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Ingram Book Group Strengthens Foothold in Digital Publishing Space
VitalSource is commemorating the billionth e-book title distributed in its VitalBook (*.vbk) format. This represents the most prolific distribution of commercial e-books, in a single format, in digital publishing history - April 21, 2007 - VitalSource Technologies, Inc.
Business Leader Media Director to Speak at Prestigious Milken Institute
Eran Salu, managing director and majority owner of Raleigh-based magazine publisher Business Leader Media, will participate in a panel discussion as part of the Milken Institute’s 10th annual Global Conference 2007, held April 23-25 in Los Angeles. The panel, “Smaller Businesses in a... - April 21, 2007 - Business Leader Magazine
BankInfoSecurity.com Podcast on Information Security Education Programs
In a new podcast on BankInfoSecurity.com: Research reveals information security education programs at U.S. universities have a skill gap between what the information security industry demands and the current state of most college curricula. - April 21, 2007 - Information Security Media Group
QSR Announces Dine America 2007 Final Program
QSR® magazine, a publication for executives and operators in the food service industry, has announced the final program for the Fourth Annual Dine America Executive Idea Exchange conference, May 6th – 8th at Austin, Texas’s Renaissance Austin Hotel. Each year, the Dine America... - April 20, 2007 - QSR Magazine
Acquiring a Liver Leads to Understanding of Gifted Kids
It is essential for parents and teachers to understand the nature, quirks, and vulnerabilities of gifted kids--only then can gifted children truly thrive. - April 20, 2007 - Great Potential Press, Inc.
iUniverse Offers Spring Specials Through April 30
iUniverse, the leading provider of print-on-demand supported self-publishing services, has announced a variety of money-saving Spring Specials. These offers are valid through midnight, Central Time, Monday, April 30, 2007. Authors can receive the following deals from iUniverse by entering the... - April 20, 2007 - iUniverse
Two Titles Earn iUniverse Reader’s Choice Designation
Two more outstanding titles earned the coveted iUniverse Reader’s Choice designation during the week of April 8, 2007. Reader’s Choice recognizes books that have achieved editorial excellence and sales success. Titles reach the Reader's Choice level after receiving the Editor's Choice... - April 20, 2007 - iUniverse
Lynne Marie Finn Named to Enterprising Women National Advisory Board
Monica Smiley, publisher and CEO of Enterprising Women magazine, has named Lynne Marie Finn as an Enterprising Women National Advisory Board member. Finn, a 2007 Enterprising Women of the Year award winner, is the president of Superior Staff Resources, Inc. Active in women-owned business... - April 19, 2007 - Enterprising Women
PublishAmerica Presents Rollin’ with the Cav by Luis Pauli
PublishAmerica is proud to present Rollin’ with the Cav by Luis Pauli of Laguna Hills, California. In Pauli’s nonfiction book, readers will follow the 1st Squadron, 1st United States Cavalry into the heart of Iraq for a scorching 15-month deployment. During the opening stages of... - April 18, 2007 - PublishAmerica
Macmillan Medical Communications (a Division of Nature Publishing Group) Welcomes Helena Kravitz as Director of Client Services
Macmillan Medical Communications (MMC) is delighted to welcome Helena Kravitz as Director of Client Services. She will be reporting in to John Elduff, Senior VP of Sales, and will be based out of MMC’s corporate sales office in Philadelphia, PA. Helena Kravitz joins Nature having spent nine... - April 18, 2007 - Nature Publishing Group
PublishAmerica Presents If Britain Surrenders by Douglas W. MacDougall
PublishAmerica is proud to present If Britain Surrenders by Douglas W. MacDougall of Massillon, Ohio. What if the Battle of Britain had never taken place, Winston Churchill had not been in charge during those dark days of 1941, and Charles Lindbergh had been elected instead of FDR? In this... - April 18, 2007 - PublishAmerica
PublishAmerica Presents A View from Iraq by Elmer L. Snow, III
PublishAmerica is proud to present A View from Iraq by Elmer L. Snow, III of Piegon Forge, Tennessee. A View from Iraq relates the untold stories of several members of the United States Armed Forces and civilian support personnel whose personal acts and bravery were not previously reported. In... - April 18, 2007 - PublishAmerica
The Family Groove (www.thefamilygroove.com) is Shaking Up the 'Hood and Bringing Groovy Back
The Family Groove (TFG), The hippest parents' place in cyberspace, is shaking up the ‘hood: parenthood and our neighborhood alike. TFG will host its debut women’s only cocktail party, The Family Groove Spring Fling, on Tuesday, May 1st at Diney’s Place, Home of the... - April 17, 2007 - The Family Groove
Twenty More Classic Westerns Added to Western TV4U.Com Broadband Channel
TV4U.Com, the 28 channel free internet television broadband network, has added twenty more classic western TV shows to its Western TV4U.Com broadband channel. New to Western TV4U.Com are 26 Men, Annie Oakley, Bat Masterson, Buffalo Bill, Jr., Cisco Kid, Cowboy G Men, Frontier Doctor, Fury, Gabby... - April 17, 2007 - TV4U, LLC
PR.com Announces New Press Release Distribution Enhancements Including Yahoo News
PR.com continues to provide the highest level of service and press release distribution enhancements with these new features: distribution to Yahoo News; File Attachments; PDF Version of the Press Release; enhanced distribution by Industry Distribution Channels and Regional Distribution Channels; Social Bookmarking; and more. - April 16, 2007 - PR.com
Legal Do's and Don'ts Once a Merger is Announced
Legal do's and don'ts once a merger is announced, A live interactive audio conference presented by Restructuring Today, May 21, 2007, 12:00 - 1:30 PM ET -- So your firm has announced intentions to merge with or acquire another organization. Now what? Can you just swap price information as if... - April 15, 2007 - Restructuring Today
Computer Books Help Remove the "Stress" of Learning Software
April is National Stress Awareness month and Tolana Publishing has a way to reduce the stress of learning new software. - April 14, 2007 - Tolana Publishing
Meetings Market Academy + Exhibition Educates Those who Plan Meetings and Events
Meetings Market™ Academy + Exhibition is a 17-city, one-day, high-quality educational, training and exhibition event for anyone involved in planning meetings. Includes multitiered education tracks, seminars featuring several of the industry’s leading experts, exclusive face-to-face networking time with meeting and event professionals, and local and national exhibitors offering the latest education, products, services, and venues. - April 14, 2007 - Meetings Media
PublishAmerica Presents God’s In My Corner by “Tiger” Ted Lowry
PublishAmerica is proud to present God’s in My Corner: A Portrait of an American Boxer: The Autobiography of “Tiger” Ted Lowry (A Man Who “Owned” a Piece of the “Rock”), an autobiography by “Tiger” Ted Lowry With an Introduction by Sharon... - April 14, 2007 - PublishAmerica
BankInfoSecurity.com Establishes Advisory Board
Knowing what’s important to banking professionals is key to providing the information and news coverage needed in the financial services industry. Having a “finger on the pulse” is the best way to describe the formation of BankInfoSecurity.com’s inaugural Advisory Board. - April 13, 2007 - Information Security Media Group
BankInfoSecurity.com Announces IT Risk Assessments Webinar on April 17
This workshop will focus on the risk assessment process for a community bank, including a sample matrix that can be adapted for any institution. - April 13, 2007 - Information Security Media Group
Wake Tech Community College and Business Leader Media Announce 2007 “Business Champions”
Wake Tech Community College and Business Leader magazine has announced the recipients of the 2007 Business Champions awards. The event was sponsored by The Castleton Group, Smith Seal of NC and Brand Fuel Promotions. Business Champions Awards has been created to honor those businesses in the... - April 12, 2007 - Business Leader Magazine
BusinessToday, Inc. Announces New Service and Benefits
BusinessToday introduces educational seminars for owners and managers of small and medium-size businesses. The national business magazine offers entrepreneurs skill-building sessions in affiliation with the Small Business Research Board. - April 12, 2007 - Business Today
Macmillan Medical Communications (a division of Nature Publishing Group) Welcomes Scott Carson as National Sales Manager
Macmillan Medical Communications (MMC) is delighted to welcome Scott Carson as its new National Sales Manager. He will be reporting in to John Elduff, Senior VP of Sales, and will be based out of MMC’s corporate sales office in Philadelphia, PA. Scott will be working with the Nature Clinical... - April 12, 2007 - Nature Publishing Group
Lani Hay Named to Enterprising Women National Advisory Board
Monica Smiley, publisher and CEO of Enterprising Women magazine, has named Lani Hay as an Enterprising Women National Advisory Board member. Hay is the president and CEO of Lanmark Technology (LMT), Inc., and is a member of the Women Presidents’ Organization Washington, D.C. chapter. - April 11, 2007 - Enterprising Women
Twelve New Titles Earn iUniverse Publisher’s Choice Designation
Twelve outstanding titles recently earned the coveted iUniverse Publisher’s Choice designation. Publisher’s Choice titles written by American authors are displayed in the author’s local Barnes & Noble bookstore for a minimum of eight weeks. Titles written by Canadian authors... - April 11, 2007 - iUniverse
Angelika Coghlan Named to Enterprising Women National Advisory Board
Monica Smiley, publisher and CEO of Enterprising Women magazine, has named Angelika Coghlan as an Enterprising Women National Advisory Board member. Coghlan is a member of the Women Presidents’ Organization Chicago suburban chapter and is president and managing partner of Catwalk Consulting,... - April 10, 2007 - Enterprising Women
Travel the World on the Travel TV4U.Com Free Internet TV Broadband Channel
Travel TV4U.Com is now available on the TV4U.Com free internet television 28 channel broadband network. Viewers can watch videos from countries around the world for free on this advertising supported service. - April 10, 2007 - TV4U, LLC
Big Women Live Happily Ever After in At Long Last, Love, A Collection of Romantic Short Stories by Canadian Author Judy Bagshaw
Canadian author Judy Bagshaw has a mission to write tales in which large women live rich, fulfilling lives. - April 10, 2007 - Pearlsong Press
Sylk Magazine Taps Euro Mobile Market
Sylk Magazine etches a deal with Turkish company, MobilARGE Ltd., for mobile distribution in Europe. - April 10, 2007 - Sylk Magazine
This Summer, Let ‘em Read a Movie
When children are bored this summer, parents can encourage them to turn off the TV, video games, or computer, and read a movie. - April 09, 2007 - Max Books
Grateful Dead's Live at the Cow Palace Tops Musicbox-Online.com's List of Readers' Favorites During 1st Quarter 2007
The Grateful Dead's Live at the Cow Palace: New Year's Eve 1976 was the most popular album among The Music Box's readers during the first quarter of 2007. John Mayer's Continuum, Son Volt's The Search, and America's Here & Now followed. - April 09, 2007 - The Music Box
iUniverse Title Acquired by Chinese Publisher
A Chinese publisher has acquired the rights to the iUniverse book Vlad Dracula: The Dragon Prince. According to author Michael Augustyn, publisher Shanghai 99 Reader’s Culture became interested in his book after speaking with publishing veteran Judy Klein of Kleinworks Agency in Missoula,... - April 07, 2007 - iUniverse
GTA IV and Fable 2 Previewed in Issue 5 of Free Xbox 360 Magazine
360Zine brings news on the most anticipated next gen games to gamers for free. Latest issue includes previews of Grand Theft Auto IV, Fable 2 and Command and Conquer 3 (Xbox 360 version) as well as more award winning games than any other issue. - April 06, 2007 - Cranberry Publishing Ltd
What Happened to the Black Kids?
There are almost no children's and young adult fantasy adventure books with Black characters in them and we need more. - April 06, 2007 - Woza Books
Brand Fuel Sponsors Business Champion Awards
Business Leader Media has announced that Brand Fuel will be an award sponsor of the Business Champion Awards, presented by Business Leader magazine and Wake Technical Community College. The Business Champion Awards will honor business that foster growth through extensive training programs, job... - April 06, 2007 - Business Leader Magazine
Who Said Religion and Politics Don’t Mix?
Religious and social justice experts contribute to a guide on the spiritual and political imagery in the urban novel "SnitchCraft." - April 05, 2007 - Dogon Village
iUniverse Offers $99 Specials Through April 16
iUniverse, the leading provider of print-on-demand supported self-publishing services, has announced a variety of $99 specials. These specials are valid through midnight, Central Time, Monday, April 16, 2007. Authors will receive the following deals from iUniverse by entering the appropriate... - April 05, 2007 - iUniverse
GLBA Compliance Workshop Offered on BankInfoSecurity.com
This webinar will explain how financial institutions can best maintain compliance with the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Section 501(b). In light of the recent TJX data breach, this is a webinar worth attending. - April 05, 2007 - Information Security Media Group
Free Celebrity Personal Number Plates Magazine is Out Now
The latest issue of 'Regtransfers.co.uk: The World of Personal Number Plates', the great free magazine from leading car registrations specialist Regtransfers.co.uk, has just been released. - April 04, 2007 - Registration Transfers Ltd
PublishAmerica Presents The Bible and Human Sexuality by John R. Desmaretz
PublishAmerica is proud to present The Bible and Human Sexuality: What the Old Testament Says About Sexual Relationships and Human Sexuality by John R. Desmaretz of Crown Point, Indiana. John Desmaretz grew up in the seventies. He was raised in a middle-class environment in a middle-class family... - April 04, 2007 - PublishAmerica
PublishAmerica Presents Persian Ghost by Warren Gray
PublishAmerica is proud to present Persian Ghost by Warren Gray of Knoxville, Maryland. In Gray’s military fiction, Air Force special operations officer Jack Wolfe must covertly plan and execute the total destruction of Iran’s nuclear facility at Bushehr before the Israelis strike it... - April 04, 2007 - PublishAmerica
PublishAmerica Presents Adoption Romanian Style by Janet Winkel
PublishAmerica is proud to present Adoption Romanian Style by Janet Winkel of Chandler, Arizona. In August of 1990, while watching 20/20, Winkel learned of the horrible conditions and poor care that Romanian orphans endure. She and her husband felt the Lord wanted them to do something about the... - April 04, 2007 - PublishAmerica
Phyllis Bergman Wins 2007 Enterprising Women of the Year Award
Monica Smiley, publisher and CEO of Enterprising Women Magazine, has announced that Phyllis Bergman, president of Mercury Ring Corporation, is a 2007 Enterprising Women of the Year Award Winner. An active member of her community, Bergman has served on the board of directors of the prestigious Plumb... - April 03, 2007 - Enterprising Women
TV4U.Com Launches Fashion, Women, Food, News, Health, and World Channels
TV4U.Com, the free internet television broadband network, has added a Fashion, Food, Women, News, Health, and World Channel to its program channel offerings' giving TV4U a 28 channel TV network. All are advertising supported and will ofer DVD and download versions of the shows. - April 03, 2007 - TV4U, LLC
Dandelion Digs Up the Truth in Two Blockbuster Books about the Jesus Conspiracy
Jesus’ Bones Found in Jerusalem, Confirming the Jesus Myth in Dandelion’s It’s All about Control: The God, Jesus and ET Coverup Conspiracies and Adam & Evil Adam & Evil: The God Who Hates Sex, Women & Human Bodies - April 02, 2007 - Dandelion Books, LLC
Inanimate Alice Links with Nancy Drew Fans at Her Interactive
Bradfield Collaborates With Her Interactive To Market Inanimate Alice To Her Interactive Fans - March 31, 2007 - The BradField Company
PublishAmerica Presents Our Hispanic Roots by Carlos B. Vega
PublishAmerica is proud to present Our Hispanic Roots: What History Failed to Tell Us by Carlos B. Vega of North Bergen, New Jersey. The Hispanic contribution to the making of the United States has been blatantly glossed over by most historians for the past three hundred years, despite the... - March 31, 2007 - PublishAmerica
PublishAmerica Presents Secret Kitchen: An Argentine Cooking Book
PublishAmerica is proud to present Secret Kitchen: An Argentine Cooking Book by Tammy Creo. The recipes contained in this book include typical home-style dishes, as well as some of the most exquisite recipes found at the finest restaurants in Buenos Aires. While Argentina’s meat dishes are... - March 31, 2007 - PublishAmerica
Outskirts Press Announces a Candid Story by Geo Gosling, a Man Who Suffers from a Tramautic Brain Injury - TBI Hell
Always wear a bicycle helmet and use a light at dusk. - March 31, 2007 - Outskirts Press, Inc.