Category: from the publisher

• coming soon from the publisher nonfiction

  January Nonfiction Releases

  While the world around us drank egg nog and unwrapped presents, Parisian Phoenix has been pushing three projects to the finish line for January release. As a middle grade fiction title Who Turned Out the Lights? has its own post. The Emotionally Intelligent Dental Office by Dr. Steven Hymovitch. Don’t let…

  11 Jan 2024
• coming soon fiction from the publisher new releases

  Who Turned Out the Lights is at the printer!

  The last time we saw our publisher, she was busy fighting the multitude of typos and punctation errors… Who Turned Out the Lights has gone to the printer! The official release date is January 31. I had a lot of fun working with Joseph Swarctz and Ralph Greco Jr. on…

  6 Jan 2024
• from the publisher reflection Uncategorized

  The Breakfast Club (with author Laurel Wenson at Plants & Coffee) and Readers in the Wild

  I’m behind on things– perhaps my own fault because I got distracted at my local public library yesterday and perhaps gave myself some time to read when I should have been writing. One of my goals for this year is to read more current fiction and to read popular fiction.…

  4 Jan 2024
• events from the publisher Uncategorized

  Girls’ Night Out at Boser Geist

  Last week I got a message from fine artist and art book maker Maryann Riker of Justarip Press. She and I have known each other at least 20 years through my newspaper days in Phillpsburg, N.J. I heard about her art books and asked if I could do a piece…

  29 Dec 2023
• from the publisher review

  From our (goofy) founder: The Rejected Planner Series

  Angel Ackerman has been building a BookTok and since winter has come, there’s not a whole lot of author events to highlight so she reviewed all FOURTEEN of the planners she might use in 2024. Read more on her blog below and see all 40 minutes on YouTube. The Teenager…

  27 Dec 2023
• from the publisher reflection

  Top 10 Things I have learned about publishing in 2023

  – People always think they have too many books. – People don’t like to take chances on new authors in random places. – Book publishing has tight profit margins. – Sometimes the book you want to make costs too much money. – People say they will review your book but most…

  22 Dec 2023
• coming soon erotica from the publisher

  A new turn for Larry: Introducing Barry the Dancing Bear

  As a small craft, boutique press, we offer the unique opportunity to our authors that we encourage them to explore their full creativity. When Larry Sceurman first pitched me his nostalgic fiction, short story collection which kinda, sorta became Coffee in the Morning, I gave him some news that he…

  13 Dec 2023
• craft tips from the publisher

  A cautionary tale: My debacle with Ingram

  First, let me say that I am mostly happy with the product, customer service and distribution of IngramSpark. But it’s now December 11 and I’ve been waiting since November 16 for ten copies of Sometimes I Get… For some reason, this hardcover seems to get lost in the system every…

  11 Dec 2023
• events from the publisher parisian phoenix author parisian phoenix staff poetry

  Another Day in the Life of a Small Publisher (December edition)

  As publisher here at Parisian Phoenix, my days never quite go as planned. But I thought I’d take a moment to describe a recent approximate 24-hours-in-the-life. Let’s start roughly at 5 p.m. last night. I had completed a project earlier in the day for a client, and sent it to…

  8 Dec 2023
• fiction from the publisher new releases review

  The Year in Children’s Lit (2023)

  2023 marked Parisian Phoenix’s official entry into children’s lit with the launch of Parisian Phoenix Kittens and the release of the Echo City Capers Jr. hardcover children’s books. Joe and Ralph, our own dynamic duo, have another hardcover planned for 2024, a hardcover update to Otto the Oak. But I…

  28 Nov 2023