April 2009 and following: Carleton Kendrick, co-author of Take Out Your Nose Ring, Honey, We're Going to Grandma's! has signed a lucrative contract as an expert for Stouffer's upcoming campaign to recommend family dinners as a method 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 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. As a result, dozens of new books will be co-published by UP and CWC branches later this year.

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...

February 2009 and following: The Book Industry Study Group announced that Danny O. Snow has been signed as a contributor to its upcoming publication Print on Demand For Dummies®, due out in May 2009. The book is being published in partnership with John Wiley & Sons, creators of the popular 'For Dummies®' series, and will be available exclusively at the BISG Web site. Snow will also discuss POD at the 2009 Publishing Business Conference, March 23-25 at the New York Marriott in Times Square.

UP continues to push the 'edge of the envelope' of what is possible with POD book publishing. See more cases 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...

December 2008 and following: Carleton Kendrick, co-author of Take Out Your Nose Ring Honey, We're Going to Grandma's!, is quoted prominently in the December 2008 issue of Good Housekeeping Magazine (circ. 4+ million) in a feature story about bonding between parents and teens.

A growing number of UP authors enjoy major media coverage, as a result of their expertise -- and their good books! See additional cases following... Or skip items below and see IMPORTANT OVERVIEW following...

November 2008 and following: Lisa Saunders, author of Anything But a Dog: The perfect pet for a girl with CMV addressed a worldwide conference at the CDC on November 5, to raise awareness about this serious but under-reported disease. A special edition of her book has been published as a benefit for The National Congenital CMV Disease Registry at the Baylor College of Medicine.

UP continues to attract experts in a variety of fields who have written books that appeal both to the general reading public and to institutions that serve progressive social causes. More examples appear below... Or skip items below and see IMPORTANT OVERVIEW following...

October 2008 and following: A special edition of The Seventh Dragon: The Riddle of Equal Temperament by Anita T. Sullivan is now available, with a portion of the proceeds earmarked to benefit the National Music Museum. "This work of high originality rekindles our sense of life's rich mystery," wrote Library Journal.

This is the latest in a series of special UP editions to benefit nonprofit, charitable and educational institutions nationwide. Others are covered below... 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...

May 2008 and following: Life Success Media of Innsbruck, Austria, has licensed the rights to produce 3,000 copies of The Twelve Power Secrets of Network Marketing by Rod Nichols in German. The author and UP will split a substantial advance, with an option for additional printings to follow.

Thanks to UP's selective approach to POD book publishing, several of our books have earned substantial revenues from subsidiary rights over the years. See below for more... Or skip items below and see IMPORTANT OVERVIEW following...

February 2008 and following: For the third time in five years, Oxford University Press has acquired rights to excerpt from an UP book. Material from Sisters and Brothers/Daughters and Sons: Meeting the Needs of Old Parents by Sarah H. Matthews, Ph.D., Sociology Chair of Cleveland State University, will soon be incorporated in Aging as a Social Process, 5th edition, by Barry McPherson and Andrew Wister.

This is the latest example of an UP book that has been selected for use by other publishers. Additional cases appear below... 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.