November 2009 and following: Digital Book Printing for Dummies® from Wiley and Sons (creators of the popular 'For Dummies' series) and BISG features extensive commentary from UP founder Danny O. Snow about the latest trends in POD book publishing.

UP continues to push the 'edge of the envelope' in today's booming print-on-demand book publishing industry. See additional reports below for more examples... Or skip items below and see IMPORTANT OVERVIEW following...

October 2009 and following: Bridge Arts Media of Los Angeles will co-publish an exciting new series of works by screenwriters with UP, coming soon to a theatre -- er, bookseller -- near you! The "Hollywood Novels Press" series will include such luminaries as veteran Hollywood screenwriter Daniel Pyne (Manchurian Candidate, Any Given Sunday, Doc Hollywood), with more releases to follow from both seasoned Hollywood writers and promising new faces.

Stay tuned for more exciting news, continuing the growing list of success stories documented below... Or skip items below and see IMPORTANT OVERVIEW following...

August 2009 and following: Take Out Your Nose Ring, Honey, We're Going to Grandmas!, co-authored by Carleton Kendrick, was featured in a national network interview on Fox & Friends this month. This is the latest in a growing list of major media appearances by UP authors. More reports follow... Or skip items below and see IMPORTANT OVERVIEW following...

July 2009 and following: UP has granted translation rights for a French edition of The 12 Power Secrets for Network Marketing Success by Rod Nichols to Libre Entreprise, which sold more than 20,000 copies of Nichols' previous MLM guide. A translation to German was published in 2008 by Life Success Media of Austria. The French translation is expected out soon. Thanks to UP's emphasis on quality, this is the latest in a series of successful foreign rights deals that have helped UP authors gain more readership and revenue. More examples appear below... Or skip items below and see IMPORTANT OVERVIEW following...

May 2009 and following: UP Founder Danny O. Snow has been elected to the board of the Independent Book Publishers Association, serving more than 3,500 publishing firms across North America and around the world. His term begins in July. His goal is to help IBPA publishers follow UP's high-tech approach to modern book publishing -- making the industry more efficient, greener, responsive to the needs of readers, and equitable to writers, as illustrated in earlier reports on this page... Or skip items below and see IMPORTANT OVERVIEW following...

April 2009 and following: Carleton Kendrick, co-author of Take Out Your Nose Ring, Honey, We're Going to Grandma's! has been signed as a source of expert commentary for Stouffer's national campaign to recommend family dinners as a way for parents to strengthen bonds with their kids. UP was actively involved in brokering the deal, as with other UP books and authors who are authorities in their fields, shown in the following reports... Or skip items below and see IMPORTANT OVERVIEW following...

March 2009 and following: The California Writers Club, the nation's oldest umbrella group for professional writers, is celebrating its centennial in 2009 by extending a pilot program between UP and CWC's Redwood Branch to all of the club's 17 branches throughout California.

UP is proud to collaborate with a growing number of educational, charitable and professional groups on the publication of books, using the latest technologies. See more examples below... Or skip items below and see IMPORTANT OVERVIEW following...

January 2009 and following: Following a successful trial in 2008, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will expand its use of two UP books for citizenship classes. As a result, thousands of copies of Preserving the Public Trust and Good Ideas for Creating a More Ethical and Effective Workplace (both co-published by UP with the Character Counts! Coalition) will be used by the Department of Citizenship and Immigration Services in 2009.

UP is proud to see more and more of its books gaining broader readership than typical POD fare, especially when they help make better citizens! Other examples follow... Or skip items below and see IMPORTANT OVERVIEW following...

September 2008 and following: Harvardwood, an organization of Harvard alumni, students, faculty and staff in the arts, media and entertainment worlds, is now co-publishing an exciting new series of books by Harvard-connected writers with UP. The "Harvardwood Books" series will showcase the work of members in a variety of genres.

UP is proud to collaborate with a growing number of educational, charitable and professional groups on the publication of new books. See more examples below... Or skip items below and see IMPORTANT OVERVIEW following...

August 2008 and following: the excitement of backstage action at the 2008 Olympics is captured virtually live, in worldwide network sports broadcaster Mark Butler's Beijing Journal.

It is a veteran network TV broadcaster's inside view of Beijing during the 2008 Summer Olympics, "the real story behind the story." It's an absolute MUST-READ for anyone who loves sports, and those who want to learn about the miracles that occur backstage to bring world-class sporting events to your home. This unassuming little book is also a remarkable feat of sports journalism powered by new publishing technologies. The author, Mark Butler, sent live daily reports by e-mail, plus original photos, day by day. They were combined, one by one, into this book. The final journal entry is dated August 23, 2008. The resulting book was released on August 24. Astoundingly, it became available in print while the games were still in progress. This is the first time in history that any book-length account of the Olympics has been published before the closing ceremonies.

UP is pleased to work with an ever-increasing number of journalists, established authors, educators, professional speakers and celebrities, while pushing the limits of what is possible in publishing with the most advanced technology available today. See additional reports following... Or skip items below and see IMPORTANT OVERVIEW following...

Overview

The items above clearly demonstrate UP's success in developing a hybrid of new technologies and proven publishing practices. We combine new manufacturing and distribution methods while remaining selective about the content and appearance of our books, like a more traditional publisher.

UP also has dual production and distribution channels, using BOTH of the world's leading suppliers, and a liberal return policy for retailers-- almost unknown among other POD imprints. These factors give UP books significant advantages in the marketplace, compared to competitors. Our goal is achieve the best of both worlds: the speed and economy of POD, combined with the kind of quality and public exposure of books more typical of larger, mainstream publishers.

As a result, UP books are gaining more and more exposure from mainstream news media, major publishing industry channels, and of course, from the public. Yet UP is still a young company, founded in 2000. Please stay tuned; the best news is yet to come!

Click HERE for additional coverage of UP books by The New York Times, LA Times, Chicago Tribune, TIME Magazine, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Good Morning America, The New Republic, Scientific American, Psychology Today and many other major media.

Special congratulations to:

Rod Nichols, author of Twelve Power Secrets of Network Marketing Success

This book was released by UP as a POD paperback in March 2008. Life Success Media of Insbruck, Austria, subsequently bought the right to translate it to German. UP and the author will share a generous advance on an initial printing of 3,000 copies.

Benny Mares, author of Child Safety 101

First edition released by UP as a POD paperback in March 2004. Translation rights sold to Business Sha, a leading Japanese publisher, in 2006. The author and UP shared a substantial advance for an initial printing of 7,000 copies, with an option for additional printings up to 20,000 units and royalties as high as 8%.

Edith Ankersmit Kemp and Jerrold E. Kemp, authors of Older Couples: New Couplings

First edition released by UP as a POD paperback in May 2001. Rights subsequently acquired by Ten Speed Press, and now distributed in the U.S. by Celestial Arts, in Canada by Ten Speed Canada, in the U.K. by Airlift Books, in South Africa by Real Books, in New Zealand by Southern Publishers Group, in Southeast Asia by Berkeley Books, and in Australia by Simon & Schuster Australia.