Raab Associates, Inc. June 24, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Susan Salzman Raab sraab@raabassociates.com PUBLISHING WITH TODAY'S NEW TOOL SET ONE AUTHOR-PUBLISHER'S NEW MEDIA FORAY What does it mean to "publish" in today's fast-changing multimedia landscape? You can be a journalist overnight by starting a blog on, say, grammar, as lawyer-turned-publisher Margie Blumberg has. You can work with a New York editor, as Margie Blumberg does with Emma Walton Hamilton, who is Editorial Director of The Julie Andrews Collection. And you can publish traditionally in the form of hardcover & softcover books - or in new and emerging formats, like iPad, Kindle and iPhone App - all of which Ms. Blumberg is doing with a charming line of bunny books, a grammar guide book, and a Jewish-interest story inspired by true stories of friends and family near her home in Bethesda, Maryland. Options abound and there are no wrong answers. But it's a matter of finding the right resources, bravely exploring new territory and setting standards to produce a quality product. Easy when you have dedicated creative and R&D departments, more challenging when you're an individual. Blumberg's fairly new into the game, but her first MB Publishing company picture book, Sunny Bunnies, received a Mom's Choice Gold Award for Bedtime Stories and her non-fiction guidebook, The Scoop on Good Grammar, received a Mom's Choice Gold Award for Educational Products. She has published two hardcover picture books (Sunny Bunnies and Avram's Gift - also in paperback) and a non-fiction e-book (The Scoop on Good Grammar - tied to her weekly blog on the topic), and she has licensed two picture books, available in the iTunes App store (Breezy Bunnies - released in April - and Sunny Bunnies - a late June release) through PicPocketBooks. Breezy Bunnies and Sunny Bunnies are also available for iPad, and the books are in development for other formats. According to Blumberg, "It's not easy without some foundation, but it is exciting and rewarding. It probably helped that I had gotten a patent for an electronic memory pad back in 2008, so I had a context for understanding the technology going in. I had also co-authored a Shakespeare biography for kids for the Chicago Review Press and had done my own recipe desk calendar years ago, so I knew the process and what I wanted to achieve." Information on Ms. Blumberg's books, grammar blog, and background is at: http://www.mbpublishing.com http://thescoopongoodgrammar.wordpress.com # # #
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Margie Blumberg is the author and publisher of Avram's Gift, Sunny Bunnies, and The Scoop on Good Grammar, and the co-author of Shakespeare for Kids, His Life and Times.
Having surrounded herself with a team of talented people, Margie struck gold at the 2010 Mom's Choice Awards® for Sunny Bunnies.
Margie says she is thrilled to work with talented illustrators such as June Goulding (Sunny Bunnies and the upcoming Breezy Bunnies, Busy Bunnies, and Snowy Bunnies) and Laurie McGaw (Avram's Gift). Margie has also worked with gifted graphic designers, Andrew Smith, Kimberly Glyder, and Megan Cooney. Of her editor for the bunny series of picture books about the seasons—Emma Walton Hamilton—Margie says, "she has a keen eye and a poet's heart."
"Publishing is truly a team effort. And working with others in this creative process is what makes it fun!"
One of her goals as founder of MB Publishing is to publish works by other authors, adding new and charming voices to the literary landscape.
Connect with Margie to learn more about her books and her publishing adventures.
The Mom's Choice Awards®:
We're delighted to announce that The Scoop on Good Grammar has been named a gold recipient in the educational products category.
The Mom's Choice Awards®:
We're delighted to announce that Sunny Bunnies has been named a gold recipient in the children's picture book/bedtime stories category.
You can read my interview about The Scoop on Good Grammar with www.WriteOnOnline.com here.
Please read my interview with Washington Jewish Week here.
