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Poisoned Pen Press Partners With the NFL
Players Association and the NEA's Read Across America Program To Launch
The
Great Mystery Book Giveaway
In celebration of Super Bowl XLIII,
Poisoned Pen Press kicks off its annual program with a donation of 43,000 books
to
Central Florida schools.
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Scottsdale, Arizona (February 3, 2009)- Poisoned Pen
Press, an independent mystery publisher,
partners with the NFL Players Association
as part of the National Education Association's Read Across America program to
launch their 1st annual Great
Mystery Book Giveaway.
Robert Rosenwald, Publisher of Poisoned Pen Press states,
"Thanks to our new partnership with the NFL PA and the NEA, The Great Mystery Book Giveaway will be a year-round campaign through which we will
put books in the hands of middle and high school students who don't have access
to such needed resources, encouraging them to develop a life-long passion for
reading. It is with great pride and joy that we are able to introduce this program
by donating 43,000 books to Central Florida schools in
conjunction with the 43rd Super Bowl."
The Great Mystery Book Giveaway will be an annual program
whereby Poisoned Pen Press will donate thousands of books during Super Bowl
week to schools in need, as identified by the NEA.
Additionally, Rosenwald
plans to schedule author tours to schools where students and teachers
will have the opportunity to meet these award-winning writers. Authors may do
readings, discuss their craft, provide writing tips, or talk with teachers on
subjects such as integrating reading into non-literature content areas like
math, science, and social studies.
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Poisoned Pen Press
was founded in 1996 by ex-librarian and Poisoned Pen Bookstore proprietress
Barbara Peters; her husband, Robert Rosenwald; and their daughter. Peters, who
founded Scottsdale Arizona's
The Poisoned Pen, A Mystery Bookstore and More a decade ago, sees
consolidations in the publishing industry as a terrible threat to cultural
diversity and to the survival of the independent bookstore. Besides, she wants
to sell books she likes. Poisoned Pen Press' mission has thus been defined as
making available books, whether originals or reprints, for today's mystery
audience. Its books are distributed through Ingram Publisher Services and are
available from a variety of wholesalers and independent bookstores.
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