World Aids Day Book Spotlight

The Startling Affluent Face of Atlanta’s HIV/AIDS Community

#World Aids Day Book Recommendation

Chizelle Archie’s The Fearfully and Wonderfully Made Diamond

• Every 35 minutes, a woman tests positive for HIV in the United States.
• 80% of new HIV/AIDS cases among women are contracted through heterosexual contract.
• According to “Killer Sex,” an article in the April 2009 issue of More Magazine eight in 10 newly infected women were exposed to the virus the old-fashioned way: by having unprotected sex with their husbands, boyfriends, or casual flings.

Archie knows these stats well, because she is a registered nurse, who has met these women face to face and have witnessed their disappointments, fears, and secret shame. Because of her experiences,she has become an HIV/AIDS advocate.

“No other disease has the power to strip women of their dignity, their sexuality, and their self-worth like HIV,” states Dr. Melissa Osborn, HIV physician at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia.

“Rarely do the media portray an HIV positive woman who is a teacher, a lawyer, a flight attendant, for an accountant. But HIV doesn’t discriminate, and success doesn’t protect against infection. I have met HIV-positive patients in all of these positions.”

Archie’s novel The Fearfully and Wonderfully Made Diamond(AuthorHouse, August 2010) is the story of an investment advisor who learns that she has contracted HIV from her unfaithful husband the same day she learns that she is pregnant with their child.

Book Synopsis:

Posh Manhattan investment advisor Victoria Diamond Cartiér lives a life of ultimate success: owning an affluent estate in Harlem’s Hamilton Heights district, working on 5th Avenue, and having the love of her devoted husband Malcolm. But when Victoria discovers that her marriage is a lie, she uncovers a deadly horror that may threaten her belief in healing, second chances at love with Marcel and God’s providence over her diamond life.

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Themes: HIV AIDS Awareness

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1. Is Your Bookshelf Your Phone?

If you could get digital books on the smartphone you already carry, would you still buy a dedicated e-reader? That's the question running through my mind after hearing that Amazon is developing a Kindle app for Android. The upcoming Kindle for Android app is set to hit smartphones this summer. (Source:  Will Amazon's Kindle Android App Hurt Kindle Sales? by JR Raphael, PC World)

2. Louis Gossett, JR. Signs at New York Book Week

In conjunction with BEA, New York Book Week will house author programs at venues such as Times Talks, the 92nd Street Y, and the main branches of the New York Public Library and Brooklyn Public Library, as well as smaller events at other libraries in the NYPL system and chain and independent bookstores throughout New York City and its boroughs. Gossett will present An Actor and a Gentleman
Monday, May 24 at 7:30 PM at Barnes & Noble, 1972 Broadway @ 66th Street. Question: Don’t get me wrong I love Gossett, Jr. But what’s up with all these AA celebs becoming authors now? Hollywood shortfall? (Source: New York Book Week)

3. Barnes and Noble launches Self-Publishing Program

Barnes & Noble has announced that this summer it will launchPubIT!, a new DIY publishing option for independent publishers and self-publishing writers to distribute their works digitally through BN.com and the Barnes & Noble eBookstore. (Source: http://bit.ly/aLj80d)

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Here are the top three articles I wanted to share with you about book publishing this week. If you want to nominate a post or article, email me at deegospelpr at gmail dot com. Don’t forget to comment on either Facebook or Twitter using the hashag #bookbyte 

1. Why the Battle for Books will Win?

Michael Hyatt, CEO of Thomas Nelson wrote a poignant post “My Defense of Books” this week. He shares the story of Dr. Ben Carson. Brilliant. Your thoughts…Is your passion for books worth fighting for?

2. How to Pitch an Agent or Editor at Writer’s Conference

Literary Agent Rachel Gardner shares some best practices and a book pitch template for aspiring writers attending writer’s conference. Are you pitching this year? Do you find this info helpful?

3. Will Google Editions’s Launch in Summer change the E-Bookstore Game?

While Google Editions books might be readable on Apple’s iPad and Amazon’s Kindle e-readers (the Sony Reader devices are a shoe-in since Google’s existing book library is one of their major selling points already), the store will compete with the iBooks and Kindle stores. That competition could be good for consumers but frustrating for Apple and Amazon.

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