MECHANICSBURG, Pa. -- Sunbury Press has released the bestsellers list for July, 2015. Chris Papst took the top spot for the third month in a row with Capital Murder, the expose of Harrisburg's failed finances. Darla Henry's grief counseling classic The 3-5-7 Model grabbed the second spot. Sherry Knowlton's recently-released Dead of Summer led Fiction at #5.

SUNBURY PRESS - Bestsellers for July, 2015 (by Revenue)
Rank	Last Month	Title	Author	Category
1	1	Capital Murder	Chris Papst	Investigation
2	--	The 3-5-7 Model	Darla Henry	Counseling
3	NEW	The Bipolar Millionaire and the Operation	John E Wade II	Memoir
4	--	Dinofiric Poetry Volume 2	Mike Sgrignoli	Childrens
5	NEW	Dead of Summer	Sherry Knowlton	Murder Mystery
6	17	The B Team	Alan Mindell	Sports Fiction
7	11	Where Elephants Fought	Bridget Smith	Historical Fiction
8	NEW	The Segregated Georgia School for the Deaf	Ron Knorr & Clemmie Whatley	History
9	5	The Cursed Man	Keith Rommel	Thriller Fiction
10	19	The Closer	Alan Mindell	Sports Fiction
11	--	The Bronze Dagger	Marie Sontag	YA Fiction
12	21	Found. Still Lost.	Ashley Nichole	Photography
13	--	Dead of Autumn	Sherry Knowlton	Murder Mystery
14	15	Amelia Earhart: The Truth at Last	Mike Campbell	History
15	24	Forts, Forests, and Flintlocks	John L. Moore	History
16	NEW	Pink Crucifix	Johnny Strife	Supernatural Fiction
17	--	For Better, For Worse	Carolyn Perry	Disaster Memoir
18	30	Traders, Travelers, and Tomahawks	John L. Moore	History
19	29	Settlers, Soldiers, and Scalps	John L. Moore	History
20	23	Bows, Bullets, and Bears	John L. Moore	History
21	--	Warriors, Wampum, and Wolves	John L. Moore	History
22	--	Pioneers, Prisoners, and Peace Pipes	John L. Moore	History
23	--	Rivers, Raiders, and Renegades	John L. Moore	History
24	14	Winter of the Metal People	Dennis Herrick	Historical Fiction
25	--	Silver Moon	Joanne Risso	Childrens
26	--	Beagle Tales 5	Bob Ford	Pet Humor
27	12	Call Sign Dracula	Joe Fair	War Memoir
28	--	Cannons, Cattle, and Campfires	John L. Moore	History
29	--	Beagle Tales 3	Bob Ford	Pet Humor
30	13	Pit Bulls	Anthony Julian	History

Sunbury Press just posted its best July ever! Compared to last Juy, sales more than tripled. YTD Sales are also up over 100% from last year. EBook sales for the month were down over 12% from June. The company continues to see growth in print formats, while ebooks falter. Chris Papst's Capital Murder stayed on top due to author media activity and breaking news about the Harrisburg financial scandal. Darla Henry's The 3-5-7 Model soared to #2 thanks to the author's speaking engagements. John E Wade II's memoir, The Bipolar Millionaire and the Operation, showed thanks to advertising and events in his local New Orleans market. Mike and Ethan Sgrignoli's Dinorific Poetry Volume 2 took #4 thanks to their appearances. Sherry Knowlton's Dead of Summer debuted at #5, and Dead of Autumn at lucky #13, thanks to author activities. Alan Mindell's sports novels The B Team (#6) and The Closer (#10) moved up the rankings thanks to the author's new website and blog. Bridget Smith's historical novel Where Elephants Fought moved up to #7 thanks to a recent appearance in Nashville. The Segregated Georgia School for the Deaf, by professors Ron Knorr and Clemmie Whatley of Mercer University, debuted at #8 thanks to author activity. Keith Rommel's The Cursed Man held onto #9 as the author is in between convention appearances. Marie Sontag's The Bronze Dagger rejoined the list at #11 as she prepares for release of the next volume in the series. Ashley Nichole's Found. Still Lost. was the top selling art book at #12 due to her exhibition an 2nd Floor Gallery. Mike Campbell's Amelia Earhart: The Truth at Last, inched up to #14, thanks to ongoing interest in the lost aviatrix. All 8 of John L. Moore's Frontier Pennsylvania Series appeared on the list (15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, & 28). Interest remains strong from local bookstores, historical parks, and retailers. Johnny Strife's Pink Crucifix crept onto the list at #16 thanks to orders from his circle. Carolyn Perry's Katrina memoir, For Better, For Worse, returned to the list at #17 as the 10th anniversary of the hurricane approaches. Dennis Herrick held at #24 with his Winter of the Metal People. The book is popular in New Mexico. Joanne Risso's Silver Moon reappeared on the list at #25 thanks to her activities. Bob Ford's Beagle Tales series took two spots -- #26 with Volume 5 and #29 with Volume 3. Call Sign Dracula, the Vietnam memoir by Joe Fair, continued to chart at #27 thanks to steady sales in bookstores. Anthony Julian's ever-present Pit Bulls charted again at #30 because of ongoing interest in the subject matter. The company released six new titles during the month of July.

SUNBURY PRESS – New Releases for July, 2015
The Bipolar Millionaire and the Operation	John E Wade II	Memoir
Dead of Summer	Sherry Knowlton	Murder Mystery
The Segregated Georgia School for the Deaf	Ron Knorr & Clemmie Whatley	History
Pink Crucifix	Johnny Strife	Supernatural Fiction
Keep Turning Right	Rick Dapp	Self-Help
White River Monster	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