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San Diego Author Wins Third National Book Award
Martin Roy Hill's Novel, "The Fourth Rising," Garners Third Literary Honor - September 20, 2021 - 32-32 North
Burning Soul Press Announces Launch of New White-Label Agency: The Ember Project
Book publishing company launches agency that enables companies to build and operate their own branded imprint for published books and works. - September 18, 2021 - Burning Soul Collective
Shero Comics’ Rayven Choi Graphic Novel Series Will Take Final Bow on National Comic Book Day
African American Superheroine Series Comes to an End with Final Book Release - September 18, 2021 - Shero Comics
5310 Publishing Releases the Contemporary Romance "Faithfully Addicted" Worldwide
"Faithfully Addicted," a romance by Darren Finney about a man who doesn’t believe in love, published this week by 5310 Publishing. This book is available online wherever books are sold. - September 18, 2021 - 5310 Publishing
New Publication from President Emeritus, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford
"Chasing the Silver Lining" is authored by Dr. Livingston Alexander, distinguished President Emeritus, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford. He drew inspiration for his creative non-fiction work reflecting upon experiences from his childhood as well as other prominent events. To understand Dr. Alexander is to know resilience existed, even during Jim Crow. If Dr. Alexander is not known to you, his new publication is sure to have you remember his poignant words for years to come. - September 17, 2021 - 220 Media and Marketing
Michael Terence Publishing Announce the Release of "Brilliant Black Inventors" by Joy James
Michael Terence Publishing is excited to announce the release of "Brilliant Black Inventors" – a colour-illustrated children’s book by Joy James. - September 17, 2021 - Michael Terence Publishing
New International Crime Fiction Book Goes on Global Manhunt
A newly-published crime fiction anthology featuring 80 authors from around the globe takes readers with a detective and his assistant on the trail of the thief who stole a coveted recipe from a secret lab. - September 16, 2021 - Keith Lyons
COVID-19 and Mental Health: the Skills We’ve Been Taught Aren’t Helping Us When Times Are Tough. Happiness Expert Evan Sutter’s New Book, "Awake" Aims to Change That.
COVID-19, Afghanistan, climate change - we are facing an existential crisis and people everywhere are struggling. Are the skills we’ve been told to cultivate making things any easier? The straight A’s, the prestigious university, and the athletic performances are not providing enough of... - September 16, 2021 - Hapzly
A “Very Special Cat” Loses an Eye and Wins Hearts in a Picture Book Launching on National Cat Day
"Frazier: The Very Special Cat," authored by Faye Rapoport DesPres and illustrated by Laurel McKinstry Petersen (Writer's Coffee Bar Press, 2021 - Book 3 in the Stray Cat Stories Series), is a heartwarming children's book based on a true story. A big orange tom cat who was visiting an outdoor feeding station ended up finding a happy home despite having just one eye (after all, what matters is having a great big heart). The book will be released on October 29, 2021 - National Cat Day. - September 13, 2021 - Faye Rapoport DesPres
2021 Award for Best Science Fiction Goes to "The Chiral Agent" by L.L. Richman in Reader's Favorite Annual International Book Award Contest
Readers' Favorite is proud to announce that "The Chiral Agent" by L.L. Richman has won the 2021 Gold Award for Science Fiction. Learn more about L.L. Richman and "The Chiral Agent" at https://readersfavorite.com/book-review/the-chiral-agent. Readers' Favorite is one of the largest book review and award contests, respected by renowned publishers like Random House, Simon & Schuster, and Harper Collins. The awards receive thousands of submissions annually from all over the world. - September 12, 2021 - L.L. Richman
New from Higher Ground Books & Media and Karen Scarberry
Now Available for Pre-Order. "Gabby the Guardian Angel" by Karen Scarberry. From the back cover: "As a child, did you ever feel that there was something under your bed? Some sort of monster or boogeyman? I'll bet you didn't know that God had assigned an Angel or being from His... - September 11, 2021 - Higher Ground Books & Media
Michael Terence Publishing Announces the Release of "Farewell Tour" by Steven Melville
Michael Terence Publishing is excited to announce the release of "Farewell Tour" – a cautionary tale by Steven Melville. - September 10, 2021 - Michael Terence Publishing
Michael Terence Publishing Announces the Release of "Another Day in Paradise" by Karen Telling
Michael Terence Publishing is excited to announce the release of "Another Day in Paradise" – an autobiography by Karen Telling. - September 10, 2021 - Michael Terence Publishing
Young Adult Romance "The Complexities of Love" Wins Book Cover of the Month Award
Author M.A. Quigley got awarded with a golden badge of Book Cover of the Month for her debut romance, The Complexities of Love, published by 5310 Publishing. - September 10, 2021 - 5310 Publishing
HEROPLOT: The Spear of Destiny Remains at #1 on Amazon for Third Consecutive Week
HEROPLOT: The Spear of Destiny, by debut author Scott Harvey, maintains its position as a #1 hot new release on Amazon. - September 09, 2021 - HeroPlot
Extremis Publishing Named Independent Publishing Company of the Year at Scottish Prestige Awards
Extremis Publishing has been named Independent Publishing Company of the Year at the Corporate LiveWire Scotland Prestige Awards 2021/22. The prize was conferred by Osmaan Mahmood, CEO and Founder of Fenice Media which operates the Prestige Awards, to Extremis Publishing's directors Julie Christie and Tom Christie at the Norton House Hotel in Edinburgh on Friday 3rd September. - September 08, 2021 - Extremis Publishing Ltd.
The Plague of Public Speaking Anxiety Has Met Its Match
Morgan James’ new release, "The Power to Speak Naked: How to Speak with Confidence, Communicate Effectively, and Win Your Audience," by Sean Tyler Foley, offers a provocative and original take on public speaking, presenting proven, actional steps to help anyone advance in their career and life. - September 07, 2021 - Total Buy In
Fantasy Writer Debuts New YA Novel That Shows Outsiders Can Become Heroes
Adolescence is a time when we want nothing more than to just fit in. Uniqueness can be a liability and a source of torment. Those real-life struggles are on display in Freya Daree’s new young adult series “The DeathReaper.” In the first of the series, heroine Amelie is forced to hide her special powers, until she realizes they may be the only thing that can save her world. A book for everyone that’s ever felt like an outsider, Daree creates a fantastical world full of good versus evil struggles. - September 07, 2021 - Bublish
Just in Time for Back-to-School, Eifrig Publishing Helps Kids Process What They Have Lost and Learned During the Pandemic with a New Book, "The Extraordinary Pause"
"The Extraordinary Pause": Through a tender story paired with beautiful illustrations, this new title from Eifrig Publishing helps parents and teachers guide kids through all the new ways we learned to relate to one another when the world was turned upside down. - September 07, 2021 - Eifrig Publishing
A Record-Breaking Night of Live Book Reading at The Book Slam on Clubhouse Stage
8 authors transformed a social networking platform known typically for stimulating unprecedented business connections into a performance art arena unlike anything previously experienced on a virtual stage. - September 06, 2021 - MADDCity.Live
Funny, Honest, and Raw: Peter McDonald’s Account of a Life in British Medicine
Hooked Books is excited to announce the publication of A Doctor’s Aim: Memoir of a London Surgeon by Peter McDonald, available on Amazon as an e-book or at general retail in paperback (ISBN 978-1-8384269-2-7). A Doctor’s Aim opens with a young man bleeding to death on an operating... - September 06, 2021 - Hooked Books
Raman Kuppuswamy Has Released His New Fiction "Marcus Was Not The CEO Of His Company" on Amazon
Raman Kuppuswamy, who regularly creates various types of content that include fiction, website content, articles, blog posts, sales letters, sales emails, and so on, announces the release of his latest fiction, "Marcus Was Not The CEO Of His Company" on Amazon. According to Raman Kuppuswamy, the fiction is the story of Marcus who got entangled in debts. A few extraordinary things happened in his life. The writer says that the story is about those changes and how they transformed his life. - September 04, 2021 - Raman Kuppuswamy
Texas Author Sells Excess Print Copies for Local Children’s Hospital
Texas author, William Gensburger is using excess print copies of his well-praised, mystery novel "Texas Dead" to help raise money for Texas Children’s Hospital, Spring, Texas. - September 03, 2021 - MisterWriter.com
New from Brenda W. McIntyre and Higher Ground Books & Media
Now Available for Pre-Order. Finding Purpose in the Pain: Devotions for Victims of Parental Alienation by Brenda W. McIntyre. Parental Alienation is a growing problem in which children are brainwashed by one parent in a deliberate attempt to destroy their relationship with the other parent. - September 03, 2021 - Higher Ground Books & Media
The Oaklea Press Publishes New Book, “The Witch of Amesbury, Matriarch of an Advertising Dynasty” by a Former Principal of The Martin Agency
Stephen Hawley Martin, a former principal of the firm that created the GEICO Gecko and the slogan, “Virginia is for Lovers,” writes a new book that claims having a witch in the family may have contributed to the firm’s success. The Kindle edition will be free to download from Amazon on September 2 and 3. - September 02, 2021 - The Oaklea Press
Riveting Memoir, “What Lurks in the Woods,” Links Lyme Disease and Alzheimer’s
With her premier book, “What Lurks in the Woods,” author Nicole Bell delivers a captivating and vulnerable account of her husband’s journey with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. Unconvinced of the baffling diagnosis, Nicole used her experience as an engineer and medical... - September 02, 2021 - Nicole Bell
Light Of The Moon Publishing Releases 2nd Edition of G.W. Mullins Book "Native American Legends Stories Of The Hopi Indians Vol. Two"
Best-Selling Author G.W. Mullins and Award-Winning Artist C.L. Hause team up once more to present a vivid history of one of the oldest Native American tribes, the Hopi. - September 02, 2021 - Light Of The Moon Publishing
New Book and Author; "The Lighthouse Beams Just A Little Something" by Kathie Baset
A first time Romance Fiction author has created and published a sweet "forever love" romance fiction novel with characters that appear real, as though they could be someone’s biography. It is well written and is Book 1 of a three book series of "The Lighthouse Beams." The name of the area where the story takes place in New York State is fictional though can easily be thought to be a specific place in the Catskills and almost near the Canadian border of New York State. - September 01, 2021 - Beacon Resources
Michael Terence Publishing Announces the Release of "Captain Magic Beard and The Tiger Eel" by Andrew Winrow
Michael Terence Publishing is excited to announce the release of "Captain Magic Beard and The Tiger Eel," a children’s colour-illustrated story book written by Andrew Winrow and illustrated by Gayatri Ray. - August 31, 2021 - Michael Terence Publishing
Chick Boss Cake - "The Million Dollar Bakery": Local Entrepreneur Builds a Million Dollar Business with Zero Experience & Writes a Book About It
Local 33 year old entrepreneur, Rebecca Hamilton, who has zero education or experience builds a successful bakery business to over a million dollars in sales & then writes a book about how she did it. A true underdog story, the book titled: The Million Dollar Bakery shares Rebecca's story of... - August 30, 2021 - Chick Boss Cake
Frederick Turner to Serve as President for the Mundus Artium Press
Mundus Artium Press announces the appointment of Frederick Turner as its new president. Frederick Turner is an internationally known poet, thinker, scholar, critic, science fiction author and translator. Over the past few decades, Professor Turner has received multiple nominations for the Nobel... - August 29, 2021 - Mundus Artium Press
"Destiny" Remembers the Armenian Diaspora: Horrific, But True. Sad, But Inspiring.
Amidst daily firefights on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border, a new historical fiction highlights the fortitude of the Armenian people during the waning years of the Ottoman Empire, following the author's own family story. - August 26, 2021 - Quiet Thunder Publishing
"HEROPLOT: The Spear of Destiny" Debuts as #1 New Release
International award-winning designer Scott Harvey's book debut, "HEROPLOT: The Spear of Destiny," launches at #1 New Release on Amazon. - August 26, 2021 - HeroPlot
New Book Release From Fireship Press - “A White Star in a Red Sky”
Two young women flying for their countries will form a lasting bond of friendship forged in the crucible of war. - August 26, 2021 - Fireship Press
Light Of The Moon Publishing Releases 2nd Edition of G.W. Mullins Book "Native American Legends: Stories Of The Hopi Indians Vol. One"
Author G.W. Mullins and award-winning artist C.L. Hause revisit their best-selling title “Native American Legends: Stories Of The Hopi Indians Vol. One," with an anniversary 2nd edition release. - August 26, 2021 - Light Of The Moon Publishing
Amidst Vaccine Hesitancy, Psychologist Offers Solutions to Overcome the Fear of Needles in His New Book
More than one in four people worldwide feel distress at the sight of a needle. Even worse, many Americans may avoid vaccines strictly out of a fear of the jab. As vaccine hesitancy becomes more of a hot button issue, psychologist Dr. Marty Martin offers practical solutions to overcoming this fear in his new book Conquer Needle Phobia. Here he explains the difference between fear and phobia and outlines researched-backed strategies that individuals can use to get past their hesitancy. - August 25, 2021 - Bublish
Debut Speculative Fiction Novel Amplifies Caribbean Stories and Spaces with a Fresh Voice
Afro-Barbadian American writer Rachelle J. Gray's novel "Kingstown Burning" is a literary social commentary told through the lens of a contemporary cast of Caribbean characters of Rastafari faith, who brave the choppy realities that a new economic order brings into their world. - August 25, 2021 - LadyGray Publishing
Coming-of-Age Romance Book, "The Complexities of Love" Released Worldwide Today by 5310 Publishing
This praised and intriguing young adult novel by M.A. Quigley about life, love, and family secrets is available now in bookstores and online. - August 25, 2021 - 5310 Publishing
American Poet Gjekë Marinaj Receives South Korea's Changwon KC International Literary Prize
American poet, writer and literary critic Gjekë Marinaj was named the winner of one of South Korea's most prestigious cultural awards, the Changwon KC International Literary Prize. Based in the Dallas metro area, Dr. Marinaj serves on the faculty of Richland College, in addition to his role as... - August 24, 2021 - Mundus Artium Press
Anil Uzun Will Talk about Hot New Travel Book Releases in 2021 on YouTube
Anil Uzun will be talking about the hot new travel book releases in 2021, both best selling and future releases, on September 1, Wednesday on YouTube. - August 24, 2021 - Anil Uzun
"The Little Girl Who Could" Just Released by Andi Bowe, Indie Author and Director of CSIRI
New Edition of "The Little Girl Who Could" now available on lulu publishing site in both ebook and printed hardcover. - August 24, 2021 - Computer Social Impact Research Institute, Inc.
Author Teresa W. Holmes is Releasing a New Romance Novella on August 31, 2021 Titled, "The Sins of Them"
Full of passion and lust, "The Sins of Them" is a tantalizing ride of sexual impulses and desire that leaves the reader completely breathless. - August 23, 2021 - Author Teresa Holmes
New Spy Novel, by Enigma CEO, Receives Unanimous Praise
The new novel by political strategist Sven Hughes, has received unanimous praise in the run up to its 6th September release. - August 21, 2021 - Enigma Strategic Communications
Higher Ground Books & Media Presents "Oasis or Mirage: Which Jesus Are You Following?" by Terra Kern
Now available for pre-order "Oasis or Mirage: Which Jesus Are You Following?" by Terra Kern. Richard Nowik, Associate Pastor of Mt. Zion Church in Clarkston, MI says, “In 'Oasis or Mirage: Which Jesus Are You Following?' we are confronted with a question that must be answered. From... - August 21, 2021 - Higher Ground Books & Media
Michael Terence Publishing Announces the Release of "The Height of Friendship" by Bradley Hennessy
Michael Terence Publishing is excited to announce the release of "The Height of Friendship," a children’s colour-illustrated story book by Bradley Hennessy. - August 18, 2021 - Michael Terence Publishing
Most "Incels" Gravitate More to the "Black Pill" Mindset Rather Than the "Red Pill" Critique and Philosophy of Pursuing Female Romantic Companionship
The 1999 movie "The Matrix" introduced us to the concept of the "Blue Pill" & the "Red Pill." Both "pills" represent two different viewpoints of life: Life as we ideally want it to be (Blue Pill) and life as it really is (Red Pill). Beginning with no later than 2011, the cult following of single heterosexual men on the internet known as "The Manosphere" adopted the various "pill" philosophies and began applying it to their views on women, feminism, masculinity, dating, relationships and marriage - August 17, 2021 - Mode One Multimedia, Inc.
Reid Champagne Emerges as the Sultan of Satire with His Book, "An American Walkabout"
Reid Champagne is one multitalented individual; he's known to be a romance author, best-selling writer, American humorist, and funny observer who has been selling his words for over 35 years now. He's recently taken to Amazon to publish his book, "An American Walkabout," which rightly... - August 17, 2021 - Reid Champagne
Celebrity Chef, Maria Liberati, Publishing Brand New Cookbook with Diaries
Celebrity chef, Maria Liberati, is publishing a new cookbook that is a part of her acclaimed series, The Basic Art of Italian Cooking, this time with diaries. - August 15, 2021 - Art of Living, PrimaMedia, Inc.
BookBuzz.net Partners with Author LL Lewin to Promote Her Young Adult Novel - "Neptune's Window: First Glance"
BookBuzz.net partners with author LL Lewin to promote her young adult novel, "Neptune's Window: First Glance." This is the first book in the Neptune’s Window trilogy that combines mystery, astrology, and psychic medium abilities. - August 14, 2021 - BookBuzz
BookBuzz.net Promotes Lynn Slaughter's New Historical Romantic Mystery - Leisha's Song
BookBuzz.net is pleased to partner with author Lynn Slaughter to announce the release of her new coming-of-age romantic mystery, Leisha's Song. Released by Fire and Ice Young Adult Books in June 2021, the book is already receiving rave reviews from readers and reviewers. - August 13, 2021 - BookBuzz