This book takes personal account from the viewpoint of one writer who benefited from being both an author and a broadcast media publicist. He was able to umbrella over the industry of self-publishing independent press industry by founding the first supporting trade association of authors and publishers in New England. At the time, it was an industry original concept that's supported self-publishing independent press industry. After nearly a quarter of century of entrepreneurial voyage, this author puts the experience into writing to recognize history and to give foundation to the future. The author's experiences have been shared in his 11-year tour the professor lecture series reaching 52 locations in the seven states of New York and New England. As part of this testimony, special powerful tips and techniques about copyright infringement protection and marketing for publicity have been included to benefit the authors of tomorrow.
About the Author: David K. Ewen, M.Ed. is an author, speaker, and publisher. He has been in the field of Education since 1988 and added on the experiences of book publishing since 1994 and has been deeply in media production, marketing, and distribution since then. As a public speaker, David K. Ewen, M.Ed. first reached the six New England states promoting the self-publishing independent press industry in 1998 while serving as Executive Director of the New England Publishers Association. This speaking tour was complimented by a weekly hour-long radio broadcast talk show hosted on WORC 1310 AM and WGFP 940 AM. The show author of the week was spun off into a short-lived weekly television show broadcasted from the CAT studios in Westborough Massachusetts. David has been deeply involved in multimedia production and distribution since 1998. David K. Ewen, M.Ed. held a second speaking tour that lasted 11 years touring the seven states of New York and New England at 52 venues lecturing on 18 different topics. This was called the "Professor Lecture Series" running from 2004 to 2015 with the flagship lecture "Publish Your Book Guaranteed" Shortly following the conclusion of the professor lecture series tour, David K. Ewen, M.Ed. went out on the global stage to speak to the nations for the purposes of training and education. As a civilian field Ambassador in education, his initial outreach was in Japan, China, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, and Russia. David holds a faculty position at the American Academy in Beijing, China. Today, when David is working on the global stage speaking to the nations he reaches out to the civilian community in Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. The technical background of David K. Ewen, M.Ed. comes from his initial work as a quality assurance specialist and senior analyst programmer in the 1980s and 1990s. His undergraduate work at the University of Massachusetts focused on mathematics with a minor in computer science. His post-graduate focused on education with a minor in management earning him a master's degree in education in 1988 (M.Ed., Cambridge College). The business experience of David K. Ewen, M.Ed. comes from the founding of Ewen Prime Company in 1994. The experience was demonstrated during his 11-year tour in the seven states of New York and New England with the lecture, "Building and Maintaining a Profitable Consulting Practice". This was part of the "Professor Lecture Series" tour.