Susanne Alexander-Heaton, award-winning children's author of The ABC Field Guide to Faeries, and owner of Motivated by Nature is excited to announce that a private sponsor has purchased 2,000 of her books, which were donated to the Further Education Society (FESA). The books will be given away over the next couple of years through their programs and special events such as Family Literacy Day. FESA focuses on learners with the lowest levels of literacy and education. With over 35 social agencies, they offer 70 - 80 free programs each year to over 700 vulnerable families throughout the Calgary area. Great work, Susanne!
IBPA member Carolyn Howard-Johnson was recently awarded the Diamond Award for Arts and Culture from Glendale California's Arts and Culture Commission and the City of Glendale Library. The Glendale Diamond Awards for Achievement in the Arts is bestowed upon those artists, community members, and organizations who have contributed substantially to the cultural life of the community. Carolyn is the author of the multi award-winning HowToDoItFrugally series of books for writers including The Frugal Book Promoter. Congratulations, Carolyn!
In recognition of PTSD Awareness month, Idyll Arbor, Inc. began a campaign to get their book, Faces of Combat: PTSD & TBI, into the hands of the veterans and their families who need it. Faces of Combat describes how the suicide of a previously deployed National Guardsman galvanized Montana officials to become a model state
in assessing the mental health of its soldiers, taking additional steps that should become the norm nationwide. In the book soldiers tell their stories, what happened to them in battle and what happened when they came home. For every book purchased, Idyll Arbor is donating one to a veteran's organization. Idyll Arbor President, Tom Blaschko explains, "This is our way of saying thank you to those who have so faithfully served us and our country." If you would like to help, visit www.facesofcombat.us.
WISDOM, The Midway Albatross, (
Mims House) a children's picture book about the oldest bird in the world and how she survived the Japanese tsunami, has gone to Washington, D.C. As part of their ongoing efforts to contact relevant catalogs, Mims House sent review copies to the
Smithsonian Museum Stores book buyer. The books were met with enthusiasm and Mims House was signed as a vendor. The author, Darcy Pattison, also spoke at the spring Arkansas Audubon state conference and in attendance was Jack Stewart, an Arkansas native who is on the national board for the Audubon Society. When the board met in early May in Washington, D.C., he provided copies of
WISDOM, The Midway Albatross to each board member. That month, Congress was considering a bill to fund safer fishing practices in the Pacific; long fishing lines, sometimes several miles long, are efficient for fishing, but the practice has a high fatality count for birds who get caught on a hook and drown, one of the dangers that
Wisdom has so far avoided. The book also won the
2013 Writer's Digest Self-Published Book Award, Children's Picture Book and is a 2013 Finalist Next Gen Indie Book Award winner, Juvenile nonfiction and received a starred
Publisher's Weekly review in February. Great work!
Events:
IBPA members save $100 off their registration for the 2013 Publishing Business Conference & Expo (PBC) September 23-25. Learn from come of the industry's leading experts on how to build bridges between content, technology and business. Make sure to use the code EB100 for $100 off your All Access pass! And as a BONUS, they'll give you a FREE Kindle Paperwhite just for registering!
The Independent Publishers of New England (IPNE), a long-standing IBPA Affiliate Association, will be hosting a cooperative booth at this year's NEIBA and NELA shows. Special display rates start at only $65 per book for NEIBA and $55 per book for NELA. Visit their site here for details!
On November 9, 2013, IBPA will be exhibiting at the 2013 Self-Publishing Book Expo, and you could be, too! Two complimentary badges are available for select IBPA members. Email IBPA Executive Director Angela Bole at [email protected] for details.
CONTEC Frankfurt - 20% Discount for IBPA Members.
Publishers Launch Frankfurt - 20% Discount for IBPA Members.
Frankfurt StoryDrive - 20% Discount for IBPA Members.