Granada Hills author and retired professor of Humanities is to bringing his literary work to his audience through all mediums or bust at the Book Expo America at the Jacob Javitz Convention Center in NYC next week building his readership and bridging from digital to print.
With two novels, "figuratively under his arm", he is reaching beyond work in theatre and in the humanities to follow his muse and find reviews and input in a reverse migration from digital platforms on Kindle to a physical show in Manhattan. Be on the watch for a new face, voice, and titles.
In Frankfurt Germany, in preparation for Buchmesse, you would see large format faces staring back at you in the signage announcing the pending book fair, unlike CES Las Vegas where large format has been distracting digital billboards with photos, videos and huge fonts. This year, at the LA Book Fair, a consumer show on USC Campus, more and more faces, promotions, and signs have touted writers. Wow! Culture and talent have taken root.
And whether it was the Hulu Hand Maids with their red dresses and white bonnets or images in the directory or banners, we are in Los Angeles building readers who come out to see the new children's books, their favorite authors, and speakers on issues, tellers of stories, performers, poets, new editions of the Koran, dictionaries, writers groups, newspapers, radios, political science and arts. They also come out to see their favorite local writers, genres, musicians, audiobooks, imprints, book shepherds, imprinters, designers, and tee shirts producers.
Nationally our mutual cause to create recreational readers is perhaps aflame. NAIPR's reps and big corporations, colleges and universities producing graduate school and college writers, bloggers, and young journalists, new professors and old are priming a new generation of authors that will be filling up the Javitz Center at the end of May in NYC. On September 2nd, the17th Library of Congress National Book Festival will have "Dozens of Authors and Presenters" and the public will have a chance at gifts, events, issues, and favorite voices once again in time for school, studies, articles, graduations, and the holidays.
At the American Booksellers Annual event, Neil Patrick Harris to Dennis Leary and from the Arab Publishing Portal to Lemony Snicket, new writers will come and bring their dreams and manuscripts- some attendees will focus on their agents, promoters, educative panels or talk to book buyers, librarian shoppers or targeted publishers at BEA booths next to the Hudson River.
Cliff O'Connell, Board Member of New Education Options, will bring his mystery titles looking for a publishing and distribution deal for his Amazon represented ebook Some Die Trying or his new title "Stillness In the Night" at booth 2262.
"Some Die Trying is a novel of murder. The real killer escapes from arrest. Another man is arrested, tried, convicted and about to be executed for a murder he did not commit. How does the real killer handle this? Does he allow an innocent man to be executed? Some Die Trying is an indictment against capital punishment."
Although Mr. O'Connell's readership and voice are still being discovered his first book got 5 stars in customer ratings and is: Text to Speech enabled as well as lending and word wise enabled and screen reader supported. At this BEA 2017, he is looking for industry readers and reviews and licensing, build relationships for now and the future whether speaking on line or live at a bookstore or event.
Customer Review on Amazon link below: "I loved this story. Never would have thought of such a great tale. Thoroughly enjoyable-I wonder if maybe this is real?" Phoenix
Even though, this author/storyteller may still need more visibility to impact you, the ebook is available now on Kindle for $4.95 (pricing varies). For more about the author, come by the booth or call and make an appointment or ask for a .pdf one sheet. For more information, call Bo at 818-742-5099 or email us at bo_lebo@hotmail.com
Amazon Book/ ASIN: B006T3L3XA (Digital Novel):
https://www.amazon.com/Some-Die-Trying-Clifford-OConnell-ebook/dp/B006T3L3XA
ABA President:
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/60145-oren-teicher-and-the-aba-board-pw-person-of-the-year.html
NEA News:
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/73681-neh-chair-resigns-as-trump-renews-bid-to-eliminate-arts-library-funding.html
Book Festival at Javitz:
http://www.bookexpoamerica.com/
Book Festivals:
https://www.loc.gov/bookfest/
http://www.read.gov/resources/statefairs.php
University Presses by subject, awards, or by genre:
http://nupress.northwestern.edu/subjects
https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/awards
Author tool kits to criminology books:
https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/thematic/criminology-2/list
https://global.oup.com/academic/category/social-sciences/criminology-and-criminal-justice/?cc=us&lang=en&
Rankings matter, these are by genre:
https://www.amazon.com/author-rank/Mystery/digital-text/157307011
Looking up new authors:
https://mysterysequels.com/mystery-authors
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mystery_writers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_fiction
https://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/mystery
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/b/books/mystery-crime/_/N-29Z8q8Z16g4
Issues:
http://www.ncadp.org/
http://www.ncadp.org/pages/about
http://www.ncadp.org/map
http://www.nodeathpenalty.org/about-us
http://nodeathpenalty.org/
Trade Associations:
http://naipr.org/Home.html
wnba-books.org
wnba-books.org
http://www.ewa.org/
http://www.sistersincrime.org/
https://ibpa-online.site-ym.com/events/register.aspx?id=887649
Writers Groups and Writers books:
http://www.bookexpoamerica.com/Events/Conference-Program/
https://pen.org/
New Budget a Death Blow to Arts and Culture:
https://pen.org/press-release/new-budget-proposal-potential-deathblow-arts-culture-funding/
Remember "To Kill A Mockingbird":
https://www.scribd.com/document/128740414/Amicus-Brief-Association-of-American-Publishers
http://audiopub.org/
Find out about Awards and Competitions in Writers Digest or look on Wikipedia:
For example from the Mystery: crime fiction and detective fiction genre:
See also: Category:Mystery and detective fiction awards
Agatha Award
Agatha Christie Award (Japan)
Anthony Award
Arthur Ellis Awards by the Crime Writers of Canada
Ayukawa Tetsuya Award
Barry Award
Best Swedish Crime Novel Award – awarded by Swedish Crime Writers' Academy
Crime Writers' Association awards:
Cartier Diamond Dagger
Dagger in the Library
Dagger of Daggers
Duncan Lawrie International Dagger
Gold Dagger
Ian Fleming Steel Dagger
Short Story Award
Glass Key award
Grand Prix de Littérature Policière
Hammett Prize
Honkaku Mystery Award – awarded by Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan
Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize
Left Coast Crime awards
Lefty award
The Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery
Macavity Award
Martin Beck Award
Mephisto Prize
Mystery Writers of America awards:
Edgar Award
Mystery Writers of Japan awards:
Mystery Writers of Japan Award
Edogawa Rampo Prize
Shamus Award
Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award
Why memberships matter....authors and stores...collaborating as the release year round:
New Books by MWA Members – May 2017
Posted on May 2, 2017 by Margery Flax • 0 Comments
Here are the April 2017 books by some of our members. They may all be found at your local Independent Bookstore. Visit this link to find a store near you: http://www.indiebound.org/
Books
Barbara Allan, Antiques Frame, Kensington
Jerol Anderson, A Lake Koshkonong Tale, Solstice Publishing
Meredith Anthony, Hellmouth, AuthorHouse
Ace Atkins, Robert B. Parker's Little White Lies, G.P. Putnam's Sons
Kristi Belcamino, City of Angels, Polis Books
Barbara Bourland, I'll Eat When I'm Dead, Grand Central
Michele Campbell, It's Always the Husband, St. Martin's Press...partial list from mwa.org website......head there and find the full list!