Pub_Inc Takes Another Try

We enlisted the help of Woodie The Owl to help our crowdfunding campaign.  Come on now, how can you say no to an owl rockin headphones? 
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Cager: The Boy Who Farted

Our friends at Bookmark Publishing just released their latest title!

"Cager: The Boy Who Farted", written by local Cincinnati author Jim Luken, is a great young adult story about a boy that, well, you know, farts. Despite the title, it's a great story that dives into race relations and coming of age issues.

Copies can be ordered at www.bkmkpublishing.com

HAPPY VETERANS DAY!

Help Get Pub_Inc Funded!

As many of you know, I have been on a mission to get our writing incubator up and running. We have since been incorporated by the Lillian Wright Simpson Foundation and will be one of their programs to help promote community engagement through social enterprise. 

 

For those of you who don't know, this non-profit is named after the late grandmother of our founder, K.A. Simpson,  who passed away in 2010 and lived her life to the fullest.  As a single mother, she raised five children in Newport, KY during the 1960s, 70's and 80's while creating a stable environment through hard work and community engagement.

 

BookMark Online and BookMark Publishing, have also been incorporated into the Foundation's family of services, where a portion of the proceeds are directly donated to the Foundation's community engagement efforts...that's efforts plural. In addition to our program, the Foundation will also host the following initiatives:

Pub_Inc is a resource center both for new and professional authors. Our mission is to challenge authors to envision a future of entrepreneurship while providing them with the tools to make their publishing dream a reality.

DreamChaser Mentoring provides youth mentoring to young male adults in the Greater Cincinnati inner city. Professional training will be provided for youth during the summer months and the school year.

High School Scholarships
The program goal is to assist recently graduated high school students from the Covington Independent, Newport Independent or Cincinnati Public School Districts.

We would love to say that leprechauns & fairy god-mothers could make my non-profit come to life, but we need some funding too, but every penny counts.  Please take a few minutes and visit my crowd funding page and consider giving to help make this happen!

BookMark Publishing Announce Short Fiction Contest Winners

And the winner is…

Only one could win, and although it was hard, BookMark Publishing picked Phillip Sterwerf’s “Raining All Over Me” as the clear winner.

He’ll get $150 AND his story published in this year's publication of short fiction published by BookMark Publishing.
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Everybody wish Mr. Sterwerf well in the comments.

Raising Money and Taking Names

 

Our partnering company, BookMark Online, is offering 75% off all of their services this week.  The great thing about it is that a portion of all the proceeds goes to help fund our writing incubator.

 

Business Plan writing:
      Regular Price $399-$599
      Discounted Price $99-$150

 

Resumes/Cover Letters:
      Regular Price: $59.99-$119.99
      Discounted Price $15-$30

Social Media Marketing:
      Regular Price: $150/per month
      Discounted Price: $38/per month

Nonprofit Organization 3 months:
      Regular Price: $150/per month
      Discounted Price: $88 per month

Call to schedule your free consultation today. 513.402.2565

Short Fiction Contest is ending soon

www.bkmkpublishing.com

 

BookMark Publishing is honored to host a contest challenging writers to craft their best work.

 

The Contest: Create and submit your original, unpublished short story.

 

The Judges: BookMark Publishing Editorial Staff.

 

The Grand Prize: The winner will be announced on August 2014 and will win publication in the 2nd collection of short stories published by BookMark Publishing, AND $150.

 

www.bkmkpublishing.com

Here's Proof That Cincinnati Businesses Might Actually Be Changing For The Better

It's no secret that a lot of Cincinnatians aren't totally enamored with the corporate world. Skeptics have any number of reasons to question the motives of big businesses, and many people appear to believe that companies care about maximizing profits and not much else. Research from the University of Pennsylvania shows that people tend to perceive a link between companies that make a profit and companies that cause social harm. When participants were asked to assess various companies and industries -- some real, some hypothetical -- both liberals and conservatives viewed profits as undeserved, and even associated strong earnings with evil.

But those attitudes may be slowly eroding. According to the 2014 Edelman Trust Barometer, released last month by the public relations company Edelman, the public's trust in business has been steadily rising since the financial crisis of 2008, while trust in government has been declining worldwide.

This past year marked the most significant gap between trust in the government and trust in business recorded since Edelman began conducting the study in 2001. In nearly half of the 27 countries surveyed, there was a difference of more than 20 points between government and business trust ratings, and in some nations that gap was as high as 40 points. In the U.S., the study found, business got a trust score of 58 percent, while the government got just 37 percent, for a 21-point gap.

A full 84 percent of respondents worldwide even said that they believe businesses can pursue self-interest and profits while also doing good work for society.

More and more businesses are beginning to create change, making social responsibility a part of their corporate mission and taking action for the public good.

Just take a look at our very own Horseshoe Casino, which has lately taken strides to invest in local communities as they help the neighborhood surround the casino with a neighborhood cleanup earlier this week.