The May Update

Wow...it's May already?

Yes, we're still here and yes, we're guilty of not updating since January. It's been a busy few months getting through the winter and now into spring. Since our last update, we've been involved in a few notable events we'd like to share.

First was a couple of interactive
murder mystery events at the Zorvino Vineyards in Sandown, NH (www.zorvino.com). The first two were in January and authors Mike Girard and Lloyd L. Corricelli participated in two sold out nights of "Loud and Lethal" which was written by local author CJ West. As you can see from the photo, it was a hell of time.

We followed that up with a second mystery show in late April called "Three Strikes & You're Dead" written by Lloyd. Look for more of these events at Zorvino in the winter. If you've never took part in one, it's an absolute blast.

In January, we released Stephen O'Connor's book "The Spy in the City of Books"to great acclaim. The release event was held at the Athenian Corner restaurant in Lowell, MA and the line was out the door. We actually ran out of books and had to provide a lot of people IOUs. It's a great book that we continue to have high hopes for.

A quick note on ebooks. While five years ago, people snickered at the idea, they've now caught on in a big way and in March of this year, we actually sold as many ebooks as traditional books. This is pretty significant and as more people buy Kindles, Sony eReaders, IPads, etc. they should eventually surpass the sale of the traditional physical books. What this means for traditional publishing remains to be seen but we feel sure that some people will always want a book they can hold in their hands.

Meanwhile, we're preparing our newest release by author Pierre V. Comtois called "Real Heroes: Real Battles." It's a collection of stories about battles from the Revolutionary War, American Civil War and World War II; many of which you may have never heard about. Look for that book to be released in June.

For the rest of the year, we've got Lloyd's new Ronan mystery coming called "The Vicious Cycle" (early fall) and then our big compilation book "Mill City Stories: Tales of Lowell & The Merrimack Valley." There's actually still time to submit a story for inclusion in that book. You have until the end of this month. Please submit it to publisher@sonsoflibertypublishing and we will let you know if it was selected sometime this summer. We're hoping for a big release of this book so we can raise a lot of money for the charity which we'll name very soon.

We're also prepping our first audio book at author Mike Girard has been in the studio reading his "Psycho Chicken & Other Foolish Tales." We expect it to be released in the fall and it may contain a few unreleased gems for fans of Mike's band The Fools. Stay tuned for more details!