The 2012 Next Generation Indie Book Awards announced May 9 the selection of  ”Making John A Soldier A Nebraskan Goes to War,” by John P Malloy Sr. as finalist in the Military category of the awards.  The Next Generation Indie Book Awards is the largest Not-for-Profit book awards program for independent authors and independent publishers. The Awards were established to recognize and honor the most exceptional independently published books.

 The award to finalists provides recognition and the prestige of authoring an award-winning book. The awards were presented to all finalists at the Gala Awards Ceremony, on June 4th, at the landmark Plaza Hotel in New York City during Book Expo America 2012.”

 The book continues to gain public attention and sales. It recently was displayed in a booth at the Tucson Festival of Books, an annual event that attracted 125,000 visitors. Several newspapers in Nebraska and in Tucson have also recently given front page coverage to the book.