Fresh Books April Clients News and Notes

Congratulations to Larry Helyer and Richard Wagner on the publication of The Book of Revelation for Dummies (Wiley). This is a great intro to perhaps the most complex and controversial book of the Bible. Congratulations to Michele Davis and Jon Phillips on the publication of their latest book, Flex 3: A Beginner’s Guide (Osborne/McGraw-Hill). I haven’t seen it in person …

March Fresh Books News

A big congratulations to Steve Horton who has just wrapped two projects with two different publishers over the last two months: Webcomics 2.0: An Insider’s Guide to Writing, Drawing and Promoting Your Own Webcomics, illustrated by Sam Romero (Course Technology), and Professional Manga: Digital Storytelling with Manga Studio EX, illustrated by Jeong Mo Yang, (Focal Press). Congratulations to our favorite …

Fresh Books February Client News

A huge congratulations to Cameron M. Smith, who today won a Solas Silver Award for his story Ghost On Ice in the annual Travelers’ Tales travel writing competition, and which will be published in The Best Travel Writing 2008: True Stories from Around the World. Cameron also won a Gold Prize for his Escape From Darien, which was recently featured …

This is a blog about books

Well, it’s a blog about books and me, books and my job in the publishing industry, books I’ve read and books I’m especially proud of having represented. I’m sure there are better blogs about books. As a reader, I’m a person who reads everything — perhaps another way of saying I have no taste. In the last week I’ve re-read …