ReadHowYouWant April 2011 Newsletter

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 Follow Us FaceBook Twitter

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. Back to top 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)! Back to top 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 . Back to top 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. Back to top 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. Back to top

The Accessible Librarian for March 2011

March 2011 Inside this Issue 1. Visit RHYW at The London Book Fair 2. New U.K. Sales and Marketing Manager 3. 20% Off Titles from RHYW's Newest Publisher Partner 4. RHYW Suggests

Visit RHYW at The London Book Fair General Manager Jon Attenborough and U.K. Sales and Marketing Manager Alex Mitchell will be attending The London Book Fair on April 11-13. ReadHowYouWant will be part of the Combined Books Exhibit display at booth F430. To schedule a meeting with Jon at The London Book Fair, email jon@readhowyouwant.com. Learn more about Alex below. Back to top Welcome to Alex Mitchell, RHYW's New Sales and Marketing Manager for the U.K. and Europe! Alex Mitchell comes to RHYW with 20 years of experience in publishing. Most recently he started the publishing consultancy firm known as Emex Limited in Winchester. RHYW is very pleased to be adding Alex to the RHYW team! Alex can be reached atAlex.Mitchell@readhowyouwant.com. Back to top New Publisher Partner—20% Off Galaxy Press Titles Welcome to Galaxy Press! Galaxy is the publisher of L. Ron Hubbard's science fiction titles, including 15 New York Times bestsellers. RHYW is pleased to be releasing the works of L. Ron Hubbard in large print, braille, and DAISY. Librarians interested in pre-ordering L. Ron Hubbard titles should email bradi@readhowyouwant.com for a list of available titles, and for a 20% discount. Back to top RHYW Suggests To celebrate St. Patrick's Day, RHYW is recommending A Journey into Ireland's Literary Revival by R. Todd Felton (Roaring Forties Press). A tide of literary invention swept through Ireland between the 1890s and the 1920s. This illuminating guidebook explores the personal and professional histories of writers such as W.B. Yeats, Lady Gregory, and more.Irish Fireside praised it as "A must-have for anyone with an appreciation for Ireland's literary tradition." Back to top

ReadHowYouWant Newsletter for March 2011

March 2011 Inside this Issue 1. Visit RHYW at The London Book Fair 2. New U.K. Sales and Marketing Manager 3. New Publisher Partner 4. RHYW Suggests 5. Book Reviews Follow Us FaceBook Twitter

Visit RHYW at The London Book Fair General Manager Jon Attenborough and U.K. Sales and Marketing Manager Alex Mitchell will be attending The London Book Fair on April 11-13. ReadHowYouWant will be part of the Combined Books Exhibit display at booth F430. To schedule a meeting with Jon at The London Book Fair, emailjon@readhowyouwant.com. Learn more about Alex below. Back to top Welcome to Alex Mitchell, RHYW's New Sales and Marketing Manager for the U.K. and Europe! Alex Mitchell comes to RHYW with 20 years of experience in publishing. Most recently he started the publishing consultancy firm known as Emex Limited in Winchester. RHYW is very pleased to be adding Alex to the RHYW team! Alex can be reached at Alex.Mitchell@readhowyouwant.com. Back to top New Publisher Partner Welcome to Galaxy Press! Galaxy is the publisher of L. Ron Hubbard's science fiction titles, including 15 New York Times bestsellers. They also publish the L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future anthology series. New authors selected for this series have included Anne McCaffrey, Algis Budrys, and Orson Scott Card. RHYW is pleased to be releasing the works of L. Ron Hubbard in large print, braille, and DAISY. Back to top RHYW Suggests To celebrate St. Patrick's Day, RHYW is recommending A Journey into Ireland's Literary Revival by R. Todd Felton (Roaring Forties Press). A tide of literary invention swept through Ireland between the 1890s and the 1920s. This illuminating guidebook explores the personal and professional histories of writers such as W.B. Yeats, Lady Gregory, and more. Irish Fireside praised it as "A must-have for anyone with an appreciation for Ireland's literary tradition." Back to top More Book Reviews from Large Print Reviews Reviews of the following books appear at www.LargePrintReviews.com:Black Death: A Personal History by John Hatcher (DaCapo Press), Dread: How Fear and Fantasy Have Fueled Epidemics from the Black Death to Avian Flu by Philip Alcabes (Public Affairs),Mesozoic Murder by Christine Gentry (Poisoned Pen Press), and Roux Morgue by Claire M. Johnson (Poisoned Pen Press). Back to top

Happy Belated Valentine's Day from ReadHowYouWant

February 2011 Inside this Issue 1. Books To Love 2. New Publisher Partners 3. Reading Calendar 4. Things We Love Follow Us FaceBook Twitter

Happy Valentine's Day! Share some fun reading with the one you love! Grab a mystery from Poisoned Pen Press and curl up on the couch together. Justice for the Damned by Priscilla Royal was praised as "An age-old story of lust, passion, greed and murder" by Kirkus Reviews. Or one of Violet Blue's erotica anthologies such as Lips Like Sugar (Cleis Press). Still owe your Valentine a home cooked meal? Turn to Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker Recipes for Twoby Beth Hensperger (Harvard Common Press). Browse RHYW's catalog of over 8,000 titles in large print at www.readhowyouwant.com. Back to top New Publisher Partners A number of publishers from Perseus Books Group and Constellation have joined RHYW's growing list of publisher partners. The following titles will soon be available from RHYW: Seven Publishing's Saltwater Taffy by Eric Delabarre; How They Were Found by Matt Bell from Keyhole Press; andProspecta Press's It's Ok to Tell by Lauren Book. To learn more about these titles, or any of our publisher partners, please emailbradi@readhowyouwant.com. Back to top Calendar Do you like to plan out your reading list to cover important dates throughout the year? Or buy literary related gifts? Need to choose a timely book for your reading group? Here are a few suggested titles based on some important upcoming dates: February: Black History Month—An African Republic by Marie Tyler-McGraw (University of North Carolina Press) March: Women's History Month—Witches, Midwives, and Nurses by Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English (The Feminist Press) April: National Poetry Month—The Selected Poems of Wendell Berry by Wendell Berry (Counterpoint Press) Mother's Day—Buddhism for Mothers by Sarah Napthali (Allen & Unwin) Back to top Things We Love Congrats to Fremantle Press whose book The Paperbark Shoe by Goldie Goldbloom won the 2011 GLCA New Writers Award for Fiction! InterVarsity Press has won three awards in Christianity Today's Book Awards: top honor for Apologetics and Evangelism, winner in the category of Biblical Studies, and Award of Merit for Christian Living. To learn more about these awards, click here. Reviews of the following books appear at www.LargePrintReviews.com:Science is Simple: Over 250 Activities for Preschoolers by Peggy Ashbrook (Gryphon House), Speak Now by Margaret Dumas (Poisoned Pen Press), andThe Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie. Back to top

The January 2011 issue of the DAISY Planet is published on the DAISY website

Dear Members, Friends and Supporters of DAISY,

The January 2011 issue of the DAISY Planet is published on the DAISY website
at: http://www.daisy.org/planet-2011-01.

This is the first issue of the year, the 15th anniversary of the DAISY
Consortium. We will be publishing an ongoing special series about our Full
Member organizations in celebration of the anniversary. There are of course
several additional articles which I hope will be of interest to all of you.

Many thanks to everyone who has contacted me with ideas and news for this
issue. I look forward to receiving emails from even more of you in 2011.

The "Story" this month is from Bernhard Heinser. Many of you will know
Bernhard as he has been involved with the work of the DAISY Consortium since
its inception. Thank you Bernhard for sharing your story with us.

Please forward this email to everyone you know who may be interested in
reading about DAISY, the DAISY Consortium and other topics of interest to
the DAISY community.

All members of our mailing lists receive "The DAISY Planet".

Kind regards to all,
Lynn
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Editor of the DAISY Planet,
the DAISY Consortium Newsletter,
lynn.leith@gmail.com,
+1,905,304-9398,
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ReadHowYouWant Newsletter January 2011

January 2011 Inside this Issue 1. New Publisher Partners 2. RHYW at ALA Midwinter 3. Welcome to Jon and Margaret! 4. New Year, Healthy Year Suggestions 5. Things We Love Follow Us FaceBook Twitter

Happy New Year! New Publisher Partners RHYW is pleased to announce three new Australian publisher partners:Penguin Australia (Camberwell) is home to some of Australia's bestselling and award-winning writers and illustrators, such as Maggie Alderson, Robert Drewe, Michael Leunig, and many other household names. Penguin has been publishing in Australia since 1946. View their entire catalog atwww.penguin.com.au. Pan Macmillan Australia (Sydney) publishes commercial and literary fiction, children's and teenage fiction, picture books, Australiana, history, biographies, cookbooks, health titles, and more. Recent titles include My Life Story by Ben Cousins. Visit www.panmacmillan.com.aufor more information. University of New South Wales Press (Coogee) has a reputation for producing thinking books for thinking people—books that create debate and tackle social and intellectual issues. Founded in 1962, the press and its books have won numerous awards, including The Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History, the Ernest Scott Prize, and National Book Council Awards. Learn more about the press atwww.unswpress.com.au .  A number of publishers from Perseus Books Group and Constellationhave also joined the list of new publisher partners: Green Candy Press(San Francisco, CA), Rodmell Press (Berkeley, CA), Yeti Publishing (Portland, OR), Verse Chorus Press (Portland, OR), and Peter Glickman, Inc. (Clearwater, FL).  Back to top ALA Midwinter Conference Success!  ALA Midwinter in San Diego, CA was a huge success. RHYW met some very nice librarians, including Tim Mallory, the winner of our 10 book ALA giveaway! Tim will be sharing these large print books with his community in Turnwater, WA from the Timberland Regional Library. Thanks to Tim and all the other hard working librarians that share their love of books with so many people! Email bradi@readhowyouwant.com if you are interested in learning more about RHYW's distribution to libraries.  Back to top New Staff in RHYW's Australia Office Two new members have been added to the RHYW team! Jon Attenborough worked as the Managing Director of Simon and Schuster Australia for 20 years, and has been in the publishing industry for 38 years. Jon has joined RHYW as General Manager, and is reachable at jon@readhowyouwant.com. Margaret Howse is joining RHYW as the Sales & Marketing Manager. She has been a book buyer at Leading Edge, and has worked in the publishing industry since 1986. Margaret can be reached atmargaret@readhowyouwant.com.  Other changes at RHYW: In the U.S., Maureen Watts, former Director of Publisher Relations, is now focusing on Business Development. Maureen's email is mwatts@readhowyouwant.com. Bradi Grebien-Samkow, former Associate Publicist, is now a Publisher Representative. Bradi can be reached atbradi@readhowyouwant.com.  Back to top RHYW Suggests! Did you make a New Year's resolution to eat healthier? How about to save more money this year? RHYW has hundreds of books on physical and financial health in large print and accessible formats. Check out Marty Tuley'sBusting Your Butt and Gutt (Basic Health Publications)—a fitness program that shows results in 20 minutes a day! Wiley's for Dummies® series in large print and accessible formats provides answers on how to achieve financial health with titles such as Investing for Dummies by Eric Tyson, and Living Well in a Down Economy by Tracy L. Barr. View the entire RHYW catalog atwww.readhowyouwant.com . Back to top Things We Love  "Mountaineers Books Climbs Back" is the title of a recent Publishers Weeklyarticle on RHYW publisher partner The Mountaineers Books. "The Mountaineers Books has a lot to celebrate this year aside from its 50th anniversary...The past 18 months have been strong..." The article lists a number of bestsellers from the past year, including Babes in the Woods:Hiking, Camping, Boating with Babies and Young Children by Jennifer Aist. To read the entire article, click here.  Reviews of the following books appear at www.LargePrintReviews.com:Examining Tuskegee: The Infamous Syphilis Study and Its Legacy by Susan M. Reverby (The University of North Carolina Press), Italian Shoes by Henning Mankell (The New Press), and The Assassination of Julius Caesar: A People's History of Ancient Rome by Michael Parenti (The New Press). Thanks to Large Print Reviews for your continued support of RHYW.

The Accessible Librarian, January 2011

January 2011 Inside this Issue 1. ALA Midwinter Conference Wrap Up 2. RHYW Suggests! 3. Staff Changes at RHYW 4. 40% Discount Offer

ALA Midwinter Conference Success! ALA Midwinter in San Diego, CA was a huge success. RHYW met some very nice librarians, including Tim Mallory, the winner of our 10 book ALA giveaway! Tim will be sharing these large print books with his community in Tumwater, WA from the Timberland Regional Library. Thanks to Tim and all the other hard working librarians that share their love of books with so many people! Email bradi@readhowyouwant.com if you are interested in learning more about RHYW's distribution to libraries.  Back to top RHYW Suggests!  Did you or one of your patrons make a New Years resolution to eat healthier? How about to save more money this year? RHYW has hundreds of books on physical and financial health in large print. Check out Marty Tuley's Busting Your Butt and Gut (Basic Health Publications)—a fitness program that shows results in 20 minutes a day! Wiley's for Dummies® series in large print provides answers on how to achieve financial health with titles such as Investing for Dummies by Eric Tyson, and Living Well in a Down Economy by Tracy L. Barr. View the entire RHYW catalog at www.readhowyouwant.com..  Back to top New Staff in RHYW's Australia Office  Two new members have been added to the RHYW team! Jon Attenborough worked as theManaging Director of Simon and Schuster Australia for 20 years, and has been in thepublishing industry for 38 years. Jon has joined RHYW as General Manager, and is reachable at jon@readhowyouwant.com. Margaret Howse is joining RHYW as the Sales & Marketing Manager. She has been a book buyer at Leading Edge, and has worked in thepublishing industry since 1986. Margaret can be reached atmargaret@readhowyouwant.com.  Other changes at RHYW: In the U.S., Maureen Watts, former Director of Publisher Relations, is now focusing on Business Development. Maureen's email ismwatts@readhowyouwant.com. Bradi Grebien-Samkow, former Associate Publicist, is now a Publisher Representative, and is handling U.S. library sales. Bradi can be reached atbradi@readhowyouwant.com. Back to top 40% Off All Health and Finance Titles in Large Print  Titles from Basic Health Publications, Berrett-Koehler, Wiley, and more are available at40% off to all libraries through February. Visit www.readhowyouwant.com, build a list of books that you would like to order in 16pt. large print, and email your order tobradi@readhowyouwant.com. Orders can be paid for by credit card, or RHYW can invoice your library. This special discount is available only by ordering from RHYW directly. All regular orders can be placed through Ingram. RHYW offers a different 40% discount each month, so feel free to suggest what genre or topic you'd like to see on special in the nextAccessible Librarian!  Back to top