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What's
New at PublishAmerica
1/28/02
Interview
With Book Review Cafe
Lisa,
Managing Editor, Book Review Cafe, will be posting her
interview with Publish America author, Evelyn Horan,
the week of February l8,2002. The historical fiction
book for children/young adults, taking place on the
West Texas frontier of the l880's titled, Jeannie,
A Texas Frontier Girl, Book One, will be featured
along with biographical infomation and questions concerning
the motivation and the writing of the book. Reviewers
are calling Evelyn Horan "The Modern Day Laura
Ingalls Wilder of the Little House books," an honor
for which the author is most grateful and appreciative.
1/24/02
Borders
Stores Book Signings
Claudia
(Balch) Turner VanLydegraf, author of "Notes
from Nobody" is pleased to announce that Borders
Stores, of Central California, will be hosting several
Booksigning/Q&A sessions at the Borders Stores in
Reno, NV., Feb 23, 2002 @ 2PM; Modesto, CA, Mar 23,
2002 @2PM; Fresno, CA., Mar 30, 2002 @ 1PM and Visalia,
CA., Mar 30 @ 4:30PM. "Notes from Nobody"
is about the loss of 2 babies to adoption and the subsequent
finding of those adult men after 33 years. It tells
about what a birthmother lives with and the ramifications
on the lives of everyone included in the triad of Adoption.
Interview
by Outstretch Publications
Luciena
Grant,
author of Tropical Breeze, is excited to announce
that she was interviewed by Outstretch Publications.
Click here to view the page!
1/15/01
Cocktail
Reception
in New York City
In
order to introduce one of our authors to the media moguls
in New York City, a cocktail reception for Billy
P. Smith, author of Abuse of Process was
hosted recently by Worth Media and Mr. and Mrs. Randall
Jones, editor of Worth Magazine. Most of those in attendance
were influential media people, that included several
movie stars, including Lorenzo Lamas, who may be interested
in playing one of the characters in Smith's book. As
a result, Billy Smith was interviewed by a television
station, and he has noticed his book's activity on BarnesandNoble.com. Click
here to view the slideshow!
Arts
& Letters Club
The
prestigious "Arts & Letters Club" have
asked R.G. Condie, author of Say Goodbye to
Guilt to talk about to their literary luncheon March
1, 2002. Mr. Condie will be talking about the book,
why and how it was written, and answering questions.
B
& N Advertising
Sylvia
Griffin, author of The Little Black Schoolhouse
is pleased to announce that Barnes & Noble is placing
it in an advertisement for her book signing in the Statesman
Newspaper at their own expense. On a related note, local
teachers are placing flyers in school buildings through
the Zeta Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa, an educators'
sorority. Click here to
see the flier!
#1
on Preditors and Editors Poll
Caroyln
Howard-Johnson, author of This is the Place
informed us that her book is the #1 novel on the Preditors
and Editors Poll. She is requesting votes to keep her
book on the top of the list. Click
here to cast a vote for your fellow PublishAmerica author
today!
Grand
Prize
Evelyn
Horan,
author of Jeannie, A Texas Frontier Girl, Book 1,
is excited to announce that her book is now being offered
as the Grand Prize at the EighteenHundreds.com Book
Contest. Click
here to view the page!
2002
Speaking Engagements
Jim
Hickman, author of 5000 Years of UFO's, has
been invited to speak at several events and locations
this year. The list of engagements includes:
- New
York/New Jersey MUFON - February 2002
- Houston
MUFON - March 2002
- Eureka
Springs UFO conference- April 2002
- Istanbul,
Turkey in November 2002
Jim
has just finished a west coast tour of LA/Orange county
speaking about his book to the media. He reports that
he has recently been appointed Research Specialist for
Media Operations for MUFON (the mutual UFO network).
Jim was recently filmed by the "In search of"
TV crew where his book was prominently displayed. He
has been asked to stay on as a technical advisor. And
lastly, Jim has also been taped for several local public
access channels.
Featured
in Baltimore Jewish Times
Charles
Rammelkamp,
author of A Better Tomorrow, was featured in
the January 11, 2002 issue of the Baltimore Jewish Times.
For the full article,
click here.
Pulitzer
Prize
Michael
Andrew's A Trial of Innocents
is being considered for the 2002 Pulitzer Prize in Letters
for a distinguished work of fiction by an American Author.
Click here for more information!
Pulitzer
Prize
The
internationally acclaimed humor/satire book, Serving
Gravy With a Slotted Spoon, by Freda Gower Ward
was released in July. It has been submitted for consideration
for the 2002 Pulitzer Prize in Letters in the category
of fiction. Click
here for more information!
Appearance
on CNN
Paul
Blais, author of Tragedy to Triumph, appeared
on CNN at 10:30 A.M. on June 21st, 2001. Click
here for more information...
