Publishing these days includes writers from the sandlot to the big leagues, and readers are as perceptive as baseball fans at finding the home runs.
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by Allison Morris. Are you a book person, or an e-reader? Here’s some good news: you don’t have to pick. Reading differs situationally, and we’re lucky to have several mediums through which we can now buy and read books. While e-readers and e-books have exploded in popularity (e-book sales grew 117 percent in 2011 alone),
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Books of Adventure for Kids and YA Readers Under the pen name of R.J., Robert Bucchianeri writes the adventures of Django Jagger and the occasional wildly fantastical tale — all of which are delights and fun to read. In them, Bucchianeri puts his thriller and suspense talents to work in a whole different way for his
Publishing Notes from the Lucky Bat Books Team We’re approaching the end of a year, beginning of a new one, and what did we learn in 2012? What’s going to matter in 2013? It takes a team—a highly professional and accomplished team—to create a successful Lucky Bat Books. When Cindie and I (Judith) started, we had
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Nuno Moreira, a graphic designer and photographer, works with projects that include book covers, cd layouts, magazine illustration and identity development. Nuno Moreira’s work gives focus to detail and texture, bringing a specific atmosphere and mood to each specific project. His influences are diverse and come from different areas such as independent cinema, music, painting
Proudly published by Lucky Bat Books for foreign markets in Ebook and Print [all markets outside North America] You won’t find this book in North America, but tell your friends in the rest of the world about it. Lucky Bat Books recently published it for Janis Ian and we think both ebook and print are
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by Judith Harlan. We wrestled with the where’s and how’s of publishing to just the foreign market for one of Janis Ian’s popular books, Society’s Child: my autobiography, which we put out last month. Here’s what we’ve done, so far, and more importantly, what we’re still considering doing. First off, you have to know that
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Control — 13 Shorts. Control contains thirteen short, eerie tales of the darker side of humanity from an author Kristine Kathryn Rusch calls “an amazing writer.” Though her settings are often familiar, Geddes looks at the world through her own warped lens. Be it a fortune cookie or a staple remover, witches or wolves, everything becomes
Brandon has been painting or drawing most of his life in one way or another and started with digital when Paint showed up as part of Windows, then moved into traditional media classes. When he got his first Wacom tablet he started moving into computer and graphic design. He has had training in design for
by Julie Ricks. In a word, EVERYONE. In my previous incarnation as an office worker, I had many opportunities to review resumes, usually at the behest of my immediate supervisor. They would have me pare down the stack to eliminate those unqualified, or, in some cases, illiterate. I remember one resume that came on neon
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