Avon Impulse Releases Sexy, Small Town Christmas Tale

NEW YORK, NY (PRWEB) November 20, 2011

Tis the season for Christmas, family, and football. Author Candis Terry combines all three in the second e-original in her fun and sexy series from Avon Impulse.

In ANY GIVEN CHRISTMAS (Avon Impulse; on sale November 22, 2011; 9780062105233; $ 3.99; e-book), Terry revisits the small town of Deer Lick, Montanta and the Silverthorne family whose mother refuses to stop interfering in their liveseven from beyond the grave.

When an injury dashes NFL Quarterback Dean Silverthornes Super Bowl dreams, he heads back to Deer Lick with a chip on his wounded shoulder, more determined than ever to get back in the game. He loves his kooky family, but this trip home is going to be a very brief Christmas visit.

His game plan doesnt include an instant attraction to Emma Hart, a feisty kindergarten teacher who seems to be the only person in Deer Lick not interested in the hometown hero. Or his dearly departed mom popping up with mistletoe in hand and meddling on the mind. Now Dean cant help but wonder if theres more to love than life between the goal posts.

On only her second novel, Terry has already made fans in high places, like New York Times bestselling author Rachel Gibson who said of Terrys first novel, Second Chance at the Sugar Shack, Candis Terry writes with humor and heart and puts a unique twist on this tale of second chances at first love.

As Avon editor Amanda Bergeron says, Terry has a knack for tugging on the heartstrings and making you laugh out loud, and I always feel like I could sit down for a beer or a cup of tea with one of her characters. If you are looking for something to curl up with, this is it!

About the Author

Candis Terry was born and raised near the sunny beaches of Southern California, and now makes her home on an Idaho farm. Shes experienced life in such diverse ways as working in a Hollywood recording studio, scooping up road apples left by her daughters rodeo queening horse, and working as a graphic designer. Only one thing has remained constant: Candis's passion for writing stories about relationships, the push and pull in the search for love, and the security one finds in their own happily ever after. Though her stories are set in small towns, Candis's wish is to give each of her characters a great big memorable love story that is rich with quirky characters, is tons of fun, and has a happy ending.

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GIFT BUYING TREND: Old Books Create New Memories this Christmas with the help of a Canadian website

(PRWEB) November 10, 2002

With so many choices in today’s consumer world, giving a unique gift—-even if it’s secondhand-—shows that time and thought have gone into its purchase. This holiday season many shoppers are turning to used and secondhand books.

Parents are buying out-of-print books they read when they were young to share with their own children. Avid readers and bookclub members are giving their friends unique signed first editions of best-selling authors. And spouses are searching for that special book of poetry that they first shared when they were dating in college.

Where to find rare books?

How do shoppers find rare or old books that are often out-of-print? They turn to Abebooks.com, a Canadian Internet site that lists the used, rare and out-of-print books from 10,000 bookstores around the world.

Abebooks began as the secret online source for book collectors searching for rare books but has grown to become a favorite site for groups such as:

·gardening buffs looking for out-of-print gardening classics

·cookbook collectors looking for signed copies of “The Joy of Cooking” and other classics

·avid readers searching for cheap bestsellers

·students looking for secondhand textbooks

I don’t remember the title, but there was a dog named…

Can’t remember the title? Try posting the details you can remember (such as a character’s name) on the Abebooks “BookSleuth” board. Readers from around the world write in to solve your book question. “BookSleuth” is a free service and a fun place to visit—see if you can help “solve” someone else’s puzzle.

Is “used” a bad word?

Some people wonder if it’s okay to give a “used” book at Christmas. Yes, especially when it is a rare signed edition. These gifts are special because they are truly “unique”—no two copies are exactly the same. Prices range from outrageously cheap to outrageously expensive. For example, there are 3956 copies of “Winnie the Pooh” on Abebooks.com. Prices range from a ten-cent copy listed by a bookstore in Hopatcong New Jersey, to a $ 45,000 first edition in its original book jacket offered by a bookstore in Varen, France.

Thoughtful gifts—quick purchases

People don’t have time to browse used bookshops in person but they can browse for used books online. Online shopping lets you shop from home or the office and Abebooks makes it possible to browse the bookshelves of 10,000 bookstores in less than a minute. Once a book is purchased (through secure online credit card processing) the book is mailed from the bookstore to the buyer, or sent directly to the gift-receiver.

Gifts with interesting stories: “I bought it for you in Paris!”

Part of the fun of giving secondhand books relates to the stories and histories that these books carry. When asked where you found such a treasure you can say “In a small bookshop in Paris,” or “Somebody’s garage in New Zealand.” And you won’t be lying! Over two-thirds of Abebooks’ ten thousand booksellers sell books from their home.

Buying a book from a different country adds a nice story to a gift and makes the receiver feel that you searched the globe to find such a one-of-a-kind book. A suitable effort for those one-of-a-kind people on your holiday shopping list this year.

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Background: The Abebooks Story

Abebooks began as the Advanced Book Exchange in 1996 as a mere scribble on a notepad. Keith Waters, then a government web programmer, and his wife Cathy were running a used bookstore in Victoria, BC. Cathy often spoke of how difficult it was to find certain out-of-print titles for her customers. She knew the books were available in bookstores somewhere, but how to find them?

A short time later, during a dull business meeting, Keith began to scratch out a solution, one that combined books, databases and the Internet. He sought the help of a friend and together they came up with Abebooks, a collective of independent booksellers united by the Internet through a massive searchable database.

Abebooks found immediate success and quickly grew from a group of four booksellers to a network of ten-thousand booksellers offering 40 million books.

Today Abebooks is a global company based in Victoria, BC Canada with sites dedicated to book buyers in North America (Abebooks.com), the UK (Abebooks.co.uk), France (Abebooks.fr), and Germany (Abebooks.de) and strategic partnerships with Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and eBay/Half.com.

Media Contact:

Marci Crossan [e] mcrossan@abebooks.com [t] 250.412.3258

Chartbuster Karaoke Saves Christmas for Karaoke Pros From Lawsuits

Seymour, TN (PRWEB) November 16, 2011

As the holiday season rapidly approaches, karaoke professionals, who ply their trade playing songs for singers in venues across the United States, are going out of business due to a shrinking economy and hundreds of lawsuits over illegal karaoke libraries.

Its going to be what Dolly Parton might call a Hard Candy Christmas, said Norbert Stovall, gold- and platinum-record winning producer from Nashville, and CEO of Big Mama Digital Entertainment, parent company of the Chartbuster Karaoke label. KJs who dont have their libraries in order might be looking at having their businesses shut down, equipment confiscated, or worse.

But Stovall has a plan that just might save Christmas for thousands of karaoke professionals.

For a limited time, were offering our Digital 6000 Media Pro collection at unheard-of discounting, Stovall said. While the package, which includes 6,000 songs from every genre of music, and features songs from every decade back to the thirties up to todays hottest hits, normally sells for a dollar per song, were plunging deep into our pockets to help the beleaguered KJ get legal immediately.

Stovall said that the Digital 6000 Media Pro would be placed on sale for only $ 1,999 throughout the holiday season, at a savings of more than $ 4,000, and would include guaranteed interest-free financing, and a certificate verifying the KJ legally purchased the library.

You can buy it with confidence, direct from the manufacturer, Stovall said. If youre a karaoke professional, theres never been a better time to get legal.

About Chartbuster Karaoke:

Established in 1989 with a vision of offering the world the most accurate karaoke tracks possible, the Chartbuster Karaoke label is synonymous with the highest quality. Featuring a huge library of licensed, re-recorded versions of the best songs ever made, Chartbuster Karaoke offers tracks on iTunes, standard CD+G and customized media types, as well as streaming and direct downloads, all at ChartbusterKaraoke.com. In addition to offering licensed song recreations to the music, film, television and gaming industries, Chartbuster Karaokes parent corporation, Big Mama Digital Entertainment, Inc., owns and operates Big Mama Recording Studios in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains.

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