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A New Kind of Fiction Series -- Written By, For, and About Scrapbookers
33 Million Scrappers in America Finally Offered a Series of Stories
Avid scrapbooker (scrapper) and professional business woman, Rebeca Seitz, who is also founder and president of Glass Road Public Relations, has applied her love of fiction and her passion for creating scrapping collections to a new faith-themed series from B&H Publishing Group.
Sisters, Ink is currently the only existing trade fiction series with scrapping as a central theme. A 2004 survey from Creating Keepsakes magazine reveals that one in four homes in America has a scrapper and that the industry is at an estimated $3.9 billion. Not surprisingly, most scrappers are females ages 30-50. Total estimated number of scrappers in America is 33 million.
“Millions of scrappers are engaged in this hobby because they love to capture the stories of their families,” Seitz says. “That love of story carries over into the world of novels. We love reading other people’s stories as well. My hope is to entertain scrappers and lovers of fiction alike with stories about small towns, sisters, and scrapping.”
REBECA SEITZ IS AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEW.
Sisters, Ink by Rebeca Seitz
Release Date: February 1, 2008
978-0-8054-4690-6
Trade paper, 320 pages, $14.99
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE by WestBow Press, A division of Thomas Nelson Publishers
Date: February 19, 2007
Contact: Carrie Wagner, Publicist
tel: (615) 902-2704
fax: (615) 902-2746
e-mail: cwagner@thomasnelson.com
Groundbreaking Novel For $3.9 Billion Scrapbooking Market Hits Stores
The creation of Prints Charming began when Ami McConnell, acquisitions editor for WestBow Press, moved and discovered that her new neighbor was a scrapbooker. "I was intrigued by this community of hobbyists that is so large and yet rarely seen on the public stage. Because of my love of story, I began wondering what scrappers were reading." Her research led her to realize that a scrapbooker abides in 1 in 4 homes in America, a community that has created a $3.9 billion industry in the US alone.
Recalling good friend Rebeca Seitz, writer and scrapbooking extraordinaire, Ami decided to take a gamble. The two agreed to meet at a Nashville deli and, less than one week later, Prints Charming was born. "As soon as I walked away from that meeting, the characters began talking in my head. They were so fun and loud and passionate, I knew they had amazing stories to share!" Seitz exclaims.
REBECA SEITZ IS AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEW.
Prints Charming by Rebeca Seitz
In Stores Everywhere March 6, 2007
Trade Paper, ISBN 978-15955-427-17, $14.99
320 Pages, 5 7/16 x 8 3/8, Fiction/General