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BOOK NOTES
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And the Library Journal Starred Review Goes to .
. . The Successful Retirement Guide: Hundreds of Suggestions on How to Stay Intellectually,
Socially and Physically Engaged for the Best Years of Your Life by retiree R. Kevin Price, the review noting, "The beauty
of Price’s book is its simplicity — one can pick a chapter and find a latent interest that could be developed,
from building a bird house to quitting smoking. Price gives the reader the opportunity to do that by providing the idea, the
opportunity potential, and the resources for getting started. . . . it’s an inspirational guide that will provoke people
of all ages to engage in new ventures and discover what life can offer." Out of the thousands of books reviewed
annually by Library Journal, only the very best-of-best get starred. Congratulations go to author Kevin Price on
his terrific book.
Rainbow Books Takes First
Place for Book Design
Winning the First Place Gold Medal for Book Design from the Florida Book Awards is Seminole
Views: A Postcard Panorama of America’s Only Unconquered Tribe by Sarasota, Florida author and wildlife photographer
Emmett H. L. Snellings, Jr. The jurors for book design judged the book for production, quality, format and overall design
as well as illustrated, typographic and technical text. The lavish full-color, coffee table book was designed by Rainbow’s
Betsy Lampe. Accepting the award for Rainbow at the Historical and Cultural Awards ceremony, sponsored by the State of
Florida’s Division of Cultural Affairs was author Snellings (March 2009) and celebrated at the Florida Library Association
Conference’s Book Awards Banquet (May 2009). Photo: Center: Author Snellings accepts Gold Medal for Rainbow Books
from Governor Charlie Crist (right) and Secretary of State Kurt Browning (left).
Teen
Blog Speaks — Parents Listen To be honored by
Radical Parenting as one of the Best Parenting Books for Families with Teens or Tweens is Rainbow’s The Whipped
Parent: Hope for Parents Raising an Out-of-Control Teen by Kimberly Abraham, MSW, CSW, Marney Studaker-Cordner, MSW,
CSW; with the late Kathryn O’Dea is great praise. Radical Parenting is a company run by youths. As the only parenting
blog and company from the kid’s perspective, RadicalParenting.com has made a huge impact in the parenting blogosphere
by not only bringing a new perspective to parents on how digital kids are growing up, but also by giving teens a voice in
a sometimes troublesome world.
Good
News for Rainbow Author Patti Henry Patti Henry, a Houston, Texas psychotherapist in private practice, wrote The Emotionally Unavailable Man.
Once published, word got around swiftly that Patti had written a remarkable, common sense book on relationships that changed
lives for the better. Soon it soared to the number two spot in the men’s nonfiction category on Amazon.com, the Earth’s
largest bookstore. Check out the reviews on Amazon.com. Nearly every review on her book carries an impressive five-star rating! The book is currently being considered for translation
purchases by European publishers, and it is now available at Amazon.com as an audiobook.
From Page
to Film
Rainbow Books, Inc. recently signed the novel,
Twenty-One Aldgate, by Patricia Friedberg. Friedberg, a successful screen writer as well, has now had
her film script, based on the book, signed by Progress Pictures, LTD. UK and co-produced by The Future Film Group, UK.
Producer Mary Ann Amato has scheduled filming in London, with direction by the award-winning Niall Johnson. According
to Amato, casting will begin sometime in late 2009, and the film will enjoy an international release. Stay tuned. Photo: Film
Producer Amato, standing, works with Friedberg on her Twenty-One Aldgate film script, which is based
on the book.
Highly Praised Mystery Garners Subsidiary Rights Sale
Library Journal featured
Mystery at Clareton Manor by first-time novelist, Kathleen Newberg, when her book was published in 2006 for “returning
to the complex plot and techniques used by Agatha Christie.” In a Subsidiary Rights arrangement, Rainbow Books has sold
the mass market pocketbook rights on Newberg’s book to the Harlequin Books S. A.’s imprint, WORLDWIDE Mystery,
with publication in 2010. Rainbow Books will continue to sell the trade softcover edition. Congratulations, Kathleen! Library Journal's prepublication
review of Mystery at Clareton Manor read, "...a very traditional, deftly plotted cozy peopled with characters
who could have done it. For cozy mystery readers everywhere."
On Keeping Your Book Alive!
Bob Sanford, author of a memoir about
his old boss, eccentric billionaire John D. MacArthur, has now racked up over 100 speaking engagements on the history of MacArthur
and the West Palm Beach, Florida area. There, MacArthur staked his claim in years gone by and ran his empire
from a table in the bar of a hotel he owned. With MacArthur's passing, his vast wealth now underwrites research, PBS
entertainment and the “genius” awards through the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Meanwhile,
Bob keeps the MacArthur name alive in a very personal way, speaking at every event — from library teas to posh
country club dinners; and, almost every Christmas finds his book on bestseller lists throughout the Palm Beaches. This
is called “keeping a book alive.” John D. MacArthur: A View from the Bar was first
published by Rainbow Books in 1996. Photo: Bob Sanford gives his 100th presentation at MacArthur Beach State
Park.
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