Thursday, April 21, 2011

ReadHowYouWant April 2011 Newsletter


ReadHowYouWant
April 2011
Inside this Issue
1. Congrats to The Happiest Refugee!
2. New Publisher Partners
3. Publishers Weekly's "Large As Life"
4. An Update from The London Book Fair
5. RHYW at BEA

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The Happiest Refugee Wins 2011 Indie Award

Australian comedian Anh Do's The Happiest Refugee (Allen & Unwin) is theOverall Winner of the Indie Book of the Year Award 2011! The book also won in the Nonfiction category, and is the first nonfiction title to take the Overall Award. The awards were presented at the Leading Edge Books Conference in front of a large group of Australian Independent booksellers.
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New Publisher Partners

More Australian publishers have joined the list of RHYW publisher partners! Welcome to Whittaker Macnaught the publisher of Noel Whittaker's books, including Making Money Made Simple and Golden Rules of Wealth.Woodslane began trading in 1989, growing from humble beginnings to emerge as a leader in technology, business, and lifestyle publishing and distribution in Australasia.

Penguin Books New Zealand has also joined the growing list of New Zealand publishers with award-winning authors such as Lloyd Jones (Mister Pip) and Maurice Gee (Access Road)!
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Publishers Weekly Features Large Print Books, and RHYW!

"Large as Life: Large Print Publishing in 2011," appeared in the April 4 issue of Publishers Weekly. Numerous large print publishers and librarians are interviewed, and the article examines the effect of ebooks on large print sales, as well as the use of large print in libraries. New Jersey State Library Talking Book & Braille Center Librarian Elizabeth Burns states, "Large print is very popular with children and teens who have low vision or dyslexia...It can be harder to find at local public libraries than adult large print, because many people think large print is for older folks...not realizing that children and teens need it, also." To learn more about the large print market, and specifically how RHYW fits into it, click here .
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Notes from the London Book Fair

RHYW had a great LBF establishing agreements and plans with U.K. publisher partners, and U.K. library distributors and online retailers. The response has been universally positive and we look forward to announcing more news as details are finalized. If you'd like to contact our Publisher Representative for the U.K. and Europe, please email Alex.Mitchell@readhowyouwant.com.
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Visit RHYW at BEA

RHYW will be attending Book Expo America May 24-26 in New York. General Manager Jon Attenborough and Publisher Representative Bradi Grebien-Samkow will be available for meetings at booth #4229. Please emailbradi@readhowyouwant.com to schedule a meeting.
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