Kim Thiboldeaux’s The Total Cancer Wellness Guide has already been awarded a National Best Book of 2007 award in the category of Health, as presented by USABookNews.

Kim is a national spokesperson for The Wellness Community, an international nonprofit organization dedicated to providing free education to people affected by cancer. In The Total Cancer Wellness Guide, co-written with Mitch Golant and Katina Jones, Kim offers a comprehensive look at a long-term plan for well-being catered to cancer patients and their families. The Total Cancer Wellness Guide compassionately addresses the physical, emotional, social, and practical needs of today's cancer patients and survivors. Kim’s advice will help to prepare readers for wellness that can follow throughout the rest of their lives.

What the Future Holds

  Robert Shapiro served as both the Former Under Secretary of Commerce and Bill Clinton’s principal economic advisor.  In Futurecast: How A Sole Superpower, Populations, and Globalization Will Change the Way You Live and Work, Shapiro offers predictions for major shifts in our lives over the next dozen years.  Shapiro believes that four major forces – globalization, demographics, politics and the status of energy sources as influenced by the environment’s shift – will shape the rise and fall of nations.  From his vision of a new China as the investment-based model for developing nations to the US economy being beholden to foreign lenders for capital, Shapiro’s predictions are startling in their clarity and potential ramifications.

  Acquired by Michael Flamini for St. Martin’s Press.  The foreign rights for Futurecast have been sold in Portugal, China, Brazil, Spain, Japan, Korea and the UK. 

And the Winner Is…

Laura Vaccaro Seeger’s latest title, First the Egg, has been awarded a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year, and received a starred review in the September issue of Kirkus Reviews, in which it is called, “Another perfectly pitched triumph from an emerging master of the concept book.” It also received a starred review in the Nov/Dec 2007 issue of The Horn Book, claiming, “The best picture books create a world in themselves, and this tour de force is one of them.”

Seeger’s recent decorated picture book, Dog & Bear won the 2007 Boston Globe Horn Book Award for Excellence in children’s literature.  It was also named one of Publishers Weekly’s Best Children’s Picture Books of the Year for 2007.

Laura’s book of opposites, Black? White! Day? Night! was recently named one of "A Baker's Dozen: The Best Children's Books for Family Literacy from 2007" by the Pennsylvania Center for the Book. 

The Portable Obituary Named Book Club Pick

Bookspan will offer Michael Largo's The Portable Obituary as an alternate selection in the Quality Paperback Book Club and Book of the Month Club/Smart Reader's Rewards. The book will also appear as a listing in Mystery Guild and Doubleday Book Club.

The Alchemyst Makes Thirty-Three International Sales

Michael Scott's The Alchemyst has recently celebrated its thirty-third international sale. Foreign rights for the book have been sold, among others, to Portugal, Brazil, Greece, Spain, Germany, Japan, Israel, France, China and England. The book continues to appear on bestseller lists around the world.

More Good News for The Alchemyst

Amazon.com decided that 12 months is too long to wait to announce the Best Books of 2007, so they have expanded their informal "Best Books of the Year... So Far" list to four categories with ten books in each. Michael Scott's The Alchemyst has been selected as 1 of 10 in the Children and Teen category.

Eric Haney Makes Teen Age 2007 List

Inside Delta Force by Eric Haney has been selected for inclusion on the New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age 2007 List. Now in its 78th year of publication, the Teen Age List selects the best of the previous year's publishing for teenagers.

Praise for Final Exits

Final Exits by Michael Largo won the 2006 Bram Stoker Award in the category "Superior Achievement in Nonfiction".

Discover the Secret to Eternal Life in The Alchemyst

The Alchemyst, the first of an incredible six-book deal for Michael Scott's fantasy series, caused an avalanche of interest both internationally and in Hollywood. It has already been sold to 29 international publishers including houses in France, Brazil, Japan, Spain, China and Russia. World-renowned Survivor producer Mark Burnett recently bought the film rights and immediately struck a deal with New Line Cinema.

The Alchemyst begins with Nicholas Flamel, who was born in 1330 as a poorly paid bookseller that became the greatest Alchemyst of his day. The records show him dying in 1418; little do we know, Nicholas Flamel is still alive.

Known as bookstore owner Nick Fleming, he has discovered how to create the elixir of life, and has hidden his secret within the Book of Abraham the Mage - the same book that was just stolen from his store. With the help of his bookkeeper, he sets off to retrieve the book, crossing the boundaries of time and space to save the world from the most powerful magic in history.

Television Rights Optioned for Paul Ciolino

St. Paul, a treatment based on Paul Ciolino's life as a private investigator, was just optioned for television with Mark Gordon (Gray's Anatomy) and Margaret Nagle for Touchstone Pictures, a division of Disney. St. Paul will explore Paul's experiences in both national and international cases, including his aid in the unprecedented overturning of the entire death row population in Illinois in 2003.

Amp Up Your Sex Appeal

Millions have experienced Carmen Electra's charm, vivaciousness and drop-dead sex appeal from afar through her esteemed modeling and acting career. Finally, men and women alike can bring Carmen home. In her new book, How to be Sexy, Carmen shares her unique perspective on what defines sexiness and how to project an alluring aura to feel sexy inside and out.

Punctuated with dozens of photographs, How to be Sexy offers tips on how to flirt, how to walk and talk with poise and elegance, and how to command a room. Carmen also takes us behind the scenes to her wardrobe, where she offers fashion and makeup advice, so that any woman can find a flattering outfit that she feels sexy and confident in.

Spam Filter Not Included

After years of being on the A-LIST as the star and creator of Welcome Back Kotter, Gabe Kaplan had become a faded celebrity. After receiving a query to participate on a celebrity boxing show, Gabe decided to respond back with a ridiculous e-mail. The producers believed him, setting off a spark in Gabe's head. In the tradition of Letters from a Nut, Gabe has compiled a hilarious book of real e-mails sent by him to people and their incredible responses in Gabe Kaplan.com.

Prestigious Club Chooses Ship of Ghosts

Ship of Ghosts by James Hornfischer has been chosen as the main selection of the History Book Club as well as a main selection of the Military Book Club. Hornfischer's previous book, Last Stand Of the Tin Can Sailors was also chosen by these prestigious book clubs.

Novella Worth More Than Just 50 Cents

Bestselling street-lit author Relentless Aaron signs a new deal for a novella he will co-write with rapper 50 cent, which is one of the first novellas penned for 50's upcoming G-Unit publishing division at Simon and Schuster. The G-Unit Books line has a publication date of 2007, and is seeking out hip-hop novellas, street fiction and graphic novels.

Kanye as a Kid

Parenting isn't easy, let alone bringing up an international superstar and hip hop mogul. Donda West has experienced the ups and downs of raising a conscientious and hugely successful child, which her son and rapper Kanye West has alluded to in the lyrics of his two multi-platinum albums. Now, Donda shares her perspective on Kanye's childhood, his decision to be an musical artist and how he came to be the megastar that he is today in Raising Kanye, the first true biography of her son.