ADELAIDE BOOKS is proud to offer the latest work by James W. White Ransoms Are For Amateurs hitting stores everywhere now.

Ransoms Are For Amateurs is an action-packed crime suspense story that pits a seasoned and ruthless kidnapper against an untested detective in 1980's San Francisco.
It is a story of violence and rage that cannot be stopped until an untested, but talented female detective gets in the way, nearly paying with her life in the process.
Ransoms Are For Amateurs will surprise you with its spooky storyline which takes the reader on a wild ride full of high tension, dangerous and evil conflicts, a love adventure, and a wicked twist at the end.

James W. White is a California-based writer of historical and science fiction. He earned an MA in U.S. History. His professional career has included military service, teaching, research librarian and technical writing. Jim's stories have appeared in Datura Literary Journal, Chronoscope Magazine, The Wapshott Press and Scarlet Leaf Review.

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New York, NY – ADELAIDE BOOKS is proud to offer the latest work by Julie Reed: Stella’s Umbrellas

The only thing bigger than her extraordinary umbrella collection is the secret behind their hidden magic. Join Stella as she attempts to use her kindness, charm, and posh parasols to remedy pickles, mend messes, and help friends along the way.

Julie Reed is the recipient of two Adelaide Books Children’s Literature Awards and was more recently recognized for If I Met the Moon at Night, to be published next Spring. When she’s not dreaming of twirling magic umbrellas or imagining moonlit adventures you will likely find her in the garden. She lives in Cincinnati with her husband, three children, and two beloved rescue mutts.

Book Info:

Title: Stella's Umbrellas

Author: Julie Reed

Publisher: Adelaide Books

Publisher Website: https://adelaidebooks.org/

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ISBN: 978-1-955196-49-9

Price: $17.60

Page Count: 48

Format: Hardcover 

Topical Review Book Company provides practice test books for students at the 3rd Grade level through high school. They provide test material for multiple subjects including English, History, Math, and Science.

They partnered with KITABOO to distribute their educational books to students on a responsive and interactive platform. KITABOO helps publishers to create, publish and distribute digital content securely across multiple platforms and devices.

The KITABOO-powered eBook reader app helps Topical Review to provide a refreshing eBook interface with book download capabilities and a host of interactive features. The app integrates eBooks with videos, synched audios, image banks and other interactivities for an engaging eBook reading experience.

“Topical Review has a vast repository of practice test books for students from grade 3. We wanted a digital publishing platform that is effective and efficient in delivering our eBooks and also simple and easy to use. KITABOO’s user-friendly interface has helped learners of all age groups and different skill levels to easily access our eBooks,” says Keith Williams, President, Topical Review Book Company.

The app enables learners to categorize books in the bookshelves, highlight text, annotate, search, bookmark, and more. The KITABOO platform also supports videos, images, audio files and various forms of online assessments, to help students learn effectively.

“Our platform is designed keeping in mind the user experience, and therefore it can be easily navigated by users of all ages. Moreover, it allows embedment of multimedia elements to make the content more engaging. Topical Review can now distribute interactive eBooks that can be accessed by students on a range of devices and platforms,” says Srikanth Subramanian, President, HurixDigital.

KITABOO is used by over 15 million students from over 30 countries to access digital content in more than 25 languages.

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KITABOO is a cloud-based digital publishing platform that helps create, publish and distribute DRM protected content. It enables publishers to create and enrich the content with interactive elements, add multimedia elements to increase engagement and track the analytics on the content performance. The platform enables delivery of mobile-ready responsive content on all major operating devices. KITABOO has processed and converted more than 10 million pages for top publishers across the world.

Unbound, A Tale of Love and Betrayal in Shanghai by Bethesda resident Dina Gu Brumfield has been named one of the best indie books of 2021 by the Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group. 

Dina Gu Brumfield’s debut novel is a finalist in the category of First Novel over 90,000 words in the 2021 Next Generation Indie Book Awards.  Dina’s novel stood out for its compelling story telling in the world’s largest book awards program for independent publishers and self-published authors. Unbound is a story of three generations of women who live amid the turmoil of war and political upheaval.  Dina paints a richly textured, turbulent portrait of the city of Shanghai in the twentieth century.

Dina is a native of Shanghai, China, who moved to the United States in 1989. Her novel Unbound is written in English, her second language.  The Indie Book Awards is the largest such award for books written in English language.

The awards will be presented June 25 in an online event which will stream live on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/NextGenerationIndieBookAwards at 7:00 pm (Eastern Time) and 4:00 pm (Pacific Time).

The Next Generation Indie Book Awards are judged by leaders of the indie book publishing industry, including many with long careers at major publishing houses. Their love of a great read and experience in the publishing arena identify books deserving a wider audience.

In an article at CNN.com titled If it’s cool, creative, and different, it’s indie, journalist Catherine Andrews wrote: “The term ‘indie’ traditionally refers to independent art – music, film, literature or anything that fits under the broad banner of culture – created outside of the mainstream and without corporate financing.” That definition remains true for book publishing.

Independent publishers include small presses, larger independent publishers, university presses, e-book publishers, and self-published authors.

According to Catherine Goulet, Founder and Co-Chair of the Next Generation Indie Book Awards, “Like other independent artists, many indie book publishers face challenges that the industry giants don't experience. The indies have to work much harder to get their best books into readers’ hands.”

“Authors and publishers who compete in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards are serious about promoting their books,” adds Goulet. “They aim to stand out from the crowd of millions of books in print.”

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