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July 6, 2008 - Stockbridge, GA. In an interview for Fantasy Magazine, author Gregory Bernard Banks discusses the portrayal of disability in Fantasy and Science Fiction.
Gregory Bernard Banks, author and publisher, was recently interviewed for Fantasy Magazine (http://www.darkfantasy.org/) to discuss the portrayal of disability in the genres of Fantasy and Science Fiction.
In the interview, when asked if the challenges faced when writing and selling stories featuring disabled characters is the same as writing minority characters, Banks says: “I think a great story is a great story. In this day and time people will read great stories about great characters, be they people of color, disabled, female, gay, or whatever. Yes there are those who fiercely hold on to their narrow visions of the world, but for the most part, I think the vast majority of the reading public is ready to get to know people of different backgrounds and culture and see how different (or even more importantly, how much alike) we all are.”
Banks’ latest release, Phoenix Tales: Stories of Death & Life (Second Edition), is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble online, and other Internet retailers worldwide. You may contact the author via email at press@bddesignonline.com, or through the WheelMan Press website at www.WheelManPress.com.
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June 25, 2008 - Stockbridge, GA. The latest book from WheelMan Press breaks into the top 100 rankings under Science Fiction on the Amazon Kindle—Phoenix Tales: Stories of Death & Life (978-0-6151-8646-7, Trade paperback, 280 pp, 6 x 9, $17.95).
Phoenix Tales: Stories of Death & Life (Second Edition) recently broke into the top 100 in both the Science Fiction and Short Stories categories in sales for the Amazon Kindle reading device. The collection, which has consistently received critical praise since the first edition was published in 2005, has garnered steady sales since its release in Amazon Kindle format. The latest review, from Front Street Reviews, says of Phoenix Tales:
“I am so impressed with this collection. Gregory Bernard Banks is not only a gifted storyteller, but has a unique understanding of the human heart that is poignant and restorative. Although he does not shy from revealing stark truths about death and the situations surrounding it, they were not depressing but rather fine and noble.”
The book has just been released for sale on Mobipocket.com, and will soon be available from a variety of ebook retailers. The ebook retails for $7.99, and the printed version sells for $17.95 from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and a variety of online retailers worldwide. You may contact the author via email at press@bddesignonline.com, or through the WheelMan Press website at www.WheelManPress.com.
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June 18, 2008 - Stockbridge, GA. WheelMan Press discovers a diary reportedly written by an extraterrestrial visitor to earth.
In an astounding bit of news, small press publisher WheelMan Press
announced today that it has discovered a multi-volume diary purportedly
written by an extraterrestrial visitor to the planet earth.
The diary, found buried in a trunk in the backyard of a Stockbridge,
Georgia residence, contains the writings of a being by the name of
Savan, from a galaxy “far beyond those discovered by humans so far.”
The diary, beginning in 1947 and ending just two years ago, describes
the life and times of Savan in his nearly 60-year study of Earth and
its culture. Although skeptics, including a spokesperson from NASA, has
shown no interest in the claims, Gregory Banks, owner of WheelMan
Press, says that “extensive” research went into verifying the
authenticity of the diary, including at least 20 minutes of flipping
through a few of the volumes, after which Banks declared “yep, it’s
real, or at least close enough.”
After going through the diary and compiling the 42 volume set into a
novelized form of the ET’s experiences, WheelMan Press plans to first
release the diary a chapter at a time via its newly created blog at
www.DiaryofanET.com. Banks says that what people learn from the diary
will at times be shocking, and at other times finally make sense of
some of the most puzzling and unexplained phenomenon of the past 60
years. “Savan’s story is so brilliant that no one (besides yours truly)
could make up anything this good.”
For more information, or to read excerpts from the diary, visit the WheelMan Press website at www.WheelManPress.com. You may contact Gregory Banks via email at press@bddesignonline.com. |
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
April 16, 2008 - Stockbridge, GA. WheelMan Press expands its offerings to the new Amazon Kindle e-reader,
and also launches a brand new website.
In addition to
the print release of the revised second edition of its most popular release to
date, Phoenix Tales: Stories of Death
& Life, WheelMan Press has also released four items for download onto
Amazon’s new e-reader device, the Kindle, as well as having just launched a
brand new website. Along with Kindle
formatted versions of three of its print titles, An Interview with Santa and Other Christmas Treats (ASIN: B0010B9R1G), A
Writer's Journey in Poetry & Prose (ASIN: B0016HHQ1W), and Phoenix Tales: Stories of Death & Life (ASIN:
B0016LPUNE), author Gregory Bernard Banks has launched a new series of
essays entitled “Rantings of a Hard-Working Writer” (ASIN: B0016XH4JK) that are
currently exclusive to the Kindle.
“The excitement
over the Kindle is contagious, and it is a developing market of eager readers,”
says Gregory Banks. “I’m very happy to see my works on the Kindle, and Phoenix Tales is already in the top 100
in both the Short Stories and Contemporary Fantasy categories, while A Writer’s Journey in Poetry & Prose
is in the top 20 in Biographies & Memoirs > Arts & Literature >
Artists, Architects & Photographers.
The new WheelMan
Press website has a blog, a bookstore, and numerous links to other author,
book, and small press publisher websites, as well as links to resources to
support the industry of the small and independent press. Upcoming features
include a newsletter and forum.
Amazon.com. You
may contact the author via email at press@bddesignonline.com
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Because of the fervor over the new e-reader, the Amazon Kindle, and the new market it's opening up to all small press publishers, we are in the process of porting our titles over to the Kindle. Not only are three of our books, Phoenix Tales: Stories of Death & Life (Second Edition), A Writer's Journey in Poetry & Prose, and An Interview with Santa and Other Christmas Treats. In addition, we've launched a brand new series of articles called "Rantings of a Hard-Working Writer," in which author Gregory Banks discusses the trails and tribulations of being a writer, author and publisher, and explains why the attitudes of some of today's newbie writers makes his "biscuits burn and his blood boil." If you haven't checked it out yet, we highly recommend that you check out the Amazon Kindle, if not as a potential buyer, then definitely as a potential new market for your works.
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