Pocket Books Publishing
Emergency Field Training Pocket Guide New Tool for First Responders
Author: Terri Wright
Informed Publishing of Portland, Oregon has developed tools for field care providers that are unprecedented. They aim to serve the needs of personnel in five major categories: Federal, Medical, Fire, Police, and Home Emergency with handy publications for quick reference. Their pocket-sized guides provide critical information in an accessible format. Several case studies have shown that these guides are an invaluable resource and improve effectiveness of field work performance.
During the 911 World Trade Center attack, and in the cleanup aftermath, all major organizations working on-site required their field workers to carry Informed Publishing’s guidebooks for quick-reference. Federal Agents overseeing the ground zero operations said that IP guidebooks were by far the most valuable tool workers carried with them that made their job easier by providing critical information in an accessible format.
In 2005, Hurricane Katrina displaced thousands of residents in Mississippi and Louisiana. Red Cross field workers helping the homeless at community shelters needed to rely on quick access to information and resources for relocating families. Informed Publishing’s pocket-sized guides were not only easy to carry but helped to provide critical information in an accessible format. We were surprised to find out that not only Red Cross volunteers used the pocket guides but workers in the Police, Fire, and Medical professions sourced them as well during the critical stages of emergency.
Police investigators handling crime-scene investigation have reported that Informed guides are their number one field manual. “Our investigators were wasting time and money running back to the office, or calling-in for research support when piecing together a crime. Informed guides have increased productivity, and improved results of investigations by providing our officers with critical information in an accessible format.”
The pocket-guides published by Informed Publishing were designed for easy access in the field. Workers don’t want to carry a large numbers of reference books but need quick, easy access to important facts, procedures, laws, codes, and technical information to make informed decisions. These handy guides fit in a shirt pocket, are easy-to-use, have a convenient spiral binding format. Best of all, they contain critical information at-a-glance.
The guides are organized with thumb tabs and recognizable color divisions for easy visual reference. Their small size makes them user-friendly and industry reports show that workers are apt to carry the guides because of their convenient size. Pocket-guides make work easier by allowing professionals to perform their jobs with confidence, knowing they have the most up-to-date information at hand.
Whether it’s Homeland Security Operations, Fire and Rescue teams, Law Enforcement Officers, or responsible home-owners seeking information on how to care for their pets in an emergency, the pocket-sized guides by Informed Publishing, http://www.informedguides.com, provide critical information in an accessible format that helps get the job done faster, quicker, and more efficiently. These field manuals are number one!
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About the Author
Terri Wright is a published author and member of the Society of American Travel Writers since 1998. She lives and writes in Santa Barbara, California.
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Pocket Books is a division of Simon and Schuster, list of locations and contact information from their website below:
Parsippany
Simon & Schuster, Inc.
5 Century Drive, 3rd Floor
Parsippany , NJ 07054
Phone: 973-656-6000
Royalties, A/P & 1099 Questions: 1-800-327-3553
Main Fax: 973-656-6070
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Pimsleur
Simon & Schuster, Inc.
30 Monument Square
Concord , Ma 01742
Phone: 978-369-7525
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Riverside
Simon & Schuster, Inc.
100 Front Street
Riverside , NJ 08075-1197
Phone: 856-461-6500
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S&S Australia
Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Suite 2
14-16 Suakin Street
Pymble, NSW 2073
Australia
Phone: 61-29-983-6600
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S&S Canada
Simon & Schuster, Inc.
625 Cochrane Drive Suite 600
Markham
Ontario L3R 9R9
Canada
Phone: 905-943-9942
Fax: 905-943-9026
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S&S UK
Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Africa House 64-78 Kingsway
London , UK England WC2B6AH
Phone: 44-207-316-1900
The name of the novel based on the TV series “I Dream of Jeannie” is also “I Dream of Jeannie.” They’re apparently collector’s items now. See two for sale at http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B001VTTKVO/ref=sr_1_olp_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1248006264&sr=8-1
I’m not having much success at determining who the Dennis Brewster pseudonym belongs to. One person says it may have been Al Hine, who wrote the novelization for the series “Bewitched.”
Unless your book is very specialised and likely to sell only a few copies, steer clear of anyone who wants money upfront. Most of them are thieves and scammers. Even the ones who are honest about what they can do for you can’t do all that much. They can’t get your book into bookshops or reviewed by reputable reviewers. They’ll print almost anything, so everyone in the industry knows nearly all of it is unreadable, so they don’t touch it. The average novel that’s published by a “pay to play” company sells 40 copies – which probably means the average author has 40 friends and family members who can be prevailed upon to buy the book.
As other answers suggest, find reputable agents and apply to them. “Reputable” means they take a commission from what you earn, so if you don’t get paid, they don’t get paid. Unfortunately for you, the reputable agents have a lot of books being sent to them by unpublished authors, so they can be very choosy about who they accept. Expect most if not all of them to reject you first time round. Learn from your mistakes and try again.
MTV books is a divison of pocket books…
some of the books by MTV books are the f u c k up and the perks od being a wallflowers.
no, if you use even 1 of the same names of any of the characters names or ships names you will have infringed on copy wright laws
Get a copy of the Writer’s Market, select a literary agent best suited for your genre, and submit by following all of the agent’s submission guidelines.
You won’t be charged anything except, perhaps, some administrative fees. Be careful of those because they could be indicative of a scamming agent.
There are a few problems with distributed POD books.
The largest problem is the cost. In order for a retail store to make money, an item must be marked up about 300% of what they paid for it. POD books are more expensive the standard publishing. The expensive POD books make it unlikely that book retailers will purchase the book for their shelves; they won’t make any money.
Next is the size of the book. If the book is over sized, it takes up additional space and makes it even less marketable to stores.
I recommend creating a website to promote your book. Furthermore, if it is possible to put the book in .pdf format, there are some self-publishers with agreements with Amazon. (I believe CreateSpace is owned by Amazon, but have no experience with them. I also believe that if you have the .pdf already formated, their service is free.)
Free Website Resources: http://sites.google.com/site/allusionsanddreams/home/website-resources
Free Search Engine Submission: http://sites.google.com/site/allusionsanddreams/home/website-credits
The Charles Forte Books have to be on the top of the list.
agree about the Skin Walker Ranch book
Joshua P. Warren How To Hunt Ghosts.
John A. Keel – The Complete Guide to Mysterious Beings
Jacques Vallee – Revelations
The Bible Actually (but for not for the reasons anyone would easily understand)
Something has to make the list from Jim Mars
Something also has to make the list from Nick Redfern
Weird Happens is a pretty good book that Fate Magazine liked.
Holographic Universe Michael Talbot
Think that is 11 – this is a hard assignment!
mobius
paranormal-investigation.com
PS: I love to debate The Day after Roswell, Colonel Philip Corso —- talked to William J. Birnes and asked him alot of questions from the book – an enigma is where did it end up and what was the power source for the alien scalpel said to still be working and burning holes in walls in the 60s – Birnes promised a more technical book called Dawn Of A New Day based on Corso’s notes but is only out published in Spanish and he said must be translated to English – since he says he wrote it HUH???? Whats going on here????
Page number 23, 3 chapter
bookfinder suggests it could be between $10-30 if it is hardcover. It will be less for a paperback.
The Bookstore of Brookfield
via AbeBooks
[United States]Hardcover
Publisher: J.H. Sears & Company, New York, 1923
Burgundy worn boards, faint shield still shows on front. 236 very solid pages.
$23.99
Mobius Booksellers
via AbeBooks
[United States]Hardcover
Publisher: J.H. Sears and Company, Publishers, New York, 1923
236 pp.
$12.00
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what is mtv books?
What is MTV books? All MTV Books are published by Pocket Books too. Why are there two publishers?
Pocket books publishing location?
Need Help With Publishing My Book?
I have just finished typing up my manuscript for my book titled Crimson War: the Beginning. I have planned a five book series for it, and am now working on getting my book published. There is a small problem… I don’t have an agent and I don’t want on. I wish to get it published without losing too much money. I was wondering if anyone here might be able to help or give me some advice.
The novel is a vampire action novel (with small amounts of a love story, but it is mostly based on action). The main character isn’t a hero but an anti-hero and he’s human. The villain is a psychotic vampire. The two fight throughout the novel. My novel is a little short, but I can add to it. The manuscript is a total of 44 pages, which has 16 chapters (a epilogue, introduction, and prologue). I am hoping to have the book cut into a pocket sized book instead of a bigger book. So that way it will be 44 x 3 = 132 pages and that’s with size 12 font. I know it’s short, but it is just the first book. My other books I hope will be longer.
Well thanks for the time, and I hope you all can help me. If you need more information on Crimson War, then e-mail me at JAaron.Lambing@yahoo.com (Name the message “Crimson War.”), or contact me at MySpace or FaceBook; just search for JAaron Lambing, and look for the most active one (I create fake accounts to cover my tracks).
1966 novel published by Pocket Books?
Does anyone know the name of name of this book? I cant seem to find it online anywhere if anyone knows what the name of it is, please tell me! =). This is all the info I can find for it online, the show that theyre talking about is ‘I Dream of jeannie” if that helps any.
“”In the first season, it is made clear that Jeannie was originally a human who was turned into a genie by (as later revealed) the Blue Djinn when she refused to marry him. Several members of her family, including her parents, are rather eccentric, but none are genies. Her mother describes the family as “just peasants from the old country”. In the 1966 paperback novel published by Pocket Books, very loosely based on the series, it was established in the story that Jeannie (in the book, her real name is revealed as “Fawzia”) and her immediate family were genies living in Teheran hundreds of years before Tony found her bottle on an island in the Persian Gulf (instead of the South Pacific, as depicted on TV).””
How much is my antique book worth?
I bought an old copy of Alice in wonderland it was published in 1923 by the sears publishing company. It is not illistrated but I did some research and they were pocket books that could be read on the go does anyone have an idea what it could be worth.
how can i obtain publishing for a book that i’ve written without coming out of pocket?
i noticed that there are a lot of companies that are willing to assit an author, but they want money for this and for that. it wasn’t always like this, your help would be greatly appreciated.
What Book Distributors are most Self Published Friendly?
I have a recently released self published pocket book which is not eligible for distribution through the printing company because of its size. I know that these uncommon sized books are carried in store, so it is possible for for them to be carried.
I am curious as to which companies are the most friendly to POD self published books. I want other peoples experience and reviews of these companies.
If you reply “google it” I will mark as abuse, since I clearly stated in the question why I am asking as opposed to just blindly clicking links.
If you reply with degrading comments about self published works I will mark as abuse.
Those of you who feel that self publishing is a ‘lower’ form of publishing are carrying an outdated and incorrect idea. Many great authors started out self publishing. In today’s book market, a self published author can make a lot more money than through traditional publishing as long as they put the effort into marketing. My book is already selling well and I am proud of my marketing accomplishments. Even most big publishers provide minimum marketing, such as press releases only, to their clients. Unless you have the next Twilight or Harry Potter there is no need for large publishers.
I do have a website for the book, http://monlitdaydreams.reads.it
The book is available through amazon and for kindle, and also available on smashwords in other formats (This page is currently down, but it is available).
Local bookstores are carrying it. My POD publisher would be able to send to distributors but it is undersized (pocketbook).
My book has an ISBN and otherwise fits all recommendations for distribution.
I apologize, I am at work so i mistyped. http://moonlitdaydreams.reads.it
CAN I WRITE AN UNAUTHORIZED STAR TREK BOOK WITHOUT PERMITION?
POCKET BOOKS PUBLISHES STAR TREK BOOKS FOR PARAMOUNT BUT THEY HAVE TO MANY RESTRICTIONS AND GUIDLINES, CAN I PUBLISH A STAR TREK BOOK ANOTHER WAY?
What is a quote from Warriors Don’t Cry that show the importance of Family, God, and the US army?
Please include page numbers and chapter from the washington square press version published by pocket books.
What are your ten favorite reference books on the unknown and unexplained?
Here are my choices:
Colm Kelleher and George Knapp, Hunt for the Skinwalker: Science Confronts the Unexplained at a Remote Ranch in Utah, Paraview Pocket Books, 2005
Gregory Bishop, Project Beta, Paraview Pocket Books, 2005
John A. Keel, The Complete Guide to Mysterious Beings, Tor Books, 2002
(Originally published as Strange Creatures from Time and Space, Fawcett Publications, 1970)
Mike Dash, Borderlands, Dell Publishing, 2000
Philip Imbrogno and Marianne Horrigan, Celtic Mysteries in New England, Llewellyn, 2000
Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World, Ballantine Books, 1997
Jenny Randles, The Truth Behind Men In Black, St. Martin’s Paperbacks, 1997
Jerome Clark, Unexplained! 347 Strange Sightings, Incredible Occurrences, and Puzzling Physical Phenomena, Visible Ink Press, 1993
Jacques Vallee, Revelations, Ballantine Books, 1992
Philip Klass, UFOs – Identified, Random House, 1968
This question was actually a LOT harder than I thought! Choosing ONLY ten was quite a chore. Runners up include Operation Trojan Horse, the books of Charles Fort, my autographed Mothman library, Unexplained Mysteries of the Twentieth Century… HELP!