SEATTLE - Amazon.com has selected STUCK IN THE BOX: A LIFE IN LOCAL TV NEWS as a quarter-finalist for the 2009 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. The award is designed to help emerging novelists showcase their work to Amazon's online community. The Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award is co-sponsored by Penguin Group (USA), Publishers Weekly and CreateSpace.

Los Angeles – Audio book publisher Big Happy Family, LLC, of Los Angeles, has announced the release of Stuck in the Box: A Life in Local TV News by Donna McNeely. Stuck in the Box is now available for download on audible.com and iTunes. The book is read by the author.

Los Angeles – Exclusive international distribution rights for the audio book version of Stuck in the Box: A Life in Local TV News by Donna McNeely have been picked up by Big Happy Family, LLC, of Los Angeles, a major publisher and online distributor of audio books. Stuck in the Box is a fictional memoir about one woman’s life and trials in the world local TV news. The audio book was produced by Richard L. Parsons and Virginia Square Audio. Recorded at Studio Zero in Los Angeles, Stuck in the Box was engineered and edited by Audie Award winner John Baker. Audie Award winner Scott Brick introduces the book, which is narrated by the author. Stuck in the Box will be available as an MP3 download on audible.com, iTunes, and other websites.