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Imaginative Pencil Publishing Releases the Long Awaited First Volume About the Art of Internationally Renowned Artist Justin Michael Jenkins
Exclusive Volume 1 Edition in full color. This coffee table style book features the pencil work of internationally renowned artist Justin Michael Jenkins. Over 30 artist favorites are included in this Volume 1 edition containing feedback from various scholars and artists. This edition also gives each reader an intimate and deep perspective of each work by the artist. Published by Imaginative Pencil Publishing. 160 pages and full color. - April 04, 2006 - Imaginative Pencil
New Book Release "Wannabe Partners In Crime"
A new novel published in 2006, second book published by author Marilyn Oakley. Authors accomplishments and a brief bio. - April 03, 2006 - Marilyn Oakley
Poet Anastasia Clark Releases Vagabond Pond
Anastasia Clark, poet, announces the highly anticipated release of her latest book, Vagabond Pond (ISBN: 1933242256. Paperback. $16.00 list)- her fourth full length title published by Sun Rising Poetry Press. Clark describes the book, “as an assortment of 85 poems dedicated to vagabonds-... - April 02, 2006 - Anastasia Clark
Mark Mazz as New Creative Director of CAG
Mark Mazz announced as new Creative Director of (CAG) Comic Artists Guild. - March 28, 2006 - Comic Art Guild
Your Kid Can Be a Bestselling Author. Why Not You?
Write a book proposal and get $100,000+—for an idea - March 21, 2006 - Harrow Communications
Superhero Comic Book an Instant Sell Out
Overwhelming orders force new comic book, Zoom Suit #1 to be allocated. The comic is an instant sell out. Retailers will receive only 90% of their initial orders. - March 19, 2006 - Superverse Entertainment
Georgia Firm Prominent at Spring Book Show 2006 in Atlanta March 17-19
Spring Book Show 2006, the largest bargain book show in the South, will be held March 17-19 at Atlanta's World Congress Center. More than 50,000 book titles will be offered to buyers. Among the more than 100 sellers at the show will be Kudzu Bargain Books of Cartersville, Ga. - March 11, 2006 - Spring Book Show
The Writersville Gang Releases Free E-book "A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to Getting Published" for Read-an-eBook Week
The Writersville Gang announces free e-book for writers. - March 08, 2006 - Dorothy Thompson
Bolingbrook IL Author Michelle Larks Releases New Ebook, Mirrored Images
Bolingbrook local resident Michelle Larks along with Ocean's Mist Press releases new e-book titled 'Mirrored Images' on February 6, 2006. - March 07, 2006 - F&M Enterprises
Oil, Empire and Disaster: Read in the New Book Published by Galiel.Net
The Third Day of September Ides. Book One: So, you say, we need a disaster. By Ely Asher, ISBN 0-9770364-2-1. - March 04, 2006 - Galiel.Net
Bargain Book Dealers Welcomed to Atlanta for Spring Book Show
More than 50,000 book titles from hundreds of publishers will be on display for dealers at South's largest bargain book show, slated for Atlanta's World Congress Center March 17-19 - March 02, 2006 - Anvil Publishers, Inc.
Combining Western and Chinese Medicine Provides Menopause Solutions
Dr. Laurie Steelsmith appeared on the Access to Health Experts interview series on February 16th and presented her findings that the integration of Chinese and Western Naturopathic techniques bring significant health benefits for women’s health and menopause. - February 27, 2006 - Innovative Healing
The Readers’ Station Tour Guides Take Readers for Trips into Other Worlds
All aboard the Readers' Express as it pulls out of the Readers' Station. Welcome to the Readers' Station. The tour guides transport readers to other places, times and worlds for trips of a life time. Get a ticket here. Learn how: • ask favorite authors how they develop story ideas? - February 26, 2006 - S & C Consulting
SmartFinds Releases Updated 2006 Internet Marketing E-Book
The concept of Internet marketing can be reduced to content and links. SmartFinds updated Internet marketing e-book helps those who wish to pursue these methods on their own. - February 22, 2006 - SmartFinds Marketing
Successful Author Self Publishes Free E-Book to Increase Market Awareness
Dr. Elizabeth Lipski, Author of Digestive Wellness, Leaky Gut Syndrome, and the Access to Health Experts interview series, has published a free compilation of her 2005 Health Tips as a marketing technique in order to reach a broader audience. - February 13, 2006 - Innovative Healing
Science Reveals that Food can Treat Many Illnesses as Effectively as Drugs
The Access to Health Experts interview series will host health expert Dr. Michael Murray who will present his findings that eating the right food can be an effective way of treating many of today’s diseases. - February 11, 2006 - Innovative Healing
Looking for Love? - The Answer is in Understanding Marketing
A new marketing e-book teaches people how marketing techniques can make them successful in the dating game as well as business. - February 08, 2006 - ClydeSight Productions
Print on Demand Novelist Popularizes a New Genre Called Suburban Fiction
Novelist Alex Hutchinson believes that every neighborhood is smothered in dark secrets just waiting to be uncovered. His website www.SuburbanFiction.com gives readers a selection of shocking stories that have taken place in suburban America. - February 08, 2006 - Alex Hutchinson
Cry Wolf Now on the Library Shelves
Once again the graphic novel, “Cry Wolf,” has made the news. The book will appear on the shelves of the Lakewood Library in Lakewood, Ohio as part of their selected graphic novel collection. “We are thrilled to hear the news about our book,” said illustrator Daniel J. - February 07, 2006 - Dark Dance Productions, LLC
Bears In The Forest Are Discovered To Be Aliens, in a New Book by Jill Divine
Read how with trust and belief you can achieve anything, even escaping and triumphing over aliens. - February 04, 2006 - Jill Divine
Romance Novels: Are They the Antidote to a Dreary Sex Life?
Women who read romance novels make love with their partners 74% more often than women who don’t, according to Psychology Today. Furthermore, when women fantasize frequently (as they do when they read romance novels), they have sex more often, have more fun in bed, and engage in a wider variety of erotic activities, according to a report in Psychological Bulletin. - February 02, 2006 - Think-Outside-The-Book Publishing, Inc.
Comic Industry Icon Joins Team Zoom Suit at MEGA CON
Bob Layton Joins Team Zoom Suit at MEGA CON. Industry Icon Makes Rare Convention Appearance to Support Zoom Suit Comic and Animated Film for One Day Only. Largest Comic Convention in the Southeast. - February 01, 2006 - Superverse Entertainment
Chinese Medicine Plus Western Medicine Equals Fewer Problems With Menopause
The Access to Health Experts interview series will host health expert Dr. Laurie Steelsmith who will present her findings that the integration of Chinese and Naturopathic techniques bring significant health benefits for women’s health and menopause. - February 01, 2006 - Innovative Healing
Diamond Comics Gives Comic Fans First Look at Zoom Suit #1
Diamond Comics to supply retailers with complete copy of Zoom Suit prior to order date. Zoom Suit is based upon an award winning animated short of the same name. - January 25, 2006 - Superverse Entertainment
Zoom Suit #1 to Feature Super Premium Print Technologies
Zoom Suit, a comic book based upon an award winnin animated short, will feature never before seen print and prepress technology garnering the book the moniker of the world's first Super-Premium Comic Book. - January 22, 2006 - Superverse Entertainment
Best-selling Author Increases Royalties by 300%
A best-selling author moves his book to Outskirts Press and starts making an additional $10 in profit for every book he sells through Amazon.com. - January 11, 2006 - Outskirts Press, Inc.
Cry Wolf -- One of the Best Graphic Novels for 2005
The prestigious comic book website, The ComicFanatic.com, has christened Cry Wolf as one of the best original graphic novels of 2005. The novel wound up in a three-way tie for the coveted title with two other original novels: Ravenous and Dead West. “It is indeed an honor to have... - January 09, 2006 - Dark Dance Productions, LLC
Hawks Novel Suggests that Teenagers Listen to the President
When the President of the United States makes statements or decisions of great impact can teenagers, those Americans who are least affected by politics, be the most affected by his guiding influence? - December 30, 2005 - Alex Hutchinson
Jean-Claude Koven Featured Speaker Body, Mind, Spirit Expo Los Angeles 1/07/06
Award-winning metaphysical author talks about how to tell if you are one of the 70 million light beings who are incarnate on Earth now to help evolve the consciousness of humanity during this time of transition and shift. - December 30, 2005 - Prism House Press
Cooking Up Customers – A New Years Marketing Strategy Resolution
Marketing e-book explains the "Marketing Triangle" using a recipe format, like a cookbook. It even contains food recipes! For small and start-up businesses, talent, even job seekers and daters. - December 19, 2005 - ClydeSight Productions
Decapitated Body Found by Teenagers in New Novel
A quiet little town gets a big shock when a gang of friends finds the headless body of a Brockton teenager. - December 09, 2005 - Alex Hutchinson
Book Describes End of the World and "Spiritual" Truths
The Building of The Second Spiritual House follows two families searching for the lost secrets behind the Word of God. The book also explains the destruction of the "Church Age" on Earth and the last seven years of humankind before Armageddon... - November 28, 2005 - Outskirts Press, Inc.
Gay Boxer Outs Himself During Televised Main Event Match
Chad Dragyn, a heavyweight fighter from St. Petersburg came out to the ring wrapped in a rainbow colored flag to the shock of a national cable audience. Chad Dragyn is the main character in the novel Virgin Gloves by Alex Hutchinson, the first ever story to predict that one day homosexuality would... - November 25, 2005 - Alex Hutchinson
Don Nicholas and Mequoda Café Daily Release Complimentary eBook: How to Launch a Successful Membership Website
Mequoda Founder and Membership Website Expert Don Nicholas announced today the release of How to Launch a Successful Membership Website, a free eBook available at the Mequoda Café Daily, a free website and newsletter about best practices for Internet marketers, publishers and designers. - November 22, 2005 - Mequoda Group
Backyard Wrestling Grapples with the Book Industry. Backyard Empire, a Novel by Alex Hutchinson is Released to the Horror of Many Parents who Abhor the Fake Sport.
As the antics of teenage backyard wrestlers increases in danger and complexity so do the stories that follow. Backyard Empire by Alex Hutchinson is based on a true story of life imitating sports entertainment with some gruesome outcomes. Opponents to the underground activity fear that young kids will be severly hurt or killed if its popularity continues to increase. According to the author "It's a fad that's not fizzling out anytime soon." - November 21, 2005 - Alex Hutchinson
International Profit Associates Selected by Aspatore Books to Author 'Inside the Minds: Consulting Leadership Strategies
IPA-IBA's Managing Director and President have been selected by the editorial board of 'Inside the Minds' as leaders in consulting and contributing authors. - November 18, 2005 - IPA
Before They Were Hawks: Birth of the Malevolent Philosophy, a Novel by Alex Hutchinson
Suicidal at 16, life had never been worse for James Ballum. A high school sophomore with a sleepwalking problem, James often wakes up in places without knowing how he arrived. This weakness is aggravated by the bullies he faces both in and out of school, but he is developing a plan to take revenge against his tormentors. Together with Tim, an ex-football player, Gary, a street hustler, Damian, a con man, and Tommy, a pagan dropout, they form The Hawks Foundation, a teenage suburban hit squad. - November 13, 2005 - Alex Hutchinson
Sex, Larceny, and Wrong Motives Steam the Pages of Mardi Gras Ice
It is Mardi Gras time, and the city of New Orleans is shimmering with the colors of Carnival and pulsating with the sounds of zydeco and jazz. Against such a backdrop comes Mardi Gras Ice—a tale of deceit, deadly encounters, and a jewel heist gone terribly wrong. - November 02, 2005 - Outskirts Press, Inc.
This New Textbook (Written in Spanish) for Graduate Students and Practitioners, with a Holistic Updated Approach. There is Nothing Similar Written in Ibero America.
Organizational Improvement and Change. This text-book, written in Spanish, will help your company to change- whether it is a gradual and incremental or the wholesale transformation of your business processes, organizational behavior or corporate direction- and retain competitiveness. - November 02, 2005 - Outskirts Press, Inc.
Children's Book Teaches Kids to "Be Wary of Strangers"
David A. Marcotte's Be Wary of Strangers informs children about the dangers of dealing with strangers through an illustrated story. The book is also meant to help parents discuss these dangers with their own children. - November 02, 2005 - Outskirts Press, Inc.
Boy Inherits Tide
The story is driven by a grandmother’s love for her ten-year old, half Indian grandson, and his growing respect for her. The grandson learns about his heritage through Grandma. - November 02, 2005 - Outskirts Press, Inc.
WW2 Veteran Realizes Life Long Dream with the Release of First Book
In Short Shorts, his first collection of nineteen compelling stories, we meet characters such as a porno star of the future and a man enriched by red bars of soap. These engaging tales delve into issues ranging from adultery, marriage, and divorce to anti-Semitism, baseball and death. The locales are as diverse as the characters and include an Australian rest home and a Los Angeles movie studio. - November 02, 2005 - Outskirts Press, Inc.
New Author Shares her Deepest Darkest Moments to Help Others
An autobiography focusing on one hundred days of the author’s life. The stories are about the survival of the author through a mother’s cruelty, molestation, an abusive marriage, deep depression, and attempts at suicide. - November 02, 2005 - Outskirts Press, Inc.
Aliens Arrive Via Sunbeam
The Rose Sisters arrived from planet Gareth and are staying with Mac Dakota at his home in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. - November 02, 2005 - Outskirts Press, Inc.
How Placing Power in the Hands of Everyday People Can Truly Affect Those in Need
“There are thousands of creative ways to address your urge to help and to make a huge difference in the world that don’t cost a lot of money or necessarily consume a great deal of your time. That’s what this book is all about.” - November 01, 2005 - Outskirts Press, Inc.
Against the Tide: The Rise and Fall of a Young Professional in Africa...
Into a government-backed megacorporation walks Moses Fulani, a young, talented, and ambitious engineer. But these days in Africa, he is the type of employee least likely to succeed. In fact, the more efficient he becomes, the more his bosses move to secure his downfall. - November 01, 2005 - Outskirts Press, Inc.
Take One Leggy Police Detective, Mix in a Puzzling Murder Investigation, Blend with Warm Florida Keys Waters for a Delicious Treat
Charlie Hudson, avid scuba diver and military veteran, brings her easy style and quick dialogue to create an intriguing story of death, power and a search for answers among people who prefer to paint the truth in shades other than black and white. - November 01, 2005 - Outskirts Press, Inc.
UN Safeguards Inspector Reveals his Insights Gained During his Work to Prevent the Spread of Nuclear Weapons of Mass Destruction
A.B.M. Nurul Islam served from 1983 to 1999 as a Safeguards Inspector of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a specialized body of the United Nations (UN), headquartered in Vienna, Austria. His official duties required extensive travel and he used it to not only fulfill his official missions but also to record his insights of local customs. His Travel Tales chronicles the incidents experienced by the author as he traveled through many countries. - November 01, 2005 - Outskirts Press, Inc.
First in the New “Midge & the Kid” Novels… The Camel’s Eye
There’s a new mystery afoot in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, and this one is sure to delight readers across the country. The Camel’s Eye is the first novel in a series of mystery thrillers released by author Michael James Ball. - November 01, 2005 - Outskirts Press, Inc.
Jean-Claude Koven's Going Deeper Wins USA Book News' Best New Age Fiction Award 2005
Metaphysical author Jean-Claude Koven wins another book award for Going Deeper: How to Make Sense of Your Life When Your Life Makes No Sense. He joins the company of author Amy Tan with his USA Book News accolade. - October 31, 2005 - Prism House Press