Viva Editions are books that inform, enlighten, and entertain. The very name, "Viva!", is celebratory. And while Viva Editions is a line of books that are as fun as they are informational, the intention behind Viva is very serious—these are books that are truly helpful and intended to enhance people's lives.


Tuesday, August 25, 2009

reading for people who never could before!

This company is so cool- I love the story of how they started.  Read on! bk
ReadHowYouWant
August 2009
Inside this Issue
1. Featured Title:Relative Danger
2. New Publishing Partners
3. RHYW in the News
4. Publisher Profile:The Mountaineers Books
5. Things We Love





Featured Title: Relative Danger 

Benjamin Franklin Award winning, Relative Danger, from Poisoned Pen Press, is author Charles Benoit's debut novel. To read the full review, click here 

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Relative Danger


New Publishing Partners 

RHYW is pleased to announce its newest publishing partners: Allen & Unwin, Red Wheel/Weiser, Woodslane Press and Standard Publishing. 

As well, RHYW is pleased to welcome the following publishers through Perseus Books Group and Constellation: Basic Books, Public Affairs Books, Theatre Communications Group, Vanguard Press, Basic Civitas Books, Nation Books, Bellevue Literary Press, Da Capo Press, Seal Press, Fulcrum Publishing, Bitter Lemon Press, Papaloa Press, Featherproof Books, and Newmarket Press.

To learn more about these publishers, 
click here

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RHYW in the News

Publishers Weekly's
 August 3rd article, "Selling Sex in a Recession: Erotica," featured new RHYW publishing partner Cleis Press. Brenda Knight, associate publisher of Cleis Press's Viva Editions was quoted saying, "We are extremely excited to be able to provide erotica books to the visually impaired for the first time." 

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Publisher Profile: The Mountaineers Books

ReadHowYouWant interviewed publicist, Shanna Knowlton, who states that "The publishing industry has made major strides to become an environmentally sound industry..." To read more about The Mountaineers Books, click here

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Things We Love 

Louise Brown, 91, is visually impaired, and has borrowed nearly 25,000 books from her local Stanraer, England library. Her daughter said, "She has aids to help her sight and she usually borrows large print books." Mrs. Brown has never incurred a late fee. Click here to read the full article . 

Large Print Reviews has reviewed two new RHYW titles:Macular Degeneration by Michael A. Samuel (Basic Health Publications), and Blaze of Glory by Michael Pryor (Random House Australia). 

Author Debbe Kennedy wrote a thank you letter to RHYW founder and her publisher. 

Dogs Move Too! by Anthony M.T. Majewski is a 2009 Beach Book Festival winner.

To read more about The Things We Love, 
click here 

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