WILD BILL RIDES AGAIN named Eric Hoffer Book Award Finalist
Pump Fake Press is excited to announce that WILD BILL RIDES AGAIN by Jim Antonini was a category finalist in the prestigious Eric Hoffer Book Awards. Less than 10% of registrants reach this position. It is a worthy honor as WILD BILL RIDES AGAIN reached the upper portion of the judging. The list of finalists […]
Great Moments in Chico’s Bail Bonds Softball History – The Eve of 2026 Opening Night
In celebration of the start of the 28th Chico softball season, we will be posting daily recaps of the greatest games in the Bonders’ long and illustrious history. Twenty-seven seasons of Chico game recaps, stories, and player profiles are included in a recently published award-winning book entitled SOMETIMES ORANGE IS ALMOST GOLD. The book won […]
Great Moments in Chico’s Bail Bonds Softball History – Two Days until Opening Night
In celebration of the start of the 28th Chico softball season, we will be posting daily recaps of the greatest games in the Bonders’ long and illustrious history. Twenty-seven seasons of Chico game recaps, stories, and player profiles are included in a recently published award-winning book entitled SOMETIMES ORANGE IS ALMOST GOLD. The book won […]
Great Moments in Chico’s Bail Bonds Softball History – Three Days until Openings Night
In celebration of the start of the 28th Chico softball season, we will be posting daily recaps of the greatest games in the Bonders’ long and illustrious history. Twenty-seven seasons of Chico game recaps, stories, and player profiles are included in a recently published award-winning book entitled SOMETIMES ORANGE IS ALMOST GOLD. The book won […]
Great Moments in Chico’s Bail Bonds Softball History – Five Days until Opening Night
In celebration of the start of the 28th Chico softball season, we will be posting daily recaps of the greatest games in the Bonders’ long and illustrious history. Twenty-seven seasons of Chico game recaps, stories, and player profiles are included in a recently published award-winning book entitled SOMETIMES ORANGE IS ALMOST GOLD. The book won […]
The new book – Sometimes Orange is Almost Gold – grabs silver medal at literary awards event
Pump Fake Press is excited to announce that the new book – SOMETIMES ORANGE IS ALMOST GOLD – won a silver medal in the Non-Fiction Humor category of 2025 Reader Views Literary Awards. Literary Awards Winners – Reader Views SometimesOrangeIsAlmostGoldAntoniniReynolds.pdf BOOK SUMMARY: This book captures the colorful and hilarious exploits of a group of orange-clad […]
AWARD-WINNING BOOKS FROM PUMP FAKE PRESS
1. BULLETS FOR SILVERWARE “…this Appalachian tale of murder and drugs even has its own soundtrack; I swear I could hear the radio and smell the characters, because the descriptions in this novel are so well written. This is one of the rare times I’ve read a book in one sitting because I had to […]
Our new book Sometimes Orange is Almost Gold – The Best Book We Read in 2025 List
Exciting news! SOMETIMES ORANGE IS ALMOST GOLD authored by Jim Antonini and Suzanne Reynolds and published by Pump Fake Press made the Independent Book Review’s list of The Best Books We Read in 2025. See the below: Here’s what the Independent Book Review had to say about SOMETIMES ORANGE IS ALMOST GOLD: Hilarious, warmhearted, bite-sized […]
Books from PUMP FAKE PRESS make great holiday gifts!
Pump Fake Press books make for fun and affordable holiday gifts! Book bundle deals are available at https://jimantonini.com Jim Antonini is an award-winning author from West Virginia. 1. BULLETS FOR SILVERWARE (2020): a gritty, murder-mystery thriller set in the backwoods of West Virginia. It was a finalist for the Appodlachia 2020 Best Appalachian Book of […]
The new book SOMETIMES ORANGE IS ALMOST GOLD is now out! What others are saying.
INDEPENDENT BOOK REVIEW – Reviewed by Warren Maxwell, September 24, 2025 STARRED Book Review: Sometimes Orange Is Almost Gold by Jim Antonini and Suzanne Reynolds Hilarious, warmhearted, bite-sized stories of a cult softball team from West Virginia “…a dash of the tall tale, the frenzied sports announcer, and the romantic writer who can memorialize the […]