Seven Book Agreement reached with Five Rivers
February 7, 2010 – 6:49 pmThis morning I reached an agreement with Five Rivers to publish seven of my business and promotional writing and business of freelance writing books.
In January 2009, Five Rivers released my How to Write a Non-fiction Book in 60 Days. To date it has gone on to sell almost 700 copies in Canada, the US and UK, and has constitently held the top 100 spot in its category on both UK and Canadian Amazon sites. It is available through online booksellers in both print and eBook format globally, direct from Five Rivers, and in select Indigo chain stores.
Five Rivers uses print on demand to effectively, efficiently and affordably distribute books and I am no stranger to the POD and self-publishing phenomenon. I have published several books and e-reports through Lulu. In 2009, encouraged by Lorina Stephens at Five Rivers, I released under my own imprint Harness the Business Writing Process and (re)Discover the Joy of Creative Writing, with global distribution through Ingram. The former is a textbook used in a business writing course at the University of Toronto.
It had been my intention to eventually revise and reissue his Lulu titles using Lightning Source Inc., and have all his work available through Ingram Distribution. My work as a freelance writer and corporate trainer, however, capitalized most of my time. Given the long-standing relationship between Stephens and me, the agreement today to have Five Rivers publish my revised titles should come as no surprise. We have been associates for over 20 years;; however, up until May 2009 we had never met face to face.
The publishing agreement will see updated and revised releases of the following titles:
- Harness the Business Writing Process
- (re)Discover the Joy of Creative Writing
- Everything You Wanted to Know about Freelance Writing
- Copywriting that Works: Bright Ideas to Help You Inform, Persuade, Motivate and Sell
- How to Write Media Releases and Promote Your Business, Organization or Event
- Do You Know Where Your Website Ranks? How to Optimize Your Website for the Best Possible Search Engine Results
- Build a Better Business Foundation: Create a Business Vision, Write a Business Plan, Produce a Marketing Plan
The Everything and Copywriting books are both texts in University of Toronto continuing education courses.
Five Rivers will start releasing revised titles later this year.
For more information about Five Rivers, visit www.5rivers.org. For more information about Paul Lima, visit www.paullima.com.
