My Body My Baby by Irene Chain Kalinowski

When will women take back the power of childbirth? Woman, it’s your choice. It’s time to take charge of childbirth – and celebrate it!



The truth is not all women in today’s society have the choice around childbirth. And now is the perfect time to change that. Women should not be made vulnerable to the system. And that’s exactly what midwife-nurse Irene Chain-Kalinowski wants to achieve with her book, My Body My Baby.

This book educates women about the different perceptions and spin-off effects of medical interventions in childbirth. Oftentimes, women are vulnerable and busy taking care of their baby after their birth that they do not have time to complain. But they do need to find time to do that. The media release needs to highlight that women deserve the right to free and informed choices.

In this experiential, insightful and empowering read, the author has indeed re-echoed the voices of countless women throughout history, calling for every woman to be able to choose where she births, to have control of her experience, and to be given healthy choices.

Overview

The truth is not all women in today’s society have the choice around childbirth. And now is the perfect time to change that. Women should not be made vulnerable to the system. And that’s exactly what midwife-nurse Irene Chain-Kalinowski wants to achieve with her book, My Body My Baby. This hopes to give childbirth back to women so they can make informed choices and celebrate them.

“You need to be well informed throughout your entire childbirth experience and only then can you make healthy choices,” adds Chain-Kalinowski. “After all it is ‘Your Body and Your Baby’.” And this book does just that. It allows women to take charge of childbirth – and celebrate this experience.

Oftentimes, women are vulnerable and busy taking care of their baby after their birth that they do not have time to complain. But they do need to find time to do that. The media release needs to highlight that women deserve the right to free and informed choices. In this experiential, insightful and empowering read for expectant mothers, the author has indeed re-echoed the voices of countless women throughout history, calling for every woman to be able to choose where she births, to have control of her experience, and to be given choices.

About the author

Irene Chain-Kalinowski was born 21 July 1956, Rotherham, South Yorkshire England. She has been a practising midwife for 32 years and has worked in both hospital and community settings. Kalinowski is protective of women’s rights which promote the principles of partnership, protection and participation. She has worked in both hospital and community settings and been exposed to multicultural environments.
A registered nurse and midwife, she practices in a holistic midwifery health care setting that creates healthy mothers where medical intervention and referrals are rarely required, women are empowered to take charge of their health and birthing experiences are celebrated.

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When is Enough, Enough? by Morongwa Makakane

“Clearly, entrepreneurship is not for everyone. But if you’ve always wanted to know if you have what it takes, this step-by-step guide to launching a business is highly readable and highly recommended. Industry trade associations will want to consider recommending it to prospective business owners.” – Blue Ink Review 

“Some of the most useful counsel a would-be business owner can get is from a person who started a small business and failed. It is this individual’s unique perspective on what can go wrong that creates a valuable learning experience. This is one of the primary reasons Morongwa Makakane’s honest, authentic When is Enough Enough? stands out among many books targeting entrepreneurs.” – ForeWord Reviews



Starting and running a business is a responsibility that must be taken seriously, and must be implemented using proven step-by-step methods to ensure long-term sustainability. And that is definitely not an easy feat.
Learn ten things aspiring entrepreneurs need to know to start and run a successful business
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Based on the author’s true story of her life: her failed business and the mistakes she made that led her business to close down and left her highly indebted, this self-help business book contains tips on what to do and what not to do, to ensure that aspiring entrepreneurs can start and run viable, profitable and sustainable business. It’s a practical, inspirational handbook that provides insights into the things that must be put in place, and be done, to ensure that an entrepreneur achieves their dreams and goals.

“The book is also essentially about making personal change, it’s about not giving up when you have experienced a failure, it’s about taking responsibility for your actions, and recognising that true change comes from within,” says the author.

Even though the book is about how to start and run a successful business, each and every chapter is a life lesson in itself…

Morongwa Makakane

Morongwa Makakane is an outgoing, goal oriented, self motivated strategist and talent management expert, specialising in Organisational Transformation in the areas of Change Management, Business Strategy and People Development in South Africa. Having owned a small business, which was one day, very successful, and the next day, saw it crumbling in front of her eyes, she uses her experiences in this book to educate all aspiring entrepreneurs of the things that need to be done, most of them overlooked in running a small, and successful business. Morongwa is also an accomplished inspirational speaker, who authentically interacts with her audiences. Optimistic and resilient, she believes in showing people, through practical strategies and her personal life-stories, how to succeed where they have failed and how to rise above the difficulties and challenges in business and in life.

You can purchase a copy of When is Enough, Enough through these online bookstores:

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How To Publish A book: Self-publishing VS. Traditional Publishing

Aspiring writers who seek to get the voice in literary industry have their own distinctive goals and guidelines to follow along the way.  Most importantly, they all first need to have a craft well done and be published before they can pursue their paths towards becoming successful authors.

Your next concern will be as to how and where are you going to start. You’ve got 2 options before you can be called an author: either you will start securing a contract from an established publishing house and do the traditional publishing; or you can work with a self-publishing company to get your book published.

Whichever way you feel comfortable in pursuing; still, there is always a need for you to know the basics on how to self-publish your book and how to publish it the traditional way. So here is the overview of both.



TRADITIONAL PUBLISHING

You’ve got the book and now you’re ready to have it published. Consider these basics steps on how you can do the traditional way of establishing yourself as an author in the market.

• Identify the right category for your book

Classifying the right category for your book helps you decide whether which company or publisher you would like to send your book proposal to. In an instance that you want your non-fiction book be published traditionally, you will need to submit a book proposal along with sample chapters of your book to publishers which deal the specific genre of your book. Also, you need to include the description of your book and your potential readers. In cases of fiction books, it is a must that you complete first your manuscript before contacting any publishers and send them a query letter stating your high interest to get your book published.

• Secure a contract

Granting that you have found an agent who can help you publish your book or the right publisher of your book, you should next consider acquiring a contract with them. But of course, it only happens when they accept the book proposal you sent them. After all, publishers have the full discretion whether to accept or reject your proposal. If your book is lucky enough to be considered for publishing, they will send you a contract.

• The publisher prints, publish, and sell your books

Acquiring a contract from a publishing company is a great payoff to all your hard work in traditional publishing. Once you can secure one, the publisher will start printing your manuscript and publish it. The publishing company will also take in-charge of marketing and selling your work to different bookstores, distribution, and warehousing for your book. Traditional publishers also help an author promote his books for 3 months before an author has to do book promotions by his own.

SELF-PUBLISHING

• Complete your book

Well, of course you need to have your manuscript complete as the foundation of your journey towards self-publishing. Having your work complete means that from the cover, text, design, and formatting– you should see to it that you have all what you think it needs to be ready. In self-publishing, you are responsible for your every action. You need to make sure you have edited your work a couple times before moving forward. You might need the help of professionals for fees. These include professional editors and self-publishing companies offering essential services.

• Print your book

When your book is ready, you can start printing your work or contact a self-publishing company to do it for you. You shoulder the expenses in printing. Some publishing companies have different service levels in publishing your work such as black and white and colored. Of course, their prices differ based on the quality.

• Market your book

In self-publishing, you have all the control on what kind of promotional materials you can apply for your book. When it’s already published, your next step is to market your book so that you can start gaining the profits from your endeavor. You can start from simple platforms to market your book such as community forums and exhibits where you get the chance to talk about yourself and your work. You can also take advantage of any book marketing services offered by different self-publishing companies.

Whether your option is the traditional way or self-publishing, there is a common responsibility addressed to authors in both ways—promoting your book. Either way, you take the responsibility of kicking some promotional effort to get sales. Traditional publishers do offer help any author promote his/her book such as sending your book to reviewers and securing some media ads for you in a specific span of time. In self-publishing, you get all the control of time, money, and effort to promote your book. The span of time of your book exposure online is also not limited.

At the end of the day, it is still your choice as to what way you think that best fits the kind of book you have. Take your steps as early as now and get published.

Best Self-Published Fiction Books of All Time

1. Fifty Shades trilogy by E.L. James

Fifty Shades trilogy has sold more than 70 million copies worldwide. The publication of the book started on the author’s website as she started out writing fan fiction stories. Fifty Shades of Grey was self-published through a small Australian company, which released it on eBook and print-on demand. Her passionate fan base had driven the book to extreme levels of popularity.

2. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

By the end of its first year in publication, Gone Girl had sold over two million copies in print and digital editions. This self-published book has become the New York Times Hardcover Fiction Bestseller list for eight weeks. Further, it was also twenty-six weeks on National Public Radio’s hardcover fiction bestseller list.

3. Hollowland by Amanda Hocking

This self-published book has sold over a million copies of her books, primarily in eBook format, making the author a widely considered the exemplar of self-publishing success in the digital age.

4. Still Alice by Lisa Genova

Still Alice is a compelling debut novel about a 50-year-old woman’s sudden descent into early onset Alzheimer’s disease, written by first-time author Lisa Genova. This self-published book spent over 40 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list, sold over a million copies in print, chosen as one of 30 titles for World Book Night 2013, and has been translated into over 25 languages.

5. The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans

The Christmas Box is an American fiction and was self-published in 1993. It became the first book to simultaneously reach the No.1 position on the New York Times bestseller list for both the paperback and hardcover editions. That same year, the book was made into a television movie.

6. Invisible Life by Harris E. Lynn

Just a few years ago, E. Lynn Harris was selling his self-published novel Invisible Life out of the back of his car. Today, he is a bestselling publishing sensation, having more than one million copies for the book. Invisible Life has been hailed as “one of the most thought-provoking books and is adapted into motion picture screen jointly produced by Edmonds Entertainment and Proteus E2 productions.

7. Bared to You by Sylvia Day

With almost a half-million copies sold in the U.S. in six weeks, foreign rights sold in 26 territories, and twelve weeks and counting on national bestseller lists, Bared to You is one of the fastest selling books in the country. The novel was initially self-published on April 3, 2012 by Day. The book is a 2012 New York Times best-selling erotic new adult romance novel.

8. The Mill River Recluse by Darcie Chan

The Mill River Recluse, a self-published fiction book has become a word-of-mouth e-book sensation. With nearly 700,000 copies sold, the book appeared on the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists for 30 weeks and became a heartwarming favorite of readers across the country.

9. Wool Series by Hugh Howey

Wool Series has sold half a million copies. It is #1 Bestseller on Amazon and Winner of Kindle Book Review’s Best Indie Book of 2012 Award.

10. The Wedding Gift by Marlen S. Bodden

As a self-published book, The Wedding Gift sold over 140,000 e-books. This novel started out as a self-published e-book but when it made its way to the top of the Amazon bestseller list, this top-selling self-published author won an international book deal.

Successful self-published authors have their own secrets on how they are able to reach the peak of self-publishing triumph. For some, they use their intellect and creativity in making decisions while they pursue the path of becoming their own publishers of their work. For some, focus is always the greatest starting ground. Consequences of your decisions differ based on your reasons as to why you self-publish. It is a matter of time, effort, and good decision-making. So, decide what seems so suitable to your publishing and book marketing needs and get that recognition that these authors have reached.

House of Mirrors by Debbie Boswell

 

Love, friendship and forgiveness intertwine in this fictional story of pain and revenge.

To the town of Gordonville, the Crandalls are a respectable Christian family. But inside the house, trouble and danger abound…

Meet Jenna Crandall, a docile public relations receptionist with an exceptional talent for art. But she carries with her some heavy baggage – the mental and emotional abuse by her mother and sisters. Jenna suffers in silence and only her best friend, Rosa Garrison, knows the truth and has the solution to her problem: kill her mother and sisters. However, Jenna won’t hear of it until she reaches her breaking point. Find out what she’s planning inside the House of Mirrors.

Unravel the hidden scandals with families and the lengths people go through to portray a pristine persona while hiding the truth about themselves and/or their families in author Debbie Boswell’s second book.

Debbie Boswell

Debbie Boswell has a B.S. in accounting and an Enrolled Agent license (E.A.). She is also the owner/manager of Crafts by Grace, a cottage industry in which she makes candles, soap and designs T-shirts. Debbie co-wrote and co-produced her first screenplay, OPEN/CLOSE, through the Brooklyn Young Filmmakers Center. House of Mirrors is her second novel. Debbie resides in Brooklyn, NY where she was born and raised.

Dick Rose Book Collection

Dick Rose was born in Chicago, IL. August 16, 1931. He attended school in Chicago through the tenth grade before moving to Los Angeles, Cal., in 1947. He finished high school in 1949 and graduated from Los Angeles City College June 14, 1951, one day before entering the Navy.
Though he had tried to enlist in the Army in August 1950, at the outbreak of the Korean War, he was classified as 4-F. By June 1951, as the Korean War entered its sixth month of stalemate, he was re-classified 1-A. His patriotic ardor somewhat dimmed, he opted for Naval Service.

He entered naval service as a radioman and was assigned to the USS Pollux, a supply ship home ported in Yokosuka, Japan in March 1952. A year later, he found out about the recently formed Journalist rating. He applied for the Class A Journalism School and was selected to attend. Following graduation in September 1953, he found himself back in Yokosuka, on the staff of Commander Naval Forces, Far East in the History & Awards section, preparing a month-to-month history of the Navy’s participation in Korea.

He left the Navy in May 1955, attended UCLA, and married Barbara Feder. Bored with the study of 17 century English writers, he re-entered the Navy in February, 1956. He was assigned to the News Department of Armed Forces Radio, Taiwan, in Taipei. He was the news director, newscaster three times a day, and hosted a couple of musical shows.

In November 1956, his daughter, Debbi, was born in Taipei.

Successive tours of duty from 1959-1965 found him advancing in rate, serving in Seattle, Washington; Hollywood, California; and Pt. Mugu, California.

In 1965, he returned to Japan and Armed Forces Radio to head the news bureau at Far East Network, Tokyo. A promotion to Senior Chief Petty Officer brought a sooner-than expected transfer to Saigon, Vietnam, on the staff of Commander US Naval Forces, Vietnam.

In Vietnam, he was the senior enlisted man and officer supervisor for a 12-man contingent of navy journalists and photographers. He supervised their assignments to Navy detachments throughout the country, primarily in the Mekong Delta, south of Saigon. During his one-year tour, he participated in fourteen combat missions on attack helicopters, river patrol boats, and with the U.S. Marine Corps-trained Vietnamese commandos, service which earned him the Navy Commendation Medal with combat “V.”

It was during this service, as he personally observed the progress of the war, attended press briefings for news media correspondents, read situation and action reports, read the English language version of Saigon newspapers, and listened to his fellow servicemen of all four services, that his disillusion began.
He finished his Navy career in Coronado, California, on the staff of Commander Amphibious Force, US Pacific Fleet. Further contact with returning servicemen as well as conscientious objectors who were assigned to the commander’s staff while awaiting their processing out, sharpened his concern over the war. After 3/12 years of absence, his return to the United States in October, 1968 had introduced him to the increasing opposition to war.

Following his retirement as a Master Chief Journalist in 1971, he entered San Diego State University, earning a BA with honors in English in 1972, and an MA in 1975. While in school, he realized that he had to tell his story, his view as a participant, and as a disillusioned career navyman.

The story became his Master’s Thesis, Moveable Forts and Magazines, re-published as Tarnished Brass Curtain: A Novel of Vietnam, about the Vietnam experience. In it, he was able to dramatize the contradictions and doubts faced by a dedicated and loyal Navyman. It also allowed him to explore alienation, the outsider status he had always felt as a Jewish second generation American in a WASP-oriented society. The book was a finalist in the 2011 National Independent Press Excellence Awards in the military fiction category.

In 1997, he and Barbara retired from the IRS. They moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in January, 2000, where he continued to write, tend his rose bushes and koi pond waterfall, and prepare occasional tax returns.
Though he had many news stories and feature articles published in military and civilian newspapers and magazines, and wrote an award-winning radio drama in 1966 saluting the Hungarian Freedom Fighter, he remains focused on Vietnam. He was active in Vietnam Veterans of America, where he served in various chapter offices, and edited a newsletter, Frontlines. He was also a contributing editor to the VVA California State newspaper, The California Zephyr.

Throughout his post-Navy career, he wrote humorous newspaper columns for various VA and community newspapers, under the title Through Rose-colored Glasses.

In November, 2012, he published a collection of articles, stories and poems about Vietnam, written while there, and afterward, entitled “Vietnam: Through Rose-colored Glasses” This book won Honorable Mention in the 2012-2013 Los Angeles Book Festival in the mixed-media category and a Bronze Medal in the Current Events military category of the Independent Press (IPPY) 2013 contest. His latest book, a collection of short stories, “Did You Ever Try to Melt a Lemon Drop?” won the 2012 MANA 1st Prize Sunrise Writers Contest and is expected to be published by MANA in June, 2013. Barbara died in 2007, and Dick and his daughter, Debbi, now live in Henderson, Nevada.

What Really Matters by Dr. Ralph Redding

Meet Zeke the zebra, who sees his reflection and gallops off on an adventure to learn about the color of his skin.

Set in the African savanna, the story begins as Zeke wonders whether he is a black zebra with white stripes or a white zebra with black stripes. In his search for answers, his animal friends’ opinions have only made him feel confused and inferior. Perflex, Zeke decides to approach his wisest friend, Matilda the elephant. With Matilda’s sensible words, Zeke soon discovers that color or physical appearance is unimportant, as long as one realizes what really matters.

Celebrating the diversity of our human race, this thoughtful fable offers young readers a simple and clear explanation of how differences in physical appearances do not matter, because What Really Matters! is the personality or inner character with each of us.

About the Author

Ralph Redding was raised in Lethbridge Alberta, Canada. After graduating from the public school system, he attended the University of Alberta for both his undergraduate and medical school training. He got additional medical training in London and Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He then moved to New England with his family and taught pulmonary medicine at Brown University. He is the author of fifty scientific and medical articles, and this is his first children’s book.

The most significant event in his life was the discovery of bone cancer at age thirty-five, which prompted amputation of his left shoulder, arm and some ribs. His survival and recovery spurred him into newer interests such as death education for medical students, and participation in the early development of hospices, both in Miami, FL, and Tulsa OK, where he practised medicine for fifteen years.

He is now retired in New Bern, NC, and lives with his wife, Beverlee. Married for 38 years, they share six children between them, and twelve grandchildren. In New Bern, they started a free clinic that provides medical attention and medicines to un-insured low income individuals.