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Books In Sync Recognizes Dead Of Knight By Award Winning Author William R. Potter

February 21st, 2010

DEAD of KNIGHT Is A Jack Staal Mystery:

Your next birthday could be murder!

Believing he is a soldier of justice, a misguided young man begins a callous campaign of terror murdering women on their birthdays. Convinced of his righteousness he continues his brutal crusade forcing the citizens of Hanson B.C. to acknowledge a serial killer active in their rural community.

The Mounties always get their man…but not if Jack Staal gets him first!

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police put their Integrated Homicide Investigation Teams into action. Detective Jack Staal and the rest of Hanson PD are invited to support the RCMP. However, Staal, the once elite major-crime investigator reduced to small-town detective is desperate for redemption. He ignores protocol to work a case that is not his to solve.

Told from the perspective of both killer and cop DEAD of KNIGHT is a cat and mouse thriller sure to delight fans of Patricia Cornwell’s Kay Scarpetta or Michael Connelly’s Harry Bosch.

The First Review:

Author William R. Potter takes the reader into the heart and soul of his protagonist and into the warped mind of a psychopath. Potter’s first full length novel, Dead of Knight is told from the point-of-view of Detective Jack Staal and from the perspective of a killer who murders women on their birthdays.

Through clever use of back story, we learn that Detective Staal is suffering from post-traumatic stress after a horrific shooting. Unable to shake the horror of that day, Staal has left his position with the Vancouver PD’s homicide squad and has resurrected his career with the police service in a fictional country town called Hanson, British Columbia.

Anxious to work the biggest case of his career, Staal is forced to the outside when the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s Integrated Homicide Teams are assigned to the case. Not one to sit on the sidelines, Staal convinces his colleagues to follow his lead and pursue a serial killer the media has dubbed Birthday Boy.

Believing he is a soldier of justice, a misguided young man has begun a callous campaign of terror. Damian Knight (Birthday Boy) is convinced of his righteousness and continues his brutal crusade of revenge. As his death count mounts, so does Knight’s courage and he soon turns his anger on a fatigued Staal. Staal and Knight play out a cat and mouse thrill ride that culminates with an epic, one-on-one meeting of cop versus killer.

Potter has created an intriguing police procedural with a strong main character, a terrific supporting cast, and a plot with twists, turns, and plenty of red herrings. I have read many books in this genre featuring a main character that is a bullet-proof, womanizing Neanderthal. However, Potter’s Jack Staal takes a pounding, both physically and emotionally. This is one author who isn’t afraid to show his hero breaking down or making mistakes. Potter has penned a captivating tale filled with plenty of tension and conflict, crisp dialogue and an unrelenting pace. He puts us in the story with vivid descriptions and scene-painting narrative.

I highly recommend Dead of Knight -A Jack Staal Mystery. It is sure to delight fans of Patricia Cornwell’s Kay Scarpetta or Michael Connelly’s Harry Bosch.

Reviewed by Erin Hynd for Reader’s Choice Literary Reviews

Book Details:

RealTime Publishing

ISBN: 9781849610261

Genre: Murder Mystery Thriller

Purchase Links:

http://www.theebooksale.com/zen-cart/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=86&products_id=464

Other Titles:

Lighting the Dark Side: Six Modern Tales by William R. Potter

LIGHTING THE DARK SIDE won the 2009 Allbooks Review Editor’s Choice Award for short story collections.

LIGHTING THE DARK SIDE is a collection of six stories. Each selection features leading characters that live their lives as normally as possible and then suddenly find themselves in extraordinary situations.

Author’s Links:

http://www.booksinsync.com/authordirectory/potterwilliam.html

http://www.deadofknightwrp.com

http://www.williamrpotter.com

Author’s Email:

wrpotter@booksinsync.com

Submitted by Theodocia McLean

Owner of Books In Sync

Website: http://www.booksinsync.com

Submission Date: February 20, 2010

Books In Sync Recognizes Author Carole M. Lidgold

February 16th, 2010

Author Carole M. Lidgold (nee Thomas) was born in Toronto, is married, mother of two, grandmother of two, and attended Winston Churchill High School in Scarborough. She inherited her voice from her grandfather and father, and has sung in The Canada Life Choralaires, various church choirs and has been a member of the Serenata Singers for eleven years. Carole is the author of The History of The Guild Inn and has eight other self-published books. She tried politics but lost out and has since worked as a secretary, currently retired as a church secretary.

Featuring: Birds On My Brush by Carole M. Lidgold – In April 1763, unknown artist and naturalist, Elizabeth (nee Symonds) Gwillim was born in England. She accompanied her husband, Henry, to Madras, India, in the 1800s, where she died in 1807. In London, England, in 1924, a Dr. Casey Wood, surgeon and ornithologist, discovered in an ‘out of the way shop of arts’, Elizabeth Gwillim’s watercolour paintings. Today, 2009, these painting, painted two decades before Audubon published his illustrious Birds of America, are part of the Blacker-Wood collection of Zoology and Natural History, at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec. Prints of several of her painting of India’s birds are included in this novel.

About The Story: Birds On My Brush is a novel based on the few known facts of the life and untimely death of Elizabeth Gwillim. My character, Sarah Purcell, was born in the spring when birds were chirping the birth of their new offspring. As a child, and later as and adult, Sarah was obsessed with sketching precise details of the birds. She married William Cantwell, a barrister determined to live in the land of his boyhood hero, Robert Clive, and English hero in India’s development. Sarah’s younger sister, Rose Purcell, accompanied them on this journey. Rose’s tortured dream of death in India hampered her enjoyment of this new life.

Birds on My Brush Book Review: A compelling account of an unknown artist’s life!

The life and times of 18th-century wildlife artist Elizabeth Gwillim are shrouded in mystery and uncertainty. She was born in England in 1763 and moved to India with her husband in the early 1800s, where she worked diligently to perfect her art.

She never achieved public recognition in her lifetime and she died, an obscure, undiscovered artist, in her mid-40s; it appeared, for the longest time, as though her art may have gone to the grave with her.

Nearly two centuries later, Gwillim’s wildlife watercolours were “discovered” in a London, England art shop. Today, in death, Gwillim has achieved what she could not in life; her wildlife art, notably her precision sketches of birds, has been widely praised as among the finest of its era. Gwillim’s work now forms part of the Blacker-Wood Collection of Zoology and Natural History at McGill University in Montreal, one of Canada’s pre-eminent schools of higher learning.

Carole M. Lidgold, a Canadian writer fascinated with Gwillim’s life and art, has painted a fascinating portrait of Gwillim’s life in her new, fact-based fictional novel entitled Birds on My Brush. Lidgold has taken what is known of Gwillim’s history and has built around the edges, crafting a fully-realized novel from the sketchy framework of Gwillim’s remarkable life.

She has created a lead character, Sarah Purcell, utilizing the Purcell character as a standin for Gwillim, and producing a sweeping, engrossing tale that lovers of art and history will find both hugely enjoyable and dramatically memorable.

The story covers the artist’s life from the early years in England, through the productive artistic period in India, to the point of the artist’s comparatively early death. Along the way, this much is made very clear: author Lidgold’s fascination with Gwillim’s life and artwork shines brightly throughout the novel’s 280 pages. A particular bonus for readers is that Birds on My Brush offers up not only some factual context of the details of Gwillim’s life, but also some representative samples of her artistic work.

Lidgold is an accomplished writer, whose stories typically brim with life and vitality. Birds on My Brush offers something beyond that – an historic and artistic integrity that takes readers well back in time to contemplate the challenging life of an artist who produced first-rate work, but couldn’t break out from the prison of artistic obscurity.

The novel is a well-constructed triumph. It is a triumph that the artist herself could imagine only in her dreams.

Reviewed By Anonymous Reader

Book Details:

Paperback: 280 Pages

Publisher: Self-Published (April 17, 2009)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0968938116

ISBN-13: 978-0968938119

Genre: Fiction

Print List Price: $16.95

Amazon Purchase Link:

http://www.amazon.com/Birds-My-Brush-Carole-Lidgold/dp/0968938116/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265411333&sr=1-2

Purchase Directly From Author: (Use Pay Pal Button On The Webpage or Email Author):

http://www.booksinsync.com/authordirectory/lidgoldcarolem.html

carole.lidgold@sympatico.ca

Books by Carole M. Lidgold

History:

The History of the Guild Inn – ISBN: 0-9698244-8-3

Memories of Cayuga: Ontario’s Love Boat – ISBN: 0-9698244-2-4

Steamship Cayuga: Toronto’s Ship of Romance – ISBN: 0-9698244-3-2

Fiction:

Faces of the Night – ISBN: 0-9698244-5-9

Birds on My Brush – ISBN: 9780968938119

Children:

The Adventures of Inch Worm Willie – ISBN: 0-9698244-4-0

The Elf Who Made Snowflakes – ISBN: 0-9698244-6-7

Daisy Dee’s Party – ISBN: 0-9698244-7-5

(All of Carole’s children’s books are fun stories for children of all nationalities, from picture book to story. All three children’s books have pen and ink sketches with a colored laminated cover to withstand constant reading.)

Poetry:

Journey Into Christmas – ISBN: 0-9698244-0-8

Author’s Webpage On Books In Sync:

http://www.booksinsync.com/authordirectory/lidgoldcarolem.html

Author’s Email:

carole.lidgold@sympatico.ca

Submitted by Theodocia McLean

Owner of Books In Sync

Website: http://www.booksinsync.com

Submission Date: February 15, 2010

Gone Away Into The Land by Jeffrey B. Allen

February 6th, 2010

by Jeffrey B. Allen

The dust jacket text for Gone Away Into the Land promises an epic fantasy adventure. I can tell you that this is one novel that exceeds expectations. Author Jeffrey B. Allen takes the reader on an adventure that will leave you thinking about the story long after you close the final page.

We meet our protagonist, twelve-year-old John Gerber. John’s life is not that of an average pre-teen-not even close. John, his mother Ellie, and his sister Marny live in constant, paralyzing fear of John’s father, Daniel. Daniel, or the beast as John calls him, is an extremely volatile man whose rage could explode on his family at any moment-and explode it does. John dreams of ending the beast’s reign of terror, of taking his family away before it is too late. The first fifty pages of Part 1 are no fantasy as the author describes in vivid, shocking detail Daniel’s unpredictable fury and a horrible example of violent abuse, as the beast leaves John and Ellie beaten and bloodied and kidnaps six-year-old Marny.

With the help of a mysterious taxi driver, John and Ellie begin their search for Marny. This is where the fantasy starts as it is believed that Marny is somewhere in the candy factory where Daniel was employed. Soon John and his mother are aboard a train in an amazing land called ZingZongLand. ZZL is a place that is all about creating the best tasting candy. The leader of the land is called KyaSiftar. The Siftar’s main rival is the minister of Southland province named Mengus. Desperate for power, Mengus has his sights set on dominating the land and controlling the new flavor creations. Mengus recruits the beast to aid in his conquest of the Land. He believes that gaining control in the Land is the key to overthrowing the World as well.

Jeffrey B. Allen showcases his considerable imagination and writing talent in creating an entire universe. His lead is a believable, lovable character with which readers young and old will quickly bond. The villains are wonderfully horrible and easy to loathe, without overshadowing the hero. The secondary characters are interesting, fresh and well drawn. The dialogue is crisp and clear and well suited to the vast variety of creatures and peoples. Allen slowly reveals his characters’ secrets along the way, keeping the reader captivated throughout. He wastes none of these nearly 500 pages, using suspense and vibrant description to keep the pages turning. He brings all the players together in a David versus Goliath-type showdown for the ages that will have you rooting for John to the end.

Gone Away is building momentum, was recently picked up by a major publisher and was accepted in several school libraries. I believe it will become the next time-tested classic fantasy tale, universally adored and mentioned in the same breath as The Wizard of Oz, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The Lord of The Rings. I highly recommend this thought-provoking, entertaining read.

Gone Away Into The Land

Strategic Book Publishing (October 1, 2009)
978-1608608591
Gone Away Into The Land
Jeffrey B. Allen

By William R. Potter for Readers’ Choice Reviews

Goodbye Kiev by author Thomas C. Almond

January 24th, 2010

Finding that special someone to share a life with is a struggle for many. Goodbye Kiev by author Thomas C. Almond is his fictionalized recounting of how he found the woman of his dreams in the Ukraine through a marriage agency, and the challenges he faced in their relationship.

Tom is a 27-year veteran of Portland Fire and Rescue. He is divorced and lonely. He is a serious man who knows what he wants and how to get it. Nothing will stop him from finding love and a lasting relationship. Through the agency, he begins corresponding with a young woman named Lyubov in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine. The months pass and both Tom and Lyubov are eager to meet. It is decided that they will meet in Kiev, Ukraine and that Lyubov will bring her son, Sasha. The visit goes by quickly and smoothly. Despite his Russian being less developed than he would have liked, and Lyubov speaking little English, by the end of this first visit, Tom is sure that he is very much in love with the beautiful Lyubov. He pops the question and Lyubov says yes. Another visit is planned for the summer and Tom flies home for the States. He is happy and in love and anxious to live as a family with Lyubov and Sasha in Oregon.

Shortly after his journey home, he receives an amazing letter from Lyubov telling him how much she loves him and how wonderful he is. But all is not perfect as Tom begins to notice that her messages take longer and longer to arrive. Then a shocking letter from Lyubov shakes his faith in his feelings for her. She says she doesn’t think she loves Tom, she doesn’t believe he truly loves her, and she suggests that he would be happier with another. Tom can’t understand this abrupt change. All Lyubov will say is that she doesn’t want to burden Tom with her problems.

Tom plans another trip to Ukraine even though he isn’t sure Lyubov will see him. He flies to her hometown in hopes of discovering what the real problem is. He spends week after week alone and waiting for her to agree to meet him. He is patient but his patience is growing very short. Will his perseverance pay off or will he ultimately go home broken-hearted and alone?

Mr. Almond writes from his heart. Like few male authors I have read, he isn’t afraid to examine and express his feelings. This is an intriguing tale of love and commitment. I found myself cheering for Tom, hoping he would get Lyubov to lower her defenses, to save the relationship. In my opinion, the book stalls a bit at Chapter 6, “The Journal Home,” in which the events of the first five chapters are summarized. However, Almond quickly gets back on track pushing the story forward to the climax.

This isn’t a fairytale romance. It is a poignant, realistic tale of one man’s quest for love. The ending is powerful, emotional, and one you will not soon forget. I recommended Goodbye Kiev.

Publish America (October 27, 2008)
978-1606109946

Goodbye Kiev

by

William Potter

for Reader’s Choice Reviews

Peace in the Storm by Deirdre Kelley is a Story of Divorce from a Drug Addicted and Abusive Spouse

October 19th, 2009

Peace in the Storm by author Deirdre Kelley tells the often traumatic story of divorce from a drug addicted and abusive spouse. We meet Amy Alexander as she walks away from the courthouse and the battle to save her marriage. She is free of the violence and fear of her husband, Brandon. However she can’t help worrying about her future and whether she is strong enough to make it on her own and take care of her two sons.

Over the next several chapters we learn about how Amy’s children deal with an absent father and their memories of how Brandon hurt their mother mentally and physically. Fifteen-year-old Marshall seems to be the perfect son and student; hard working, mature, understanding, a good Christian teen. He steps into his new role as man of the house and is glad his mother no longer has to endure the bruises and the fighting. Like most seven-year-olds, Sean loves video games and playing with his friends. He struggles with the belief that since his father doesn’t visit, and yelled at him for no reason, that his father must hate him.

Peace in the Storm is well written with good character development and believable dialogue. Deirdre Kelley does a good job showing the stress and fear involved when dealing with a violent, unpredictable ex-husband. She also draws a clear picture of the joy of a new beginning, of rebuilding and reaching out to help others. Throughout her struggles, Amy discovers a great strength in prayer and the new friends she makes along the way. Just when you think the Alexander family will be okay, Brandon begins harassing and threatening the family for money to support his and his girlfriend’s drug habit, culminating with Sean’s disappearance one day after school.

Peace in the Storm is a wonderful work of Christian fiction. I understand that in difficult times, many people lean on their faith for direction. However, I occasionally felt the religious passages pulled me from this otherwise interesting story. I recommend Peace in the Storm to those who enjoy stories of faith-inspired strength and survival. I hope to read more from Deirdre Kelley.

by WR potter for Reader’s Choice Reviews

Peace In The Storm - by Deirde Kelley

Peace In The Storm

On the Verge of Madness by author George Wilhite

September 19th, 2009

On the Verge of Madness by author George Wilhite is like a perfectly cooked steak…dark on the outside and a little bloody in the middle. This collection of fiction features eight very different stories, each showcasing Wilhite’s considerable talent and vast knowledge of the horror genre. His work has already drawn comparison to Poe and Lovecraft. But let me tell you, Wilhite’s own twisted style and warped voice is evident on every page.

The opening novella, Victor Chaldean and the Portal is worth the price of admission. Victor is desperate to solve the disappearance of his wife. After he begins to have strange visions, he seeks help from a psychologist studying the paranormal. An experimental drug takes Victor into a fractured realm, into a place trapped between life and death where he struggles to find his lost wife and each day is more convinced he is insane.

Next up is Murmurers. I settled in for a great read as Wilhite hooked me quickly with a story of an Earth all but stripped of human life. A former combat soldier and a teenage girl find a special bond after he saves her life. To survive they must trust each other and keep moving to avoid the mysterious Murmurers. The only problem for me was how quickly this one ended.

In Checks and Balances, alcoholic John breezes through the first of the twelve steps to recovery. It is step Eight – making amends with those he has hurt – with which he struggles the most. If only he could make a trade, a deal, to skip this step. But who or what would make such a bargain?

Lars kills for money. He is very good at what he does. When it comes to clothes, only the very best will do for Lars. In The Gangster’s New Clothes, Wilhite attempts a short in the style of the old Twilight Zone TV show. The result is a fun, frightening tale. A second after Lars puts on his handmade suit, he finds himself facing his checkered past and, step by step, is pushed closer to insanity.

Wilhite then gives us two amazing examples of the old adage: less is more. A Plea From the Cradle and Cast of Characters are “flash fiction” at its finest. Not a word is wasted – both of these tales will quickly put a shiver up your spine if not a smile on your face.

All good things must end, and I believe Wilhite saved the best for last. A Tale of Two Moons is a Werewolf classic and could possibly explain the origin of these legendary monsters.

Masque Profane takes us beyond the “Verge of Madness,” delving straight into full blown insanity. Rhonda and Jeff are happy newlyweds…or are they? Rhonda becomes obsessed with the fact that Jeff has never spent a Halloween night with her in their time together. This fixation takes Rhonda to the gathering place of a strange ritual one Halloween night. Her experience there, and later the birth of her child would one day take her to madness and a horrific murder.

In all eight of these stories, whether novella or short, the author’s skill at character development, crisp dialogue and page turning suspense is forefront. He captivates the reader with intriguing characters and fine plotting without the pointless brutal violence and gratuitous sex that has become so common in horror today. I highly recommend On the Verge of Madness and I look forward to the follow up, Silhouette of Darkness. I doubt that it will be long before a major publisher signs Wilhite, as his work deserves to be on shelves next to the likes of Peter Straub and Thomas F. Monteleone.

http://www.booksinsync.com/multibookauthors/wilhitegeorge.html

Dr. Daniel Amen Releases “The Brain in Love” Book Along with New PBS Special

August 28th, 2009

Newport Beach, CA ( PRFriend ) August 27, 2009  – Dr. Daniel Amen joins forces with PBS to launch a new special with the release of his new book “The Brain in Love,” to make love last and make love unforgettable.  “The Brain in Love” book and special went public in early August and shares 12 lessons that help you enhance your love life through understanding and improving brain function.

Through his new book and PBS special, Dr. Amen unveils how emotional and physical intimacy can lead to a longer and happier life for you and your loved one.  “The Brain in Love” enlightens us of the science behind men’s and women’s emotions, perceptions and interest in sex and offers techniques to fix common psychological problems that contribute to conflicts.

Dr. Daniel G. Amen, MD is a clinical neuro-psychiatrist, brain imaging specialist, bestselling author, Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and the CEO and medical director of Amen Clinics, Inc. with 4 locations around the country.   For more information on Dr. Amen and the Amen Clinics or to visit Dr. Amen’s Beautiful Brain Store please go to www.amenclinics.org or call (888) 564-2700.

Contact:

Amen Clinic’s, Inc.
4019 Westerly Place #100
Newport Beach, Ca 92660
Jaclyn Frattali
(949) 266-3710

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Rose of the Adriatic by K.M. Daughters

July 29th, 2009
In Rose of the Adriatic, author K.M. Daughters takes us back to the setting of her debut novel, Jewel of the Adriatic. Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of pilgrims each year journey to the village of Valselo, Croatia where three visionaries have daily visits with Mary, Mother of God.Anna Babic is one of the Visionaries. Young, beautiful and fully devoted to Our Lady and to serving God; Anna is treated like a celebrity by villagers and visitors alike. Matt Robins is a non-believer whose faith was shattered as a child. He has traveled from the U.S. for one reason; to prove the daily conversations are nothing more than pure nonsense. Matt is a doctor, a scientist and stem cell researcher. Rumours of miracle cures do nothing to convince him to call off his testing of Anna in hopes of finding scientific proof of a hoax.

From the first meeting with Anna, Matt cannot help but be mesmerized by her beauty and her honest soul. His attraction to her is immediate and he endeavors to shake off his reaction to her in order to carry out his work. Anna is certain that Our Lady has called Matt to Valselo to find his lost faith. Anna wants nothing more than to serve God and to one day have a family of her own. She begins to believe that Matt may be the man meant for her. Day by day, Matt works harder to finish his work, and to ignore his growing feelings for Anna.

Can Matt continue to disregard all that he sees and feels? Can he keep up his conviction to finding a fraud? Is this skeptical American the answer to Anna’s prayers for a husband and family? Can she help him to open his heart and mind to his faith?

Rose of the Adriatic is a wonderful story of lost and regained faith and of a love created. I highly recommend it to those who loved Jewel and to anyone who enjoys faith-inspired fiction.

White Rose Publishing

July 2009

Print ISBN: 1-60154-639-4

http://www.kmdaughters.com

Harriet Hodgson, author of Writing to Recover, on Healing the Grieving Heart National Radio Show

May 4th, 2009

New York, New York and San Francisco, California ( PrFriend ) May 1st 2009 -Harriet Hodgson joined Drs. Gloria & Heidi Horsley to discuss Recovery from Grief on their nationally syndicated talk radio program “Healing the Grieving Heart”  April 23rd, 2009 at 9 AM PST/12 Noon EST.

Harriet Hodgson has been an independent journalist for 30 years. She is a member of the Association of Health Care Journalists and the Association for Death Education and Counseling. She is a bereaved parent and along with her husband, John is currently raising twin grandchildren.  Her 26th book is titled Writing to Recover: The Journey from Loss and Grief to a New Life.

“We were excited to bring Harriet’s message and mission of promoting healing and hope to our audience.”   This was a very powerful show and one not to be missed, commented Dr. Gloria Horsley, Host of ‘Healing the Grieving Heart” and Founder and President of The Open to Hope Foundation, sponsor of  “Healing the Grieving Heart” and The Grief Blog.

Healing the Grieving Heart broadcasts every Thursday from 9 AM to 10 AM Pacific Standard Time on The VoiceAmerica Health & Wellness Network.

About Dr. Heidi Horsley

Dr. Heidi Horsley, PsyD, MSW, MS, is a bereaved sibling and a licensed psychologist and social worker.  Dr. Heidi is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Open to Hope Foundation and an adjunct professor at Columbia University.  She has a private practice in Manhattan, NY specializing in grief and loss.  She is also author of “Teen Grief Relief” and “Real Men Do Cry”. She holds graduate degrees from the University of San Francisco, Columbia University, and Loyola University.

About Dr. Gloria Horsley

Dr. Gloria C. Horsley, PHD, MFT, CNS, is a bereaved parent, and has worked in the field of family therapy for over twenty years. Dr. Gloria is Founder and President of the Open to Hope Foundation.  She serves The Compassionate Friends (thecompassionatefriends.org) in a number of roles, including as a Board Director and frequently serves as a media spokesperson in her dual role as a bereaved parent and professional. She is co-author of “Teen Grief Relief” and “Real Men Do Cry.” She holds graduate degrees from the University of Rochester, Syracuse, Greenwich and Holos Universities.

Dr. Heidi Horsley
37 West 72nd Street, Suite 1E
NY NY 10023
(646) 269-1664

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Podding solves publishing problems for writers

April 7th, 2009

Podding is the new way forward for writers and authors looking to go in to print but who can’t find a publisher.

‘Podding’ is teaming up with one of the new ‘print on demand’ (POD) publishers, like Dragoncub (http://www.dragoncub.com/books/index.php) who will show you how to make money selling your books online.

Dragoncub can take a manuscript, edit and format the content quickly and efficiently and have your book ready to print and ship as the orders flow on.
As an author, you will also have help marketing your book to reach the widest possible audience.

Podding makes financial sense for everyone in the publishing chain:

- Publishers save because print-on-demand removes overheads like advance royalties, the need for large print runs and storage that comes with traditional book publishing.

- Authors can keep a larger slice of the royalties and their rights to the content as a POD publisher only takes a percentage of the retail price to cover printing, marketing and distribution costs.

This does not mean every book submitted is published, but the POD business model allows the publisher to take more chances with books that may not stack up sales like the Harry Potter series, allowing more writers to reach readers.

Online book publishers also offer their authors a broad selling base, whether through the online Dragoncub (http://www.dragoncub.com/books/index.php) bookstore or online giants like Amazon. Publishers like Dragoncub can also access other distribution channels that can reach thousands of retailers like high street stores, libraries and other online merchants.

Dragoncub will publish a hard or soft cover edition of a book or short stories and the author sets the retail price and keeps 80% of the selling price, which is a far higher royalty than an author would generally earn from a traditional publisher.

For instance, if you decide to sell a hard back for £12.99, as the author you will collect £10.39 from each sale without having to repay any advance on royalties.

Dragoncub (http://www.dragoncub.com/books/index.php) sells books in more than 40 categories for children and adults and if you are a first-time or a published author, offers a fast and inexpensive way to put your book in front of your readers.

For press enquiries please contact:
Miriam Taylor
Where the World Meets Ltd t/a DragonCub.com
Email: press@DragonCub.com

Amazon’s New Rival

March 10th, 2009

DragonCub, a dynamic new Internet based marketing medium, specifically geared for authors, publishers and booksellers, was officially launched in January 2009. This unique selling system enables authors to market their books and CDs at very low cost. DragonCub only take a mere 20% commission of an author’s fixed retail price.

“We found a growing demand for a simple, cheap method to publicise and sell books and CDs online. DragonCub fulfils that need,” says Miriam Taylor, DragonCub’s sales manager.

DragonCub’s system is dead simple. Visit DragonCub’s website, click the ‘enter my book’ button, and then click ‘enter my book as DragonCub for sale’. Finally, click FAQs button.

DragonCub have far-reaching plans for expansion that include issue of informative news releases, combined with inventive SEO and Adword promotions. To retain a high quality service DragonCub are using the same Internet marketing firm as their sister company Net Lawman, the leading online supplier of legal documents and templates.

“We aim to make it easy to sell literature, books and CDs through our system. Furthermore we’re based in the UK, a major advantage for British and European authors,” says Miriam.

“I guess DragonCub’s unique promotional venture is invaluable for new and unknown authors, desperate to reach a wider audience to publicise their book,” says Steve Poole, author of The Allotment Chronicles, published by Silver Link Publishing. “Publishing a tough field and DragonCub have made promotion vastly easier.”

DragonCub provides for all non-technical book markets, and sells titles in hard or soft copy. They also market abridged versions of an author’s work, dubbed DragonShort. DragonCub convey an author’s own blog style web page along with descriptions of the product and synopsis.

DragonCub welcomes authors, especially new ones and for the next month only, offer a unique chance to advertise free of charge for one year.

DragonCub are also offering another unbeatable offer. The first 5 authors to place their book with DragonCub will get free PPC publicity for three months. Dragoncub currently offer a discount Google Adwords campaign, as part of the package, should an author choose it.

DragonCub works closely with their authors and suppliers, issue customer invoice along with special delivery labels for packages. Customers pay direct into DragonCub’s e-commerce system. DragonCub pays authors each month, minus the 20% commission. Authors and publishers are also free to deal with and supply customers at no extra cost.

All Dragoncub asks of authors and publishers is to redress any cash imbalance due to a customer cancelling orders, deal with customer complaints and ensure prompt delivery of orders. Nothing could be simpler.

DragonCub are plainly honest, proffer no misleading ideas on the number of books an author might sell. Sellers are also given freedom to remove a book when merchandise levels are depleted.

Naturally, authors are responsible for all legal aspects within their book including copyright, plagiarism, permissions to source material, rights for use of pictures/drawings and other editorial points, including accuracy.

For further information about DragonCub and the services they provide visit:
http://www.dragoncub.com/books

Brand New Marketing Medium Launches To Promote Self Published Books

January 5th, 2009

NORFOLK, UNITED KINGDOM – Where the World Meets Ltd is about to launch a brand new website designed to promote and sell books of all kinds to the general public over the internet.

The website will be known as the DragonCub and can be seen at http://www.dragoncub.com.

DragonCub aims to provide the ideal marketing medium for anyone who is looking to sell their own self published book. Every book can be made available in either a hard copy format or a download for immediate use. This will ensure that the website appeals to the widest possible audience of online book buyers. Of course writers too, will benefit from having their work exposed to a large potential customer base.

The process of getting your book online with the DragonCub is simple. The site takes a basic charge of just 20% of the total retail price – that’s less than the larger online book suppliers. What’s more, you are given complete control of the retail price, in order to gain the maximum number of sales that your corner of the market can produce.

As the site itself proclaims, the process is magically simply : “You provide the book – we sell it.”

At a time when the traditional publishing marketplace is getting even harder to break into, many people are turning towards self publishing as a viable way to get their books published. The DragonCub provides essential services that will see many more people break into print and start making an income for themselves online.

As such it is expected that the website will take off very quickly, as more people discover the benefits for themselves and start selling all their books on it. The fact that the website charges a fee for each copy sold rather than an upfront fee takes all the risk out of the situation. This is set to encourage even more people to get online and publish their own works on http://www.dragoncub.com

The DragonCub website is well laid out and easy to navigate. The range of books available to buy is listed in one of a number of different categories, making it quick and easy for people to locate the right kind of book for them.

The website caters primarily for non-fiction titles, and includes categories such as business administration, computer sciences, economics and many more besides.

The parent company of DragonCub, Where The World Meets Ltd., has a basic but powerful ethos which underlines what the DragonCub itself is all about. It focuses on providing essential services that people need for the lowest possible cost.

If you are interested in learning more about this brand new publishing and marketing possibility, you can visit the site at http://www.dragoncub.com or email pressatDragonCubdotcom.

For more information contact Miriam Taylor on +61 (0)432 393 296, or go online to visit the website.