RAND PUBLISHING
IMPRINT: The Skinny On™

Are you drowning in credit card debt and wondering how you got into this mess and how to get out of it? How do you develop willpower? What caused the housing crisis and is it over yet? Want to be sure you are not overpaying your taxes? How can you make money investing in real estate in 2009? The answers to these and related questions can be found in the The Skinny On™ book series.

Inspired by the widely celebrated Japanese literary form, Manga, The Skinny On™ is quickly gaining popularity for its concise but insightful analysis of topical subjects, told in an entertaining story format.

Illustrated and easily read in about an hour, each subject is explored through the lives of Billy and Beth – normal in all respects except one: they just happen to be stick people.

The Skinny On™ is the brainchild of best selling author, investor, attorney and entrepreneur Jim Randel (author, CONFESSIONS OF A REAL ESTATE ENTREPRENEUR, McGraw-Hill, 2006). Randel sought to create a new breed of books, aimed at disseminating information to an audience increasingly used to consuming content on the internet and cell phones. Their quick-read, story format, and shorter publishing cycles from finished manuscript to published book or e-book version allow the series to provide The Skinny On™ current events and topical subjects in a more timely way while keeping readers informed and entertained.

Our very first title, The Skinny on The Housing Crisis, recently won in the top gold category for real estate writing excellence in the 2009 Robert Bruss Book competition hosted by the National Association of Real Estate editors (NAREE).