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What Makes A Book Christian?

Started Jan 31, 2009 0 Replies

What Makes A Book Christian?Can you answer this question? Is a book Christian because it is based on testimony? Can any genre book be Christian just by virtue of its writers' religious preference? Or…Continue

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A Buck For Books For Kenya

Started Nov 25, 2008 0 Replies

Books For Africa Donation DriveThis drive kicks off our goal to raise $10,000 in the next year for the White Cots School Centre in Kenya and to supply them with all types of books - fiction and…Continue

BAS Holiday Book Fair Invitation

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Gearing Up for the BEA

Posted on April 21, 2009 at 15:06 0 Comments



This is our first year as participants in Book Expo America - the premier event for the North American publishing industry - and we are plenty excited. BookExpo America will be held this year from Thursday, May 28 through Sunday, May 31 at the Jacob K. Javits Center in New York,… Continue

What Makes A Book Christian?

Posted on January 31, 2009 at 16:30 0 Comments

Can you answer this question? Is a book Christian because it is based on testimony? Can any genre book be Christian just by virtue of its writers' religious preference? Or is a Christian book a specific genre that is developing before our eyes? Can a non Christian write a Christian book?



We have many writers that profess to be Christian book writers. Tell us what that means to you and we will post it on the main page along with having this discussion live on the… Continue

Wow - The End of Another Year . . .

Posted on December 27, 2008 at 13:04 0 Comments

And another new beginning. I'm not sure, but this may be the happiest time of my life (I say that every year and it's always true). I love what I do and I love the people who have come into my life because of it - you! It's been an interesting year and I look forward to another one.



Like many of you, I've had my personal woes with illness, work, money and family, but it all just makes me appreciate my life all the more. Besides, now I wonder how to write about everything… Continue

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22nd Century Press is a publishing house linking readers, authors, industry pros and evaluators to Publishing Technology and Resources without breaking the bank. We coach authors through the publishing process without spending their children's college fund to get published. Our last author's showcase was Feb. 29th at Howard University Continuing Education and was free to attendees.
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BAS Holiday Book Fair Invitation

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http://www.basbookfair.com

Have you posted your works on the Black Author Showcase yet?
A cooperative learning, teaching and supporting community for anyone who helps bring a book to life - authors, readers, publishers, photographers, librarians, reviewers, graphic designers, editors, ghostwriters, agents, and others.
Click Here to Visit Black Author Showcase

It's another great literary site, check it out.
22nd Century Press

Helping you to "Free Your Inner Book", we are a publishing company like no other. 22nd Century Press combines the best of traditional small independent press publishing with the new wave in print on demand.
22nd Century Press is a small, independent publishing company that specializes in bringing great reads by African Americans and others to light. We:
  • Choose our projects
  • Provide professional editing, layout, and book cover illustration
  • Provide professional publishing consulting and coaching
  • type="square">Provide marketing plans and venues
  • Work with authors who are serious about selling a minimum of 5 - 10,000 books
  • Don't play silly vanity press games.
Contact us today at: info@22ndCenturyPress.com

Find out how 22nd Century Press can assist you in freeing the book in you. Not only do we publish books in the traditional model (6 books per year), we also provide coaching, education, ghostwriting, editorial, design, marketing, distributing and printing assistance to the self-published author with our My Century affiliate.
Request Manuscript Submittal Information Today
Please do not send manuscripts before reviewing guidelines.

We created My Century specifically to help self-published authors make the best book possible. It's a mash-up of subsidy, pod, and traditional publishing. We provide coaching, pay royalties and take submissions, however we do not accept all manuscripts for publication.

We partner with our authors to create a high quality, well-designed, salable book; not a quick, get-it-out-there-in-a-minute unprofessional job. We offer sincere editing and criticism aimed at making the author successful.

Before you choose another publishing solution - give us a call. Quality and personal service is the 22nd Century Press and My Century difference.

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Comment Wall (25 comments)

At 13:55 on April 4, 2008, Akiba said…
Not yet still working on it.
At 1:04 on April 5, 2008, Athena said…
Hi Diane,

I'll check it out. Are you the founder?
At 4:04 on April 5, 2008, Brooklen Borne said…
Thank you so much for the add. I hope you are having a wonderful weekend.
At 0:10 on April 8, 2008, Brooklen Borne said…
I'll make sure. This is the year for a lot of hot books to come out. It's time to bring some good and funky stuff...like the song say.
At 23:30 on April 8, 2008, Laura Major said…
Thanks for telling me about BAS! I just signed up!
At 9:57 on April 24, 2008, JaWar said…
Greetings Diane,
I wanted to let you know about the Self-Publishing Seminar.

How to Self-Publish for Profit Seminar
Free and Open to the Public -Seating is Limited
Monday, June 16, 2008
West End Library
525 Peeples St.
Atlanta, GA 30317
Doors Open 5:45PM

For directions call
404-752-8740
How to Self Publish for Profit by JaWar

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Please share the wealth by forwarding this message to others everyone knows someone in Atlanta. LOL!
At 17:54 on April 30, 2008, Meccam30 said…
No i haven't because I do not have any. One of my dreams is to write a book so that's one of the reasons I joined this site. Thank you
At 0:42 on May 1, 2008, Random Thought said…
Thank you for the heads up. I have not yet, but I shall. Thank you.
At 18:46 on May 9, 2008, Hellen Adom said…
Hi Diane, thanks for the events info...Im in the u.k...(London)..
Sure we can keep communication going from here...
Much joy
Elle..
At 20:11 on May 9, 2008, Samuel D. Benjamin II said…
hello Diane, thank you for the invite, stop by anytime. I will be sharing 10 poems from my next book titled Complicated Passions

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