LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwire - Oct. 7, 2009) - The directors of Life of Riley Productions Ltd are delighted with the accelerating popularity of their eBook publishing site abook2read.com.

The eBook publishing website: "Where authors of quality work get their chance to shine...and book-lovers get the chance to discover new literature."

Abook2read.com has seen exponential growth in visitors in the past eight months. 50 eBooks and 34 authors are now signed from all over the globe and on average 20 new books are submitted every week.

"It's a real pleasure to give previously unpublished talented authors their opportunity in the public domain. Every week we're making a talented author's dream come true...and that's a magic feeling" says Managing Director, Torquil Riley-Smith.

Books are submitted to abook2read as email attachments to admin@abook2read.com and are read and fully assessed within 28 days. If accepted, the author is then invited to get involved in the creation of their eCover for their eBook and write both the description and biography that appears on the site. There are no charges to any of our authors and they receive 30% of net publisher's revenue, which on a Pounds Sterling 3.50 book after Pay-pal charges and V.A.T is 82 pence per down-load.

On average, from submission to publication into eBook form takes 8 weeks. All books are published on merit alone.

Abook2read is also hoping to encourage the mainstream publishers and literary agents to test market on the eBook publishing site, manuscripts that they do not feel confident enough to commit to print. In doing so, they can generate revenue for themselves and their authors on an otherwise dead product.

The directors of Life of Riley Productions Ltd firmly believe that the eBook market will explode in the next 24 months and are convinced that Newspapers and magazines around the world will soon make print space for eBook reviews, and that when this happens, the market will grow out of all proportion.

Press Release: 8 November 2009

Psychic Detective launches new novel on abook2read.com

Robert Cracknell

Robert Cracknell is Britain’s foremost Psychic detective. He was instrumental in tracking Peter Sutcliffe, The Yorkshire Ripper and has recently worked on the hit US show Psychic Investigators. He is the author of three novels investigating psychic phenomenon and has just published his new novel Reflections in Grey exclusively on the new e-publishing site www.abook2read.com

In his new book, Robert reflects on his travels through life’s dark regions, both both in his own tumultuous life and in his psychic investigations of notorious murders--emerging stronger and wiser to share what he learned with blunt and powerful honesty.

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A Golden Apple Tree for the people of Haiti

The eBook publishing house Abook2read.com is pleased to support Médecins Sans Frontières in their work for the people of Haiti.

£1.50 from the sale of each copy of The Golden Apple Tree by new writer Ana Clark will be donated to Médecins Sans Frontières to help them with their essential work.

The Golden Apple Tree is a classic fairy tale that will delight children of all ages. Bite into this enchanting tale and escape into a magical world…

Abook2read.com is the premier eBook publishing house where authors of quality work get their chance to shine and book-lovers get the chance to discover new literature.

For more information and interviews, please contact Kevin Durjun: kev@abook2read.com
 

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New Novel- Toofani Days, Valentine Nights

Falling in love can be a dangerous thing…

Sharon Shefali Gupta’s simmering prose conjures up a sensual story of love surviving under pressure. This heady concoction is guaranteed to raise pulses in her new novel Toofani Days, Valentine Nights, published
exclusively through abook2read.com

Abook2read.com is the premier eBook publishing house where authors of quality work get their chance to shine and book-lovers get the chance to discover new literature.

For a copy of this novel and to arrange interviews, please contact Kevin Durjun: kev@abook2read.com

Press Release Wednesday 12^th of May 2010

London 10.00am

Angela Esteves, author of London to Las Vegas, has recently done an interview with www.writers.net/writers and here is the transcript of that interview.

Angela Esteves

1. Is London to Las Vegas your first book? 
   

 
For the last ten years I have been writing. Hence this book ‘London To Las Vegas’ but I also have another book published called ‘Strangers on the Shore’ and I am currently working on my next novel. 
 
 
 
2.  What is it that had inspired you to write London to Las Vegas? 
 
 
 
The inspiration to write this book came from my knowledge of life at the Lido and Casino du Liban. I knew Miss Bluebell very well and we corresponded over the years until shortly before her death. I sent her an initial draft of the book and she was pleased that I had been inspired by her enough to write a book. My observations of her and Charlie Henchis in their work led me to think about writing loosely about their professional lives and the day to day running of their dance troupes, business affairs and the stamina and determination they both had to succeed.  
 
As I knew Miss Bluebell’s childhood was very similar to my mother’s, they were both adopted, I decided to use my mother’s background as the catalyst for my character ‘Kathleen Wayre’ using my mother’s maiden name. My mother was never a dancer but in the book I use dancing lessons as the springboard to success for the character. This is a love story and I used the concept of unconditional love – a love that lasts throughout the decades and which is rekindled after many years. 
 
 
 
3.  Did you have a readership in mind when you were putting together your book? 
 
 
 
Yes, teenagers and women of all ages. 
 
Firstly, the romantic triangle brings to the fore embedded feelings experienced by many women so they can easily relate to the emotions of the three main characters described in the story. Readers will be able to identify with many of the torments that Kathleen experiences - illegitimacy – inadequacy –the insecurity of loving a married man – rejection - the need to prove oneself. 
 
The moral of this story being that it is certainly possible to love someone unconditionally – love just exists in spite of oneself and life’s obstacles. 
 
 
4.  Your story started in pre-World War II London with the Smedley family living in penuriousness and concluded in Las Vegas, the Entertainment Capital of the world in 1998 with Kathleen living in Luxury. Why do you think that each young woman should own a copy for herself? 
 
 
 
Young people need inspiration in their life and I hope they will derive it from this story. Although it is a work of fiction many people have started out in life at a disadvantage but through determination they have succeeded. If young women can put obstacles behind them and move on they will discover that there is so much waiting for them in life. If they keep their goals in focus, and understand that life’s trials strengthen us and endeavour to surround themselves with positive influences they can realize their dreams.  
 
This love story demonstrates that to love someone and to be loved holds no conditions – one simply loves. The power of attraction is at work here – all of us need love and Kathleen, the main character, was fortunate to have attracted love to her when she was least expecting it. But Kathleen also experienced heartache in many forms and her dedication to work enabled her to endure it. She did move off course for a while, upsetting the balance between ambition and the commitment to the man who had loved her for decades and she paid the final price when he died suddenly and she was left alone. 
 
The majority of young women will never be rich or famous nor do they have to be to experience happiness and fulfillment but I hope they will be inspired by Kathleen and recognise that life does hold opportunities for all of us if we prepare ourselves for it. Kathleen had a natural ability for dance and through hard work and dedication opportunities arose which as an illegitimate child she could only dream of.  
 
 
 
5.  London to Las Vegas can be classified as a ‘Rags to Riches’ story, what makes it standout or different from the many others such stories on the bookstore shelves? 
 
 
 
This story is set within the realms of show business and people enjoy an insight into that world. I take the reader from the poverty of pre-war East End London, through the Blitz during the Second World War and the hardships experienced by Londoners, over to New York, Broadway and finally Las Vegas. So the pace changes continually and so do the settings for the characters. The three main characters are caught up in a love triangle and I explore their emotions, the intense joy and then the excruciating pain of feared rejection. Music, dance, costumes and choreography are the props of this story and so the overall theme is very different to the majority of love stories that I have read. I decided to write about what I knew and bring glamour to a love story while touching on aspects of life that ring true for so many ordinary people  
 
 
 
6.  The plot of the book is set in an environment of Show business, Kathleen the protagonist of the story happens to be your mother. We have learnt that you are into show biz also, could this be described as a family legacy? 
 
 
 
Yes it could for the following reason. I have based the character Kathleen Wayre on my mother’s childhood using her name. When I realised the parallels that existed between Miss Bluebell’s upbringing and my mother’s I decided to write a fictional story whereby my mother went on to fame and fortune. My mother never experienced any form of fame but her great-grandfather was the agent and songwriter to a famous English music-hall artist named Marie Lloyd. This artist was as famous in her day as the Beatles. (late 1800’s-early 1900’s) My mother’s mother and rest of the family were also music-hall entertainers but because my mother was illegitimate she neither benefited nor knew of this liaison until an adult. So, I thought I would change my mother’s destiny through fiction and although she is not alive now I know she would have been thrilled to see this book in print.  
 
 
7.  Kathleen was fortunate to have two men in her live that loved her with their very heart; the love displayed by both was exemplary, almost divine. But Tony’s was tested in many ways and still remained true. Do you think that life was fair enough to him in its reward for such true and enduring love? 
 
 
 
No it wasn’t but not all the blame can be apportioned to Kathleen. The war intervened and their separation completely changed the course he had envisioned for the two of them. Like many men who served during the Second World War he was shipped abroad, saw action and then wounded. These experiences meant he lost contact with Kathleen and she had to fend for herself. Then after the war he was never able to escape her celebrity as much as he tried to ignore it – so she was always on his mind. By the time he meets up with her years later she is a changed person and her ambition causes her to lose sight of what they should have together in their marriage. When she realises her mistake little does she know that their days together would be so short lived. So, although fairness does not play a great part in Tony’s life he does experience a love so great which many men never have the opportunity to find in a life time.  
 
 
 
8.  Do you have any advice for young women who might be in the same situation as Kathleen in her initial years? 
 
 
 
My advice would be that however difficult and hopeless our initial years may be, or if we experience limitations, do not dwell on that fact. Instead, believe that you deserve and are worthy of everything you want in life. This is a difficult concept to take on board, especially when it is so easy to view life in negative terms when all around you appears that way but we can pull ourselves out of that mode if we aim for a goal in life and preparation is the key. If you have an artistic talent find the means to develop it or study towards the profession you choose to practise. Don’t be reticent in asking for help along the way – there will be someone out there who takes the time to help you if you help yourself.