Five Rivers Signs Debut Author, Shermin Kruse

We’re very pleased to announce we’ve signed another debut author, Shermin Kruse, and acquired the publishing rights to her novel, Butterfly Stitching. The novel is an honest, at times heart-breaking, window into the world of Samira, an Iranian woman caught in the contradictory and eventually revolutionary world of 1979 Tehran. Ultimately a very female novel, we feel very strongly this story will resonate not only with women on a global scale, but people who struggle…

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Oct 2010

By Lorina StephensButterfly Stitching, Information, Publishing, Shermin Kruse, writingComments Off

Call for Submissions

Five Rivers Chapmanry is an independent micro-publisher of fiction and non-fiction, giving voice to new and established Canadian authors. Five Rivers is committed to bringing publishing back to uncompromising personal editors where it belongs, rather than focus-group marketing. We publish real books by real authors for real readers. We employ print-on-demand technologies as part of responsible management of environmental and financial resources: by printing only the books required, rather than warehousing thousands, we save…

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Sep 2010

By Lorina StephensInformation, Newsletter, Publishing, writingComments Off

Book Signing Guidelines

I developed the following guidelines for Five Rivers’ writers as a way of preparing them for book signing events. I thought perhaps some of you might find them of use as well. 1. Dress appropriately. Think casual business or professional boho. Studies prove people are attracted to a professional, good-looking person and will often rate a person’s performance or product higher based upon that appearance. Sounds unfair, but it is a fact. 2. Show up…

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Aug 2010

By Lorina StephensInformation, writing3 Comments

Five Rivers’ Ten Commandments for Writers

I really never thought I’d succumb to this, to the detestable rules and protocols that gird the publishing world to the point of encumbrance and ritual. But here I am, amazed there are so many unprofessional people out there hawking their writing like desperate merchants at a flea market.So here are some cryptic DON’Ts by way of advice to all would-be hopefuls knocking on Five Rivers’ publishing doors. 1. DON’T submit without reading our guidelines…

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Jun 2010

By Lorina StephensInformation, Publishing, Views from the Old Stone House, writing4 Comments

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