Savant Launches Savant Bookstore Honolulu and Savant Distribution

April 28, 2012
Savant Books and Publications, a small, independent publisher of books, CDs and DVDs is anything but small these days! 

In January 2012, we launched the first of our own bookstores, Savant Bookstore Honolulu (http://www.savantbookstorehonolulu.com) which is open for business, author parties, book release parties and book award parties every Saturday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Coffee Talk Coffee House in Kaimuki, a 5-minute bus ride from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Chaminade University, Kapiolani Community College, Honolulu and Waikiki. We carry all Savant publications in-stock and offer them at 10% off the Suggested Retail Price (SRP) and without any shipping charge. We also pay the state tax [Hawaii General Excise Tax (GET)] for you!  Gift-givers can purchase individual books at the bookstore in lots of 4 and 10 at 25% and 40% off the SRP respectively, again without paying for shipping or Hawaii GET! It's Savant's way of saying "Mahalo (thank you)" to Hawaii for supporting our publication house. Gifted books are always appreciated, AND they speak to the gift-givers dedication to literacy and literature. DROP IN ANY SATURDAY FROM 6 P.M. TO 9 P.M.!

In January 2012, we also launched Savant Distribution (http://www.savantdistribution.com) after extensive beta-testing of the now-retired Savant Direct. Savant Distribution offers all Savant publications at wholesale price to retail booksellers in four special plans: SAVANT CHOICE (we choose the best of our titles and provide newly released titles to booksellers before anyone else can); YOUR CHOICE (booksellers choose the titles they want), TRADITIONAL (purchase order/invoice style); and CONSIGNMENT. We welcome new accounts and our outstanding service says it! We're so dedicated to helping bookstores survive these difficult times that we offer SAVANT CHOICE and YOUR CHOICE participants two additional options were WE PAY THE BOOKSELLER TO SHOWCASE OR DISPLAY OUR PRODUCTS (see Savant Distribution website above for details). Savant Books and Publications are also available to book resellers via Ingram, Follett, and Amazon.com's own Createspace Direct (see "booksellers" tab on the Savant Books and Publications website at http://www.savantbooksandpublications.com).

As a publisher, we're committed to making Savant Books and Publications available to interested readers via every possible channel. Oh yes, and our books are always available, 24/7, for purchase on Amazon.com.

Sincerely,
Daniel S. Janik, Publisher
Savant Books and Publications
 

S. Stanley Gordon Hits Honolulu

January 22, 2012
I'm often asked if author, book release, book signing and book award parties really work. Well, here's proof: Savant author S. Stanley Gordon (MY TWO WIVES AND THREE HUSBANDS, 2011) and partner, Joe Gordon, during a recent visit to Honolulu, held book signing/award parties at the Savant Bookstore Honolulu in Kaimuki and next day at Hula's Bar and Lei Stand in Waikiki. The result: over 30 contacts (five celebrities!), six books sold, and an invitation to place the book in "80% Straight" in Wai...
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Savant Author A. G. Hayes Visits Oahu's Northshore

December 31, 2011
I was my pleasure to meet with A. G. Hayes, author of WHO'S KILLING ALL THE LAWYERS (Savant 2011), and family just before Christmas. Hayes visited Oahu's famous Northshore during the Triple Crown of Surfing Event, the last leg of a near around-the-world cruise where he lectured, signed and dedicated books for fellow cruisers. A. G., his Hawaii family and I lunched one day at Jamison's famous open-air bar and grill in Haleiwa, and another day at The Chart House, talking with


locals and visitors...
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Savant Produces First CD Recording

September 9, 2011
It seemed inevitable to me that Savant Books and Publications would eventually expand into the CD (music and audiobook) and DVD areas. Now it's happening. With the release of R. Page Kaufman's contemporary trombone jazz CD entitled TROPIC OF CALIFORNIA (CD), a musical companion to his multi-award winning book TROPIC OF CALIFORNIA - THE STRAINS OF STRAUSS (Savant 2008), Savant Books and Publications enters a new era.


Congratulations, R. Page Kaufman and thank you for pioneering in the new, exp...
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Savant to Market to India

August 26, 2011
It's my pleasure to announce that Savant Books and Publications will soon be available online and in 200 independent bookstores throughout India beginning with R. Page Kaufman's TROPIC OF CALIFORNIA. The "common online listing" interface will be Cinnamon Teal's Dogearsetc.com (http://www.dogearsetc.com/book_details.jsp?resourceID=35515), but our books, as they "come online" will also be made available to other Indian online booksellers as well as brick and mortar stores.

There are few countri...
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Savant Honolulu Author/Book Release Parties Resume

August 9, 2011
Remember those good 'ole days over at Cafe 2600 when we'd all get together either with a "live" or "Skyped-in" author for new book releases?  Well, they're back with infinitely more class and opportunity. Savant Books and Publications has negotiated, starting 1 September 2011, an every Sunday Author/Book Release Party at Clubhouse Makino from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.


Clubhouse Makino (formerly Hard Rock Cafe Honolulu just across the Ala Wai Canal from Waikiki and easily accessible by tourists) is loc...
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The Fine Edge Between Fiction and Non-Fiction - Bentley Gates' THE BAHRAIN CONSPIRACY Rises Again

May 22, 2011
It's not often a publisher hears that a fiction book plot is so well-conceived that it ends up in "real life" contemporary international news, but that's exactly what has happened surrounding author Bentley Gates' action-adventure novel, THE BAHRAIN CONSPIRACY.

Al-Qaida Terrorist Plan Foretold in Author Bentley Gates' novel "The Bahrain Conspiracy"



Author Bentley Gates appears to have predicted a fiendish plot revealed in notes of Osama Bin Laden captured by SEAL Team Six.

According to Reuters ...
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Savant Partners with GoogleBooks and Google eBooks

December 16, 2010
Aloha from sunny Honolulu, the heart of the literary explosion called "Savant Books and Publications."  During 2010, Savant released 18 books, and we have 12 more in various stages of pre-release for early 2011. That's a lot for a small publisher, but it's also garnered us the attention to progress our marketing and publicity efforts to the next level.

Savant is now partnered with GoogleBooks and Google eBooks.  What does this mean? Well, first off, they contacted us, and I believe that's due...
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Savent Books Available Through Ingram Distribution

November 8, 2010
I am pleased to announce that Savant books will now become available to independent and major chain bookstores worldwide through Ingram Distribution Company. What this means is that Ingram clients who request one book on spec or 100,000 books for regional bookstore distribution can now order them directly from Ingram. We have arranged for all new Savant releases to appear on the Ingram list. I estimate it should take, on the average, four months after release for an individual work to actuall...
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Savant Cafe 2600 Book Release Party Resounding Success!

October 18, 2010
Savant Books and Publications second afternoon coffee at Cafe 2600, featuring the release of Daniel S. Janik's children's book, A WHALE'S TALE, was a black T-shirt affair. About forty authors, editors, distributors, writers, University of Hawaii Students and public dropped by for coffee...and a whale of a good time.




"The release party was a complete success, with book sales well above expectations," said author Daniel S. Janik. A WHALE'S TALE recounts the adventures of a juvenile humpback wha...
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