Chicago-based Style Wonderland Boutiqueville covered VoteApparel on Wednesday, highlighting the shirts as a great way to encourage voting without having to risk “coming under fire from your opposing political party just for encouraging people to vote.”
We agree, sometimes subtlety is key…
BLUE EGGS AND YELLOW TOMATOES by Jeanne Kelley, has been selected as the 2008 Southern California Independent Booksellers Association “Nonfiction Book of the Year”.
This visually stunning book is an ode to kitchen gardening and is a true gem from Running Press‘ outstanding cookbook program. Author and Bon Appetit contributor Jeanne Kelley will be on hand at the SCIBA regional trade dinner to accept her award.
Congratulations to Jeanne Kelley and to Running Press for this major achievement!
Erotic romance publisher to provide high-quality, affordable content online
[Boston, MA, September 3, 2008] – Hollan Publishing, Inc. principals Holly Schmidt and Allan Penn have joined forces with literary agent Lori Perkins to form Literary Partners Group, Inc., which has announced the launch of Ravenous Romance™, an online publishing company. Ravenous Romance™ will publish daily novel-length erotic romances, as well as lunchtime “Hot Fling™” short stories in e-book and downloadable MP3 format. The company will offer content online at www.RavenousRomance.com beginning December 1, 2008.
Recognizing the shrinking margins and increasing obsolescence of print publishing in today’s market, LPG has leveraged their combined expertise and experience in the growing erotica and romance categories, and is taking them to the rapidly-expanding digital market. E-books and audiobooks are two of the strongest growth areas in publishing, as readers have begun to embrace the convenience of downloading material to smart phones, iPods, PDAs, personal computers, and various new-to-market electronic readers such as the Amazon Kindle and the Sony Reader.
Ravenous Romance™ will offer erotic romance – stories with strong plots and character development, but with steamy sex scenes and explicit descriptions of sexual encounters. The stories will feature strong, passionate heroines and plots that express a broad range of fantasies. Ravenous Romance™ will be a destination site for women, with erotica that celebrates female sexuality, and strong Web 2.0 community-building features.
“We’re not the first in this arena, but we have a competitive advantage due to our unique experience and our ability to price and market our product aggressively, without the channel conflict that characterizes the large trade publishers’ forays into e-books,” says publisher and co-founder Holly Schmidt, who also points out that none of their competitors offer both audiobooks and e-books, nor do they offer new material with the frequency that Ravenous Romance™ will. “We will succeed by producing exceptionally high-quality erotic fiction by award-winning writers and their protégées, and offering it to our readers at an extremely competitive price point. In today’s market, consumers want quality content at an affordable price, with a visually-appealing and user-friendly retail interface. That is what Ravenous Romance™ will deliver.”
Romance is the most popular genre in modern literature, generating $1.37 billion in net sales annually and accounting for 26.4% of all books sold. Demographically, 56% of romance readers are under age 44, and 74% have college degrees. Overall, these women are computer-literate and comfortable with new technologies. They are also voracious consumers, having read an average of nine romance novels each in 2006. Digital content offers a way for women to keep their interest in erotic romance discreet, portable, and affordable. Schmidt points out that e-publishing is also an eco-friendly alternative to the environmentally damaging nature of traditional mass market publishing. With thousands of new romance titles printed, warehoused, and shipped each year in the U.S. alone, the environmental impact is significant.
Visit Ravenous Romance™ online at www.RavenousRomance.com , where you can download a free Hot Fling™ and register to win an iPod Touch.
For more information or to request an interview with Literary Partners Group, please contact Dalyn A. Miller at 617-504-6869 or via email at Dalyn@DalynMillerPR.com.
About Literary Partners Group, Inc.
Holly Schmidt is a publishing executive with 15 years of experience in editorial, marketing, and sales. She joined forces with award-winning photographer Allan Penn to launch book packager Hollan Publishing, Inc. in 2006. Hollan creates innovative, visual non-fiction books, including those in the love and relationships category. Lori Perkins is an agent with over 20 years of experience selling erotica and an impressive stable of authors.
Post Labor Day and election coverage heats right up!
Newsweek.com linked to the Boston Globe’s recent coverage of VoteApparel.com yesterday, following their coverage of Robert Indiana’s recently unveiled “HOPE” sculpture outside at the Democratic National Convention in Denver.
To read more about that story, click here.
To wear your vote & let it be counted, click here.
Looks like the Dems are still in the lead…
Our client base has never been dull, but this Fall it’s about to get a bit more risque. DMPR has recently signed on to promote Ravenous Romance™, an online publisher of e-book romance novels.
Ravenous Romance™ will publish daily novel-length erotic romances, as well as lunchtime “Hot Fling™” short stories in e-book and downloadable MP3 format. The company will offer content online at www.RavenousRomance.com beginning December 1, 2008.
Ravenous Romance™ will offer erotic romance–stories with strong plots and character development, but with steamy sex scenes and explicit descriptions of sexual encounters. The stories will feature strong, passionate heroines and plots that express a broad range of fantasies. Ravenous Romance™ will be a destination site for women, with a female-empowerment approach to erotica that celebrates female sexuality, and strong Web 2.0 community-building features.
At DMPR we’re passionate promoters of all of our clients’ lifestlye categories: food, politics, books, and more. This Fall we’ll be getting passionate about passion.
Hot off the presses and just in time to assist with your fall travel plans. Heather
Stimmler-Hall’s sexy guide to the City of Light is gorgeous, full of beautiful four color
photos and so much info! She leaves no sensual stone unturned.
Look for it in stores next month!
Votapparel.com was featured in the Boston Globe Sidekick last week, and again on Boston.com over the weekend. Click here to check it out and here to buy a shirt & let your vote be counted!
Looks like the liberals are winning…
I have a sweet tooth…okay, I actually have an everything tooth…but there are few things that excite this publicist so much as dessert. Whether it’s cupcakes or fancy deconstructed fine dining style dessert plates, I LOVE to eat sweets. I’m so very thrilled that we’ve just signed on for a campaign with SWEET, a new pastry shop and dessert bar opening in Worcester this summer
Award winning pastry chef Alina Eisenhauer (formerly of The Sturbridge Baking Company) will open doors to the new retail pastry shop next Tuesday to coincide with the 6th Annual Taste of Shrewsbury Street. Keep an eye out for the SWEET girls if you go, who will be passing out coupons for a free cupcake. Who doesn’t love a free cupcake?
The dessert bar will open later in the month, and will feature fine dining-style dessert plates, an amazing wine list with and extensive selection of port & suggested pairings, and a full bar with a 2 a.m. license.
I love me an election year. The excitement and anticipation, the sense of possibility — it’s thrilling. This year, Dalyn Miller PR has the unique opportunity to get involved by promoting a very cool new client, VOTE Apparel. They make tee-shirts boasting this logo:
The image is screened on blue, red, and green well-cut American Apparel tees if you want to broadcast your party affiliation, and white for those of us who just want people to vote. Because as we learned in 2000, every vote counts
I was lucky enough in April to travel around the country with New Zealand cooking sensation, and our client, Julie Biuso as we promoted her first American cookbook, SIZZLE. After a terrific (and fruitful!) IACP conference in New Orleans and a NZ Grilled Brunch Satellite TV Tour out of San Diego, Julie and I were guests in the home of the Orange County Register’s food maven, Cathy Thomas. While there, Cathy and Julie made a mouthwatering salad perfect for the warm summer weather and put the whole thing on tape. You can find it (and the recipe) by visiting the Orange County Register or clicking here: Julie Biuso and Cathy Thomas make Chicken Skewers on Watermelon and Feta Salad.
Enjoy!
