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- Hometown:
- Boulder, CO
- About Me and My Book:
- I was born in Florida but have lived in beautiful Boulder, Colorado with my wife and daughter (couldn't handle Florida's heat/humidity and lack of a 3rd dimension). I was raised Lutheran but it always seemed a bit like a fairy tale (not Jesus, but what humans have done with him and his teachings by taking everything so literally and out of historical context).
Seekng to learn more, I've intensively explored spirituality for the last 20 years. A result has been my book, To Bee or Not to Bee, which is now in 7 languages and will be re-released by Sterling Publishing (a subsidiary of Barnes and Noble) in the U.S., Canada. U.K. and Australia this fall. It's a spiritual allegory--clever and spiritually sophisticated--about a disillusioned worker bee who, with the help of a newfound friend, finds fulfillment amidst the mindless tedium and chaos of life in a honeybee colony.
Fresh, new, different, humorous, deep--it's sort of a next-generation Jonathan Livingston Seagull. Check out the trailer, read Chapters 1-3 free and send free ecards on my website and let me know what you think. This is a very exciting time in my life!
- Website:
- http://www.ToBeeBook.com
Seven languages and counting!
My book, To Bee or Not to Bee is of a an unusual genre--the illustrated, inspirational allegory. Clever and spiritually sophisticated, it's the story of a disillusioned worker bee who, with the help of a newfound friend, finds fulfillment amidst the mindless tedium and chaos of life in a honeybee colony. Sort of a next generation Jonathan Livingston Seagull.
To Bee or Not to Bee is now in 7 languages worldwide and Sterling Publishing, a subsidiary of Barnes & Noble, will re-release it this fall in hardcover in the U.S., Canada, U.K. and Australia. They're going to hit the gift book market hard.
Check out the trailer, read the first 3 chapters free and send free ecards at www.ToBeeBook.com and let me know your reactions. Enjoy!
To Bee or Not to Bee is now in 7 languages worldwide and Sterling Publishing, a subsidiary of Barnes & Noble, will re-release it this fall in hardcover in the U.S., Canada, U.K. and Australia. They're going to hit the gift book market hard.
Check out the trailer, read the first 3 chapters free and send free ecards at www.ToBeeBook.com and let me know your reactions. Enjoy!
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Check out my latest blog post to read about my newest cover design, read the latest book review and find out how to attend my first book signing for the JGDS (Junior Geography Detective Squad) children's mystery state book series (signing as illustrator of course).
Here is the cover for the second book in the series just to tempt you further...
Isn't my job cool?
Aidana WillowRaven
www.WillowRavenIllustration.com
IM: willowraven.illustration
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Thanks in advance,
David B. McLaughlin
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Here are the sites listing foreign literary agents dealing in translation rights. There's quite a bit of overlap but I think it pretty much covers the whole world.
Good luck, John
http://www.swayzeagency.com/aboutus.html
http://www.obrien.ie/contact.cfm?list=lite
http://www.escritores.org/recursos/agentes.htm
http://www.esslinger-verlag.de/foreign/agencies.php
http://www.cs.sjsu.edu/faculty/rucker/foreignagents.htm
http://www.henryholt.com/foreignagents.htm
http://www.mcclelland.com/rights/agents.html
http://www.randomhouse.ca/rights/foreign.html
http://www.scribepub.com.au/rights.html
http://www.scribepub.com.au/rights.html
http://www.tla1.com/Sub-Agents.htm
http://everyonewhosanyone.com/aguk2.html
http://www.temple.edu/tempress/foreign_rights.html
http://www.newmarketpress.com/foreignrights.asp
http://www.loewe-verlag.de/rights/agencies.html
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/press/sub.html
Thank you for the great advice. I would be interested in the details and the sites with foreign rights agents.
Tom Tuohy
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Thanks for your comment on my page. I took a look at your trailer and liked it. Have you posted it on YouTube and other video-sharing sites?
You also asked about how to make online publicity more cost-effective. I think that what works best really depends on the book, but focusing on the sites/blogs that reach the right target audience is key and can really make a difference in the success of your campaign.
Good luck!
Patrice-Anne Rutledge
www.websavvywriter.com
Very clever! I will read your first three chapters and let you know what I think. You have a great looking site.
Michelle
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