Attention all Spiritual and Intuitive people

If you're interested in intuitive healing and The Secret energy of your body, the energy that regulates the condition of your health, quality of your relationships and your ability to attract wealth and abundance. Then please come along to the book launch by Canberrian author Dr Irina Webster, who is an intuitive healer, medical doctor and international best selling author. Irina will be launching her new book “The Secret energy of your body: An Intuitive Guide to Healing Health and Wellness.” in which she reveals 7 steps to [read more...]

Attention authors. Send your book to The Beijing book fair 2015.

Although August may seem a long way away, now is the time to plan for your book to be displayed, 27 to 31st August. China is a massively growing book market, the most rapid in the world. Also the Chinese are interested in all things Western and are learning English at an astonishing rate. It has never been more important to get your book exposed to this growing market. The kinds of books they are interested in are: Children's books, especially series of books Any book on learning English Fiction books, but not political, [read more...]

Here are 3 points authors should know and why it is imperative to have an eBook

Big publishers do look on-line and at book fairs for books that are selling, especially books and authors that have a presence in the market place: and authors who have actually put in some effort. This article explains what is now happening in the book industry. Publicity and marketing Social media platforms have emerged as the digital equivalents of “word of mouth,” which is still one of the most effective ways of marketing books. The social web complements conventional publicity and marketing mechanisms, helping to coordinate [read more...]

Less competition from the big guys on Amazon

HarperCollins is one of the largest publishers in the world and they might soon be pulling all of their e-books and print titles from Amazon. The contract between these two companies is set to expire soon and HC is refusing to sign the new deal. The contract presented to HarperCollins was the same contract recently signed by Simon & Schuster, Hachette, and Macmillan, Amazon confirmed. It is very risky to not sign a new deal with Amazon, since the Seattle company controls 75% of the digital book market in North America and 95% of [read more...]

China is starting to be recognised as a major book buying country

Doubly interesting as China is starting to be recognised as a major book buying country. At ASPG we have been saying this for the last 4 years, and is the reason we have a stand at the Beijing Book fair, and the only Australian company to do this. With Nielsen's bookdata using Openbook makes our job a bit easier, and heaps more opportunity for our authors. "A new agreement between Nielsen and Openbook aims to bring the portraits of global book markets into sharper focus. Openbook, a leading book sales tracking service in China, [read more...]

Tales of a Hard Rock Miner

This is a collection of stories about my time in the mining industry. Starting with my happy childhood growing up in Newcastle, as a boy worked on a horse-drawn milk-cart run, spent some time as office boy in a Newcastle Department Store when finished school. Then starting work in a coal mine, during the last days of using horse- drawn skips. After national conscription, going to Mt Isa working as a contract miner, living and working through the Mt Isa strikes; becoming a foreman; sinking a large shaft, the K57. In a break [read more...]

Space Age Lyrics For Jesus (eBook)

Like any dedicated Christian, I was driven by strong passion to writing a book for Christ, however, in my spiritual journey; I was inevitably forced to move into an entirely unusual field of writing, in a different style, and in more objective way. Nevertheless, I believe, writing for Christ, is in fact a gift from Christ. Yet this time I planed to invest in my gift, and approach the readers, in vigorous way, presenting varieties of contemporary issues, as I experienced during my time in Church service and in youth meetings. The [read more...]

The Secret Energy of Your Body

In this book Dr Irina Webster reveals that energy is the root of body and mind. We all consist of and surround by an energy field. When energy flows through the body properly, you are in a state of health. When there is an energetic disturbance in the body, a disease state is created. Illnesses manifest in the body’s energy field before they manifest in the physical body. And healing occurs in the energy field before it becomes apparent in the physical body. So, how can we heal ourselves and our life? You’ll get the answers reading [read more...]

Jack Tree and the Copper Princess

This is the story of Jack Tree and Kaavi Noname who live on a large island called Aurelia. They meet an 11 year old girl, Jodie Jones, a survivor of a shipwreck. Jodie has rescued a copper statue of a very young girl with a cart and a goat. To everyone's surprise the statue comes to life. As the child cannot speak, they have no idea who this mysterious toddler is. Jodie decides to call her Hazel and announces that she must be a princess because she appears to have the power to control the weather and only princesses can do things [read more...]

Lucky Bastard

A young woman gives birth to an illegitimate child in the 1940's. She has spent most her life living with foster parents in the West Yorkshire market town of Otley. She is literally thrown out of the house by her foster mother and travels to the city of Bradford where she is admitted to a refuge for unmarried mothers. The refuge also serves as a remand home for female offenders awaiting trial. Whilst living there, she is very poorly treated. The father of the child has abandoned her upon discovering that she is pregnant and the [read more...]