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PR for People® Book Reviews: How May I Help You?

Barbara McMichael

June 14, 2017

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The American Dream has always included the idea of satisfying employment and upward mobility, but a new book by Deepak Singh sketches out a less rosy reality.

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Canonical and Influential Author-Publishers

Anna Faktorovich

September 02, 2017

The mainstream publishing industry has popularized the stereotype that “self-published” books are inferior to “traditional” ones because the author does not receive an advance and the services provided are less professional. The reality is that the Big Four publishers attained their enormous market share by, at least initially, relying on author subsidies. When advances were paid, they were typically loans that had to be repaid if a book failed to sell a volume of books that would cover the advance.

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PR for People® Reviews: Beyond $15 – Jonathan Rosenblum

Barbara McMichael

May 21, 2017

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My hometown of SeaTac, Washington – a landscape snared between the burgeoning metropolises of Seattle and Tacoma – is home not only to the 9th busiest airport in the nation but also to a hugely diverse immigrant population. The local school district reports that more than a hundred different primary languages are represented in its student body.

Even more remarkable is...

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Ancient Animal Rights Tale Gets a Human Menagerie

Patricia Vaccarino

March 28, 2017

Two Rabbis, a Kentucky Sufi, a Christian editor, a Muslim artist, a Saudi Arabian princess.

Two American Rabbis translated and adapted an ancient Iraqi tale into what is believed to be the first English adaptation---The Animals’ Lawsuit Against Humanity. Rabbi Dan Bridge and Rabbi Anson Laytner put more action into the story, jazzed up the ending, and personified both the animals and the humans. The book...

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A History of Ambition in 50 Hoaxes – Gale Eaton

Barbara McMichael

March 21, 2017

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A History of Ambition in 50 Hoaxes – Gale Eaton

Tilbury House – 272 pp - $24.95

Fake news has certainly been having a hey-day. From the White House to the Kremlin, disinformation, fear-mongering and smear campaigns have left news consumers reeling. For the nation’s new Commander-in-Tweet to call our foremost news organizations “fake media...