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Per the movement of Uranus( see my other PM page, ASTROLOGY FOR WRITERS,
EDITORS TOO), we have seen a flurry of independent book projects, helping with editing, cover design, and print production. If you are interested in independent publication, please contact us. We have done fiction and nonfiction alike.

Author Chris Surdak, ( see paragraph below) has won the International Business Book Award. Congrats to Chris, his publisher Amacom, his Editor Ellen Kadin, and all the other phenomenal people at Amacom who helped Chris get his book out there. Chris is a coluimnist for European Business Report and a highly sought-after speaker, especially in his industry. He has spoken 78 times this year, holds down a fulltime job, graduated law school and took the Bar in July of this year and has a family. What a guy!

ART and HEALING, by Barbara Ganim, a Three Rivers/ Random House title originally, has been repubbed by Echo Point Books this month in both color and black and white editions.

Marlise Kast-Myers' 40 HIKES ON THE PACIFIC CREST TRAIL released in March, from Countryman/WWNorton. If you've read and been inspired by WILD by Cheryl Strayed, this is the hiking guide for you.

STEVE MARKLEY, ( PUBLISH THIS BOOK, Sourcebooks) is on full scholarship to Iowa Writers Workshop, the most pretigious graduate program for writing in the U.S.( ala Lena Dunham in GIRLS, HBO) His movie is due to shoot in the Fall in Los Angeles. Not everyone has a hit book and a movie before they enter a grad program. Steve also authored the screenplay for the film, with Producer Brett Kanea. Michael Givens will direct. Michael is a Cannes Film Festival award winner. News flash: Steve won the Short Story Contest at Iowa.

Robert Zweig, author of RETURN TO NAPLES( Barricade and Bordigherra Books) is circulating a treatment, THE STORY OF OTA BENGA. A true story of a human caged for viewing in 1906 at the Bronx Zoo.

BJ Gallagher's LEADERSHIP SECRETS OF OZ was released in March. BJ has written over 30 books in the business and self help categories. It's a lovely hardback, with images from the original movie with Judy GArland. Thank you, Warner Brothers.

CBS reviewed Divina Infusino's DAY TRIPS FROM ORANGE COUNTY . See their CBS LA Website for further positives about this lovely book.

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE LOVED CAFE LIFE SAN FRANCISCO BY JOE WOLFF AND ROGER PAPERNO, THE REVIEW APPEARING IN THE TRIB'S TRAVEL SECTION. CONGRATULATIONS TO JOE AND ROGER AND THEIR PUBLISHER, INTERLINK BOOKS. THIS IS THE 4TH IN THEIR SERIES, THE OTHERS BEING ROME, FLORENCE, VENICE. FLORENCE WON A TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD.

CAFE LIFE SAN FRANCISCO joins the CAFE LIFE lineup . Joe Wolff and Roger Paperno author and photo once again, as they did for ROME, FLORENCE, VENICE. All are in bookstores and available in e-versions. See below(*) for the review in Library Journal!

MY BLOG: Were you born to be a writer? See www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/destiny to see my new blog on Astrological Career Advice for Writers. Good for Editors too.

Library Journal's review of Cafe Life San Francisco:

"It’s not as if one needs another reason to visit the magical City by the Bay, but Wolff and Paperno (coauthors, Café Life Rome) provide a delectable impetus. Wolff divides the city into five neighborhoods and adds a trio of Marin County entries for a total of 24 café recommendations. The specialties of these coffee shops range from full-service meals to Italian pastries, unusual ice cream flavors, and gelato. In the heart of downtown San Francisco at Union Square, there’s the Italian Emporio Rulli Il Caffè. Equally continental is the Café Metropol, only here you’ll find a taste of Austria and be welcomed by brothers Klaus and Albert Ranier. Wolff then covers North Beach, the Sunset District, and the Mission District. Mission Bay and Dogpatch may be out of the way for visitors, but Wolff’s recommendations are worth a side trip. VERDICT What makes this such an inviting guide are the interviews with café owners that provide in-depth background on the establishments and neighborhoods. It is a joy to read and an essential purchase for anyone planning a trip to or living in San Francisco."
Janet Ross, Branch Librarian

RAVE REVIEW ON THE HUFFINGTON POST FOR PUBLISH THIS BOOK! The article, written by BJ Gallagher, was also picked up by USA today. David Pitt also raved on BOOK LIST.

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Publish This Book by Stephen Markley, book, screenplay and movie.
A Blessing in Disguise by Andrea Joy Cohen MD
Frommers Walt Disney World, Walt Disney World with Kids, Florida, by Laura Lea Miller
Cracking UP, TV series, David Granirer.
Matt Lauer/ MSNBC-TV HEADLINERS AND LEGENDS: The Betty Broderick Story.
Cafe Life: Rome and Cafe Life: Florence, and CAfe Life: Venice, also San Francisco, favorably reviewed by the Chicago Tribune, London Observer, London Times,San Francisco Chronicle, among many others.Winner(see above) 2007 Travel Book of the Year.

Books:Images from the Film: MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA, by Peggy Mulloy and Director Rob Marshall, media tie-in book to the Golden GLobe and Academy Award Winning film from Sony Pictures.

Visual Journaling( Quest Books), Art and Healing( Three Rivers/Random House)
( both One Spirit Book Club Selections and Finalists for the Benjamin Franklin Award), American Gargoyles( Clarkson Potter/Random House)

Leadership Secrets of Oz ( Sourcebooks, due out March 2017.)

Off the Beaten Path: THe Dakotas, by Lisa Meters Mc Clintick (Globe Pequot/ Rowman and LIttlefield)

Data Crush By Christopher Surdak( Amacom)

40 HIkes on the Pacific Crest Trail by Marlise Kast Myers to Countryman/Norton.

CAFE LIFE SAN FRANCISCO( Interlink)Joe
Wolff and Roger Paperno..part of the Award Winning CAFE LIFE Series
Body Language( KNACK SERIES), Roger Paperno, Photographer.
Absolute ABs( KNACK) by JJ Flizanes, Starla Fortunato, Photography will pub Aug 2010

Insiders Guides for Chicago, Boca and the Palm Beaches, Ft. Lauderdale, Southwest Florida/Ft, Myers/Naples Sanibel-Capliva,
Seattle,Raleigh-Durham/Chapel Hill,Jacksonville, Baton Rouge, Louisville.

Day Trips from Washington DC, Dallas,Salt Lake City,Orange County( Ca.)

Off the Beaten Path: Upstate New York, Metro New York, Dakotas

Cheap Bastards Guide to Las Vegas

Quick Escapes: Houston, Orange County ( Ca.)
Publish This Book by Stephen Markley Sourcebooks 2010

Elvis for Dummies( Wiley) by Susan Doll Ph.D. ( june 2009)

Frommers 2010 guides on Florida and its theme parks( 3 guides) by Laura Lea Miller

Best Easy Day Hikes Long Island, Falcon Guides,
Susan Finch. Susan also did BEDH Columbus for Falcon.

Publish This Book by Stephen Markley(Sourcebooks)

Elvis for Dummies by Suzi Doll, Ph.d, (author of nine books on
Elvis)

Return to Naples: My Italian Bar Mitzvah and other Discoveries. by Robert Zweig,Ph.D.(Barricade)

Frommers and Dummies titles re: Walt Disney World, multiple titles, Laura Lea Miller( Wiley)

A Blessing in Disguise by Andrea Joy Cohen MD, (Berkley/Penguin))

SUNSHINES, The Astrology of Happiness. by Michael Lutin.( Simon and Schuster)

Images from the Film: Memoirs of a Geisha (Newmarket Press, New York)

Drawing From The Heart, When it Hurts Too Much To Talk, Spring 2004.( The Theospohical Press,Quest Books) Cafe Life: Florence, Spring 2006( Interlink Books, Boston),Florida: Coast to
Coast with Kids, Fall 2007, (University Press of Florida) Florida on Film by Suzi Doll Ph D and David Morrow, fall 2007, (U. Press Florida) Walt Disney World with Kids for Dummies,by Laura Miller, fall 2007( Wiley/Dummies). and MORE!

Film, Radio and TV Rights to Brett Kanea for PUBLISH THIS BOOK by Steve Markley. Chinese rights to Data Crush.( sold by the publisher).

The Happy Neurotic, by David Granirer, all exc. Canada

A Blessing in Disguise, all foreign except Chinese andf Spanish, audio, merchandising.
Sunshines, all foreign.
Florida: Coast to Coast with Kids, all foreign
Florida on Film: all foreign

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The University of California at Berkeley Publishing Course(1997)

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