Smashwords Discount and Events

Smashwords DiscountFor a limited time Five Rivers is offering a 25% discount on all our eBooks at Smashwords. Simply follow through the prompts and your coupon will be applied. All our books are available in HTML, Javascript, mobi, ePub, PDF, RTF, LRF, PDB and plain text. In short, whatever your reader, there’s a Five Rivers’ eBook version for you.http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/5rivers Espresso Book SigningSaturday, March 27 Lorina Stephens will be the guest author at an Espresso Book…

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Mar 2010

By Lorina StephensEvents, InformationComments Off

Profile Series: Deb Salisbury

We’re pleased to present the second author Five Rivers published, Deb Salisbury, editor of Elephant’s Breath & London Smoke: Historical Colour Names, Definitions & Uses. Q: As a little girl, you used to make dresses for your sister’s dolls, which led to an adult love of historic fashion and the recreating of it, so that in 1994 you established Mantua-Maker Historical Sewing Patterns. Was that journey a conscious one, or something that simply evolved over…

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Mar 2010

By Lorina StephensDeb Salisbury, Elephant's Breath and London Smoke, InterviewsComments Off

Profile Series: Nate Hendley

In our continuing Profile Series, Five Rivers presents, Nate Hendley, author and freelance journalist. Q: You originally majored in Cultural Studies at Trent University. Why Cultural Studies? Nate: The honest answer is that I couldn’t major in Political Science, because I neglected to take some important pre-requisite courses. I really had no idea what I was doing at university and sort of fell into Cultural Studies because it seemed interesting. I didn’t want to major…

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Mar 2010

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Amazon in Canada discussion

As many of you know, Amazon recently announced its intention to place a physical footprint in Canada by applying to the Department of Canadian Heritage to ‘open a new Canadian business’. Since then both independent and chain booksellers have made loud protests against the global giant further increasing its Canadian presence. Publisher’s Weekly reported: Heather Reisman, CEO of Canada’s dominant chain Indigo Books & Music, has said the foreign ownership rules in the book industry…

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Mar 2010

By Lorina StephensInformation, Views from the Old Stone HouseComments Off

Profile Series: Paul Lima

As part of Five Rivers’ Profile series, we’re pleased to feature our first author interview, with the first author we signed, Paul Lima. Q: You’ve been writing and teaching about writing professionally now for over 25 years. My understanding is you started out as a copywriter for an electronics company? How does a writer make the leap from a steady, if boring, pay cheque to an independent and successful freelancer? Paul: A writer makes the…

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Mar 2010

By Lorina StephensHow to Write a Non-fiction Book in 60 Days, Interviews, Paul LimaComments Off