There's plenty of "bad" happening just now in regard to COVID-19 and it's myriad effects on everyone's lives. Yet, for every catastrophe, there's always a silver lining if one can but see it. In our case, we're busy fast-tracking publications to help provide something for quarantined and elective "stay-at-homers," namely the finest in enduring literary works to help entertain the heart and exercise the mind. No mere spoon-fed, mind-numbing movies or videos (I'll admit to an occasional one mys...
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People in the publishing business have well been aware for several years now that Barnes and Noble (B&N), the last of the huge bookstore chain dinosaurs, has been stumbling. Sometime ago, B&N announced that it was changing its emphasis from books to gifts, while struggling to keep it's 600+ "brick and mortar" bookstores in business. Just recently, Elliott Management Corporation announced (https://www.wsj.com/articles/barnes-noble-to-be-acquired-by-elliott-management-for-6-50-a-share-115599068...
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Savant Books and Publications LLC, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, announces its intent to purchase Aignos Publishing Inc as an imprint.

 

HONOLULU - Nov. 29, 2016 -- Savant Books and Publications, an international publisher headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, after some weeks of pre-discussions, has issued a Letter of Interest to Aignos Publishing Inc for the purchase of Aignos Publishing Inc with the intent of making Aignos Publishing an imprint.

Savant Books and Publications publishes enduring...

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As the owner of a small but well-established publishing house producing enduring literary works, I'm often asked where I think the publishing industry is ultimately headed. Twenty years ago that question would have been greeted with a quixotic lilt of the head. Today it elicits mainly a puzzled half-frown. 

For the past ten or more years, publishing has experienced one major upheaval after another. In the USA, first came the demise of several major bookseller chains, and the gradual repurpos...

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I was recently asked by Ms. Connie Dunn for an interview regarding my experiences as a publisher and advice to contemporary authors. It's seldom I enjoy an interview as much as this one which I gladly share with you:

http://publishwithconnie.com/interview-with-daniel-janik/

If you'd like to comment on this interview or its content, join me along with our stable of Savant authors, editors, cover artists and staff on our monthly Chat "always open to the public." Just click on "Chat" tab above and...
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This year's 2015 Honolulu Writers, Authors and Poets Gathering (HWAAPG) is scheduled for 31 March from 1 to 5 p.m., in the Parlor Room of the famous Moana Surfrider Hotel ("The Queen of Waikiki") where many famous Pacific Rim writers, authors and poets, like Mark Twain, typically frequented.

This is not a conference; it's a place for writers, authors, and poets (published or unpublished), editors, publishers, agents and public interested in publishing to schmooze together one-on-one. A sing...
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Aloha,

All Savant publications will be on PRE-HOLIDAY sale in October, 2014:

ALL Savant SOFTCOVER BOOKS and CDs will be 20% OFF WITH FREE SHIPPING to anywhere in the USA from 8 OCTOBER to 8 NOVEMBER 2014 (30 days). Just go to

http://www.savantbooksandpublications.com

and click on the book/CD cover you're interested in for more info and to purchase from the publisher's Square Up Market!


most Savant AMAZON KINDLE EBOOKS will be on a 7-DAY "KINDLE COUNTDOWN DEAL" from 8 TO 15 OCTOBER 2014 at gene...
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Finding a safe place on today's book publishing battlefield is no easy task; more so, charting a growth position for an uncertain future. For example, bookstores, mainly the large and regional chain stores, which have long been the mainstays of retail book sales, are disappearing at an alarming rate (a la Borders and now Barnes and Noble). The dwindling 3,000 small, independent bookstores are being heavily stressed to stay open as well. But that's nothing new -- it's been coming for a long t...
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David Shinsato is glad to be continuing with Savant, this time as an Editor (in addition to proofreader). He's a still the laid back guy who likes to read, serve at church, and hang out with his friends. He's recently engaged, and he and partner are planning to marry in December of this year. He's also taking the necessary steps to becoming a freelance direct response copywriter. Until then, he'll also be working as a busser, then hopefully a waiter, at Gyotaku Japanese restaurant in Pear...
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2013's been a busy year for Savant Books and Publications (SBAP), Savant Bookstore Honolulu (SBH) and Savant Distribution (SD). The year saw SBAP and it's subsidiaries once again well in the black despite the bleak economic environment. For example, while Barnes and Noble closed it's Kahala Mall bookstore, SBH at Hawaii Kai and SBH at Kokua Market (University District) this year effectively doubled our online sales income, as well as 2013 author royalties. We fully expect to fill a good porti...
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Whenever a prospective author asks me, ''What would your publishing house do to promote my book?'' I have to take a minute, breathe deep, and remember that to many, it really means, ''How would you make people buy my book so I can retire a millionaire and never have to write another?''

AUTHORS AND OTHERS

That isn't to say that all potential or seasoned authors think this way, but a growing number of new; young writers seem to. In the world of publishing, there are many writers, and likewise wh...
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These days, in today's world of publishing, "getting published" and having one's book appear on a wide variety of established sales channels has gotten much easier, while garnering author name and book title recognition so interested readers can locate an author's work has gotten much harder. While publishers struggle with the vastly increased approaches to publication including self-, vanity, POD (print on demand), electronic and traditional publishing models, distributors for ways to identi...
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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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Aloha and Welcome to the NEW Savant Books and Publications.  After a year and a half of absolutely stellar growth I am pleased to announce that Savant had successfully established a place in the publishing pantheon. Publishing "significant books and enduring media for the 21st century," Savant is well-placed within the industry with one foot in traditional book publication and the other in the rapidly emerging world of enduring mixed-media.  In taking this step, Savant continues it's "small p...
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