical Book category, is one of 181 winners selected from nearly 1,000 entries. It is the fifth EXCEL honor for an MJSA Press book in the last seven years. The awards recognize the best and most innovative association publications.

Profiting by Design is an easy-to-read guidebook for anyone who contemplates starting a design shop. Richey drew on her experience as a gallery owner and manager of the award-winning William Richey Designs, as well as on input from business experts and esteemed designers such as Barbara Heinrich, Chris Correia, and Michael Bondanza. The Prime Sponsor of Profiting by Design is David H. Fell & Company Inc., a precious metal refiner and manufacturer of quality mill products.

SNAP is a non-profit professional society serving the needs of association publishers and communications professionals. MJSA and other award winners will be honored at the 29th EXCEL Awards Gala on June 4, 2009. Winning entries are displayed at the gala and are featured in the July/August issue of SNAP’s magazine, Association Publishing.

Profiting by Design is available through MJSA and leading industry distributors, as well as Amazon.com.

For more information about the book, contact MJSA at 1-800-444-6572, ext. 3038, or visit mjsa.org. For more information on the Association Media and Publishing Conference and the EXCEL Awards, visit www.snaponline.org.