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Thursday, December 3, 1998 Media Cynic | Forum | Advertising | Classifieds | Jobs New Book Search Engine for Small Publisher Launches A small book promotion company in Southwest Florida has launched a new book search engine for small publishers. Seekbooks.com is a niche search engine devoted totally to books, offering small to mid-sized publishers and self-published authors an opportunity to add website listings. "Seekbooks revolutionizes the way books are being distributed and sold," said Doug DeGroot, creator of the search engine and president of Book Promotion, Inc., an industry innovator in promoting self-published authors and their books. "By cutting out the costs of distribution, bricks and mortar, end-sellers, and the endless chain of middlemen, the Seekbooks system gives authors and publishers back 60 percent of their profit on each book." "Book consumers don't realize that what they see in Barnes & Noble or on Amazon.com is only about 20 percent of the 60,000 books published each year," DeGroot said. "The book industry has a severely broken system," DeGroot said. "The reader is really being denied access to about 80 percent of the books written out there. And the poor authors and small publishers, who've poured their hearts and souls and money into these books, which are often excellent pieces of literature, have no chance to compete. Strategy First Acquires Publishing Rights for Computerhouse AB's "Clans" Strategy First has announced the acquisition of publishing rights to ComputerHouse AB's fantasy role-playing adventure Clans. Strategy First is the publisher of the high seas combat games Man of War and the upcoming real-time Man of War II. ComputerHouse AB is a Swedish development team with a string of international hits spanning a variety of genres to its credit. "Clans marks the first step in the building of a long and productive relationship between our two companies." Says Strategy First president Don McFatridge, "As a former developer turned publisher, we have the ability to recognize a masterful title when we see it. Clans represents an ideal opportunity for Strategy First to creatively collaborate with a brilliant team and also to expand our publishing efforts to incorporate third party titles." Set in a fantastical alternate universe, Clans puts the player in command of saving the lands from a malicious demon who has fueled a frenzy of hatred and corruption among the Clans. The player can choose the role of the Warrior, Elf, Dwarf or Barbarian, on his quest to find the fabled Crown of Peace and right the balance between good and evil in his world. While exploring a vast, fully reactive fantasy world, the player must combat relentless peril as he strives to outwit, outfight and out-spellcast cunningly adaptive AI foes. Latino World News and Black Life Magazines Opt for On-Line Only Status Two special interest publications serving the African-American community and the Latin-American business market are now being offered free-of-charge and exclusively online at http://www.CPB.com by Consolidated Press Bureau. Latino World News and Black Life made the transition from paper to a completely digital format in 1997. Reasons for the change, said Publisher C.A. Budde, include being able to reach a broader audience in a more timely and cost-effective manner. "Overall, response to our online-only status has been quite positive," said Budde. Both publications are advertiser supported. Latino World News, which made its debut in 1987 as a business-to-business publication, will continue its original focus on the business, political, and economic news of Mexico, Central America, and South America. The first issue of Black Life appeared in 1988 to address education, employment, and civil rights news and issues affecting the African-American community. SmartMoney.com Launches Co-Branded Investing Site With Lycos SmartMoney.com, a resource on the Web for individual investors, has launched a co-branded investing site with Lycos, Inc., Marc Frons, SmartMoney.com's editor, announced today. The site, part of Lycos Investing, will encompass the personal finance tools and advice from Smart Money. The new SmartMoney/Lycos co-branded site contains SmartMoney.com's most popular sections: The Answer Center (consumer advice on everything from how to get the best car deal online to saving for retirement), Broker Ratings (the best and worst full-service, online and discount brokers), Mutual Fund Analysis, Ask SmartMoney (a daily advice column), Daily Stock Screen (a new company is profiled daily based on SmartMoney.com's proprietary screening methodologies), Pundit Watch (SmartMoney rates 12 of Wall Street's prominent market gurus such as Abby Cohen and Barton Biggs, and rates them according to the accuracy and timeliness of their predictions), Bond Investing & Short-Term Investing, and SmartMoney's Asset Allocation system. "By adding SmartMoney.com content, Lycos Investing becomes an even more comprehensive resource for Lycos.com visitors," said Jan Horsfall, vice president of marketing for Lycos. "SmartMoney.com provides some of the best personal finance aids on the Web." SmartMoney magazine, The Wall Street Journal Magazine of Personal Business, was launched in 1992 by The Hearst Corporation and Dow Jones & Company to service the need for personal finance information among the group of professional and managerial Americans. The magazine's president and editor-in-chief is Steven Swartz. SmartMoney rate base is 725,000. Click here to return to the homepage of The Write NewsTM Click here to subscribe to our free weekly email newsletter.  www.writenews.com Copyright © 1997-2007 by Writers Write, Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
