fall 2012 - F+W Media

writing / Memoir
Create Your Writer Platform
The Key to Building an Audience, Selling More Books,
and Finding Success as an Author
Chuck Sambuchino
• Explore “old-school” methods of platform building, such as
public speaking and networking, as well as newer methods of
platform building, such as blogs and social media
• Examine case studies of authors who developed successful
platforms
• Learn a variety of platform-building techniques to determine a
platform strategy that works best, and more
This indispensable guide demystifies the process of gaining visibility in
the literary marketplace and shows readers how to market themselves
and their work effectively and efficiently. This guide is a one-stop
platform resource for teaching people how to sell books, make more
money and launch a successful career as an author.
November | Reference
ISBN: 9781599635750
UPC: 035313655449
$15.99 (CAN $16.99)
Paperback
5½ x 8 7 ∕16, 224 pages
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Chuck Sambuchino
Cincinnati, OH
Chuck Sambuchino is an editor for Writer’s
Digest Books and edits the Guide to Literary
Agents. He is the author of books such as
Formatting and Submitting Your Manuscript, 3rd
Edition, and How to Survive a Garden Gnome
Attack.
Prague
My Long Journey Home
Charles Ota Heller
• The first book to win the Writer’s Digest Mark of Quality
Award – only self-published titles deemed to be of
exceptionally high literary merit are awarded this mark
• An extraordinary history lesson for anyone interested in World
War II, particularly as the stories of the “greatest generation”
become rarer and more precious
• “Provides a window into the Czech-American immigrant
experience…that will capture hearts and minds.” - Gail
Naughton, President/CEO, National Czech & Slovak Museum
& Library
Charles Ota Heller’s early childhood in Czechoslovakia was idyllic
– but three years after his birth, Germany’s forced occupation of his
country changed the world upside down. In this memoir, Charles,
born Ota Karel Heller, narrates his family’s story – a family nearly
destroyed by the Nazis. Son of a mixed marriage, Charles was raised
a Catholic and was unaware of his Jewish roots until his father fled to
join the British army and fifteen members of his family disappeared.
After losing his mother to a slave labor camp, Charles was left to fend
for himself and hide – first, to avoid deportation to the Nazi death
camps; second, to avoid the Communist take-over following World
War II. Throughout the late 1930s and 1940s, his life was shaped
forever by the dangers, horrors, and terrifying events he experienced.
Prague: My Long Journey Home brings his riveting story to light.
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9781599634210
ISBN: 9781458201218
$17.99 (CAN $17.96)
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6 x 9, 272 pages
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Charles Ota Heller
Charles Ota Heller earned three
engineering degrees and is an entrepreneur
who founded several companies. Now
retired, he devotes himself to writing.
Heller lives near Annapolis, Maryland,
with his wife, Sue. They have one son and
three grandchildren. Visit him online at
charlesoheller.com.
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