Harlem Writers Guild & iUniverse.com Partner to Create New Publishing Venture; Eminent Writing Group Partners with Digital Publisher to Give Members More Publishing Options.Business & High-Tech Editors/Literary Writers NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 29, 2000 Harlem Writers Guild announced a partnership with leading digital publisher iUniverse.com to create a new book imprint, The Harlem Writers Guild Press. This imprint will allow Guild members to take advantage of new technologies such as e-publishing and print-on-demand that are reshaping the publishing industry. The partnership offers writers the opportunity to publish new manuscripts as well as return out-of-print books to print. Plans include an anthology by Guild members and work from New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. school children. Books from the Harlem Writers Guild Press will be available for order through traditional and online booksellers such as bn.com, amazon.com, Barnes & Noble and more than 5,000 independent booksellers across the country. "It's with great enthusiasm that we move into this program," said William H. Banks, Jr., executive director of Harlem Writers Guild. "This is our first venture into publishing, and we're delighted that iUniverse.com brings the best technological opportunities to our members. Since its founding, the Guild has represented a pioneer spirit, which makes this exciting new program a fitting way to celebrate our 50th anniversary." The first book to be published in the new program will be a reprint of the critically acclaimed first novel "In the Shadow of the Peacock" by best selling mystery writer, Grace F. Edwards. "It's very exciting to partner with Harlem Writers Guild, and to help its authors meet the challenges of the future," said Richard Tam, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of iUniverse.com. "These are exciting times for writers, and the Guild is setting an example for writers groups everywhere." About Harlem Writers Guild The Harlem Writers' Guild was founded in 1950 by John Henrik Clarke John Henrik Clarke (January 1, 1915 - July 16, 1998), born John Henry Clark in Union Springs, Alabama to John (a sharecropper) and Willie Ella (Mays) Clarke (a washer woman), was a Pan-Africanist, author, poet, historian, journalist, lecturer and teacher. , John Olvier Killens, Rosa Guy Rosa Cuthbert Guy (born September 1, 1925 in Trinidad) was raised in the USA from the age of seven and now lives in New York. She immigrated to Harlem, New York in 1932. Soon after, her parents, Henry and Audrey Cuthbert, died. After, she and her sister went to many foster homes. , Walter Christmas and others. It has been in continuous existence ever since. Although its original function as a workshop for writers of color not of the white race; - commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed. See also: Color remains strong, its role has expanded in the same manner that its roster of distinguished alumni has increased. The Guild of today promotes the work of writers in print and on all electronic media and assists new writers in starting, continuing or re-starting their careers. In this regard, the Guild has the past 6 years conducted an online creative writing workshop in The Writing Program of the New School University. It also hosts and produces TV and radio programs which feature the work of authors of fiction and non-fiction as well as playwrights and poets. The Guild's broadcast activities have been continuously on going for the past decade. Former guild members include: Ossie Davis, Maya Angelou  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled until (UTC) due to vandalism. , Lon Elder III, Terry McMillan
Terry McMillan (born October 18, 1951[1], in Port Huron, Michigan) is an African-American author. , Audrey Lorde and Alice Childress Alice Childress (born October 12, 1920 in Charleston, South Carolina, died August 14, 1994) was an American playwright and author. Childress was born in South Carolina, but at age nine, after her parents separated, she moved to Harlem where she lived with her grandmother. . About iUniverse.com iUniverse.com is changing the face of publishing by using new technology -- such as print on demand, online support and sales and e-publishing -- to partner with new and out-of-print authors to publish and sell their books. Company partnerships include premier organizations such as Authors Guild, Ingram Book Group, Writer's Digest, Lightning Print, Inc. and Barnes and Noble who recently acquired 49 percent of iUniverse.com. The company also provides authors a top-notch distribution network that includes bn.com, amazon.com, Barnes and Noble and over 5,000 independent booksellers across the country. iUniverse.com currently has operations in Silicon Valley California; Lincoln, Nebraska; New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , New York; Rochester, New York This article is about the city of Rochester in Monroe County. For the town in Ulster County, see Rochester, Ulster County, New York. Rochester, once known as The Flour City, and more recently as The Flower City or ; and Shanghai, China. The company employs over 300 people worldwide. For more information on iUniverse.com, please visit the company's Web site at http://www.iUniverse.com. Press may submit inquiries to press@iUniverse.com. |
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