LOS ANGELES, California – With echoes of Unbroken, the derring-do and bravado of The Right Stuff; and the battle-forged camaraderie of Band of Brothers, Into Enemy Waters by award-winning journalist Andrew Dubbins (Aug. 23, 2022, Diversion Books) details the origins and heroic missions of World War II’s elite unit of Navy frogmen, told through the eyes of […]
Lit Happens
An interview with Katherine D. Morgan of Powell’s Books
What’s your favorite area of your bookstore? My favorite area is definitely the romance section! I’ve always loved reading romance, but since the pandemic, I have become obsessed with that genre. In fact, in my store, you can usually find me giving customers or my colleagues recommendations on what they should read next. I have […]
Exiled matriarch takes stand to restore peace in hopeful feminist fantasy
Debut author tired of male-dominated fantasy pens female-driven epic PITTSBURGH, PA – Follow Cora as she works to restore the matriarchal society her uncle destroyed in this epic feminist fantasy by debut author and womens’ rights activist, Catherine Raphael. Tired of reading male-dominated fantasy stories, Raphael set out to create Journey to the Heart Stone […]
Female artist fights for recognition in 18th century Paris
CIBA Award-winning author uses true events to create inspiring and hopeful tale BIDDEFORD, Maine – Adélaïde Labille-Guiard is ready to draw the line between art and politics in The Portraitist: A Novel of Adélaïde Labille-Guiard (Aug 30, 2022, She Writes Press). Award-winning author Susanne Dunlap paints a historical retelling of real-life Adélaïe Labille-Guiard, a female […]
International Latino Book Award-winning author releasing newest work of magical realism this fall
SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Rudy Ruiz was raised around ranches and horses, reared on tales of the Old West and the Mexican Revolution, but then he moved on to Harvard and success as an award-winning author of literary fiction. Now he brings his brand of polished storytelling, cultural immersion and magical realism to a visionary […]
From acclaimed writer, journalist, and physician, Dr. Seema Yasmin, comes a much-needed, timely book about the importance of media literacy, fact-based reporting, and the ability to discern truth from lies
WHAT THE FACT? Finding the Truth in All the Noise What is a fact? What are reliable sources? What is news? What is fake news? How can anyone make sense of it anymore? Well, we have to. As conspiracy theories and online hoaxes increasingly become a part of our national discourse and “truth” itself is […]
New biography shines a spotlight on a legendary journalist who won one of the last great newspaper wars in the U.S.
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Best-selling biographer Jane Wolfe’s latest – “Burl: Journalism Giant and Medical Trailblazer” (Sept. 6, 2022, Andrews McMeel Publishing) – looks at legendary journalist Burl Osborne’s extraordinary life and career. “Burl” is the story of one man’s unlikely rise from the coal mines of Appalachia to the pinnacle of journalism. After being diagnosed […]
State of the Industry Blog Series: How the Pandemic Changed the Way People Buy Books
In our new “State of the Industry” blog series, we’re breaking down how the pandemic has transformed the publishing industry. By understanding how the industry has rapidly transformed in 2020 and 2021, writers and authors will be better prepared to navigate the new state of the industry in 2022. Last month, we explored how the […]
How to decide which social media platform is for you
Social media is one of the most effective ways to market your products or services. I know that when I find out about a new author, actor, restaurant, boutique, etc., the first thing I do is search for them on social media. Even when using Google, the first links that pop up are always the […]
Engineer develops moral-based AI with risky consequences as ethics, technology collide in hopeful sci-fi debut
DALLAS – Determining right from wrong isn’t as simple as running an algorithm — or is it? Dive in and discover the newest of technologies and its improvement of humanity in Lois and Ross Melbourne’s hopeful science-fiction debut. Using their backgrounds as tech executives, “Moral Code” (Sept. 20, 2022, Nonlinear Publishing LLC) breaks barriers as […]
