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POD, Self Publishing and Independent Publishing (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
In future months, that is—beyond November 2009—authors who drop by the DellArte Press site will probably be oblivious of the furore which occurred when US romance publisher Harlequin decided to sign up with Author Solutions and utilise them to development a paid-publishing services. Harlequin is not the first, nor will they be the last. Author Solutions already provide a partnership association...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
LINCOLNWOOD, Ill., Nov. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Physically, it is built of adobe and stone. Looking deeper, however, one can see that it is made of much more, crafted of droughts, epidemics and vicious typhoons, composed of violent fighting, painful occupations and the glories of freedom. It is the Saint Paul the Apostle Church in the Philippines' Cagayan Valley, and it is the vessel of over almost 300...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
HOT SPRINGS, Ark., Nov. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Thanksgiving is next week and retailers are advertising their merchandise and Black Friday deals everywhere you turn. With the bad economy, many families are feeling the pressure of the holidays and stress of not being able to buy the gifts their children are asking Santa to bring on Christmas morning. Melissa Larsen's "Dare to Believe in the Man in the...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Daniel P Quinn's organized labor is a panoramic survey of labor history in poetic verse with historic photographs. From New York's Landmark Tavern in the 1890's to the 1913 strike at the Botto House Museum, Haledon, NJ. Mr. Quinn shapes a vision both old and new of his family history and tha...
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. (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
My critique groups are buzzing with the Harlequin Enterprises announcement that they are going into vanity press, where an author pays for everything that a publisher should do for you if your work is accepted. Harlequin is partnering with Author Solutions, who own other vanity presses eg. iUniverse, AuthorHouse. Vanity publishing isn't new, Random House owns 49% of Xlibris. Amazon owns CreateSpace,...
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Janet Reid, Literary Agent (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Here is a well thought out and cogent explanation of the Harlequin/AuthorHouse mess. This is the paragraph that makes me see red: 3. Why is Harlequin launching a self-publishing business? Many aspiring authors choose self-publishing as a way to see their work in print – to give copies as gifts, to have a bound copy to help in finding an agent, or simply as a keepsake A bound copy is close to...
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Janet Reid, Literary Agent (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Harlequin announced it was in league with Satan AuthorHouse today, and that writers can participate in a program to self-publish their books with "Harlequin Horizan" as the printer publisher. Needless to say a lot of people went batshit. Some were calmer. And just to add fuel to the raging storm, let's all remember that authors are required to sign contracts that include a clause forbidding...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
POPLAR GROVE, Ill., Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Offering a fresh perspective on personal evolution, "Everyone Has It: Blue Collar Spirituality For Collars Of All Colors" (published by AuthorHouse), the new guidebook by D.W. McSweeney, shows readers how to connect to the essence that defines us all, reach spiritual enlightenment and find inner peace.
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
UNION ISLAND, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- In her Caribbean fairytale of untouched beauty and effervescent wildlife, "Islands Enchanted" (published by AuthorHouse), Kathy Badenock brings to life the stories of a family of islands, sharing their unique temperaments and the dynamics that develop between each family member and the humans occupying their bodies of...
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Click World News (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
If San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera gets his way a generation of club goers will miss out on the sickly sweet tang of caffeinated alcohol beverages like Sparks, Four-Loko, and Joose. Yet, all is not lost. A group of enterprising practitioners have seized the opportunity to handcraft a batch of Bathtub Sparks in an attempt to recreate the extreme libation. The following drink was reverse-engineered...
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How Publishing Really Works (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
The news that Harlequin has teamed up with Author Solutions (owner of Author House, and several other pay-to-publish services) to create a new "self publishing" imprint called Harlequin Horizons is perhaps not surprising. A few weeks ago, Thomas Nelson transformed its existing West Bow Press imprint into a similar "self publishing" scheme alongside Author Solutions; earlier this...
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The Shirley Jackson Awards Blog (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Boston, MA (October 2009) -- In recognition of the legacy of Shirley Jackson’s writing, and with permission of the author’s estate, the Shirley Jackson Awards have been established for outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic. The Shirley Jackson Awards are voted upon by a jury of professional writers, editors, critics, and academics,...
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Raw Story (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
The co-author of a House amendment that would exclude abortion from health care reform says efforts to overhaul the US's health care system will fail if the amendment is removed. US House Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) told Fox News' Fox & Friends that if his contentious amendment is stripped from the House bill, it will lose [...]
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
HAVRE DE GRACE, Md., Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- In the epic new fantasy novel by Bonnie Sullivan Raymond, "The Portal to Forever" (published by AuthorHouse), the once-peaceful Kingdom of Ashmirl and its king are being held for ransom by the evil wizard Soldrin, who has promised not to stop until the Book of the Elven Chronicles -- and subsequently, the secret to the Portal to Forever -- is relinquished...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- "We have learned that the ministry is not in a particular location, it is anywhere we are, even on the city streets," writes Freddie Power, founder of the worldwide ministry Keeping Hope Alive and author of the new inspirational compilation of stories that reveal the supernatural blessings that God bestows every day, Keeping Hope Alive: God is Supernatural...