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Publishing workshop.
The Colorado Independent Publishers Association will hold its annual CIPA College beginning Thursday at the Red Lion Hotel, 4040 Quebec St.
The three-day event will feature talks on such subjects as Web marketing, making profitable decisions for your publishing business, the power of editing, working with the major bookstore chains, working with distributors, website musts for authors and publishers, free publicity on the Internet, and more.
Speakers include representatives from the chain stores, distributors, authors Margaret Coel and Erin Gray, and others who will discuss aspects of independent publishing
Culminating the event will be the awarding of the EVVY Awards during ceremonies beginning at 6 p.m. and emceed by local radio talk show host Dom Testa, whose series of children’s books is being launched by Tor Books of New York.
The awards, named after CIPA founder Evelyn Kaye, recognize authors in several categories, including autobiography/memoirs, biography/history, business/finance, children’s, juvenile, diet/health/fitness, fiction, how-to, inspirational/self-help, humor, legacy, miscellaneous, nonfiction, parenting/ family, spirituality/religion, political/ social, travel and workbooks.
For more information, go to or call Judith Briles at 303-627-9179. The Denver Post
First Lines
Paths of Glory, by Jeffrey Archer
“Last time I went bouldering in my hobnails, I fell off,” said Conrad.
Jochen wanted to cheer, but knew that if he responded to the coded message it might alert a rival group tuned in to their frequency — or even worse, allow an eavesdropping journalist to realize that they’d discovered a body. He left the radio on, hoping for a clue that would reveal which of the two victims the search party had come across, but not another word was spoken. Only a crackling sound confirmed that someone was out there, but unwilling to speak.
Jochen followed his instructions to the letter, and after sixty seconds of silence he switched off the radio. He only wished he’d been selected as a member of the original climbing party, who were out there searching for the two bodies, but he’d drawn the short straw. Someone had to remain at base camp and man the radio. He stared out of the tent at the falling snow, and tried to imagine what was going on higher up the mountain.
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6. The Ghost War, by Alex Berenson
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8. Tempted All Night, by Liz Carlyle
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