Queenie Chan and Boy's Book of Positive Quotations
MINNEAPOLIS, MN Fairview Press, an independent publisher of inspiration and wellness books, announced today that it has signed Queenie Chan (artist of the best-selling manga In Odd We Trust, with Odd Thomas author Dean Koontz) to create sequential art for a middle-grade advice book called The Boy's Book of Positive Quotations
(Sept. 2009, $13.95).
The books in Fairview Press' Positive Quotations series which have sold more than 500,000 trade copies originally began as reference anthologies. In recent years, author and series co-creator Steve Deger has re-envisioned them as illustrated gift books. Enhanced trade distribution in leading Big Box and nontraditional book outlets have helped individual volumes spend more than two years on Nielsen BookScan's bestseller reports for adult self-help and historical juvenile nonfiction.
Queenie Chan, author of the popular mystery-horror series The Dreaming and co-author (with Dean Koontz) of In Odd We Trust , will draw the manga for the The Boy's Book of Positive Quotations . The graphica will follow the life of a boy who receives mysterious text messages from a beautiful ninja. Her proverbs guide him on the honor code of the aspiring ninja and tie in with the rest of the book's modern-day advice, written by Steve Deger as well as compiled from various pop culture sources.
Says Deger: The age-old storyline of the sensei and student gets a makeover in this hybrid manga/advice book. I'm excited to bring Queenie Chan's brilliant artwork from the manga shelves to the inspiration aisles. It's proof that virtually any message can be communicated via graphica.
Queenie Chan comments: I want my artwork to inspire people to widen their horizons. Learning about the world, history, other cultures and having an appreciation for things outside your own little box is important. So I'm excited to have my artwork paired with the insightful thoughts of accomplished people from all corners of the globe.
The Boy's Book of Positive Quotations is available for Pre-Order at Amazon.
(Sept. 2009, $13.95).The books in Fairview Press' Positive Quotations series which have sold more than 500,000 trade copies originally began as reference anthologies. In recent years, author and series co-creator Steve Deger has re-envisioned them as illustrated gift books. Enhanced trade distribution in leading Big Box and nontraditional book outlets have helped individual volumes spend more than two years on Nielsen BookScan's bestseller reports for adult self-help and historical juvenile nonfiction.
Queenie Chan, author of the popular mystery-horror series The Dreaming and co-author (with Dean Koontz) of In Odd We Trust , will draw the manga for the The Boy's Book of Positive Quotations . The graphica will follow the life of a boy who receives mysterious text messages from a beautiful ninja. Her proverbs guide him on the honor code of the aspiring ninja and tie in with the rest of the book's modern-day advice, written by Steve Deger as well as compiled from various pop culture sources.Says Deger: The age-old storyline of the sensei and student gets a makeover in this hybrid manga/advice book. I'm excited to bring Queenie Chan's brilliant artwork from the manga shelves to the inspiration aisles. It's proof that virtually any message can be communicated via graphica.
Queenie Chan comments: I want my artwork to inspire people to widen their horizons. Learning about the world, history, other cultures and having an appreciation for things outside your own little box is important. So I'm excited to have my artwork paired with the insightful thoughts of accomplished people from all corners of the globe.
The Boy's Book of Positive Quotations
is available for Pre-Order at Amazon.
posted by Bodog at 4:42 PM
1 Comments:
Steve, this is awesome! What great PR for this book. I'm excited for you.
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