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...

January 2008 and following: Harvard-trained family therapist Carleton Kendrick is quoted extensively about sexuality in relationships at OPRAH.com this month. He is widely regarded as one of the world's leading authorities on family matters. UP is proud to publish his book.

UP publishes scores of widely-quoted books by experts, scholars and speakers worldwide. Additional examples follow... Or skip items below and see IMPORTANT OVERVIEW following...

December 2007 and following: "Is making money in the markets luck, or skill? Engineer Stan Mazor thinks it's a bit of both," began popular radio personality Lisa Napoli, in a nationally syndicated Marketplace interview with the author of Stock Market Gambling on December 7, 2007. Marketplace reaches 15 million listeners each week. This is Mazor's second book with UP, following Design an Expandable House (2003). "Stanley Mazor is one of the architects of the information age... So it was not surprising that when Mr. Mazor turned his hand to building a vacation house, his approach would be inventive..." wrote The New York Times in 2005.

Because UP is quality-oriented, many of our books have been featured by major media coast-to-coast. More documented cases appear below... Or skip items below and see IMPORTANT OVERVIEW following...

October 2007 and following: Book Company Publishing LLC of Los Angeles has selected UP to co-publish a full line of special edition books about famous historical figures, ranging from Betsy Ross to Alexander Hamilton to Sacajawea and many more. Among the first will be Abe Lincoln and Nancy Hanks by the acclaimed American writer, Elbert Hubbard, first published in 1927. It has lapsed in and out of print for almost a century, until now.

UP specializes in bringing back out-of-print books, and publishing new works by professional writers. We also co-publish more and more books each year with smaller publishers. See the following reports for more examples... Or skip items below and see IMPORTANT OVERVIEW following...

September 2007 and following: UP plans to co-publish an entire series of books with the Redwood Branch of the California Writers Club next year. The CWC is the nation's oldest umbrella group for professional authors, founded in 1909. Early members included Jack London, George Sterling, John Muir, Joaquin Miller and Ina Coolbrith. The CWC serves more than 1,100 members statewide. The Redwood Branch serves writers in the wine country of northern California.

UP is proud to co-publish books with an increasing number of California institutions, both commercial and nonprofit. More cases appear below... Or skip items below and see IMPORTANT OVERVIEW following...

August 2007 and following: Child Safety 101 by international celebrity bodyguard Benny Mares has been selected as a special edition for the workshops of Carlie's Crusade, a national nonprofit foundation dedicated to the protection of America's youth.

Special editions of UP books for charitable, educational and progressive social causes coast-to-coast are rapidly gaining greater exposure for our authors while supporting worthy goals. See additional reports below for more examples... Or skip items below and see IMPORTANT OVERVIEW following...

March 2007 and following: a light-hearted guide to breaking in on the ground floor of the world's most glamorous business will soon be co-published by UP and Universal Studios Hollywood. Click HERE to preview this insider's guide to navigating the Hollywood minefield.

UP is pleased to co-publish books with a growing number of high-profile institutions, coast to coast and around the world. More examples are cited below... Or skip items below and see IMPORTANT OVERVIEW following...

January 2007 and following: UP's light-hearted guide to parenting teenagers titled Take Out Your Nose Ring, Honey, We're Going to Grandma's! by Carleton Kendrick and Barbara Cooke continues to gain exposure in many of the world's most prominent news media month after month, including CBS News, NBC News, Fox News, TIME Magazine, Martha Stewart Radio, and many other print and broadcast media, coast to coast...

UP's emphasis on "quality over quantity" garners far better media exposure than enjoyed by typical POD books. More evidence appears below...

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:

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.