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New Releases—November 2023
Could Steve Wright navigate the uneasy intersection between aggression and empathy without losing himself? The answer to this question determined the course of his NFL career and his life. Steve spent over a decade taping his knuckles and preparing for battle with the...

On the Rocks was featured in Forbes Magazine’s “6 New Books For The Career-Minded Folks On Your Holiday Gift List”
From Forbes.com: If you want a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to run a restaurant, read On The Rocks: The Primadonna Story by Maria C. Palmer and Ruthie Robbins. On The Rocks is an unusual memoir, told in the first-person narrative voice of Joseph Costanzo,...

Guest post by author Daniel Pinion: Your manuscript is complete or published – now what?
The following article was written by Daniel Pinion, author of Chop that Sh*t Up!: Leadership and Life Lessons Learned While in the Military. ________ I thought the hardest part was over, writing our book, but boy was I completely wrong. You put so much hard work,...

Koehler Books Author Debbie Russell Wins First Place Pencraft Award
Debbie Russell's Crossing Fifty-One: Not Quite A Memoir has won First Place in the Nonfiction - Parenting genre for the 2023 Pencraft Awards for Literary Excellence. Debbie Russell is a lawyer turned writer. She spent twenty-five years as an assistant...

REJECTION
Often submitting authors are surprised we didn't accept their submission for further consideration. Methinks they do not understand that we have quality standards, and they hope we will take everything submitted. Even... garbage. Truth is we do not send a reply...
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