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Morgan James in the News
April 17, 2008
800CEORead.com
| MORGAN JAMES PUBLISHING LAUNCHES ANOTHER BESTSELLER
Awake at the Wheel: Getting Your Great Ideas Rolling (in an Uphill World) by Mitchell Lewis Ditkoff HITS 1-800-CEO-READ'S TOP 25.
Mitchell Lewis Ditkoff’s new book, Awake At the Wheel: Getting Your Ideas Rolling (in an Uphill World),
which officially goes on-sale May 1, has hit 1-800-CEO-READS monthly
bestseller list. Geared towards the business reader, 800-CEO-READS
compiles a monthly bestseller list based on book sales to create their
Monthly Top 25. The list is syndicated to Knight-Ridder Tribune
newspapers, is featured on 30 corporate intranet sites and is emailed
to more than 2000 movers and shakers in the business book world.
Awake
at the Wheel is about the wellspring of creation and creativity and
taps into the fascinating process of ideas and inspiration taking form
and creating new opportunities. Ditkoff’s book offers every creative
thinker the inspiration, tools and techniques to take the next step in
executing their great idea... Read More...
See the April 2008 monthly list here...
| April 16, 2008
Atlanta, GA
| Publishers Take Action Against Georgia State University Copyright Infringement
Suit filed in Atlanta Federal Court
A
group of publishers filed suit in federal court to stop widespread
copyright infringement at Georgia State University (GSU). The
complaint, filed by Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press
and SAGE Publications and supported by the Association of American
Publishers (AAP), charges that GSU officials are violating the law by
systematically enabling professors to provide students with digital
copies of copyrighted course readings published by the plaintiffs and
numerous other publishers without those publishers’ authorization. The
lawsuit seeks injunctive relief to bring an end to such practices, but
does not seek monetary damages.
The lawsuit asserts “pervasive,
flagrant, and ongoing” unauthorized distribution of copyrighted
materials, despite attempts to reach an amicable and mutually
acceptable solution without the need for litigation. GSU distributes
the unauthorized materials through its electronic course reserves
service, its Blackboard/WebCT Vista electronic course management
system, and its departmental web pages and hyperlinked online syllabi
available on websites and computer servers controlled by GSU. U.S.
copyright law applies to digital course offerings as it does to paper
offerings, and does not distinguish between different methods of
distribution... Read More...
| April 11, 2008
| Cool Book of The Day
The Lifestyle Fitness Program: A Six Part Plan So EVERY Mom Can Look, Feel And Live Her Best, By Debi Silber.
Question: Who is the intended audience?
Answer: The book is written exclusively for moms.
Q: What is the book about?
A:
After almost 20 years of working exclusively with moms, I noticed that
their challenges fell within one of six categories (nutrition, fitness,
emotional, stress control, relationships, spirituality). Those
categories gave birth to the Lifestyle Fitness Program where each mom
works on a specific plan designed to overcome her unique challenges in
the areas of nutrition, fitness or wellness. When mom works on areas
where her greatest obstacles are, she can slowly chip away at what’s
preventing her from feeling, looking and living her best. She becomes
empowered and inspired as confidence and self esteem grows... Read More...
| April 11, 2008
| Robert S. Miller Joins HarperCollins to Lead New Publishing Program
HarperCollins
Publishers has signed Robert S. Miller, the founding publisher of
Hyperion Books, to develop and launch a new global publishing program
based on a nontraditional business model. Miller will start in his new
position on Monday, April 14, at the London Book Fair. He will report
directly to HarperCollins President and CEO Jane Friedman... Read More...
| April 7, 2008
ITHACA, NY
| Author And Book Publicist To Discuss 'How To Get Published' At Ithaca College
The founder and president of one of the nation’s leading
book publicity firms will give tips to aspiring writers in a talk at
Ithaca College on Wednesday, April 16. Rick Frishman will present “How
to Get Published in America” at 7:30 p.m. in the Emerson Suites,
Phillips Hall. His talk—which is part of the Park School Writing Award
Speaker Series—is free and open to the public.
A 1976 Ithaca College
graduate, Frishman is the founder and president of Planned Television
Arts, which works with many of the top book editors, literary agents
and publishers in the country. Among the best-selling authors Frishman
has helped promote are Mitch Albom, Bill Moyers, Stephen King, Caroline
Kennedy, Howard Stern, Jimmy Carter, John Grisham and Arnold Palmer.
Frishman has
coauthored a number of books of his own, including the just-released
“Where’s Your WOW? 16 Ways to Make Your Competitors Wish They Were
You!” His other titles include “Guerrilla Publicity: Hundreds of
Sure-Fire Tactics to Get Maximum Sales for Minimum Dollars,”
“Networking Magic: Find the Best—from Doctors, Lawyers, and Accountants
to Homes, Schools, and Jobs” and the recently launched “Author 101”
series... Read More...
| April 6, 2008
| Morgan James titles featured as Recommended Reads in the April 2008 edition of Romance Writers of America
Red Hot Internet Publicity: An Insider's Guide to Promoting Your Book on the Internet! By Penny C Sansevieri (Morgan James Publishing, June 2007) and Guerrilla Marketing for Authors: 100 Weapons to Help You Sell Your Work
By Jay Conrad Levinson, Rick Frishman, Michael Larsen and David Hancock
(Morgan James Publishing, 2nd edition January 2009) are featured as
Recommended Reads in the April 2008 edition of Romance Writers of
America... See More...
| March 26, 2008
b5media.com
| David Letterman Writes Prelude To Jesse Cutler Biography
Jesse
Cutler’s new autobiography, will feature a forward written by The Late
Show with David Letterman’s Paul Shaffer. The new book StarLust: The Price of Fame, is published by Morgan James (Garden City, NY), will be available in stores September, 2008.
Jesse
Cutler has spent an illustrious career, beginning at age 12, as a
musician, composer, actor, producer, entrepreneur and even a Playgirl
centerfold. Starting in New York City in the 1960s and then in Los
Angeles from the early ‘70s through the late ‘90s, Jesse performed with
his bands and in the original cast of Godspell on Broadway, made
records that saw Billboard’s Top 100, formed his own companies and
appeared on TV and radio and in national print... Read More...
| March 23, 2008
| Protecting Our Children
Since
9/11, FamilySecurityMatters.org Contributing Editor and psychiatrist
Carole Lieberman, M.D., M.P.H. has devoted herself to helping families
cope with terrorism. Her upcoming book, American Dreams Interrupted:
How to Stay Sane and Safe in a Time of Terror, will be published by
Morgan James. An international speaker and media guest, she is on the
Clinical Faculty of Psychiatry at UCLA, and in private practice in
Beverly Hills... Read More...
| March 22, 2008
South Boston, VA
| Morgan James Publishing Wins INEX Legends Cars Series Race
The Morgan James #17 Car driven by Brad Hancock of Newport News, Va.
took the lead from Cameron Patrick of Yorktown, Va. with four laps to
go and raced to victory in the 25-lap race for the INEX Legends Cars
Series.
Cameron led the first 20 laps of the race only to have
Hancock speed past and, later, fell victim to a mechanical problem on
the final lap that left him with a seventh-place finish.
Kevin
Yeatts of Powhatan, Va. finished second with Zach Alspach of
Willingboro, N.J., Scotty Edwards of Richmond, Va. and Trevor Alspach
of Willingboro, N.J. rounded out the top five finishers... Read More...
 
| March 20, 2008
Garden City, NY
| Morgan James Publishing Launches Publishing Partnership with LifeSuccess Publishing
Effective immediately, Morgan James Publishing has launched a partnership with LifeSuccess Publishing.
Morgan
James Founder, David L. Hancock, says, “We are very excited about this
new relationship. Our Guerrilla Marketing training teaches us not to
compete but rather create opportunities for collaboration. Morgan James
and LifeSuccess Publishing have similar visions for and of authors. We
bring value to each other. This incredible opportunity to work together
for the benefit of the author and both publishers just makes sense.”
LifeSuccess
Publishing is a unique global marketing consulting firm that brings
comprehensive marketing expertise and business coaching—based on
“selling the individual”—to professionals and small businesses in
virtually every field and industry.
“It is wonderful to join both
our organizations creatively, rather than compete competitively. I feel
great about the character of Morgan James and their staff. They are in
complete alignment with LifeSuccess Publishing,” says LifeSuccess
Publishing CEO Ray Proctor... Read More...
| March 18, 2008
The Washington Post
| True to Life
The
Washington Post's express publication reports that Maybe no one wants
to live as long as that cop on "New Amsterdam" (he's pushing 400), but
a few extra years would be nice. Morgan James author, Ronald Caplan
reveals in Long Live: A Survival Strategy
(Morgan James Publishing 2008) - don't smoke, watch what you eat,
exercise (but don't get injured) and go to the doctor a lot... See the post...
| March 10, 2008
New York, NY
| PMA STRIKES A "SVELTE DEAL" WITH MORGAN JAMES PUBLISHING
Peter
Miller, President of PMA Literary & Film Management, Inc., David
Hancock, President of Morgan James Publishing, LLC, and Rick Frishman,
Publisher, are proud to announce that PMA’s client, Walter Maksym, has
sold the North American English Language rights to Diets Don’t Work™,
the New York Times Bestseller authored by Dr. Bob Schwartz, to Morgan
James Publishing.
Diets Don’t Work™, with over 700,000 sold,
became famous and was featured on Oprah® six times, including an
unprecedented two-hour special. The Spring 2008 trade paperback Silver
Anniversary re-release of the timeless classic Diets Don’t Work™,
updated by Dr. Leah Schwartz and Walter Maksym, will be followed by a
second updated re-release of Dr. Schwartz’s sequel Diets Still Don’t
Work™ in the early Summer of 2008. Both books provide the most
effective methods to gain freedom from the “Diet Mentally”™ and “Lose
Weight and Keep It Off Forever, Without Dieting!™ The philosophy and
views detailed in the book are based on decades of research and the
study of “naturally thin” people who never diet, have been recently
confirmed by numerous studies emanating from Oxford, UCLA and others
that finally say what the visionary Dr. Bob Schwartz was first to
declare a quarter-century before... Read More...
| March 3, 2008
Wheaton, IL
| Your Funeral Guy Reveals Desperately Needed Information in Funeral Cost Book
Discover
how to lower the cost and stress of any funeral, guaranteed. In the
pages of “Rest in Peace” R. Brian Burkhardt walks with you through the
heartbreaking situation of the funeral and reveals the solutions you
most desperately need.
R. Brian Burkhardt, Funeral Director and your funeral guy revealed that the book Rest in Peace: Insiders Tips to the Low Cost Less Stress Funeral.
is reasonably priced at $12.95, and is now available for pre-order at
Amazon.com. A book purchase brings a free 15 minute call on the phone
with a Funeral Director. This will help you with your family funerals
and bring about reduced funeral costs.
Burkhardt, known on the
internet as “Your Funeral Guy” wrote a chapter in his soon to be
published book about prepaid funerals in the Funeral Industry. He did
not have information on the “IFDA Preneed Trust” 40,000,000 USD deficit
when his final manuscript went to the publisher, Morgan James.
Accordingly, Your Funeral Guy released limited information to the State
Journal Register (newspaper) in Illinois because the information is not
contained in the pages of “Rest In Peace.” The blog
http://www.yourfuneralguy.wordpress.com and the book "Rest in Peace”
puts you on the path to solving the painful problem of the funeral... Read More...
| February 13, 2008, Atlanta, GA
| Local Kid Does Good!
Atlanta Resident helps Google step up their performance, then writes a book called STEP UP! and aims for New York Times Bestseller List!
Daniel
Grissom is one of us. He is an Atlanta resident who graduated from
Clark Atlanta University while working as a dorm director at Morehouse
and serving as a substitute teacher in the Atlanta Public Schools... Read More...
| February 13, 2008, New York, NY
| Book Sales Increase at Year’s End
Sales down slightly for the month of December
Book
sales tracked by the Association of American Publishers (AAP) for the
month of December saw a slight decrease of 1.8 percent for the month;
however yearly sales were up with an increase of 7.4 percent.
The
Adult Hardcover category was down by 19.5 percent in December with
sales of $128.1 million; year-to-date sales were up by 7.8 percent.
Adult Paperback sales rose 10.1 percent for the month ($116.1 million);
sales were up by 0.2 percent for the year. The Adult Mass Market
category rose by 46.8 percent for December with sales totaling $81.2
million; sales were down by 2.0 percent year-to-date. The
Children’s/YA Hardcover category saw an increase of 16.7 percent for
the month with sales of $52.6 million; sales year-to-date were also up
by 46.4 percent. The Children’s/YA Paperback category was up by 10.0
percent in December with sales totaling $39.6 million; sales were up by
6.5 percent for the year.
Audio Book sales posted a decrease of
13.1 percent for December compared to last year’s figures, with sales
totaling $11.9 million; sales for the whole year were up by 19.8
percent. E-books sales rose by 2.4 percent for the month ($3.0
million); the category also posted an increase of 23.6 percent for the
year. Religious Books saw a decrease of 7.5 percent for the month with
sales of $45.8 million; sales were up by 5.2 percent for the year.
Sales
of University Press Hardcover books were up by 3.3 percent in December
with sales of $6.8 million; sales were also up by 8.1 percent for the
year. University Press Paperback sales posted an increase of 0.6
percent for the month with sales totaling $10.1 million; sales were up
3.2 percent for the year. Sales in the Professional and Scholarly
category were down by 12.4 percent in December ($99.0 million); however
sales were up 2.9 percent for the year.
Higher Education
publishing sales declined by 2.8 percent for the month ($770.4
million); sales were up by 6.5 percent for the year. Finally, the net
El-Hi (elementary/high school) basal and supplemental K-12 category
posted an increase of 5.9 percent in December with sales of $139.8
million; this category posted an increase of 2.7 percent for the year.
The
Association of American Publishers is the national trade association of
the U.S. book publishing industry. AAP’s more than 300 members include
most of the major commercial publishers in the United States, as well
as smaller and non-profit publishers, university presses and scholarly
societies—small and large. AAP members publish hardcover and paperback
books in every field, educational materials for the elementary,
secondary, postsecondary, and professional markets, scholarly journals,
computer software, and electronic products and services. The protection
of intellectual property rights in all media, the defense of the
freedom to read and the freedom to publish at home and abroad, and the
promotion of reading and literacy are among the Association’s highest
priorities.
NOTE: All sales figures cited in this release are domestic net sales
| February 1, 2008
Tryon, NC | Attention Women – Living a Life You Love Just Got Easier!
It
is no news that women today live very busy lives and often find
themselves last on their priority list. Their days are often defined by
fast-paced multi-tasking and life becomes a blur.
The challenges become:
• How to maintain a healthy work/ life balance?
• How to take better care of one’s self while taking care of others?
• How to handle life’s transitions with greater ease?
• How to stay joyful and playful in the middle of the hustle and bustle?
• How to reclaim passion in all areas of your life?
In
the midst of the rush more and more women are searching for support and
strategies to slow down and shift into living a life they are truly
joyful about. It is interesting to note that women often look to books
for solutions. The recently released Women and Books 2007 Survey (see
www.womenandbooks2007.com) identified compelling data supporting the
buying power of women in the publishing marketplace and their
preferences. According to the survey, the majority of titles purchased
were paperback, were non-fiction, and the Mind-Body- Spirit interest
area was one of the highest on the list... Read More...
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January 28, 2008
Vancouver, BC | Alex Read honored with the “Business in Vancouver: 40 Under 40” award for 2007
This Year's award winners help to drive B.B.'s economy forward and vividly illustrate the value of pursuing business dreams
Morgan James author, Alex Read, Founder, chief enterprise officer, Make Anything Work Holdings Inc.
Make
Anything Work was founded by Alex Read on one simple principle: to do
everything possible to help Canadian entreprenuers and small business
owners beat the odds and build successful businesses. Not bad for
someone who landed here in 2001 not knowing a single person in Canada's
business community... Read More... |
January 26, 2007
New York, NY | He Taps Into the Minds of the Great Creative and Innovative People Shaping our World
Creative minds and innovators change the world we live in, how we look at it, and thus ultimately pave the path of our future
The Creative Mind Behind with Eric Spencer (www.creativemindbehind.com)
is a show, available for streaming on the site or downloadable for
free, presenting commentary and discussing creativity in its many
states and its results on our world. It features interviews with
authors (including many bestsellers), musicians (from the top of the
charts to those just sharing their music with others), Hollywood
insiders, artists, advertising/marketing geniuses, and groundbreaking
entrepreneurs, including charitably-minded ones. Breaking the latest
ideas, trends, and book titles. “The CMB” offers the stories behind the
stories of household names and up-and-coming creative innovators and
those sharing their creativity with the world.
A happy medium between Inside the Actors Studio and The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch.
Brought to you by Eric Spencer.
A 28-year-old bestselling author, public speaker, CFO of a financial
institution, entrepreneur, and motivator/entertainer of millions for
life... Read More...
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January 26, 2008
Hampton, VA | Morgan James author J. K. Brandau is among writers featured at the 1st Annual Hampton Book Festival
Morgan
James author J. K. Brandau is among writers featured at the 1st Annual
Hampton Book Festival January 26th from noon until 5 p.m. at the
Hampton Convention Center in Hampton, Virginia. Meet the author of Murder At Green Springs: The True Story of the Hall Case, Firestorm of Prejudices and discuss Virginia history. Vendors will sell copies. Also visit www.murderatgreensprings.com. |
January 25, 2008 New York, NY | Rick Frishman Named As Publisher At Morgan James Publishing David Hancock, founder of Morgan James Publishing, announces that Rick Frishman has been named
Publisher at Morgan James Publishing Entrepreneurial
Publisher, Morgan James Publishing, takes a leap forward with the
addition of Rick Frishman to the management team. Rick Frishman,
founder of Planned Television Arts (PTA), has been one of the leading
book authorities in America for over 30 years.
Frishman
continues to work with many of the top authors, book editors, literary
agents and publishers in America. Hancock and Frishman are acquiring
new books that fit their entrepreneurial model, which is a unique
collaborative approach with authors and other publishers, treating them
as partners rather than solely as intellectual property suppliers or
competitors. Frishman epitomizes Morgan James’ vision to work with
professionals to take their businesses to the next level by authoring
and publishing a book.
In
addition Frishman is helping to establish new imprints targeting
growing, information-hungry audiences known to buy many books. Frishman
continues as Senior Counsel to PTA, and Founder of the company. He will
be working very closely with PTA’s senior management team, continuing
to shape their vision, mentor their staff, and introduce new clients to
the firm's services... Read More... |
January 21, 2008 Raleigh, NC | Internet Marketing Explained |
January 19, 2008 New York, NY | A Wii warm-up hones surgical skills NewScientist.com
news service by Michael Reilly featuring Morgan James author, Dr. James
Rosser of Beth Israel Medical Center in New York YOU
might think it a bad idea for trainee surgeons to play games on the
Nintendo Wii when they should be studying, but it might be time well
spent. Kanav
Kahol and Marshall Smith of the Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center in
Phoenix, Arizona, have found that surgical residents performed better
during simulated surgery after playing on the Wii console. They put it
down to the console's novel "Wiimote" control system, which allows
players to direct on-screen action using a wireless wand that detects
acceleration in three dimensions... Read More... |
January 15, 2008 Baton Rouge, MS | For richer, for poorer "Well
I married my dream girl but she didn’t tell me her credit was bad. So
now instead of living in a pleasant suburb We’re living in the basement
at her mom and dad’s. No, we can’t get a loan for a respectable home
Just because my girl defaulted on some old credit cards. If we had gone
to FreeCreditReport.com I’d be a happy bachelor with a dog and a yard." The folksy, singing husband in FreeCreditReport.com’s
catchy TV ad might be vilifying his wife, but he illuminates an issue
that affects men and women equally: discovering your new spouse comes
with a financial smoking gun.
This month, as we emerge from a
year in which Americans owed $920 billion on credit cards and the
country had a negative savings rate for the second consecutive year,
thousands of couples will surface from the holidays newly engaged.
Among the pieces of advice they’ll hopefully hear, is the importance of
discussing money—and revealing existing debt.
Frank money talk is a central component of You May Kiss the Bride (Now What?)!,
a new book by Gonzales-based author Reginald A. Wickham. The
300-plus-page wedding preparation manual prompts couples to take a
break from catering and bridesmaids, and get comfortable with
everything that happens post-honeymoon, including day-to-day money
management, buying a home, purchasing insurance and creating a health
plan... Read More... |
January 15, 2008 Grandparents.com | Read Your Grandchild Like an Open (Face)Book What's shakin' with your grandchild? Bookmark her MySpace page — she'll keep you posted! When Pat Burns
wants to catch up with her 15-year-old grandson, Dylan, she logs on to
his MySpace page. Within seconds, she’s browsing his profile, checking
out new photos he’s posted — oh, and scanning comments his buddies left
about video games and cute girls. If she's feeling playful she'll
"poke" him, Facebook-ese for sending a hello message.
“At any moment, I can go online and see what's going on in my grandson's life,” says Burns, who authored Grandparents Rock: The Grandparenting Guide for the Rock-N-Roll Generation
(Morgan James Publishing, 2007). “We live far apart from one other, but
I’m not removed from his world. I love knowing what's up in that little
head of his.”
A nosy nana? Not quite. The info Dylan's posted is
fair game for the estimated 700 million people online worldwide to
peruse. And Burns is just one of many tech-savvy grandparents eschewing
mundane phone calls and monthly visits, to connect with grandchildren
more frequently by sending them messages online... Read More... |
January 7, 2008 New York, NY | CANADIAN HUMORIST WINS AMERICAN AWARD
One of only three recognized in North America Mark
Thrice, up-and-coming author and syndicated humorist has been chosen as
one of three recipients for the prestigious Ethan Award™, and is the
only Canadian recipient ever.
More than 1,200 nominations from
authors in virtually every industry were submitted for consideration.
While the winners’ announcement is usually made by the end of October,
certain obstacles in the publishing industry prevented anything from
happening until the new year.
“I was DYING!” explains John
Hollingsworth, Thrice’s alter ego. “To even get nominated was
incredible and you always think “What if…” but then I didn’t hear from
anyone for ages! Then out of the blue I get a phone call telling me I
won! I couldn’t believe it!”
The unique thing about Thrice’s
award is the fact that his is one of the few humorous books being
handled by Morgan James Publishers. “The Ethans™ were primarily
conceived to bring attention to authors who had a great business model
surrounding their book. Great content and strong sales are important as
well. It is so rare to see anyone in the comedy industry who is not a
“starving artist” that we really looked long and hard at Mark’s book, Halfway to Crazy. His fans love it and he has combined his book, his website (www.markthrice.com) and his syndicated column into a powerful, thriving business.” related David Hancock, founder of Morgan James Publishing... Read More... |
January 7, 2008 New York, NY | Climb Your Ladder of Success Without Running Out of Gas
The Simple Truth on How to Revitalize Your Body and Ignite Your Energy for Lifelong Success Success
doesn’t come easy. It takes passion, intelligence, skill and
perseverance. But who has the energy to keep pushing over the long
haul? John M. Rowley lays out a dynamic new life plan in Climb
Your Ladder of Success Without Running Out of Gas: The Simple Truth on
How to Revitalize Your Body and Ignite Your Energy for Lifelong Success (Morgan James Publishing; 2008; $16.95 Paperback).
A foreword by Mark Victor Hanson, author of the best-selling Chicken Soup for the Soul series, sets the tone for this vibrant tome. Mark Victor Hanson underlines the themes found in Climb Your Ladder of Success
with first hand knowledge of what it takes to succeed on a grand scale!
Additional endorsements by professional athletes, internationally known
business executives, fitness experts and motivational gurus enhance the
importance of the Rowley’s message.
Every step on the road to
success begins with passion, purpose and persistence. Rowley weaves the
compelling tale of his own personal pathway to achievement, from
janitor to high-powered real estate executive, with rock-solid advice
on how to apply his hard-learned lessons... Read More... |
December 31, 2007 Birmingham News | Tragedies don't stop doctor from helping others Few
doctors have lived life like Dennis Hurwitz. Through determination and
hard work, he excelled in a field that blended creativity with
cutting-edge medicine. His plastic surgery helped numerous people with
congenital deformities and birth defects. Robert Mendelson's book, The Chase for Beauty(Morgan James Publishing), traces Hurwitz's quest for perfection in an imperfect world.
Hurwitz's
life took a shocking turn when his daughter was savagely murdered in
the family backyard. The case shook Pittsburgh and made Hurwitz
question his faith in God and himself. Before that terrible night, he
was a supremely confident surgeon with innovative approaches to
difficult cases. In grief, he wondered what was left of a family after
their only child is taken from them. On top of that, Hurwitz was then
hit with a controversial malpractice suit. He lost, and it almost
bankrupted him.
Mendelson laces each chapter with a whiff of fate. The foreboding serves as a hook that makes the book difficult to put down... Read More... |
December 27, 2007 Las Vegas, NV | ROI or ROE — Soft Sell Internet Couple Identify Marketer’s Myopia ROI,
return on investment, is the measure by which marketers measure the
value of their efforts. If their cash investment returns a profit over
and above their initial investment they judge their decision to be a
good one. However, as valuable as ROI is as a measure, it applies to
only a very small portion of transactions in the market place. Using it
as a measure outside that specific segment creates a distortion for
Internet marketers in the way they relate to their prospects and
customers. After successful psychotherapy practices,
husband and wife Judith Sherven, PhD and James Sniechowski, PhD have
chosen Internet marketing as a second career. From the beginning they
saw a serious limitation in the way the value of a commercial
transaction is understood. And in order to create their own success,
they knew they had to do something different. One aspect of that is
producing the first-ever soft sell Internet marketing conference “Bridging heart and Marketing.” “The limitation had to do with the dominance of ROI as the marketer’s exclusive measure of value.” Sniechowski said... Read More... |
December 26, 2007 Las Vegas, NV | MURDER AT GREEN SPRINGS The True Story of the Hall Case, Firestorm of Prejudices By J.K. Brandau A fire blazes; a shot rings out; gossip swirls out of control; an innocent woman is jailed. Murder at Green Springs: The True Story of the Hall Case
(Morgan James Publishing; 2007; $26.95 paperback) by J.K. Brandau
weaves the fascinating tale of century-old murder and arson in a sleepy
southern town. The true story of the “most famous murder case in
Virginia” is rivetingly told in this historically accurate, detailed
examination of the facts and myths surrounding this astonishing crime.
Immediately
after a suspicious fire, Victor Hall, a young train depot manager, is
shot dead on his front door step, his dying body discovered by his much
older wife. As the details of death and human loss unfold, the story
moves briskly to the murder investigation where the competing interests
of the widow, the railroad company and local law enforcement propel
this story through the arrest, trial and conviction of the widow for a
crime that she didn’t commit!
Reminiscent of today’s media
frenzy, 1914 newspapers turned the widow’s trial into a circus. Gossip
swirled through the community of Green Springs as townsfolk revealed
their deeply held prejudices and suspicions. Wild rumors of pyromania
and a suspicious “poisoning death” of the widow’s first husband forced
a premature guilty verdict that has not stood the test of time.
Murder at Green Springs
is exhaustively researched and annotated. A thorough bibliography and
endnotes clarify sources and explain details. A comprehensive index
allows the reader to review the minutest details of this complicated
case while photographs and drawings enhance understanding... Read More... |
December 26, 2007 Las Vegas, NV | 'Keep It Simple Sweetheart' Speaks for the Heartfelt Soft Sell Community Lots
of hard sell tactics echo the chronic abuse and contempt woven
throughout modern culture. “Keep It Simple Stupid” - known as K.I.S.S.
- epitomizes the benumbed mindset that fails to question popular
derogatory cliches that live on at the expense of the recipients.
Judith Sherven, PhD and Jim Sniechowski, PhD -- are determined to turn
this around starting with their first-ever conference for the soft sell
Internet marketer, “Bridging Heart and Marketing.”
Best
selling relationship authors, psychology team, and Internet marketers
Judith Sherven and Jim Sniechowski are on a mission. Concerned for the
well being of customers around the world as well as the reputation of
Online Marketing, they are providing an Internet conference Feb 22-24
2008 in Los Angeles that's unlike any other.
They're calling it "Bridging Heart and Marketing"
because, unlike all other Internet marketing conferences, it is
dedicated to the specific needs of the Soft Sell, relationship-based
marketing community - everyone who provides personal growth, health and
healing, and lifestyle enhancement services and products for whom the
typical hard sell "hype" doesn't fit.... Read More... |
December 21, 2007 New York, NY | Do you have what it takes to be a millionaire?
The author of Wealth Secrets Revealed: Lunch with Gaffer is looking for someone willing to spend one hour a month to train over the next year to become an investment millionaire.
One
winner and 10 runners-up will be selected from contestants who describe
in no more than 300 words the qualities that make them suitable
candidates. Those qualities, says investment expert Sydney Tremayne,
“will include a willingness to learn and the discipline to follow a
series of simple instructions.”
Contestants do not need to know
anything about the stock market or to have money to invest, but they do
need to have a regular income.
The winner will be trained for 12
months in everything he or she needs to know to become an
almost-guaranteed millionaire, depending on current age. Training will
start with finding the money to invest and then move to choosing and
managing appropriate investments. “The winner will be well on their way
to wealth by the end of the period,” Tremayne says, pointing out that
only three in every 100 people is considered by the IRS to be
comfortable in retirement.
“I’d like to change that statistic. It is so easy with the right knowledge.”
The
winner’s training sessions will be recorded so that others can learn
from them. The 10 runners-up will each receive the series of disks and
transcripts (a $564 value). Deadline for applications is February 10.
Apply online at... Read More... |
December 18, 2007 Las Vegas, NV | Soft Sell Marketing Conference Picked by Costco Connection “Bridging
Heart and Marketing,” first ever Internet marketing conference for the
soft sell community, catches the eye of Costco’s member magazine Costco
Connection, other media, and three impressive new sponsors. No longer
just a conference, “Bridging Heart and Marketing is magnetizing the
long disenfranchised voice of the socially-conscious, heart-based
product and service providers who want to help change people’s lives,
as well as make more money.
Husband and wife and best selling
psychology team Judith Sherven and Jim Sniechowski set out to provide a
unique Internet marketing conference, “Bridging Heart and Marketing” which they are holding February 22-24 2008 at the Westin Hotel Los Angeles Airport.
What
they didn’t anticipate is the inspired, international dialogue that has
ensued about the very nature of sales and marketing and its impact on
buyer, seller, and society at large... Read More... |
December 17, 2007 New York, NY | LONG LIFE: Prolonging the Productive, Fulfilling Lives of Women: A Survival Strategy (HealthNewsDigest.com)
- People have been searching for immortality since history was first
recorded – from the ancient Egyptians to the early explorers’ pursuit
of the Fountain of Youth to Cryonics – humans have continuously sought
ways of extending life. But in this age of rapidly advancing
technology, the idea of living decades longer than ever before is
becoming more than just a dream; an outright revolution against aging
is upon us.
Breakthroughs in knowledge about the cells that
make up our bodies are bringing about new ways to keep the cells
healthy, and stop disease before irreversible harm is done. Scientists
are only recently beginning to realize that the concept of immortal
living cells is not only possible, but also true. The ability to alter
the lifespan of a cell – to keep cells that would normally die alive -
can radically change your life and health, and will have a major effect
on our lifespan. Soon it will become possible to
decrease the incidence of the serious diseases that traditionally occur
as we age – including heart disease, stroke, and cancer. When these
diseases do occur, it will often be possible to manage them as chronic
conditions for long periods of time. What you can expect from your
doctor will change. In medicine, doctors are progressing beyond the
point of making people “feel better about themselves”, and “look their
best”, to actually being able to offer people longer, more productive
lives.
In the groundbreaking new book, LONG LIFE: Prolonging the Productive, Fulfilling Lives of Women: A Survival Strategy
(Morgan James Publishing; May 2008), Dr. Ronald M. Caplan presents a
new way of thinking about life and health – one that will make it
possible for women to live much longer than we’ve ever imagined
possible... Read More... |
December 17, 2007 Newport Beach, CA | Booming with love
Book gives insight to baby boomers on how to be grandparents. All you need is love, says author
When Pat Burns became a grandmother at the ripe old age of 43, she was a little "shaken" and somewhat "rattled."
Just for a minute.
It didn’t take long for the optimistic, music-loving baby boomer to decide to "roll" with it.
Burns
was in the delivery room with her 18-year-old daughter when grandson
Dylan was born. She described seeing the baby for the first time as
"love at first sight" and knew instantly she would make sure she had a
solid connection with her grandson no matter what she was doing.
That could have been easier said than done.
What
Burns was doing at the time was working full-time, traveling all over
the world on her job and enjoying the freedom that went hand-in-hand
with being a single, successful woman.
She had no idea how the
rock ‘n’ rollin’ baby boomer she perceived herself to be would be able
to transition into what seemed a sedate grandparents’ existence... Read More... |
December 13, 2007 New York, NY | Celebrating Life One Step At A Time “Do
you believe in miracles?” You will after reading Jennylyn Hart’s novel
where she reveals the miracles in her life while dealing with Multiple
Sclerosis, Jenny’s Journeys: Celebrating Life One Step At A Time
(Morgan James Publishing; November 2007; $11.95 Paperback; $21.95
Hardcover). Jenny shares with her readers the whirlwind journey she has
endured. Jenny’s struggle began at the young age of fifteen, when most
of her friends were worried about appearance, Jenny worried if she
would be able to walk each morning. It took years of visiting
specialists, losing her eyesight and hearing and being partially
paralyzed before Jenny could accept her disease.
Jenny
began to have signs of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) while playing in a
basket ball game when she lost feeling in her feet and later her legs.
Due to her young age doctors refused to admit she could have MS, and
Jenny’s parents thought it better to not worry her. Specialists
continued to deny that Jenny’s many symptoms were related to MS, until
the day they could no longer ignore it... Read More... |
December 13, 2007 Washington, DC | PUBLISHERS PRAISE CONGRESSIONAL ATTENTION TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ENFORCEMENT The
U.S. publishing industry expressed enthusiasm about recent moves in the
House of Representatives to strengthen intellectual property protection
and enhance the resources available to the federal government for this
purpose. The bipartisan effort has most recently yielded the proposed
“Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property (PRO
IP) Act of 2007,” which was the subject of hearings this morning before
the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet
and Intellectual Property. The bill strengthens measures for
enforcement against intellectual property theft and infuses welcome
additional resources into the ongoing Administration efforts against
piracy and counterfeiting at home and abroad.
Former
Congresswoman Pat Schroeder, President and CEO of the Association of
American Publishers, expressed the publishing industry’s thanks to
House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Ranking
Member Lamar Smith (R-TX), who joined with 10 other members of the
House to introduce the bill last week. “We’re particularly gratified
that support for America’s creative industries crosses party lines,
geographical boundaries, and political philosophies. American jobs and
America’s competitive edge depend on our ability to protect our
creative resources. This legislation goes a long way in strengthening
that protection.”
AAP looks forward to participating in further
discussions as the bill progresses, and to working with Congress and
the Administration in the ongoing fight against copyright piracy and
other forms of intellectual property theft.
AAP is the
national trade association of the U.S. book publishing industry. The
association’s approximately 300 members include most of the major
commercial book publishers in the United States, as well as smaller and
non-profit publishers, university presses and scholarly societies. The
protection of intellectual property rights in all media, the defense of
intellectual freedom, and the promotion of reading and literacy are
among the association's primary concerns... Read More...
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December 12, 2007 Pittsburgh, PA | KDKA Morning News The Chase for Beauty
author, Robert Mendelson, offers an intimate look into the tumultuous
personal life of a man whose profession is usually equated with
superficiality, and effectively presents multiple perspectives on the
doctor's character, career and life. The format of the
station is news, sports and talk programming. KDKA-AM broadcasts to the
Pittsburgh area at 1020 AM. KDKA-AM's tagline is "Newsradio 1020."... Read More... |
December 10, 2007 Boca Raton, FL | Options Book Becomes #1 Best-Seller on Amazon.com Options
trading popularity continues to shine as the sensible way of earning
money in today’s market: Options 101 becomes the #1 best-seller on
Amazon.com this week. Amazon.com announced this week that Options 101: From Theory to Application, by Bill Johnson, has become the #1 best-seller on Amazon.com.
Bill
Johnson served as Director of Education for the Options University in
Boca Raton, FL from February 2007 to December 2007. Along with the
other instructors at Options University, Johnson has taught thousands
of individual investors and other professionals about options, making
options easy and fun to understand.
In Options 101: From
Theory to Application, Johnson steps readers through all the
necessities for a firm foundation into the exciting world of options.
He explains in his book a concept that reverberates through the Options
University: In a world of increasing risk and uncertainty, investors
are turning to options for safe trading. Options give buyers the right
to buy or sell shares of stock. With options, investors can choose
which risks they want to take and which to avoid. They can define
maximum profits and losses, gain leverage, and increase
diversification... Read More...
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December 8, 2007 New York, NY | Have You Experienced Loss, Separation, Suffering or Grief? Take a Journey with the Most Unique Pilgrim of the Century in a Quest to Overcome Darkness and Know God “This book is unlike anything you’re ever read,” says Todd R. Dufek, author of Cypress Tree Odyssey: Making Sense of Trials & Tests on & Off the Golf Course (Morgan James, December 2007).
“What
I want individuals to take away from this book is the fact that God
loves them more than they can possibly imagine, that He is with them
during the most difficult times in their lives, and that all of the
tests and trials we experience serve a purpose,” Dufek explains. “Some
of those purposes are explained in the book, others will be learned in
eternity with God.”... Read More... |
December 5, 2007 Loveland, CO | Internet Millionaires Share Their Success Strategies in The Secret Classroom Twelve
leading Internet millionaires revealed their greatest success
strategies in a life-changing 12-day closed-door event that only twelve
people were invited to attend. The complete teaching of The Secret
Classroom is now available on DVD as the world's premier Internet
marketing education New York Times Best-Selling
Author Joel Comm today announced the world premier of The Secret
Classroom, a 12 DVD Internet marketing home study course that features
over 22 hours of teaching and instruction from a dozen Internet
millionaires.
Filmed on the set of Comm's groundbreaking
reality show, "The Next Internet Millionaire," The Secret Classroom is
a comprehensive Internet business course that provides detailed
strategies and techniques for building a successful online business... Read More... |
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December 27, 2007 Las Vegas, NV | ROI or ROE — Soft Sell Internet Couple Identify Marketer’s Myopia ROI, return on investment, is the measure by which marketers measure the value of their efforts. If their cash investment returns a profit over and above their initial investment they judge their decision to be a good one. However, as valuable as ROI is as a measure, it applies to only a very small portion of transactions in the market place. Using it as a measure outside that specific segment creates a distortion for Internet marketers in the way they relate to their prospects and customers. After successful psychotherapy practices, husband and wife Judith Sherven, PhD and James Sniechowski, PhD have chosen Internet marketing as a second career. From the beginning they saw a serious limitation in the way the value of a commercial transaction is understood. And in order to create their own success, they knew they had to do something different. One aspect of that is producing the first-ever soft sell Internet marketing conference “Bridging heart and Marketing.” “The limitation had to do with the dominance of ROI as the marketer’s exclusive measure of value.” Sniechowski said... Read More... |
December 26, 2007 Las Vegas, NV | 'Keep It Simple Sweetheart' Speaks for the Heartfelt Soft Sell Community Lots of hard sell tactics echo the chronic abuse and contempt woven throughout modern culture. “Keep It Simple Stupid” - known as K.I.S.S. - epitomizes the benumbed mindset that fails to question popular derogatory cliches that live on at the expense of the recipients. Judith Sherven, PhD and Jim Sniechowski, PhD -- are determined to turn this around starting with their first-ever conference for the soft sell Internet marketer, “Bridging Heart and Marketing.”
Best selling relationship authors, psychology team, and Internet marketers Judith Sherven and Jim Sniechowski are on a mission. Concerned for the well being of customers around the world as well as the reputation of Online Marketing, they are providing an Internet conference Feb 22-24 2008 in Los Angeles that's unlike any other.
They're calling it "Bridging Heart and Marketing" because, unlike all other Internet marketing conferences, it is dedicated to the specific needs of the Soft Sell, relationship-based marketing community - everyone who provides personal growth, health and healing, and lifestyle enhancement services and products for whom the typical hard sell "hype" doesn't fit.... Read More... |
December 18, 2007 Las Vegas, NV | Soft Sell Marketing Conference Picked by Costco Connection “Bridging Heart and Marketing,” first ever Internet marketing conference for the soft sell community, catches the eye of Costco’s member magazine Costco Connection, other media, and three impressive new sponsors. No longer just a conference, “Bridging Heart and Marketing is magnetizing the long disenfranchised voice of the socially-conscious, heart-based product and service providers who want to help change people’s lives, as well as make more money.
Husband and wife and best selling psychology team Judith Sherven and Jim Sniechowski set out to provide a unique Internet marketing conference, “Bridging Heart and Marketing” which they are holding February 22-24 2008 at the Westin Hotel Los Angeles Airport.
What they didn’t anticipate is the inspired, international dialogue that has ensued about the very nature of sales and marketing and its impact on buyer, seller, and society at large... Read More... |
December 17, 2007 New York, NY | LONG LIFE: Prolonging the Productive, Fulfilling Lives of Women: A Survival Strategy (HealthNewsDigest.com) - People have been searching for immortality since history was first recorded – from the ancient Egyptians to the early explorers’ pursuit of the Fountain of Youth to Cryonics – humans have continuously sought ways of extending life. But in this age of rapidly advancing technology, the idea of living decades longer than ever before is becoming more than just a dream; an outright revolution against aging is upon us.
Breakthroughs in knowledge about the cells that make up our bodies are bringing about new ways to keep the cells healthy, and stop disease before irreversible harm is done. Scientists are only recently beginning to realize that the concept of immortal living cells is not only possible, but also true. The ability to alter the lifespan of a cell – to keep cells that would normally die alive - can radically change your life and health, and will have a major effect on our lifespan. Soon it will become possible to decrease the incidence of the serious diseases that traditionally occur as we age – including heart disease, stroke, and cancer. When these diseases do occur, it will often be possible to manage them as chronic conditions for long periods of time. What you can expect from your doctor will change. In medicine, doctors are progressing beyond the point of making people “feel better about themselves”, and “look their best”, to actually being able to offer people longer, more productive lives.
In the groundbreaking new book, LONG LIFE: Prolonging the Productive, Fulfilling Lives of Women: A Survival Strategy (Morgan James Publishing; May 2008), Dr. Ronald M. Caplan presents a new way of thinking about life and health – one that will make it possible for women to live much longer than we’ve ever imagined possible... Read More... |
December 13, 2007 Washington, DC | PUBLISHERS PRAISE CONGRESSIONAL ATTENTION TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ENFORCEMENT The U.S. publishing industry expressed enthusiasm about recent moves in the House of Representatives to strengthen intellectual property protection and enhance the resources available to the federal government for this purpose. The bipartisan effort has most recently yielded the proposed “Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property (PRO IP) Act of 2007,” which was the subject of hearings this morning before the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property. The bill strengthens measures for enforcement against intellectual property theft and infuses welcome additional resources into the ongoing Administration efforts against piracy and counterfeiting at home and abroad.
Former Congresswoman Pat Schroeder, President and CEO of the Association of American Publishers, expressed the publishing industry’s thanks to House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Ranking Member Lamar Smith (R-TX), who joined with 10 other members of the House to introduce the bill last week. “We’re particularly gratified that support for America’s creative industries crosses party lines, geographical boundaries, and political philosophies. American jobs and America’s competitive edge depend on our ability to protect our creative resources. This legislation goes a long way in strengthening that protection.”
AAP looks forward to participating in further discussions as the bill progresses, and to working with Congress and the Administration in the ongoing fight against copyright piracy and other forms of intellectual property theft.
AAP is the national trade association of the U.S. book publishing industry. The association’s approximately 300 members include most of the major commercial book publishers in the United States, as well as smaller and non-profit publishers, university presses and scholarly societies. The protection of intellectual property rights in all media, the defense of intellectual freedom, and the promotion of reading and literacy are among the association's primary concerns... Read More...
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December 12, 2007 Pittsburgh, PA | KDKA Morning News The Chase for Beauty author, Robert Mendelson, offers an intimate look into the tumultuous personal life of a man whose profession is usually equated with superficiality, and effectively presents multiple perspectives on the doctor's character, career and life. The format of the station is news, sports and talk programming. KDKA-AM broadcasts to the Pittsburgh area at 1020 AM. KDKA-AM's tagline is "Newsradio 1020."... Read More... |
December 10, 2007 Boca Raton, FL | Options Book Becomes #1 Best-Seller on Amazon.com Options trading popularity continues to shine as the sensible way of earning money in today’s market: Options 101 becomes the #1 best-seller on Amazon.com this week. Amazon.com announced this week that Options 101: From Theory to Application, by Bill Johnson, has become the #1 best-seller on Amazon.com.
Bill Johnson served as Director of Education for the Options University in Boca Raton, FL from February 2007 to December 2007. Along with the other instructors at Options University, Johnson has taught thousands of individual investors and other professionals about options, making options easy and fun to understand.
In Options 101: From Theory to Application, Johnson steps readers through all the necessities for a firm foundation into the exciting world of options. He explains in his book a concept that reverberates through the Options University: In a world of increasing risk and uncertainty, investors are turning to options for safe trading. Options give buyers the right to buy or sell shares of stock. With options, investors can choose which risks they want to take and which to avoid. They can define maximum profits and losses, gain leverage, and increase diversification... Read More...
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December 8, 2007 New York, NY | Have You Experienced Loss, Separation, Suffering or Grief? Take a Journey with the Most Unique Pilgrim of the Century in a Quest to Overcome Darkness and Know God “This book is unlike anything you’re ever read,” says Todd R. Dufek, author of Cypress Tree Odyssey: Making Sense of Trials & Tests on & Off the Golf Course (Morgan James, December 2007).
“What I want individuals to take away from this book is the fact that God loves them more than they can possibly imagine, that He is with them during the most difficult times in their lives, and that all of the tests and trials we experience serve a purpose,” Dufek explains. “Some of those purposes are explained in the book, others will be learned in eternity with God.”... Read More... |
December 5, 2007 Loveland, CO | Internet Millionaires Share Their Success Strategies in The Secret Classroom Twelve leading Internet millionaires revealed their greatest success strategies in a life-changing 12-day closed-door event that only twelve people were invited to attend. The complete teaching of The Secret Classroom is now available on DVD as the world's premier Internet marketing education New York Times Best-Selling Author Joel Comm today announced the world premier of The Secret Classroom, a 12 DVD Internet marketing home study course that features over 22 hours of teaching and instruction from a dozen Internet millionaires.
Filmed on the set of Comm's groundbreaking reality show, "The Next Internet Millionaire," The Secret Classroom is a comprehensive Internet business course that provides detailed strategies and techniques for building a successful online business... Read More... |
December 5, 2007 Washington, DC | Publishers to Honor National Book Critics Circle The U.S. publishing industry will pay formal tribute to the National Book Critics Circle for its unique role in the nation’s literary life, according to an announcement today by the Association of American Publishers (AAP). The NBCC has been named to receive the 2008 AAP Honors, an award given annually to individuals and institutions outside the publishing industry for significant achievements in promoting American books and authors. The AAP Honors will be presented to NBCC President John Freeman during the Association’s Annual Meeting in New York on March 5, 2008... Read More... |
December 4, 2007 New York, NY | A Whole New World: Great Insights into Transformation & Fulfillment --The Gospel of John What is the purpose behind the Gospel according to John? A quick perusal through any Bible study section of a local religious bookstore will reveal that there are as many answers to that question as there are authors. John Blackwell has added his voice to that mix in his little book A Whole New World: Great Insights into Transformation & Fulfillment—The Gospel of John. Blackwell asserts that John’s Gospel is primarily about relationships, and supplies answers on how to transform our relationships, “My desire is that the essays that follow will help that transformation come alive to you” (16). Blackwell works hard in his attempt to create this sense, though one gets the feeling that most of his exposition is shaped by his own personal experiences than it is from the Gospel of John.
Blackwell has written for the average reader, and writes in a style that is easy enough to follow. While he has not written a Bible study, he does try to pull together various themes and stories in John that fit his scheme. For example, Blackwell endeavors to summarize John’s use of metaphors with statements like this, “[…]: Christ brings the world to fulfillment enlarging our capacity for authentic relationships with God and each other” (9, emphasis in original)... Read More... |
December 2, 2007 Newport News, VA | Newport News man finds story in a family secret J.K. Brandau, a chemist at Northrop Grumman in Newport News, never set out to be a writer. However, the discovery of a long-buried family secret sent him on a quest to discover the truth. The result is the recently released Murder at Green Springs: The True Story of the Hall Case, Firestorm of Prejudices (Morgan James Publishing, $26.95).
Brandau's book chronicles the events surrounding the 1914 murder of Victor K. Hall, a prominent young businessman in Louisa County, and the subsequent arrest and conviction of his wife, Elizabeth Ann Hall, for the murder as well as an arson fire that destroyed the Dunkum Bros.' Store. Elizabeth Hall, who received a conditional pardon in 1919 and died in 1946, was the great- grandmother of Brandau's wife, Sharon... Read More... |
November 25, 2007 San Francisco, CA | Too many err when providing for heirs Over the next 50 years, it's expected that $45 trillion will be transferred to heirs and charities via estates - the largest wealth transfer in history.
How much of it is siphoned by trustees or lost to estate taxes, administrative fees, lawyers' fees, appraiser fees, accountants' fees or poor investment acumen surely will be a record, as well.
Estate planning, in particular trusts and their administration by financial institutions, can be mind-numbingly complex. Talk of them turns on the unpleasant subject of death. But unless consumers remain vigilant - and technology is employed for checks and balances - assets will continue to be lost in an industry largely unchanged for centuries and ever ripe for litigation.
"It's not a trustworthy system," says Barbara Suzanne "Sue" Farley, who has practiced law in the Bay Area for more than 30 years, specializing in litigation surrounding trusts and estates... Read More... |
November 11, 2007 New York, NY | The "Millennials" Are Coming Morley Safer On The New Generation Of American Workers
(CBS) Stand back all bosses! A new breed of American worker is about attack everything you hold sacred: from giving orders, to your starched white shirt and tie. They are called, among other things, "millennials." There are about 80 million of them, born between 1980 and 1995, and they're rapidly taking over from the baby boomers who are now pushing 60.
They were raised by doting parents who told them they are special, played in little leagues with no winners or losers, or all winners. They are laden with trophies just for participating and they think your business-as-usual ethic is for the birds. And if you persist in the belief you can, take your job and shove it.
As correspondent Morley Safer reports, corporate America is so unnerved by all this that companies like Merrill Lynch, Ernst & Young, Disney and scores of others are hiring consultants to teach them how to deal with this generation that only takes "yes" for an answer... Read More...
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November 8, 2007 Loveland, CO | Reality Show Finalist Seeks to Set People Free from the Daily Grind in New Book Reality Show Finalist Seeks to Set People Free from the Daily Grind in New Book
The Internet affords more people opportunity to work for themselves than ever before, but millions are still tied to the daily grind. In her new book, Jaime Luchuck, finalist from the world's first Internet reality show, "The Next Internet Millionaire," provides hope and direction to those who want to break free and live their dreams
From Cubicle Slave to the Next Internet Millionaire (Made Easy Publishing, an imprint of Morgan James 2007) is an autobiography and a Internet marketing education all wrapped in one entertaining manuscript. The book details Jaime's experiences on the reality show, from the audition process and her encounters with other contestants to having to participate in a number of individual and team-based challenges and facing off against YouTube celebrity, Charles Trippy, in the final judgment room.... Read More... |
November 7, 2007 Southern Pines, NC | Executive Coaches Get to the Heart of Gen Y in Millennial Leaders: Success Stories from Today's Most Brilliant Generation Y Leaders Newly released book shows people how to communicate and lead across generations, while offering valuable insights into the emerging force that is Gen Y
Bea Fields joins a distinguished group of executive coaches to present the new book, Millennial Leaders: Success Stories from Today's Most Brilliant Generation Y Leaders, Morgan James Publishing, 2007 (http://MillennialLeaders.com). This volume, co-authored with fellow executive coaches Scott K. Wilder, Jim Bunch, and Rob Newbold, is packed with insight and promises to be the go-to text for people looking for a glimpse into the mindset of the emerging group of business leaders from so-called Generation Y -- those between ages 18 and 30. "We had two missions in writing this book," said Bea Fields, one of the authors and President of the Bea Fields Companies. "One is to show Gen Y some sure-fire secrets to supercharge their career and personal lives. The other is to show older leaders that they have nothing to fear from Gen Y."
Natural entrepreneurs with adventurous spirits, members of Generation Y are just now making an impact in business and in the culture at large. In addition, as the first group to grow up immersed in media culture, they have a distinctive way of ordering their lives. And Millennial Leaders brings readers a unique, close up look at the people responsible for the cutting edge of social and business trends. The authors offer 25 interviews with the Gen Y members... Read More... |
November 1, 2007 Los Angeles, CA | USA Book News Announces Winners And Finalists Of The National “Best Books 2007” Awards Featuring 6 Morgan James Titles Morgan James Publishing, Simon & Schuster, Penguin-Putnam, HarperCollins, Random House,
Houghton Mifflin Co., John Wiley & Sons & Hundreds of Independent Titles Score Top Honors in the 4th Annual National “Best Books” Awards
USABookNews.com, the premiere online magazine and review website for mainstream and independent publishing houses, announced the winners and finalists of THE NATIONAL “BEST BOOKS” 2007 AWARDS (BBA) on November 1, 2007. Over 500 winners and finalists were announced in over 140 categories covering print, audio books & courses, e-books and interactive CD-ROMs. Awards were presented for titles published in 2007 and late 2006... Read More...
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October 31, 2007 Memphis, TN | Local Book Now Sold By Major Retailers Memphis businessman Jay Myers decided in 2004 to write a book about his professional career for much the same reason he launched his cutting-edge venture Interactive Solutions Inc.
He believed the shelves at book retailers already are plenty stocked with biographies of larger-than-life corporate executives and histories of multi-billion-dollar enterprises.
So just like he did with the company he started in 1996, Myers wrote his new book, Keep Swinging: An Entrepreneur's Story of Overcoming Adversity & Achieving Small Business Success (Morgan James Publishing, 2007), to fill a void... Read More... |
October 24, 2007 Washington, DC | Publishers Laud Announcement of Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement Proposal The Association of American Publishers (AAP) applauded today’s launch of a major new international initiative to protect intellectual property. The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement was announced simultaneously by the United States and key trading partners to bring together governments committed to strong intellectual property rights protection in order to establish agreed standards for enforcing those rights.
The announcement today by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and the Congressional Caucus on Intellectual Property and Piracy Prevention demonstrates the U.S. government’s commitment to fight piracy and counterfeiting by increasing global cooperation, strengthening the framework of enforcement practices, and enhancing worldwide enforcement measures. The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement contains provisions for international cooperation among enforcement authorities, sharing of “best practices” for preventing IPR infringement, and construction of an up-to-date legal framework on which to build effective anti-piracy and anti-counterfeiting measures. Specific areas of focus include Internet infringements, criminal and civil enforcement measures, optical disc piracy and improved prevention of cross-border piracy and counterfeiting... Read More...
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October 16, 2007 New York, NY | KEEP SWINGING AN ENTREPRENEUR’S STORY OF OVERCOMING ADVERSITY AND ACHIEVING SMALL BUSINESS SUCCESS By Jay Myers With Darren Dahl
In November 2004, Jay Myers sat in a courtroom awaiting the sentencing of the woman who nearly destroyed his dream, and the lives of himself, his family and the families of his 16 employees. Sitting only feet from him and his wife stood the employee who had been found guilty of embezzling over $250,000 from Myers’ company, Memphis-based video-conferencing firm Interactive Solutions, Inc.
All entrepreneurs have stories. Many leave successful careers to branch off on their own. Some take chances by having such faith in their blossoming organizations that they buy out their partners to assume total ownership of their company. Others overcome tremendous unforeseen obstacles that nearly ruin them, often becoming stronger because of it.
Myers has experienced all of this, and then some... Read More... |
October 13, 2007 FOX Morning Blend | Grandparenting Guide to the Rock n' Roll Generation
Incredible as it may seem (at least to them!) the largest generation in American history is now grandparents. What's more, for Baby Boomers this transition has a completely different meaning than it's had for past generations. Through their grandchildren, Boomers are reconnecting with their youth rather than saying goodbye to it. And as Pat Burns reveals through scores of interviews with 21st century grandparents, they?re finding exciting, truly imaginative ways of learning, growing, and having a ball with the newest members of their families... Read More... |
October 8, 2007 HealthNewsDigest.com | The Life and Death Trials of a Renowned Plastic Surgeon
You're awakened by screaming voices at 2:30am. You run downstairs and out of the house to your backyard and find your 17 year-old daughter stabbed to death. After two mentally and physically exhausting trials, you return to your profession as a plastic surgeon specializing in helping physically deformed children. You are sued for millions of dollars in a malpractice suit - and lose. You pick up the pieces once again, and create the "Total Body Lift," a first-ot-its kind procedure. Read the incredible story of renowned plastic surgeon, Dr. Dennis Hurwitz of Pittsburgh, Pa. in the newly published book The Chase for Beauty (Morgan James Publishing 2007).
This book is not one of those 10 steps on how to be successful or happy in life. Rather, it is a real-life drama about one person who resists having a life defined by loss. Dr. Hurwitz exemplifies how to keep living a worthwhile life when it would have been understandable if he simply gave up... Read More... |
October 3, 2007 Phoenix, AZ | Now Published! Forget the 7 Habits and Break all the Rules -- Ridiculously Easy Time Mananagement; 'This Book is Dedicated to Everyone that has Started to Read but Never Finished Those Other Books,' Says Trapper Woods, CSP
Trapper Woods, CSP, affectionately known as Father Time, and Mark Woods, entrepreneur and businessman, have together unveiled the highly anticipated, Forget The 7 Habits & Break All The Rules!, now published by Morgan James Publishing. Without discounting the ideas presented in other books, the authors look at time management in a lighter, less complicated way. They strike a balance by providing some structure but not too much. Their approach doesn't make one feel as though we have to live each day like a robot. It's ridiculously easy time management... Read More... |
September 29, 2007 Loveland, CO | The Internet Millionaire!
Episode 5 of the Internet Reality show kicks off with a bang. 8 contestants remain, all fighting for the ultimate joint venture with the shows host and executive producer, Joel Comm. Through the guidance of David Hancock (the Founder and CEO of Morgan James Publishing), the remaining contestants learn how entrepreneurial authoring works. With twists towards the execution challenge (to create a 1 minute commercial), the team finds themselves in a tougher situation than before. With the team separated into two new groups, they begin their process towards the win. The win is not only immunity but also a movie night with Joel Camm himself. As the teams fight to win, their 1 minute commercials are on the way. Who wins, and who loses?... Read More... |
September 27, 2007 Pittsburgh, PA | Tragic, inspiring story of Pittsburgh family gets preview here
Just days ahead of the Oct. 1 national release of a book about the trials and triumphs of a Jewish Pittsburgh family, and written by a Jewish Pittsburgh author, many readers here got a sneak peek at the work. The Chase for Beauty, which is about the lives of Dr. Dennis and Linda Hurwitz, and includes a recounting of the tragic 1989 murder of their daughter, Karen, was unveiled at a reception/book-signing Tuesday night at the Concordia Club in Oakland.
The author, Robert Mendelson, was on hand to read from the book, and Pittsburgh City Council President Doug Shields presented a city proclamation. Approximately 200 people attended... Read More... |
September 24, 2007 Pittsburgh, PA | New book details how local plastic surgeon coped with daughter's murder
Eighteen years ago, high school senior Karen Hurwitz went to bed for the last time in her Squirrel Hill home, seemingly safe. Two hours later, her parents, startled by noise, walked into the back yard to find their only child lying on her back between the bushes.
Dr. Dennis Hurwitz, a prominent plastic surgeon, let out a primal wail before trying in vain to give her mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. "My baby's gone," he screamed in the dark.
The city sunk into mourning after the Oct. 27, 1989, stabbing, a crime as savage as it was shocking. The case became known nationally as the "Clockwork Orange" murder after Karen's troubled high school friend Michaele "Mick" Anderson confessed to stabbing her with a Samurai sword, initially claiming he was emulating the Stanley Kubrick movie... Read More... |
September 21, 2007 New York, NY | Listen Up: Audiobook Sales Increase
Audiobook sales were an estimated $923 million in 2006, a 6 percent increase over the previous year, according to the 2007 APA Sales Survey. The survey was released by Princeton Junction, N.J.-based Audio Publishers Association, a not-for-profit trade association, and analyzed 2006 sales data from a range of sales channels.
Survey results also indicated that CD sales made up 77 percent of total audiobook sales, up from 74 percent the previous year. Cassette sales continued a steady decline, representing only 7 percent of sales compared to 16 percent in 2005, 30 percent in 2004 and 45 percent in 2003. Conversely, download sales continued to increase as more and more consumers adopt new technologies, such as MP3 players. Downloads represented 14 percent of total audiobook sales in 2006, up from 9 percent in 2005 and 6 percent in 2004... Read More... |
September 19, 2007 New York, NY | Promotional Intelligence Report
Branding Do’s and Don’ts
Remember one thing about using wearables in your promotional gift campaigns – this is the most widely used category (used in around 30% of all promotional and branding campaigns) so choose quality and plan ahead to help you stand out in this crowded arena. Companies looking to make a lasting impression with apparel products could really benefit from a few tips found in this new book; Branded for Success: The Entrepreneur’s Quick-Start Guide to Making a Profitable, Lasting Impression. (Morgan James Publishing 2007 by Jim Howard, Heather Kirk, and Chris Howard. Always give some careful thought as to how your branding elements will be best presented when you pick the type of promotional apparel product you will be using and if that particular product will find appreciation and daily usage in the hands of your prospect or present client. Keep these quick Do’s and Don’ts in mind when making a selection... Read More... |
September 17, 2007 Pittsburgh, PA | Living A Life Not Defined By Loss
For 30 years, cosmetic and reconstructive surgeon Dr. Dennis Hurwitz has performed cosmetic transformations that thousands of his patients consider miracles. Yet a new book focuses not only on his ability to transform others, but also on how he responded to life-altering tragedy and defeat.
In 1989, his teenage daughter was brutally murdered in his own backyard, and, about a decade later, his career was in serious jeopardy after he lost a $3.55 million malpractice case that early led to personal bankruptcy.
Remarkably, Dr. Hurwitz was not broken by either the loss of his child or the setback to his career. He and his wife remained married despite the odds and adopted two children. As for the setback to his career, his medical practice, recovered and he went on to television fame with his Total Body Lift breakthrough procedure... Read More...
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September 13, 2007 Salina, KS | Operation Grace The Gospel of Mark in Our Everyday Lives
Perhaps some of the greatest literature of all time is the Gospel stories, but they are not just ancient stories. The lessons still apply and resonate in modern society and give us the eyes to see the way God still functions in our lives.
John Blackwell, Ph.D., delves into the meaning of Mark’s Gospel in his new book, A Whole New World: Great Insights into Transformation and Togetherness—A Whole New World: The Gospel of Mark (Morgan James Publishing, June 2007), with foreword by CNN anchor, Kyra Phillips. He discusses Mark’s message of seeing God’s presence and power in our everyday lives.
Blackwell writes about Mark’s teaching on seeing, explaining how Mark shows us we have the ability to recognize the operation of God’s grace in our world. To help the reader through the complicated messages of the Bible, Blackwell breaks down specific stories and language from Mark’s Gospel, discussing why they are still applicable today. At the end of each chapter, Blackwell concludes w |
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