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Two negatives and a positive equals …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: Dee Power or Brian Hill
480-837-4369, authors@brianhillanddeepower.com

(Fountain Hills, AZ – June 25, 2005) Two negatives and a positive equals three new books on the publishing industry which assist aspiring authors navigate the maze to publication.

The Making of a Bestseller: Success Stories From Authors and The Editors, Agents and Booksellers Behind Them, by Brian Hill and Dee Power, ISBN: 0793193087, Dearborn Trade Publishing, March 2005. The exciting journey to the top of the bestseller lists, as seen through the eyes of celebrated authors, editors and literary agents. Over 175,000 books are published every year: the odds are less than 1% to successfully climbing the bestseller list. What separates the winners in the battle for bestseller status? What makes a bestseller happen? Brian Hill and Dee Power interviewed over 50 successful authors, publishers, editors, agents, book reviewers, and other experts to find the answer.

78 Reasons Why Your Book May Never Be Published and 14 Reasons Why It Just Might, by Pat Walsh, Penguin, ISBN: 0143035657 June 2005. For the hundreds of thousands who buy writers’ guides every year, at last there’s one that tells the ugly truth: writers who can’t get published are usually making a lot of mistakes. This honest, often funny, book shows them how to identify their own missteps, stop listening to bad advice, and get to work. Drawing on his experience as founding editor of MacAdam/Cage, Pat Walsh gives writers what they need—specific, straightforward feedback to help them overcome bad habits and bad luck.

Some Writers Deserve To Starve: 31 Brutal Truths about the Publishing Industry, by Elaura Niles, Writers Digest Books, ISBN: 1582973547, January 2005, While commitment and craft can take writers to the top, most will fail without the insider savvy needed to navigate the publishing industry. Not just another happily-ever-after writing book, this guide provides twenty-seven cold, hard truths about the realities of getting published… including Nepotism Happens and Writers Rarely Help Other Writers -Easy-to-digest, quick lessons that are both browsable and succinct.

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About the Authors:

Brian Hill and Dee Power were inspired by their own publishing experiences to research and write The Making of a Bestseller. Hill and Power have also co-authored Inside Secrets To Venture Capital and Attracting Capital From Angels. Besides nonfiction books on the exciting subject of ‘success,’ they write novels and screenplays in the suspense and action/adventure genres. Both authors have Master of Business Administration degrees. Power has been interviewed as a publishing industry expert from the author’s point of view by the New York Times, Washington Post, Associated Press and Publishers Weekly. Contact them through their website www.BrianHillAndDeePower.com.

About the Book:

The Making of a Bestseller: Success Stories from Authors and the Editors, Agents, and Booksellers Behind Them ($19.95, 256 pages, 6 x 9, softcover, ISBN: 0-7931-9308-7) is available at neighborhood and online booksellers or by calling 1-800-245-BOOK.