) March 27, 2009 -- It's a common scene played out in households around the world. It's bedtime, and the kids expect mom to read them a bedtime story. But in the Pagratis household, story time didn't mean just rereading the same books time and time again. Instead, it meant mom making up an original story on the spot to the delight of her son and daughter.

That passion for storytelling moved children's author Maggie Pagratis to write You've Got Me Wishing For Wishes Again. The book, published under Pagratis' own Athse Publishing imprint, follows a young boy in Africa as he wishes for peace and happiness for his family and the world.

March 8 to 14 is "Read An E-Book Week," a week set aside to promote and publicize all the benefits of e-book reading. To celebrate, Dorrance Publishing, RoseDog Books, and Red Lead Press along with Sony Canada, E-Ink, Smashbooks, Warren Adler, and many others are partnering with www.ebookweek.com to promote reading e-books during this week and the entire month of March. (PRWeb Mar 6, 2009)

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) October 6, 2008 -- Recorded Books announces the upcoming release of its newest reading and writing program, Dr. Janet Allen's Plugged-in to Nonfiction for grades 4-5. Levels 1-3 of the program, developed for grades 5-12, have already been successfully implemented in over 1,200 classrooms across the country.

Plugged-in to Nonfiction Grades 4-5

) December 13, 2008 -- Noted author and radio personality Donna Seebo is pleased to announce the release of a special collectible edition of her beloved children's book God's Kiss. A previous winner of the North American Book Dealer's Exchange Best Children's Book of the Year Award, God's Kiss is the heart warming tale of a little traveler named Johnny and his extraordinary journey into a dream world of talking animals and majestic mountains and valleys, a place where young people gather on Christmas Eve to seek the special kiss of life - God's Kiss.

God's Kiss Book Cover

) April 24, 2009 -- Emmy-award winning integrated agency Creative Asylum, a leading voice in creative marketing and advertising, announced the launch of an immersive online experience, Challenges of the Elder. The online campaign will also include an aggressive social media effort to celebrate the release of The Sorceress, which will be released on May 26th by publishing leader, Random House Children’s Books. The Sorceress will be the third book in the highly-acclaimed children’s book series, by best selling author Michael Scott, The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel.

) February 23, 2009 -- Sometimes life takes you too far, so far in fact, that you don't even realize it happened. Ernesto and Nacho were both taken too far; they had a choice to make: either quit or face the music. They did the latter, resulting in a 12 track album coherently named, Take a Ride; the debut album of the Prime Ministers, to be released on March 15th and produced by David Dominguez.

The album covers emotional states that are commonplace for most of us: rage, desperation, isolation, euphoria. Yet the most important aspect of it is that it never gives up or conforms. Its lyrics put up a fight, and after going through it all it becomes clear that it ends victorious.

) November 6, 2008 -- With the rising threat of global warming, many motor vehicle manufacturers are answering the call to provide more fuel efficient cars. Honda Motor Company has defined itself as the frontrunner of this ever-growing initiative by developing the world's first government-certified hydrogen fuel cell car.

) November 5, 2008 -- Book lovers will delight this season when they receive A Life Well Read - My Personal Journey Through Books®. Combining the intimacy of a diary and the organization of a Rolodex, A Life Well Read is the ideal solution for readers who want to create a personalized record of their book content -- wherever and whenever they can find a moment to pursue their passion for reading.

The Perfect Gift for Readers!

) July 20, 2009 -- Urban fantasy has become the darling of the shelves. Authors such as Stephenie Meyer (Twilight series), Laurell K. Hamilton (Anita Blake series), Charlaine Harris (True Blood series), Jim Butcher (Dresden Files series) and many others regularly hold the top positions on the New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists. An enticing blend of horror, fantasy and romance, urban fantasy is marked by the imposition of the paranormal or supernatural world into the "real world", turning the mundane existence of one or more primary characters (as well as readers) into a wild joyride of fear, exhilaration, and adrenaline.

) November 12, 2008 -- The economy may be depressed, but holiday gift giving doesn't have to be with these new gifts for book lovers. Novelaction.com, a leading online book exchange store with an extensive centralized inventory of used books, has unveiled a new line of gifts for book lovers, including book gift baskets, book gift boxes, specialty book baskets, and gift membership subscriptions, just in time for the 2008 holiday season.

) February 13, 2009 -- Still Motion Media, exclusive producer of MobiStories, digital books for kids, answers the call from publishers to advance children's literature distribution into the 21st century. With the latest MobiStories release of the MobiStories [children's picture book, "Mommy's High Heel Shoes", Kristie Finnan joins the growing number of publishers ready to extend the reach of their books through mobile digital devices including iPhones, iPods, laptops and portable DVD players.

) April 29, 2009 -- Susan Elliott started the GPYP blog in 2006 as a way to keep in touch with a handful of students who had attended her motivational seminars. But after only a short time, the blog grew in popularity and Elliott landed a book deal. The first seminar based on the recently released book will be held in New York City on June 6th.

) October 15, 2008 -- When he wants in, he wants in now!

Kidthing Garfield

America's favorite fat cat Garfield is now at kidthing® (www.kidthing.com), the new browser and ad-free place for kids to play and learn on their computers.

) November 24, 2008 -- Juliet Johnson, author of the Mother's Day, 2008 release Somebody's Always Hungry, extends her universe as a motherhood blogger by signing today an agreement to pen a weekly blog on the website of Haydenburri Lane, a creative media company that specializes in solution-oriented entertainment focused on healthy habits and daily routines for children.

) September 17, 2008 -- Inkubook -- the fun, collaborative Web site where users of all abilities can turn digital photos and ideas into a professionally printed photo book -- is offering free photo books to Microsoft Silverlight developers and users who invite their friends to try Inkubook. Users pay only shipping charges to receive their free book.

) March 6, 2009 -- Bookshare and Hachette Book Group (HBG) announced today that they have entered into a partnership to provide digital books for Bookshare's accessible online library for people with print disabilities. This partnership has two components that break new ground in the publishing industry. First, Hachette has agreed to donate digital files for all 1,700 currently digitized frontlist and backlist titles. Secondly, Hachette will refer all customer service requests for accessible books to Bookshare for fulfillment.

On November 18, 2008, Sourcebooks launched the first of their enhanced digital books. These are innovative digital products that allow the reader an immersion experience in the book.

) April 13, 2009 -- White House Dog Poem Penned by Award-Winning Journalist Harold Goldberg for National Poetry Month

Guess who's coming to The White House? Vladimir Putin of Russia? Wen Jiabao from China? Perhaps The Dalai Lama? They may indeed meet with President Obama in the days ahead but there's no one more important to the first family than the arrival of The White House Dog on Tuesday, April 14. This is once campaign promise Obama was obligated to keep!

) September 20, 2009 -- In a recent survey conducted by Book Marketing Limited, book-lovers gave a resounding thumbs down to 'social networks' such as Facebook and Twitter with only 3% seeing them as very useful places they would go to for recommendations on what books to read next.

Instead, they actively seek out more authentic expert views on the web from Author websites as well as trusted independent sources of guidance such as Lovereading.co.uk. In addition, when asked where they find out about the latest books, the web was the most used but email newsletter and reviews in the newspaper scored highly as well.

At the other end of the scale, only 5% of respondents said they often looked at the expensive posters sites typically seen on public transport.

) September 2, 2009 -- Epigraph Publishing Service is pleased to announce its newest self publishing option: PDF to POD which converts PDF files into print-on-demand books distributed worldwide via Amazon and Ingram Book Company. The program is designed for authors who wish to retain their own book designer. Authors publishing under the new PDF to POD program sign under Epigraph's Basic publishing agreement which features worldwide distribution and maximum control for authors such as the ability to publish under their own imprints and to set their own retail price and wholesale discount to enhance their profitability.

) October 28, 2009 -- The year 2009 is a breakout year for digital readers. In fact, one in four men and one in six women intend to buy an e-reader before the end of 2009 (i). The success of Amazon Kindle and other handheld devices with digital reader capability led to the surging demand for e-books. A mass market for e-books has been established and is growing exponentially. Research shown that the total industry revenue from digital-book downloads has risen 149% this year (ii).

AddAll.com, the leading book search and price comparison site that has been committed to help book shoppers locate the best price online, is responding with the introduction of e-book meta search feature, AddAll Ebooks, to make online e-book shopping painless and effortless.

) March 16, 2009 -- WOCTO (www.WOCTO.com), an independent book publisher understands how the economy affects teachers in the classroom, parents at home trying to make ends meet, and kids looking for exciting ways to learn. To that end, they have produced a complementary set of grade-level lesson plans in core subjects, glossaries, flash games and activities for kids, available online for free.

) October 27, 2009 -- kidthing (www.kidthing.com) unveiled today its free downloadable e-reader app that lets kids read, mix, personalize and share their favorite digital books, games and activities to friends and family. Currently in beta, the new kidthing app is slated for public release this November - featuring e-books from top brands and publishers including Dr. Seuss Enterprises, Penguin Young Readers Group, HarperCollins, Garfield, and more.

kidthing - read an e-book

) November 3, 2009 -- You’d think that an author with 22 popular motivational books to his credit would stop there. But not Alan Cohen. He is intent on moving beyond the world of self-help to introduce a fictional character who will inspire readers to change their lives.

Page-turner with a purpose

) February 9, 2009 -- Urban fiction author K. Elliott knows that when the economy takes a hit, his fans feel it, making low-cost forms of entertainment like books and movies even more popular as escapes from reality. Today the tremendous growth in readily accessible e-books has fueled inexpensive, online publishing. Even Oprah Winfrey is promoting an e-reader to her audience. Publishing houses expect the market to double for e-books this year.

) October 6, 2008 -- Family advice website Professorshouse.com offers parents struggling to understand their children's behaviour and mood changes an informative resource with the Raising Children section on their website. Covering everything from raising troublesome toddlers to teenagers and tantrums, the section is an invaluable resource for parents new and old.

Raising Children Release Image

) August 29, 2009 -- American author Gary Jouett, II has taken the literary world by storm with his first book, "The Chronicles of the 144,000," which has been published through Lulu.com, the online marketplace for digital content.

Professor Jouett seized the opportunity of this spiritual awakening age to compose a 153-page novel that is genuinely crafted to speak to the heart of every world religion.

Poet and author Oliver Wendell Holmes once stated, "The mind, once expanded to the dimensions of larger ideas, never returns to its original size." Readers of this novel will experience this for themselves through this sincere, innovative and precise work.

) February 6, 2009 -- DIY publishing is now considered trendy as opposed to thirty years ago, when mainstream publishers invited new and unknown authors along to preview prospective works. Self-publishing is business and should be treated as such. Without prior knowledge or a key plan, selling a book will result in wasted pounds. Use new kid on the block 'DragonCub' however, and your return is 1005 of the sales price.

Zip along to the nearest bookshop and take stock of how much cookery, gardening or books on warfare adorn the shelves. A flux of cookery books will make another tome on the same theme incredibly difficult to sell, especially to a mainstream publisher.

) June 8, 2009 -- As the publishing industry continues to change, authors are taking the job of promoting their books in their own hands. The good news for authors today is the emergence of social media and that they can use Web 2.0 tools to connect directly with their target audiences. WakeUpCelebrityAuthor.com seeks to give recognition to authors who enthusiastically promote their books and will make the author with the most votes by September 25, 2009 the next BarnesandNoble.com best-seller.

) April 16, 2009 -- kidthing® and Dr. Seuss Enterprises together with the National Education Association are proud to announce that they will be providing classrooms across America with free copies of an animated special edition e-book of Dr. Seuss's The Lorax in celebration of Earth Day. This announcement comes just after having given teachers across America over $175,000 in digital Dr. Seuss books as part of NEA's recent 2009 Read Across America program. The digital version of Dr.

In honor of Mother's Day, Picaboo (http://www.picaboo.com), the popular photo book and greeting card provider, announced today an offer of 25% of all photo books and greeting cards until April 30th, 2009 (SPRING25)*. With Picaboo, custom gifts with an affordable pricetag couldn't be more in synch with the times. (PRWeb Apr 20, 2009)

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) November 6, 2008 -- The Thread of Ariadne-The sword of consciousness, (Hardback, ISBN: 978-1-59526-826-6,Llumina Press 2007) was declared an Award-Winning Finalist of the Philosophy category in the 5th Annual National "Best Books" Awards. The Thread of Ariadne (The TOA), a philosophical treatise dealing with the subject of consciousness and the elusive conscious control of reality, is the first book authored by George Sopasakis.

) November 12, 2008 -- Inkubook -- the fun, collaborative Web site where users of all abilities can turn digital photos and ideas into a professionally printed photo book is unveiling its GREAT BIG SQUARE book just in time for the holidays. Through Nov. 30, Inkubook users that buy one 11"x11" GREAT BIG SQUARE photo book, and get one free.

September 9, 2008 --

"The Art of the Apology - How to Apologize Effectively to Practically Anyone," won The National "Best Books 2009" Awards from USA Book News, topping the Business-General category. The Art of the Apology is a guidebook authored by Lauren Bloom, a Washington, DC attorney and ethics expert. The Art of the Apology offers advice on how to make effective apologies to preserve business and personal relationships. (PRWeb Oct 26, 2009)

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) March 8, 2009 -- Joyce Schwarz, author of THE VISION BOARD which hit the #1 spiritual bestseller spot on Amazon.com will be conducting a special presentation for the Digital Creative community at SXSW.com (South By Southwest Festival) in Austin, Texas on March 13 @ 5 p.m.

ADOBE PRESENTING SXSW BOOK READINGS

Presented by Adobe, the Day Stage is located next to the Trade Show + Exhibition on the top floor of the Austin Convention Center.

ACTUAL VISION BOARD CREATION DEMO

The Vision Board workshop is set for the Day Stage at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas. During this program you can begin to find out who you are and achieve what you most want in life with The Vision Board.

) December 3, 2008 -- Sourcebooks have launched the first of their enhanced digital books. These are innovative digital products that allow the reader an immersion experience in the book--a digital book powered by DNAML's DNL eBook Reader that delivers an enhanced reader experience, integrates audio, video, and images into the text, and creates for the reader a greater theater of the mind.

The first title is be 'Country Music: The Masters'--a photographic love letter to the founders and legends of country music by four time Grammy winner, master musician and storyteller Marty Stuart.

) July 30, 2009 -- B*tween Productions, developer of media brand, the Beacon Street Girls®, and DK Pictures, a developer of browser-accessible drawing and animation tools, today announced the opening of the new Beacon Street Girls (Club BSG) Art Room. The Club BSG Art Room is a new online destination for tween girls interested in drawing, arts, crafts and other creative online activities such as movie-making and animation.

The Beacon Street Girls COPPA-compliant site is the largest safe social network designed specifically for tween girls with hundreds of thousands of unique visitors every month. The site is complemented by the popular Beacon Street Girls book series, with 20 full-length novels available in bookstores across the US, Canada and Brazil.

) November 7, 2008 -- Working as a prosecutor for over seven years, the last two supervising a juvenile delinquency unit in one of the largest cities in New York State, few things surprise Carl A. Bartol, MPA, Esq. anymore when it comes to youth gang violence. Knowing that preventing gang violence involves open communication and often starts at home, Bartol is releasing a free e-book, My Brother's Friends, through the Prevent Delinquency Project to help parents more openly and effectively communicate the dangers of gangs to young children.

) November 3, 2009 -- When Microsoft Founder Bill Gates issued a challenge for Microsoft MVPs to "do philanthropy where you are," 53 of the world's most highly-regarded SQL Server experts took up that call. Together with Manning Publications, they’ve written SQL Server MVP Deep Dives. All the authors—many of whom have successful books of their own—are donating 100% of their author royalties to War Child International.

SQL Server MVP Deep Dives