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Diversion Books and 'Outsiders' Author S.E. Hinton Celebrate eBook Release of Her Novels
S.E. Hinton is celebrating the release of four of her classic works, Tex, Rumble Fish, Taming the Star Runner, and Some of Tim's Stories, with a Twitter chat on May 1st.
Read the full New York Daily News Page Views blog post here
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Diversion Author Roger Kahn praised as one of America's greatest 20th Century Writers
Legnedary sportwriters, Roger Kahn, not only captures the essence of great sports events but also paints protraits of the human condition.
Read the full New Jersey Newsroom article here.
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Diversion Books Brings Pope Ebook to Market at Ungodly Speed
Only three weeks after the announcement of Pope Benedict XVI's retirement, Catholic historian Charles A. Coulombe and Diversion Books released The Legacy of Pope Benedict XVI.
Read the Digital Book World article here.
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The Jewish Jordan Discusses the Spiritual Approach to Basketball
Tamir Goodman, nicknamed The Jewish Jordan by Sports Illustrated, discusses his upcoming book The Jewish Jordan's Triple Threat: Physical, Mental, and Spiritual Lessons From the Court.
Read the Haaretz article here.
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Diversion Author Hannah Seligson on NPR's Diane Rehm Show
Hannah Seligson, author of Mission: Adulthood, discusses what it means to be a millenial on the Diane Rehm Show.
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Diversion Books Signs Best-Selling Self-Published Author Karina Halle
Karina Halle, author of the hit series Experiment in Terror, signs with Diversion Books for her newest series.
Read the Digital Book World article here.
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Making Book Trailers Jump off the Screen
Diversion author, Gary Grossman discusses how his book trailer went viral.
Read the Digital Book World article here.
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Marriott's Year of Historic Milestones Culminates Without Reservations
Fox News discusses J.W. Marriott's memoir, Without Reservations.
Read the Fox News article here.
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Washington Post Joins E-Book Market
The Washington Independent Review reflects on The Washington Posts partnership with Diversion Books.
Read the Washington Independent Review article here.
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Diversion Author Lucy Alibar Lands Oscar Nomination for Beasts of the Southern Wild
We are thrilled for Lucy, whose screenplay adaptation of her play, Juicy and Delicious, has earned her an Oscar nomination and national exposure, all of which is well-deserved.
Read the USA Today article here.
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Diversion Inks Deal with Audible
Digital publisher Diversion Books will see "the majority" of their backlist and new titles going forward turned into audiobooks, available on Audible starting this winter.
Read the article on Publishers Lunch or Publishers Weekly.
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Alan Wurtzel on Why Circuit City Went Bust
Former CEO and creator of Circuit City discusses his book, Good to Great to Gone, on NPR's Marketplace.
Listen to the podcast clip here.
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2012 Election Quick-To-Market E-Book Release
Diversion Books has just published a quick-to-market e-book on the 2012 Presidential election by Washington Postsenior political correspondent, Dan Balz.
Read the Publishers Weekly article here.
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The Agent as (Sort of) Publisher
Through different models, more agencies are helping authors publish
Read the Publishers Weekly article here.
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Publisher's Weekly covers the Dark Overlord/Diversion Books agreement to publish Scott Sigler's YA series in paperback. Read the article here.
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Gary Grossman Discusses his Political Thrillers on WNBC
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What America Can Learn From China's Economic Growth
Frank Newman looks at why China’s economy is booming while America’s lags. He looks at why this is the case, and addresses some fundamental misunderstandings about our economy in Six Myths that Hold Back America: And What America Can Learn from the Growth of China’s Economy.
Listen to the interview on The Leonard Lopate Show here.
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Author Examines Six Myths About U.S. Economy
Americans have a profound misunderstanding of the nature of public debt, says Frank Newman, former CEO of Bankers Trust and CFO of Bank of America. Not only is the public debt never going to be paid off no matter what politicians cut from the federal budget, deficits do not necessarily mean greater tax burdens for future generations.
Read the complete Forbes article here.
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Should the U.S. be More Like China?
“Six Myths That Hold Back America” author Frank Newman argues the U.S. can learn from the Chinese government and needs to spend more money to grow the economy.
Watch the clip from Fox Business here.
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In E-books, a New Player
"All I have to do is get them to pay attention and hit a link," he says, estimating that his blog posts attract anywhere from 50,000 to one million readers.
Publication of the book shows how the growing popularity of e-books, and the rise of social media, is altering the publishing landscape. Mr. Cuban, who made his fortune selling a company toYahoo Inc. amid the dot-com boom, says that over the years he has been offered a "ton of money" to write his life story. He always said no, unwilling to take on the requirements associated with traditional publishing.
Read the complete Wall Street Journal article here.
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More Media Ahead for Dallas Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban
"There is no way to price a traditional book release at $3. You have to help the publisher meet their numbers. So not only does the book have to be priced much higher, but the time commitment to promote it via traditional book tours is much more. With an Ebook release I can sit here and promote it on social media and via email interviews, which I like a lot better."
Read the complete USA Today article here.
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Mark Cuban Explains Why He Self Published
"The time obligations of a traditional release were more than I was willing to undertake. I couldn’t ask for advances and then not want to do a book tour. Plus, the editorial deadlines were much more forgiving. I made changes hours before the final release."
Read the complete mediabistro article here.
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Novel rejected? There's an e-book gold rush!
“What’s happening now, with authors able to go directly to their readers without the approval and support of a large publishing house, is a huge game-changer, which will weaken corporate publishing dramatically over time,” says Scott Waxman in an e-mail. Waxman, a literary agent in New York, created Diversion Books, an online e-publishing house, to help self-published writers navigate the cyber market.
Read the complete Washington Post article here.
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