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Motivational author Shawn Anderson will be offering the ebook, A Better Life: An Inspiring Story About Starting Over, free on Amazon September 30 - October 4, 2016. In February 2016, the inspirational fiction book reached #1 in the "motivational" category.

Earlier this month, Down & Out Books celebrated two major literary award wins during the annual Bouchercon in New Orleans. CIRCLING THE RUNWAY, the fourth Jake Diamond mystery by J.L. Abramo, won a Shamus Award for Best Paperback Original PI Novel, and MURDER UNDER THE OAKS: BOUCHERCON ANTHOLOGY 2015 edited by Art Taylor was honored with an Anthony Award for Best Anthology or Collection.

Book lovers now have one more thing to be optimistic about, as writer Patricia Komar announces a collection of books.

While only twenty-nine percent of surveyed Americans report a belief in the possibility of bigfoot *, the physical constraints of reality have never held authors back. And readers do not have to be bigfoot believers themselves to enjoy and appreciate the story and ideas put forth by Stephen Parato's latest book titled Sozwik. The story will follow the journey of an estranged, bigfoot-like creature named Sozwik along his stay on earth. Readers will be treated with deep thematic material delving into morality, existence and environmental concerns. By the end of this eye-opening epic readers will be left in awe and be given the creativity and inspiration to make a change in the world.

A new release offers a practical, systematic, and comprehensive treatment of the Bible's plan for successful living. In The Meaning of Life 3/4 Instruction and Counsel for God's People (Redemption Press, 2016), Don Ashcraft brings his broad base of knowledge and life experiences to this new resource. An avid student of the Bible, he has a master's in electrical engineering, and for thirty-one years led teams of engineers in designing and building large electronic systems for the U. S., British, and Australian navies. He approaches his broad-based book with the same thorough attention to detail he used in his career.

If you are an Indie author with the passion for writing a book you know the journey to success has only started by completing your writing. Book promotion consultant Jane Tabachnick, a featured speaker at Indie Author Day on October 8th, 2016, will outline the key components for publishing and promoting your book successfully.

Living in Miami, Florida, Fredy Buesco is a writer, illustrator, and a wildlife photographer.  He has taken the imagination of a child named Jordan and created a full color illustrated children's book to show how using the imagination, every child can have fun.  This is a book for children that allows them to explore their imagination through the eyes of Jordan and his dog Cony.

City Lights Press – an imprint of Wolfpack Publishing – announced today the signing of teenage author, Hannah Godard for world rights to three novels; a two-book young adult spy series titled Quantum and a re-release of her first, previously self-published novella, For The Beautiful People, a book she wrote after her close friend tried to commit suicide in 2013 as a result of bullying.

Out of a personal search for a deeper connection with the Lord, Dr. Wes Johnson encountered the ancient spiritual discipline of "breath prayer"—biblically-centered reflective prayer that uses Scripture in prayer. Dr. Johnson says the method "opened up a deeper level of communion with God" for him personally. Paired with breath prayer is lectio divina, a way to read Scripture with an increasing awareness of the presence of God. Dr. Johnson says, "Its goal is to open ourselves to the presence of the Lord through the written text of Scripture. Our mission is to pray our consent to God's intent as he expressed it through his Spirit in the words of the Bible."

Since 1997, authors have trusted Smith Publicity for comprehensive, customized book publicity with widespread exposure to media industry decision-makers. The firm champions books of all genres and provenances, working tirelessly to gain media exposure and successful sales for their clients. To promote their clients' latest material, Smith Publicity will be among the book publicists and other industry professionals in attendance and exhibiting at the 2016 Frankfurt Book Fair this October.

Veronica Lane Books Releases 'What is Respect?' Children's Book to Help Counter the Ill Effects of the Presidential Election on Our Kids.

Even in 1970, the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development knew that books could effectively change a child's moral set.(1) Today the art form of developing children's books has been perfected, featuring clear morals, attention grabbing images, and an aesthetic designed to please. To help expand the moral set conveyed by children's books is Out of the Box by Jewel A. Tolbert, a Liberian native who emigrated to America at the age of six due to Liberia's Civil War. The book revolves around a crayon box Teacher and her diverse pupils depicted as colorful crayons. The mission is to show the value of both individualism and togetherness, while alluding to the unfounded tension between different people with physical differences. With Out of the Box, children can be both entertained and taught by brilliant visuals and a sound moral set.

No money, no connections and no command of the English language did not thwart Peter Nicado from becoming a successful entrepreneur. In his bestseller, The Winner's Mindset, Peter recounts his life after arriving in America. He went from working as a factory laborer in Louisville, Kentucky earning $6.25 per hour to a successful entrepreneur. He is now the founder of 8 real estate and mortgage companies, 6 in California and 2 in Florida. Applying the principles he teaches, he went from the bottom to the TOP.

New on the coloring scene is the first in a series of coloring books intended to relieve stress and anxiety and improve the quality of life for colorists everywhere. The series, Peaceful Patterns Coloring Therapy just release the first book in the series, "Joy is in the Journey" on Amazon.com.

Brothers Khaled and Amr Ibrahim have come up with a idea for an app that they hope will make reading more fun and interesting for children. The MyWonderBooks app is going to be an audiobook e-library application that will contain e-books of the top children's stories across the world. The duo has recently launched a crowdfunding campaign for their app, the initiative was taken by Khaled to raise funds to cover the costs of development, operations, marketing and various other expenses, the crowdfunding campaign is now live on the most popular crowdfunding platform Kickstarter with a funding goal of at least $50,000 CAD to be raised by Tue, Oct 11 2016.

How does a person deal with fears of daily living? IRB: Transforming Fear into Love is a complete instruction manual on identifying who a person truly is in their deepest essence, in their quantum DNA wherein lies all the information of their TRUE, unique, irreplaceable self. In the pages of this book, people will find the key that opens the door to their consciousness. Experience what it means to live in Love and Unity, breaking free of old paradigms that have trapped everyone in a system of manipulation and illusion. People can now leave this prison of limiting beliefs, obsessions, blocks, buried fears and perceived shortcomings—all of them written into the script of the world as inherited.

Jaye Alison Moscariello's 1st art storybook, Capture the Moon, is looking to find its way into inner city libraries and reading rooms, as well as independent bookstores. She is running a Kickstarter campaign, her first, to print the book and send it to places where its message is most needed. It is a simple tale about a monkey named Chase that loses its way in the world and finds it through the power of listening within. Retired children's book librarian Ina Gordon says it is a book for all ages. Children's book author Sally Huss has this to say: "CAPTURE THE MOON" is a delight visually, making use of the author/illustrator's exceptional artistic talent as a painter. Beautiful words dance along with the images and leave one plenty of room to do one's own imagining. The story is fun, whimsical, and thoughtful while delighting the eye with tropical illustrations".

The perception of African American women over the past 50 years has taken a peculiar turn. Today, while we watch reality TV shows even local news interviews; we observe women of color that may not necessarily reflect the behavior we normally see. We immediately write off these people as "ratchet," but that may also reflect how we would treat those that may resemble these figures. It would appear that the cameras only seek out the stereotypes that perpetuate their agenda. Systematic Female Ratchet: It's Not the Sistas, It's the Systemaddresses that hidden agenda.

Ozone Therapies Group is launching a book, focused on addressing the uses of ozone and in particular, ozone therapy in the fields of medicine and dentistry. The uses and benefits of the ozone have been known and used extensively in Europe and South America, and the book has come to clearly define the different therapies that ozone is capable of. It's changing the medical world for the better.

The professionals at PRC Book Printing encourage both current and prospective clients to consider each of China's many holidays when preparing book printing production schedules.

To say that ebooks have revolutionized the publishing and reading landscapes would be an understatement. Traditional book publishers have scrambled to fill the demand for ebooks and their related technologies, sometimes with less-than-satisfactory results. ChatEbooks, an innovative online marketplace based in Walnut, California, has developed their own method for meeting demand, creating a retail space for ebooks online that brings authors and readers together. By using social media to foster a more personalized connection between ebook authors and their readers, the overall digital reading experience is enhanced. "There are many benefits for readers and authors in the ebook market," says Tanisha Williams, founder of the retail company. "It is an exciting time to be part of the publishing revolution." To learn more about the company's platform and its features, visit www.chatebooks.com/about_us.

Linda Spalla announced today that her third book has been released and is available on Amazon. What does a successful television executive living in the Deep South do after she retires? This one met a homesick Frenchman and began a love affair with him and his hometown of Paris, France. Bernie's Paris: Travel Stories with Love is part memoir and part travel guide, chronicling an unlikely love story between a divorced, lonely Southern Belle and a homesick, native Parisian.

Sweetie Bee is an accomplished and celebrated author of 3 books and she has recently released her new book on Amazon. The book titled Little Girl Blu: The JonBenét Inside Circle Theory is now available for sale on paperback and kindle editions. Sweetie Bee who has spent years researching what really happened has now released her book to bring a new factual side of the story. Free give away promotion of the kindle version of the book is available from 12th to 16th of September 2016.

Phoenix-based men's Christian discipleship ministry, Christ Quest Ministries, has recently launched a crowdfunding campaign at Kickstarter seeking support for its exclusive Biblical book series "Spiritual Seeds That Reap Christ-Likeness". For the first time ever, there will be manuals that can show how to actually be the living example of Jesus Christ.

Robert "Big Bob" Snoor Jr., has officially launched a Kickstarter campaign for garnering widespread support and financial backing to publish his third book 'Fantasy Tailgating Redemption'.