Fall Catalog 2014 Independent Publishers of New England IPNE.org Sept. 30–Oct. 2: New England Independent Booksellers Assn. Oct. 19–21: New England Library Association Oct. 25: Boston Book Festival Oct. 11, 30, & Nov. 22: Metro Boston Meetings Dec. 2: IPNE Annual Meeting * May 29-30: IPNE Annual Conference * * dates to be confirmed 1 ACME full page ad goes here 2 Independent Publishers of New England PO Box 206  Arlington, MA 02476  [email protected] IPNE’s mission is to provide opportunities for education and networking for those engaged in independent book publishing and related activities in the six New England states. IPNE offers educational programs, marketing opportunities, advocacy, and resources for all aspects of publishing. The organization is supported primarily by membership dues and other income substantially related to its purpose. We support our members by exhibiting at trade shows and conferences, and by providing educational and networking opportunities. Whether you’re an experienced publisher with many titles, a newer publisher with one book, or a vendor that supports the publishing field, you’ll come to enjoy our active group and the camaraderie and business growth opportunities that come with it! Board of Directors Charlotte Pierce Our members are available to do presentations on independent publishing at libraries, bookstores, schools, conferences, and literary/book festivals. Cathy Xiaogang Wang Tordis Ilg Isselhardt Christine Frost Carole Spearin McCauley Contents Pat Goudy OBrien Catalog Printing HFGroup – Acme Binding 80 Cambridge Street Charlestown, MA 02129 617-242-1100 acmebinding.com HFGroup.com Catalog Design Christine Frost Her Raven Domain Productions herravendomain.com The One Sure Thing about Publishing ....................5 An Era of Change ....................................................7 Yup, Content Is King! .............................................10 The IPNE Year: Indies Helping Indies ...................12 Our Members......................................................... 13 3 44 The One Sure Thing about Publishing As I’m sure most IPNE members will agree, the one sure thing about publishing is that it will be different tomorrow than it is today. There’s the emergence—well actually, the flood—of independent publishers and authors empowered by today’s technology who are communicating their content in a mind-bending array of formats, niches, platforms, and channels. We see these sea-changes not only as ebooks continue to leapfrog over print in market share, but also in the rise of brand-new business models like the Skoobe book subscription service taking hold in Europe, or Wattpad, a manuscript-sharing service where readers actually help shape the final book with chapter-by-chapter suggestions. With services like Indiegogo, Kickstarter, and Patreon, we arguably don’t even need bankers—the crowd can fund our book projects. Oh, yes, we like the agility offered by our independence—but being small or solo, we also need to seek each other out and be mindful of opportunities to support colleagues and strike productive collaborations. As my friend David Amerland on Google Plus noted in a recent session of IPNE’s live-streaming weekly Indie Office Hours, “collaboration is the new competition.” Think about it: collaboration is the new competition. Those who have the opportunity to spot and connect with the right experts at the right time to fill temporary or permanent roles in a small publishing operation will succeed. Those who engage with others, pay it forward, treat their peers with respect, and share the sheer joy of putting thoughts into print (or bytes) will be able to take advantage of the agility their independence affords them. Another Google Plus friend, printing broker Susan Watkins, noted, “I don’t consider other printers my competitors; we help each other to become better.” And that’s really the core of IPNE: “Indies Helping Indies,” as we like to say: providing a myriad of opportunities to connect, learn, and share expertise with others in our industry. Members can participate at affordable rates in cooperative marketing events like the IPNE exhibits at the New England Independent Booksellers Association, the New England Library Association, and the prestigious Boston Book Festival, which doesn’t even accept self-published authors, except as part of an organization like IPNE. And “Indies Helping Indies” goes beyond trade shows, to cutting-edge technology and traditional media. We co-sponsor the live-streaming shows Indie Office Hours and Face The Book TV, where members can participate and use the resulting YouTube videos and links in their own promotions. Members can advertise for a full year in this catalog starting at an affordable $35, and it has legs. We take the catalog everywhere we go, from the book shows, to our Metro Boston branch meetings and other industry events. Our Spring Conference and Book Awards buzz with indie excitement each year. Members who connect with us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Facebook, Pinterest, and other social media platforms quickly recognize IPNE as a friend who will amplify their message—and they often return the favor. Members can post in the IPNE blog (IPNE.org/blog), which is again amplified through those social media sites. We provide referrals to publishing services and offer discounts with organizations like Independent Book Publishers Association, the League of Vermont Writers, the Association of Rhode Island Authors, and the Association of Publishers Special Sales (APSS). So jump in and help a fellow Indie! Give us a call, visit the website (IPNE.org), or come to an event to talk publishing, find a mentor or publishing service provider, volunteer to help at an event, or collaborate on starting an IPNE branch in your community. We’re all in this together, and it’s all part of learning, sharing, and improving our publishing ventures! Charlotte Pierce PiercePress.com IPNE Board 5 69 An Era of Change Regardless of where you stand on today’s publishing issues, from price wars between retailers and publishers, to the pros and cons of using digital right management software (DRM), it’s an incredibly exciting time to be part of the independent publishing world. Innovative new programs and opportunities appear all the time—writing residencies via Amtrak, a growing collective voice of professional self-publishers advocating for a range of causes. Just last week, I submitted an application to do novel research from through Spaceship Earth Grants. If this works out, I’ll be one of a group of fellow space enthusiasts on a commercial flight seeking to share how viewing your home world from space forever changes your perspective, and how that can benefit everything from art to science and beyond. When I published my first novel in 2010, Smashwords was a new company. Its CEO, Mark Coker, answered emails personally, and it was the first year they actually made a profit. (And to his credit, he still takes a very active role in communicating with the publishing community.) Earlier this year, Forbes announced Smashwords made it on the list of America’s Most Promising Companies. How far independent publishing has come! The rapid change speaks to the far-reaching effects of technology and social media in this Digital Age. It’s a time to be agile and experiment. Platforms like Goodreads make it easy for authors to connect with readers, for hosting Q&A sessions and book giveaways, and IPNE offers a variety of services from live, webcast presentations and discussions on Google Plus and interviews with authors through the Face The Book TV program. While it can be a challenge to keep up with all the opportunities, it’s wonderful to have so many of them. As someone who is relatively new to IPNE, and a newly elected board member, I’m delighted to be part of this organization. In the short time I’ve been affiliated with IPNE, I’ve enjoyed the conversations and am looking forward to participating in the Boston Book Festival from the other side of the table this year—just in time for the launch of a new novel. In the future, I’ll be posting on IPNE’s blog about social media, blogging, or other digital strategies that help independent publishers. Stay tuned, and bring plenty of questions! Christine Frost HerRavenDomain.com IPNE Board ARE YOU ON SOCIAL MEDIA? Find the Independent Publishers of New England on Google+, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Facebook, and follow us on Twitter @IPNE! 7 “The truck began inching forward and I Knew this would be my last chance to get free…” Willow-Mia Pig is not just any pig. She is very special. She takes you on an amazing adventure. As you travel with her, thanks to a very big-hearted woman named Mollie you will learn that pigs are smart, caring, and very social animals that can become very attached to people if given the chance. Willow-Mia Pig gives readers a whole new appreciation of the importance of treating animals with kindness. Willow-Mia Pig feels very lucky to be “1 in 100 million” and she hopes that when it comes to animals, you, too, will “dare to care.” ! S R E D A E R G N U O Y R O F K O O B W E N G N ITI AN EXC “This uplifting book celebrates kindness and tells the story of what a few people can do to change the world. Families will love its undeniable charm and the incredible story of compassion.” — Alexis C. Fox, Humane Society of the United States Like many who so generously answer pleas that come across local television stations, Nancy responded to a news broadcast about a pig, now Willow-Mia Pig, who was found on the side of Route 495 in Massachusetts in 2012. After seeing Willow-Mia Pig through to a safe haven, Nancy was inspired by Willow-Mia Pig’s journey and decided to share it with children. Her goal is to ensure that both children and adults become more aware of the importance of treating animals with love and kindness. Nancy continues to surround herself with others who “dare to care,” and her contagious enthusiasm has created a tremendous groundswell of support to see that farms be held accountable to certain standards when caring for animals. Willow-Mia pig Nancy A. Bolanis Illustrated by Donna Secour www.willowmiapig.com [email protected] ISBN 978-0-615-79112-8 8 Twenty New Stories The Lamoille Stories ii “Neither the postcard image of Vermont nor the Norman Rockwell version fits the fiction of Bill Schubart. His spot-on authentic folk tales of small town pranksters and tough cases, drunkards and darlings, swerve from comedy to heartbreak like a winding back road. Ultimately, like the old man hand-digging the grave of his wife of 70 years, these stories possess a kindness, wisdom and dignity that make them well worth the read.” willy’s beer garden and 20 new tales from vermont Bill Schubart —Stephen Kiernan, author of The Curiosity and Last Rights A wholly new collection of Lamoille Stories from Vermont author, Bill Schubart. Many of the original characters in the 2008 edition like Jeeter, Pete, Theron and Lila are back in this new set of stories. • Hiding his beer from his wife, Willy discovers that if he buries a 12 oz. bottle of Old Fitzgerald beer in the woods, in time it’ll grow into a quart. • David unwillingly discovers the mysteries of the female sex when he loses his VW keys. • After 60 years of marriage, Theron’s wife Lila succumbs to diabetes on their farm. Theron defies local funeral traditions and, with the help of his friend Dr. Phil, lays Lila to her final rest. “Lamoille Stories II” extends Bill Schubart’s collection of rural Vermont tales – some uproarious, some heartbreaking – about the characters that enriched his early years there. Bill lives, works, and writes in Hinesburg. Available from Ingram at full trade discount and returnable: Magic Hill Press ISBN: 978-0-9897121-3-2 137 Pages 9 $15.00 Yup, Content Is King! The marketing mantra these days is that you need to regularly publish content in order to create and maintain your author or publisher platform, or identity, on social media. What!? How on earth do you expect me to generate and post all of this information and publish a book or run a business? Granted, the task can seem a bit overwhelming, if you think about drumming it all up from scratch. But don’t be so hard on yourself. By looking around with new eyes, you can come up with quick ways to package pithy posts by leveraging your existing content and putting the great technology that’s right under your nose to work. It can even be fun! Here’s another bit of advice before I give you some content-creation ideas: automate. Use a social-media management utility like Hootsuite (hootsuite.com), Buffer (buffer.com)to stockpile and schedule your content in advance. These programs often have browser bookmarks so you don’t have to stop everything to post a juicy morsel found in the course of your work. You’ll be able to centralize your different accounts, from Twitter to Google Plus to LinkedIn to Facebook Pages; then comment, share, and engage with your audience without spending endless hours on it! Ok, let’s get on with where to find that content: 1. Book snippets. These can be a quote, a few lines or a sample chapter. Your audience likes to feel included and special. The best way to offer the sample chapter is to direct them to a link to your website that then asks them for an email address so you can send them the file. That helps you build that email list you keep hearing about. 2. Your book cover and illustrations. You can set up with a “cover war” and let your audience help you pick out your cover from among several images. Posting illustrations with a description of their relationship to the story is a great way to build interest and engage readers. 3. Listicles. Listicles (not a new body organ) can be simple or very informative. The key to their effectiveness is the headline. When you browse around the web, or as you read your favorite magazine, pay attention to the headlines that caught your eye and ask yourself why they did. Don’t always be serious; a little intelligent humor goes a long way. NOTE: While you’re here, try creating a juicy headline for this listicle and email it to me at [email protected]! 4. Interviews with the author/ publisher. Your audience wants to know more about you. The only way that you are the same as everybody else is that you are unique, too. Why did you start writing or publishing? What are you most proud of? How did you overcome failures? This is where you can gain loyalty from your audience, if they feel that they know you, they begin to care. That builds trust in you and your products and services. 5. Curate content. All of your content does not need to be your own. If you read something that fascinates you, you should share it, just like a good book. Write a summary on the blog post or article that you are sharing and explain if you agree or disagree with the content. Ask your audience questions about their reaction and begin a conversation. Make sure that you mention the author of the piece and preserve the original links. You may find that the author starts to pay attention to you and helps you spread your content in return! 6. Events. Many people post an event with all the information on the when, how and why but I am surprised how often they don’t take advantage of the opportunity to create content at the event. Take pictures, tweet, make notes of great quotes from speakers and when the event is over write a few short pieces about the event from different perspectives. Do this while it is still fresh in your mind. Take pictures with your audi- 10 ence at book signings, tell them you will email them the picture (great way to get that email address), let them know that you will be posting the pictures on your social media accounts so they should follow you! 7. Promote your competition. This one might surprise you. You may be asking yourself, “Why on earth would I want to promote the competition’s stuff ?” Because they have the audience that you want to buy your book. If you get in front of their eyes they are likely to follow you and that gives you the opportunity to sell them your book. The cool thing is that often the other author appreciates your sharing their work and will return the favor. Now, it makes sense doesn’t it? 8. Facts and figures. It doesn’t matter where your book’s story is located or in what century it takes place you can find oodles of information that ties into your book. Are you writing about 19th century midwifery? Write a post about what could be found in a midwife’s bag, illnesses of the time, survival rates, and on and on. Include pictures that connect to the story. You will be surprised to find that all of your hours spent researching will pay off again as usable content. 9. Video. You can’t see me, but I am jumping up and down. This is my favorite form of content creation and today’s tech has made it easy. Of course, a book trailer is a must. Some have their book trailer created by a professional and others do it themselves. Either way it is a powerful bit of content. Don’t be shy and keep in mind that you don’t have to be perfect. Sometimes the imperfection is what allows your audience to connect with you. Make small videos of less than 2 minutes. How cool would it be to have a short video with someone who just read your book telling how much they loved it? Or of you reading a chapter at the local library or book store. As a publisher you can create interviews with your authors to post on your website and to share. Video is the coolest kid on the block right now. Most of the time you can take the video with your phone and did you know that YouTube is the second largest search engine? 10. Reuse content. Use content from your last book, old research and articles that you have saved. Go through your old blog posts and magazine articles and see if you can put a new spin on them or consider how things have changed since they were published. I’m sure you’ll come up with some content-generating ideas of your own. There are many opportunities in the writing and publishing of a book that you can use to create real information that connects with your audience and helps you build a platform of readers who are interested in what you have to offer. Of course it takes work, but the exercise fuels your creativity and makes you more empathic to your audience and helps you learn what they expect from you as an author or a publisher. Let me know how it goes at [email protected]! 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Monzione ABC, Adoption & Me: A Multicultural Picture Book for Adoptive Families Gayle H. Swift with Casey A. Swift 978-0-9856762-8-5 $13.99 36 pages 2013 Picture Book Ingram Christine Cote Shanti Arts shantiarts.com Meaningful relationships grow from serendipitous encounters. Giuseppe “Zep” Marco’s lonely widowed life is irrevocably changed when he slips on an errant tomato at the grocery store. The three women who “rescue” him in the moments and days following his accident somehow all feel the need to keep coming together with Zep and with each other over the course of a beautiful summer. Named a Favorite Read of 2013 by Adoptive Families Magazine and Notable Picture Book of 2013 by Shelf Unbound. ABC, Adoption & Me looks at adoption from a child’s point of view. The ABC format and bright, multicultural illustrations make it attractive to youngsters. The book makes a great conversation starter for families. 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Stephens Author dantescypher. tateauthor.com Finding Christmasville: Book II of the Christmasville Trilogy Micahel Dutton Life as we might imagine it: in a 1950’s Christmas village on a 4 x 8 model train platform. 9780978665593 $15.00, 349 pages Lightning Source Peter Hallet Sarno PFP Inc - AJAR Contemporaries pfppublishing.com/ “...in this age of Harry Potter and Chris Van Allsburg, the magical realism of the novel should prove very appealing to readers, both young and old.” —ForeWord Magazine, Clarion Review If Mary Jane was motivated by the quest for truth in Book I, Madeleine and Esmeralda are driven by purposes quite different in Book II. For both girls, it is the embracing of hope—of salvation for Maddy, illumination for Esmeralda—that propels them along their parallel paths. “Beautifully told...with such complexity and deep understanding that adults will find this story as intriguing as their children. Treat yourself to a book unlike any other.” —J. 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Her 30th birthday looms. Technology gangs up on her at every turn. And cooking for others as a personal chef is killing her love for food. When the two year-old child of a client pees on Emily in the kitchen, she is about to put away the cleaver for good when a stranger dares her to own her future. Peter Distefano has his own problems. He loves women (frequently), but while lusted for he is never loved. Now he’s getting phone calls from a dead woman. As a consultant, he works with corporations to resolve conflicts and disputes. But his boss thinks Peter is burnt out. Peter has one more chance to save his career. Too bad it’s a no-win situation. The unlikely pair face a world of haywire cell phones, self-driving cars, dumpster diving anarchists, and an internet company gone rogue. Their paths are converging and their actions will define each other as much as themselves. Todd Wheeler’s second novel, Dragonfly and River Stone, casts a skeptical eye on where our clever phones and social networks are taking us in his new near future science-fiction novel. ISBN: 9780985317645 todd-wheeler.com; madendeavorbooks.com 18 The Paladins DuBois Patricia Donaruma Williford 9781621417712 $22.00, 522 pages Booklocker, Amazon Islands of Time Barbara Kent Lawrence “Islands of Time: I really like it. The story about a girl from away spending her summer in Maine. then coming back to reclaim herself, resonates with me. —Linda Greenlaw, NYT best-selling author. “...a multi-layered love story, rich in emotion and introspection... People of all ages can relate to Becky’s journey.” 9781934949665 $17.00, 224 pages 2013 Lightning Source —Aislinn Sarnacki, The Bangor Daily News [email protected] barbaralawrence.com Eighteen years after the infants, Kai and Mahri DuBois, were separated and taken from La Foret de Chenes for their own protection, they are called to return. Appointed as Paladins, they receive their first charges from the Elders. The twins must overcome the devastating act of treachery that tore their family apart, restore the integrity of the treasure they guard, and beat back the encroaching evil of La Famille DeMauvaise. [email protected] Naked Parenting: 7 Keys to Raising Kids with Confidence Leah DeCesare Parenting stripped down to the bare basics of raising kids who are self-sufficient, respectful and resilient. Sensible, realistic and practical tips for parents with children of all ages. Fun, honest and easy-to-read, it provides a framework to guide decisions within your parenting 9780990532200 style. Full of creative ideas that any parent can $7.00, 107 implement today. pages [email protected] Mother’s Circle 19 Life in a Jar Searching for Rhode Island Jack Mayer 9780984111312 $18.00, 396 pages Lightning Source, Amazon, Ingram The true story of Irena Sendler, a Polish Catholic social worker who rescued 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw ghetto, and three Kansas teenagers who, 60 years later, rescued her forgotten story. Sendler asked Jewish mothers to give her their children to save them. The Kansas teens, each with their own painful burdens, find a reference to her story, which becomes a history project and play that helps Poland reconcile its Holocaust history and has inspired people worldwide. 9780615879949 $6.00, 66 pages Amazon, Ingram [email protected] www.longtrailpress.com I Am: Renewal from within the Garden Dr. Lucie K. Lewis 9780985960506 $25.00, 193 pages Amazon, Baker & Taylor, Barnes & Noble Dawn Porter Dr. Lewis had anchored herself through a cherished loved-one’s strength, but when she died, Dr. Lewis was lost until she reanchored her life through a search that led her on a journey of emotional healing. In this work, Dr Lewis guides you through the journey that lifted her from depression. This book is for all who seek renewal and restoration. Many consider Rhode Island to be a very small place. So it is surprising to learn how many great and wonderful things have come from “Little Rhody.” From Slater Mill to the Touro Synagogue, from H.P Lovecraft to Pauly D., from Block Island to Roger Williams Park Zoo, there are many wondrous and unique people, places and things that are proud to call Rhode Island home. So from the shores of Prudence Island to the peak of Jerimoth Hill, have fun: “Searching for Rhode Island.” [email protected] www.stillwaterpress.com [email protected] www.creativefuturesllc.com 1918 David Cornish, MD Written by a doctor of internal medicine, 1918 is a rigorously researched historical novel about the world’s worst pandemic. Dr. Edward Noble, an army major and infectious disease sub-specialist, has a unique position in Boston that allows him to detect an emerging influenza strain that is an unprecedented global threat. Up to 100 million people died from the infection. The medical literature and terminology of the time is used to put the reader in the mind of an early 20th century physician. [email protected] davidcornishbooks.com The Permanente Medical Group 9781482687156 $25.00 767 pages Amazon 20 21 NOTES 22 NOTES 23 24