MECHANICSBURG, Pa. -- Sunbury Press has released the bestsellers list for May, 2015. The Cranbrook Schools took the top spot with their Women of the Worldanthology. Chris Papst's Capital Murder held strong at #2. Along the Bethel Trail, by the Friends of Bethel, showed at #3. Keith Rommel's newly released The Devil Tree led Fiction from the 4 spot.

SUNBURY PRESS - Bestsellers for May, 2015 (by Revenue)
Rank	Last Month	Title	Author	Category
1	NEW	Women Who Changed the World	Cranbrook Schools	YA Biography
2	1	Capital Murder	Chris Papst	Investigation
3	2	Along the Bethel Trail	Friends of Bethel AME	History
4	NEW	The Devil Tree	Keith Rommel	Thriller Fiction
5	16	The Complete Story of the Worldwide Invasion of the Orange Orbs	Terry Ray	Paranormal
6	7	The B Team	Alan Mindell	Sports Fiction
7	--	Rockabilly Rebel	Mack Allen Smith	Music History
8	--	At the End of the Day	Madelyn Killion	Literary Fiction
9	--	Visions of Teaoga	Jim Remsen	Historical Fiction
10	24	The Fossils of Blackberry Hill	Kenneth Gass	Paleontology
11	--	The Closer	Alan Mindell	Sports Fiction
12	6	Amelia Earhart: The Truth at Last	Mike Campbell	History
13	21	H Is for Hershey	Heather Paterno	Childrens
14	22	Winter of the Metal People	Dennis Herrick	Historical Fiction
15	--	Keystone Tombstones Philadelphia Region	Farrell and Farley	Biography
16	NEW	Where Elephants Fought	Bridget Smith	Historical Fiction
17	13	Pit Bulls	Anthony Julian	History
18	--	Head Over Wheels	Ken Mercurio	Medical Memoir
19	--	The Oxygen Factory	Renee des Lauriers	YA Thriller
20	--	Ambush at Dry Bone Gulch	Sid Davis	Western
21	--	The View from Four Foot Two	Judi Markowitz	Medical Memoir
22	5	Call Sign Dracula	Joe Fair	War Memoir
23	--	Well I'll Be Hanged	Tim Dempsey	History
24	23	That Night at Surigao	M Ernest Marshall	History
25	27	Forts, Forests, and Flintlocks	John L. Moore	History
26	--	Hour 30	Brandon Musgrave	Medical Memoir
27	30	Rivers, Raiders, and Renegades	John L. Moore	History
28	17	The Sign of the Eagle	Jess Steven Hughes	Historical Fiction
29	25	Bows, Bullets, and Bears	John L. Moore	History
30	29	Traders, Travelers, and Tomahawks	John L. Moore	History

What a month! The company had its best month ever, topping March's record. Compared to last May, sales more than doubled. YTD Sales are up 82% from last year. Hardcover books have grown to a 43% share of sales. EBooks recovered a bit this month, tracking at 4.2% of sales. Trade paperbacks slipped to 45%. Women Who Changed the World, by the Cranbrook Schools, grabbed the top spot thanks to a promotion at the end of the school year. Chris Papst's Capital Murder held strong due to author activity and breaking news about the Harrisburg financial scandal. Along the Bethel Trail, by the Friends of the Bethel AME, was helped by its release party at the Simon Cameron Mansion in Harrisburg. Keith Rommel's The Devil Tree debuted at #4 thanks to author appearances in Florida. Terry Ray's popular The Complete Story of the Worldwide Invasion of the Orange Orbs vaulted to #5 thanks to MUFON activities. Alan Mindell's sports novels The B Team (#6) and The Closer (#11) were bolstered by author appearances and interest in The Kentucky Derby. Mack Allen Smith's Rockabilly Rebel returned to the charts at #7 thanks to author activities. Madelyn Killion's At the End of the Day took #8 thanks to author activities. Jim Remsen's Visions of Teaoga returned to the chart at #9 due to author appearances. Kenneth Gass's The Fossils of Blackberry Hill was climbing the charts to #10 before it was withdrawn from publication. Mike Campbell's Amelia Earhart: The Truth at Last, held at #12, thanks to ongoing interest in the lost aviatrix. Heather Paterno's H Is for Hershey rose to #13 due to sales in the Hershey region. Dennis Herrick moved up to #14 with his Winter of the Metal People. The book is popular in New Mexico. The Joes, Farrell and Farley, grabbed #15 due to regional interest in with their recently-released Keystone Tombstones Philadelphia Region. Bridget Smith's new historical novel Where Elephants Fought charted at #16 thanks to sales in Mississippi. Anthony Julian's ever-present Pit Bulls charted again at #17 because of ongoing interest in the subject matter. Ken Mercurio's Head Over Wheels returned to the rankings at #18 thanks to author activities. YA Thriller, The Oxygen Factory, by Renee des Lauriers found #19 thanks to author events. Sid Davis's western, Ambush at Dry Bone Gulch, took #20 due to author interest. The View from Four Foot Two, by Judi Markowitz, returned to the rankings at #21 thanks to author activity. Call Sign Dracula, the Vietnam memoir by Joe Fair, continued to chart at #22 thanks to steady sales in bookstores. Tim Dempsey's Well I'll Be Hanged charted at #23 thanks to author activities. Ernie Marshall's That Night at Surigao maintained #24 thanks to interest in the last fight between battleships in WW2. John L. Moore grabbed the four spots #'s 25, 27, 29 & 30 with 4 of the 8 books in his Frontier Pennsylvania Series. Interest remains strong from local bookstores and retailers. Brandon Musgrave's medical school memoir Hour 30 took #26 thanks to steady ebook sales. Jess Steven Hughes was at #28 with The Sign of the Eagle. Hughes continues to benefit from his regular bookstore events. The company released four new titles during the month of May.

SUNBURY PRESS – New Releases for May, 2015
Women Who Changed the World	Cranbrook Schools	YA Biography
Where Elephants Fought	Bridget Smith	Historical Fiction
Plain and Deadly	Barbara Workinger	Murder Mystery
The Devil Tree	Keith Rommel	Thriller Fiction

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