Click through to Kobo Two ongoing discussions are taking place during the next two weeks at Five Rivers Facebook page, and for visitors it’s an opportunity to ask all writing-related questions of Nate Hendley, author of Al Capone: Chicago’s King of Crime and Motivate to Create: a guide for writers, and his sister, Alicia Hendley, author of the debut novel, A Subtle Thing. The discussion with Alicia ends this week, with a draw on Friday,…

It’s short notice, but I’ll be at the grand opening of Coles Books, Heritage Place Mall, 1350 – 16th Street East, Owen Sound, ON, N4K 5N3, 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Saturday, Juy 31. The new, expanded store replaces the old Smith Books at the mall, a move by Indigo to better serve the Owen Sound community. Manager Lisa Clements is more than a little excited about the commodious new space, right across the from…

Lorina Stephens will be appearing at Indigo, Milton Crossroads, 1180 Steeles Avenue East, Milton, ON, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 19, 2010. Saturday’s appearance is part of the spring/summer tour for Lorina’s latest novel, From Mountains of Ice. View Larger Map

By January 2010 Five Rivers had signed agreements with eight authors for 18 books. We’ve been very busy here at Five Rivers these past few months, editing, revising, proofing and designing. We’ve gone back and forth with our authors with edits and galleys. The first of those 18 books, (re)Discover the Joy of Creative Writing, by Paul Lima, released May 1, 2010. This is the second in the ‘Workshop in a book’ series, the first…

Let’s first deal with the bad news. It would appear there is some confusion at Smashwords regarding their relationship with some of their international clients. While many individuals who use Smashwords as a delivery system for their eBooks are independent authors, there are also many small publishers using Smashwords. Five Rivers is one of those. As a foreign individual using Smashwords (as with Lulu) the IRS requires a 30% withholding tax, unless a requisite ITIN…