It's been a while since we last posted, but we're still here. To that end however, we've decided short of any huge announcements, we'll be only blogging updates quarterly.
As 2011 comes to a close, it's very obvious that ebooks are beginning to eclipse sales of our trade paperbacks. As more and more devices come out that support ebooks, especially with the ever present Kindle App for Android, etc., we're seeing about a 4:1 ratio of sales of ebooks vs. trade paperbacks. Will there ever come a time when "real" books are no longer published? Consider that it's been said that CDs will be gone within 5 years in favor of total electronic music distribution, it's very possible that the only physical books you'll find are special printings.
Stephen O'Connor's outstanding work "Spy in the City of Books" has been nominated for an IPPY, that's the Independent Publisher Book Awards. Two years ago, Larry Brooks' "Whisper of the Seventh Thunder" won best suspense novel so we're hopeful that Steve can reel in a second award for our little publishing business.
In 2012, we'll be cutting back to just a few books published, primarily gearing our efforts towards marketing the fine books we've already released the past three years. The biggest release will be "Mill City Stories: Tales of Lowell & The Merrimack Valley," a compilation of stories from local authors past and present. We're going to donate all the profits from this book to a veteran's charity and kick it off with a release party at the UMass-Lowell Conference Center on June 8th. More on that as we get closer. We also have a huge announcement about an unpublished piece by a well renowned author for the book that we'll let slip once we work out the full agreement.
Mike Girard's "Psycho Chicken & Other Foolish Tales" is now available as an audio book. Right now it's only available as a 6 CD set for sale at Fools' shows, but we're working on a digital download through our website. It's even funnier to listen to Mike read it (with music and sound effects) than it was reading the book on your own.
We're also hoping to do another Murder Mystery event with some of our authors in 2012. Look for more info for that in the future.
Have a great New Years and we'll update no later than the spring...unless there's huge breaking news...and that's quite possible!
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Friday, December 30, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
Happy New Year - The January Update
Happy New Year to all our friends.
2010 was a great year two for our company and we're looking forward to what's coming up in 2011.
The first thing we need to clear up as the year begins is who we are. It's come to our attention that there has been a white supremacist group using the name Sons of Liberty for quite a while. In fact, we believe they may have actually published some books. We just want to make it clear that we are NOT that group, nor are we involved in any activities along the lines of that group's goals. About a year ago, we actually got a rather humorous email from one such group using that name that demanded we stop using it unless our belief system was inline with theirs.
That's not going to happen. The original Sons of Liberty were American revolutionists from the Boston area who stood up to English oppression. Men like Sam Adams (who also happened to be a publisher) put their lives on the line for what they believed in. By using that name, we pay tribute to our New England roots and the spirit of independence and freedom. We will not ever consider publishing any book that involves hate speech or racial supremacy.
Our first release for the new year is a book by J.F. Dacey called "Take the Long Way Home." It's a whimsical story of a taxi driver in a crumbling mill city in the late seventies told in first person.
You can find it here at Amazon.
Meanwhile next month we'll be releasing a great new book by Lowell author Stephen O'Connor called "The Spy in the City of Books."
The past has caught up with Martin LeBris. During World War II, he served the Office of Strategic Services as a spy and saboteur in Lyon, France. Nearly sixty years later, Lowell cop Gerry O'Neil is trying to unravel the mystery of why an assassin is stalking LeBris. The answer to that question lies buried in the dark days of Nazi Occupation, and in the unforgiving memory of The Spy in the City of Books.
On Sunday February 20th, we'll be celebrating this release at the Athenian Corner restaurant in downtown Lowell at 2:00 p.m. Stephen will read a selection from the book and be there to answer questions. We will have plenty of books for sale.
Meanwhile, Mike Girard's "Psycho Chicken & Other Foolish Tales" has easily become our bestselling book in our two year history. Mike has been all over New England promoting the book with a series of shows with his band The Fools, on radio, in print and on television. The book is available at Amazon in trade paperback and now in Kindle format as well.
We'll soon have even bigger news on this book (here's a hint...big screen...as in a silver one...)
We've also set up a store where you can buy t-shirts, mugs and other items with the cover artwork and title. Go ahead and check it out here. It'll make your friends very jealous.
Finally and maybe most important, we are putting together a collection of short stories called "Mill City Tales" which will focus on Lowell. MA and the surrounding Merrimack Valley area. The book will be fiction and non-fiction stories from authors we've previously published and some new literary voices. The best part of this is that we have committed to donate all profits from the sale of this book to a veterans charity. (we'll let you know which one after we let them know). The intent it to have this book out by June with a big release party.
So if you have a story you'd like to submit, please do so by the end of February to publisher@sonsoflibertypublishing.com. You might find yourself a published author.
Next month we hope to tell you more about where Mike's book may be going, a new release for April and what's in store for the rest of the year.
2010 was a great year two for our company and we're looking forward to what's coming up in 2011.
The first thing we need to clear up as the year begins is who we are. It's come to our attention that there has been a white supremacist group using the name Sons of Liberty for quite a while. In fact, we believe they may have actually published some books. We just want to make it clear that we are NOT that group, nor are we involved in any activities along the lines of that group's goals. About a year ago, we actually got a rather humorous email from one such group using that name that demanded we stop using it unless our belief system was inline with theirs.
That's not going to happen. The original Sons of Liberty were American revolutionists from the Boston area who stood up to English oppression. Men like Sam Adams (who also happened to be a publisher) put their lives on the line for what they believed in. By using that name, we pay tribute to our New England roots and the spirit of independence and freedom. We will not ever consider publishing any book that involves hate speech or racial supremacy.
Our first release for the new year is a book by J.F. Dacey called "Take the Long Way Home." It's a whimsical story of a taxi driver in a crumbling mill city in the late seventies told in first person.
You can find it here at Amazon.
Meanwhile next month we'll be releasing a great new book by Lowell author Stephen O'Connor called "The Spy in the City of Books."The past has caught up with Martin LeBris. During World War II, he served the Office of Strategic Services as a spy and saboteur in Lyon, France. Nearly sixty years later, Lowell cop Gerry O'Neil is trying to unravel the mystery of why an assassin is stalking LeBris. The answer to that question lies buried in the dark days of Nazi Occupation, and in the unforgiving memory of The Spy in the City of Books.
On Sunday February 20th, we'll be celebrating this release at the Athenian Corner restaurant in downtown Lowell at 2:00 p.m. Stephen will read a selection from the book and be there to answer questions. We will have plenty of books for sale.
Meanwhile, Mike Girard's "Psycho Chicken & Other Foolish Tales" has easily become our bestselling book in our two year history. Mike has been all over New England promoting the book with a series of shows with his band The Fools, on radio, in print and on television. The book is available at Amazon in trade paperback and now in Kindle format as well.
We'll soon have even bigger news on this book (here's a hint...big screen...as in a silver one...)
We've also set up a store where you can buy t-shirts, mugs and other items with the cover artwork and title. Go ahead and check it out here. It'll make your friends very jealous.
Finally and maybe most important, we are putting together a collection of short stories called "Mill City Tales" which will focus on Lowell. MA and the surrounding Merrimack Valley area. The book will be fiction and non-fiction stories from authors we've previously published and some new literary voices. The best part of this is that we have committed to donate all profits from the sale of this book to a veterans charity. (we'll let you know which one after we let them know). The intent it to have this book out by June with a big release party.
So if you have a story you'd like to submit, please do so by the end of February to publisher@sonsoflibertypublishing.com. You might find yourself a published author.
Next month we hope to tell you more about where Mike's book may be going, a new release for April and what's in store for the rest of the year.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Psycho Chicken & Other Foolish Tales Cover is Here!
Greetings from Sons of Liberty Publishing with our September update.
As always, we're busy as hell here with all of the different projects going on. Our next book release is the long awaited sort of...kind of true story of the legendary Boston band The Fools written by their frontman Mike Girard. The Fools are best known for their songs 'Psycho Chicken,' 'Life Sucks...Then You Die,' 'World Dance Party' and "Doo Wah Diddy' amongst others.
So here it is, the very first place the cover will be seen in public...
So what do you think? The cover is meant to evoke the lunacy of the band, along with the classic Japanese monster movies and the old style EC Comics cover. If you look closely, in the background you'll see a number of Mike's classic characters too. How many can you name?
So when will the book be available you ask? The official release date is November, 27 2010 at The Fools' show scheduled at the Blue Ocean Performance Hall in Salisbury, MA. After that, Mike will be doing some in-store signings at local stores...more info to come on that one. We'll also be offering a very limited edition lithograph of the cover signed by Mike and artist Don Mousseau at the book release show. How cool would that look signed and framed on your wall?
Meanwhile, while you wait for Mike's book, how about a good mystery? Lloyd L. Corricelli's second Ronan Marino no
vel is out. It's called Chasing Curves: A Ronan Marino Mystery and in this one, Ronan tries to clear a UMass-Lowell baseball player accused of murdering his prospective agent's secretary.
You can purchase it at Amazon, the downtown Lowell Barnes & Noble or it can be special ordered at most other bookstores. If you like your detectives hardboiled and stories full of sex, violence and humor, you're going to love Ronan.
Well, that's all for now. Next month we'll have more news on Psycho Chicken & Other Foolish Tales as well as news on other soon to be published books.
As always, we're busy as hell here with all of the different projects going on. Our next book release is the long awaited sort of...kind of true story of the legendary Boston band The Fools written by their frontman Mike Girard. The Fools are best known for their songs 'Psycho Chicken,' 'Life Sucks...Then You Die,' 'World Dance Party' and "Doo Wah Diddy' amongst others.
So here it is, the very first place the cover will be seen in public...
So what do you think? The cover is meant to evoke the lunacy of the band, along with the classic Japanese monster movies and the old style EC Comics cover. If you look closely, in the background you'll see a number of Mike's classic characters too. How many can you name?So when will the book be available you ask? The official release date is November, 27 2010 at The Fools' show scheduled at the Blue Ocean Performance Hall in Salisbury, MA. After that, Mike will be doing some in-store signings at local stores...more info to come on that one. We'll also be offering a very limited edition lithograph of the cover signed by Mike and artist Don Mousseau at the book release show. How cool would that look signed and framed on your wall?
Meanwhile, while you wait for Mike's book, how about a good mystery? Lloyd L. Corricelli's second Ronan Marino no
vel is out. It's called Chasing Curves: A Ronan Marino Mystery and in this one, Ronan tries to clear a UMass-Lowell baseball player accused of murdering his prospective agent's secretary.You can purchase it at Amazon, the downtown Lowell Barnes & Noble or it can be special ordered at most other bookstores. If you like your detectives hardboiled and stories full of sex, violence and humor, you're going to love Ronan.
Well, that's all for now. Next month we'll have more news on Psycho Chicken & Other Foolish Tales as well as news on other soon to be published books.
Friday, February 12, 2010
The February Update
Sorry for the long time in posting, but things are happening in a fast and furious way here at Sons of Liberty Publishing. The new year has been upon us and we are about to release our first novel of 2010.
On March 1, Larry Brook's apocalyptic thriller "Whisper of the Seventh Thunder" will be out. This is an incredible book that Harriet Klausner (Amazon's #1 ranked reviewer) called "a fascinating enthralling apocalyptic thriller that deftly blends Brown, Clancy and LaHaye-Jenkins." If you like Dan Brown's work, you will absolutely love this novel. Larry is a gifted author who is going to knock your socks off.
In other big news, we've signed noted author David Daniel
(http://www.daviddanielbooks.com/) to a deal to publish a collection of stories called "Coffin Dust." (Don't worry about what his website says...believe me, it's us publishing it and that will be fixed soon by his webmaster). The stories are very much in the "Twilight Zone" genre of things.
David is a very well known author who has been published numerous times by the big New York guys. His "Alex Rasmussen" detective series (which takes place in Lowell, MA...the same city that Ronan Marino lives in) is what put him on the map and his follow up novels ike "Reunion" and "White Rabbit" have been very highly praised by major publications. We are thrilled to have him on board.
Meanwhile, Lloyd L. Corricelli's next Ronan Marino book called "Chasing Curves" is about to begin editing and the cover is being worked. We hope for a 1 July release for this anticipated follow up to "Two Redheads & A Dead Blonde." Lloyd is also working on the third Ronan adventure for a summer 2011 release.
The company has also just made an offer to another author who came to us via a Lowell Sun article about us. More to come on that when the ink is dry on the contract.
Meanwhile the still untitled Mike Girard (of the band The Fools) book is going well and there may be a big announcement soon as to who is writing the forward. Believe me, we're talking big . big, big news here. Still no consensus on the title yet. Mike wants to call it "Brown M&Ms" (rock fans should get the reference), but we're not so sure Mars Candy will go for that.
In addition to the book part of things, we're hoping to bring in a marketing expert to our team to focus on getting the word out on our products.
We've also already started to look at books for 2011. Unfortunately, we've been forced to temporarily stop accepting submissions from new authors for the time being to get through the submissions we have. We hope to start accepting them again later this year.
To those of you who have bought our books, thank you. For those who haven't...what are you waiting for!
Until next time.
On March 1, Larry Brook's apocalyptic thriller "Whisper of the Seventh Thunder" will be out. This is an incredible book that Harriet Klausner (Amazon's #1 ranked reviewer) called "a fascinating enthralling apocalyptic thriller that deftly blends Brown, Clancy and LaHaye-Jenkins." If you like Dan Brown's work, you will absolutely love this novel. Larry is a gifted author who is going to knock your socks off.
In other big news, we've signed noted author David Daniel
(http://www.daviddanielbooks.com/) to a deal to publish a collection of stories called "Coffin Dust." (Don't worry about what his website says...believe me, it's us publishing it and that will be fixed soon by his webmaster). The stories are very much in the "Twilight Zone" genre of things.
David is a very well known author who has been published numerous times by the big New York guys. His "Alex Rasmussen" detective series (which takes place in Lowell, MA...the same city that Ronan Marino lives in) is what put him on the map and his follow up novels ike "Reunion" and "White Rabbit" have been very highly praised by major publications. We are thrilled to have him on board.
Meanwhile, Lloyd L. Corricelli's next Ronan Marino book called "Chasing Curves" is about to begin editing and the cover is being worked. We hope for a 1 July release for this anticipated follow up to "Two Redheads & A Dead Blonde." Lloyd is also working on the third Ronan adventure for a summer 2011 release.
The company has also just made an offer to another author who came to us via a Lowell Sun article about us. More to come on that when the ink is dry on the contract.
Meanwhile the still untitled Mike Girard (of the band The Fools) book is going well and there may be a big announcement soon as to who is writing the forward. Believe me, we're talking big . big, big news here. Still no consensus on the title yet. Mike wants to call it "Brown M&Ms" (rock fans should get the reference), but we're not so sure Mars Candy will go for that.
In addition to the book part of things, we're hoping to bring in a marketing expert to our team to focus on getting the word out on our products.
We've also already started to look at books for 2011. Unfortunately, we've been forced to temporarily stop accepting submissions from new authors for the time being to get through the submissions we have. We hope to start accepting them again later this year.
To those of you who have bought our books, thank you. For those who haven't...what are you waiting for!
Until next time.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Big Happenings at Sons of Liberty Publishing
Big things happening here with our little publishing company.
First up, best-selling author Larry Brooks' book "Whisper of the Seventh Thunder" is edited, the cover is nearly complete and the book is going out to major national reviewers with an early March release date. If you like Dan Brown, you will love this apocolyptic thriller.
We've also signed Mike Girard, singer of the legendary New England band "The Fools" to write a book about a band that went right to the edge of being huge in the eighties but never got that final push. They had tons of MTV play, played gigs all over the world and opened for bands like Van Halen and Rush. Those of you who are fans of "The Fools" know what a character Mike is and this is going to be a fun read.
"Thunder From Rain" our second release is out as well. If you like historical fiction about the Old West, you'll really enjoy this book. There are a few scenes in the book that will bring tears to your eyes.
Lloyd L. Corricelli did our first ever book signing in Lowell, MA for "Two Redheads & A Dead Blonde." The weather was absolutely terrible but Lloyd did okay for the first time out. His second book in the Ronan Marino Mystery Series "Chasing Curves" is due out in May. Look for another book signing sometime in the future.
If you are a writer, we areaccepting submissions. We have room for one or two more books in 2010. Please check out our web page at sonsoflibertypublishing.com for the types of books we're looking for. Email us a one page synopsis in the body of the email and if we're interested, we'll email back and ask for a few chapters.
As you can see, our web page has been greatly upgraded with even more improvements coming.
Things are moving faster than we could have ever imagined. Thanks to those of you who bought our books. Please tell your friends about us if you enjoyed what you read.
We'll be back for probably one final post before the end of the 2009. Have a great Thanksgiving!
First up, best-selling author Larry Brooks' book "Whisper of the Seventh Thunder" is edited, the cover is nearly complete and the book is going out to major national reviewers with an early March release date. If you like Dan Brown, you will love this apocolyptic thriller.
We've also signed Mike Girard, singer of the legendary New England band "The Fools" to write a book about a band that went right to the edge of being huge in the eighties but never got that final push. They had tons of MTV play, played gigs all over the world and opened for bands like Van Halen and Rush. Those of you who are fans of "The Fools" know what a character Mike is and this is going to be a fun read.
"Thunder From Rain" our second release is out as well. If you like historical fiction about the Old West, you'll really enjoy this book. There are a few scenes in the book that will bring tears to your eyes.
Lloyd L. Corricelli did our first ever book signing in Lowell, MA for "Two Redheads & A Dead Blonde." The weather was absolutely terrible but Lloyd did okay for the first time out. His second book in the Ronan Marino Mystery Series "Chasing Curves" is due out in May. Look for another book signing sometime in the future.
If you are a writer, we areaccepting submissions. We have room for one or two more books in 2010. Please check out our web page at sonsoflibertypublishing.com for the types of books we're looking for. Email us a one page synopsis in the body of the email and if we're interested, we'll email back and ask for a few chapters.
As you can see, our web page has been greatly upgraded with even more improvements coming.
Things are moving faster than we could have ever imagined. Thanks to those of you who bought our books. Please tell your friends about us if you enjoyed what you read.
We'll be back for probably one final post before the end of the 2009. Have a great Thanksgiving!
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