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Daddy, Where’s your Vagina? A Self-Published book on Stay-at-Home Dads

February 5, 2010

In the past, women were expected to stay at home and take care of the children while the men went to work to provide for the family.

Times have changed. Nowadays, however, both parents go to work or it’s the other way around – the woman works while the man stays at home.

Joseph Schatz writes his experiences as a stay-at-home dad in the Xlibris release, Daddy, Where’s Your Vagina?

This self-published book lets you in on the beauty and madness of being a stay-at-home dad.

 Schatz shows how this compendium leads to an entirely new and different parenting discovery and experience. With gripping and hilarious chronicles of Schatz as a full time stay-at-home dad for more than 9 years, Daddy, Where’s Your Vagina? provides practical tips for couples, invaluable lessons on parenting and highlights the joy of fatherhood.

Whether you are a stay-at-home dad or a working parent, Daddy, Where’s Your Vagina?  is a must read for you.

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Self-published book bags 2009 Reader’s Favorite Award

January 19, 2010

Bill Poje, author of the self-published title Painless bagged the first prize for the fiction thriller category in the 2009 Reader’s Favorite Book Reviews and Awards Contest.

With more than a thousand authors from all over the US who joined the event, this self-published book grabbed the highly coveted gold award alongside other winners in different categories.  

Founded by Debra Gaynor, Reader’s Favorite aims to provide quality books to readers as well as help authors gain more publicity and recognition through credible book reviews and a Book Contest.

Readers Favorite believes that book awards have a huge impact on influencing booksellers and buyers alike. Through their honest book reviews, authors are pointed out issues and given suggestions for areas of their book that need improvement.

Winners of the Reader’s Favorite awards were announced on January 15, 2010.

Painless is a story of a man named Augustus ‘Aug’ Valentine who seems to have everything going in his personal and professional life until his life turns around a riddle of deceit and the portent of death. Painless is self-published by Xlibris.

Bill Poje holds a Bachelors degree in Accounting/Business Administration from Aquinas College and an MBA in Finance and Operations from the Owen Graduate School of Management in Vanderbilt. He became the financial controller for the largest exporter in the Bahamas , after which he moved back to the US to write books.

He is currently working on the sequel to Painless as well as essays, short stories and poetry.

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KIWI ON A CLOUD: SELF-PUBLISHED MYSTERY/ADVENTURE NOVEL

January 7, 2010

 Perky Debbie McWard, New Zealand adventure travel guide, dodges two former lovers, flirts with a hesitant widower, Gil Rocklin, and copes with raucous investigative reporter, Frank Ferret, among her travelers.

Romances give way to fear, as a tourist is murdered, and another is falsely blamed. Debbie discovers that an indicted Yugoslavian war criminal, Ratac “the Butcher” Bymarovitch, is disguised and hiding among her trampers. But among six possible suspects, who?

The most terrifying question is why, of all the tours in the world, one of the world’s most hunted criminals specifically sought out Debbie’s tour group in which to hide, plot, and murder.

Only Debbie, her friends, and two small children can thwart the Butcher’s killing and his rekindling of the Balkan wars.

Surprises sizzle in Croatia, Slovenia, and New Zealand.

Written by Norm Aspen, Kiwi on a Cloud is a mystery novel published by Xlibris.

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A PUBLISHED BOOK ON HOW LEADERS FAIL

December 14, 2009

 

There is no person out there who has achieved success without ever failing. In fact, failure is the most important element in success. Like it or not, fear it or don’t, you are bound to fail more than a few times in your lifetime. And while you cannot get away with failure, you can definitely learn from it.

There are so many books out there on how to succeed, but hardly on how to fail. Author Lee Thayer means well, and has decided to publish a book about failing – in a way that can define your success.

Her self-published title, How Executives Fail is a definitive book about how you unknowingly contribute to your failure. With the right mix of humor, irony, wit and wisdom, this self-published book reveals that what you think greatly determines the outcome.

How Executives Fail lets you into the things that fail or can potentially fail you and will surely change you for the better.

Lee Thayer holds a career as a pioneer and influential innovator in designing and developing high performance organizations since 1960. He became consultant for big firms such as AT&T, Hallmark, IBM, General Motors, Westinghouse and the US Air Force, among others. He has also been invited to speak in major leadership programs all over the world.

He is currently mentoring and coaching CEOs and company presidents at the same time being passionate about his writing and speaking engagements.

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Self-published book gets into the sport of Geocaching

December 8, 2009

 Geocaching is the hottest, fastest growing high tech sport in the country. Do you have a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver? Do you have access to the internet? Do you enjoy the outdoors? Do you like to go on scavenger hunts for hidden treasures? If yu answered yes then you are ready for geocaching!

Team Laughing Gravy has enjoyed geocaching so much that we wanted to open up the sport to more of the public. The Reno area abounds in breathtaking scenery. Many of the local cachers have taken advantage of this by placing caches in locations that provide awesome views.

Rick and Bea Vandenberg, authors of Geocaching Around Reno with Team Laughing Gravy, hope to entice you to find some caches with the photos in this self-published book.

Find out how to get a book published.

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Effortless Dog Training tips in Self-Published book

November 20, 2009

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Dog training is not as simple as it seems. And becoming a dog trainer is a tough job as well. Of course, you cannot become an effective dog trainer if you do not have the passion for dogs. Other than that, you also need to have tremendous patience, be stiff and concise when handling your dog.

Being a dog trainer comes with different challenging yet fun responsibilities. You need to work with the type of breed your dog is and train it to follow commands and hone its skills; assess the development and progress of your canine pet all throughout the duration of the training.

Dog training is not only a exciting profession, it is also a great way to advocate social awareness about caring for and respecting dogs.

There are a number of things that you need to keep in mind when considering the dog training profession. Kevan Behan’s self-published book, Natural Dog Training, helps you understand what to expect when training dogs. It describes a canine’s social behavior and how dogs actually learn.

Natural Dog Training also outlines exercises and handling techniques for proper application and includes a special training program as well.

Kevin Behan started training dogs when he was ten. After twenty years of deeply understanding a dog’s behavior and instincts, with some fifty thousand dogs he had successfully trained, he then went on to publish Natural Dog Training.

 

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Published book reveals Raunchiest Men in History

November 17, 2009

It has been said that the great men of history, whose contributions have enriched our lives today, were open and had brazen sexuality.

There was Diogenes, the famous philosopher who masturbated in the Athenian marketplace; Jean Jacques Rousseau, whose candid revelations in his book The Confessions earned him the title of being ‘the famous masturbator’.

Ernest Hemingway also bragged about his masturbation sessions on the Paris Left Bank while William Shakespeare’s sexual trysts was also intelligently mapped out in his sonnets as well.

Thomas Smith delves into this paradox in his self-published book, The Raunchiest Men in History. In this book, the author digs deep into the kinky lives of some of the world’s greatest men – from writers, poets, artists and even the clergy.

In The Raunchiest Men in History, Smith also reveals the rather shocking and scandalous sexual pathos among the clergy, some of which include Pius II, the great Vivaldi and Alexander VI. He also provides explanation behind this psychology in Freudian context. The book also recounts the author’s sexually intense encounters as well.

The Raunchiest Men in History lets you in on shockingly steamy revelations from some of the world’s greatest men and provides a deeper understanding of the human psyche.

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Self-published book bags PEN Oakland Award

November 9, 2009

C. Paolo Caruso, author of the self-published book, Sophia’s Exit Strategy bested other writers in the 2009 Pen Oakland Award, as distinguished from the Ernest Hemingway PEN for outstanding achievement by first-time authors.

Founded in 1989, PEN Oakland is an international organization of literary artists which aims to address multicultural issues and educate the public as to the nature of multicultural work. It aims to lobby against literary censorship practices across the United States as well as promote the role of literature in the development of mutual understanding and world culture.

PEN, which originally stands for Poets, Essayists and Novelists, now includes writers of any form of literature, such as journalists or historians.The award ceremony will take place on December 6, 2009 in San Francisco.

Sophia’s Exit Strategy is a poignant novel about a beautiful and reserved young woman named Sophia Lucarno, who struggles to break free from the shackles of an arranged marriage.

This self-published book is also available in St. Mar’s Book, New York. Sophia’s Exit Strategy is published with Xlibris.

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When asked about Publishing

November 5, 2009

In an episode of the hit game show Jeopardy, Alex Trebek asks a question under Publishing category:

Question:Xlibris is a P.O.D. service. POD, a do-it-yourself method, stands for?

Answer: POD stands for Print-on-Demand.

Unfortunately, none of the players got the answer right. Wow, I surmise I could have been $1200 richer with that question. Who would have thought?

Interested to know more about POD? Read about it here.

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An awesome publishing present

October 29, 2009

I always look forward to Christmas. Parties here, parties there, presents everywhere. There’s just no better time to celebrate the season of cheer than this season. 

As for me, I cant wait until December, as I’m starting out early. In fact, as early as now I am already making my Christmas list of people I’m going to give presents to.I only want one thing though – to publish a book.

This November, I am publishing a book with Xlibris. The good news is I get to enjoy all publishing features at half the price. Nothing can get any better a gift than this.

If you are planning to publish a book, or want to give a splendid early Christmas present for anyone who wants to become a published author, this is one awesome deal you should not miss.
 
Now you have all the more reasons to celebrate Christmas early. Publishing a book might just be the best gift you can give to yourself this season. Get your FREE book publishing guide now.