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Message from Bedside Reading
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NEW!
Gift Box Subscription Services for Books? Yep!
?You're invited to meet Carrie Severson, she's a publisher and an author...and she just sold 1000 books to one gift box company, and 8000 to another!
On May 11, 2023, Thursday 4 pm EST / 1 PM PST--she going to share how to get your book into this new billion-dollar industry, and YES, you can jump in (with us!)
I had no idea that this was a possibility for our authors--back-listed books, almost all genres, (Business, Memoirs, Fiction, Children's, Transformation, Wellness, etc.)
Want more?
Join us, on Thursday, May 11 and Carrie will explain what we are doing!
Meet Carrie:
May 11, Thursday
1 PM PST/ 4 PM EST
(We will record it, in case you can't make it!)
SIGN UP HERE!
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...Dear Bedside Reading family, our dear friend, Deke Copenhaver is battling cancer.
I personally invite you to join Team Do It Deke Copenhaver!
It is FREE to walk (register), however, there is fundraising program...all size donations are welcomed, and you can sign up to help me fundraise!
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?Come one come all and invite all and let's have the BIGGEST team out there and RAISE the most funds and crush cancer together!
For more information, or to donate or purchase a t-shirt, please visit The Team Do It Deke website!
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Summer is just around the corner. I've been marking the summers by the books I've read! And I am looking forward to that again! We've some amazing books so time to start ordering today!
However, if you are lucky enough to visit the Hamptons or our hotel partners, you can snag our books there.
Vacation Plans? Our hotel partners are here!
Our Bedside Reading Best Books of the Summer magazine issue will be available on May 24th! --
Be well and keep reading!
?Jane Ubell-Meyer
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Q&A with Dana Killon,
Author, Where The Shadows Dance
1) Tell us about your memoir.
Where the Shadows Dance is the story of how I became collateral damage in my alcoholic husband’s self-destruction. The stories of those of us on the sidelines of addiction are rarely told and I want to give voice to that experience because it is deserving of respect.
2) Why did you write?
Although I write fiction, I didn’t start with the intention of writing a memoir. I was journaling as a supplement to therapy. As an author, I knew I had a story in those painful pages, but I didn’t know if I had the courage to be so vulnerable, publicly. I wrote a first draft anyway, and as I wrote, I kept thinking about all the women I’ve known who’ve lived with regrets for things not done and all the women I’d met on the sidelines of addiction who had been silent about their pain like I was. It was then that I saw there was more than my sad experience of loss. I saw that if I could find my voice, if I could tell my story, I might be able to help others find their voices, too.
3) Is this a story only for people with addicts in their lives?
Although addiction is the lens through which I’m telling my story, there are several themes that play out, specifically, the ways women use silence as protection and the ways most of us have set ourselves aside because someone else’s needs seemed greater. Ultimately, this is a woman’s survival story. A woman’s story of using trauma to make herself better on the other side.
4) What do you hope readers take away from your story?
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I’m hoping that by witnessing my vulnerability other women will see parts of themselves in a new way. I’m hoping they will feel a small bit of comfort that they are not alone and that there can be beauty on the other side of trauma. I don’t like what I experienced in parts of my marriage, but I know that I am better on the other side of it because I found my voice. I’m hoping other women will choose to no longer live in the shadows of pain.
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What's new?
Bedside Reading is now recommending books each month to our growing list of media partners. Including Woman's World and First for Women which we started appearing in almost 10 years ago! Last year we went full steam ahead with Lux Lifestyle Magazine and we were honored to participate in their first "Hot List" issue and party in the Hamptons! A special shout out and thank you to the publisher, Colleen Richmond, and contributing editor Kelli Delaney Kot! We will be back again this year participating in the Books, Bubbly, and Bloom party, on July 2 in the Hamptons Want to join us? email me: Jane@bedsidereading.com
In the Media: New this year, Gothamology.com, Resident.com, and coming in May, Charlie Stivers' Goo$e, plus special book recommendations for the Hamptons will be featured in Jessica Mackin's James Lane Post magazine. And, publisher, Colleen Richmond's Delamar Magazine is coming June 2023
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Q&A with Dana Killon,
Author, Where The Shadows Dance
1) Tell us about your memoir.
Where the Shadows Dance is the story of how I became collateral damage in my alcoholic husband’s self-destruction. The stories of those of us on the sidelines of addiction are rarely told and I want to give voice to that experience because it is deserving of respect.
2) Why did you write?
Although I write fiction, I didn’t start with the intention of writing a memoir. I was journaling as a supplement to therapy. As an author, I knew I had a story in those painful pages, but I didn’t know if I had the courage to be so vulnerable, publicly. I wrote a first draft anyway, and as I wrote, I kept thinking about all the women I’ve known who’ve lived with regrets for things not done and all the women I’d met on the sidelines of addiction who had been silent about their pain like I was. It was then that I saw there was more than my sad experience of loss. I saw that if I could find my voice, if I could tell my story, I might be able to help others find their voices, too.
3) Is this a story only for people with addicts in their lives?
Although addiction is the lens through which I’m telling my story, there are several themes that play out, specifically, the ways women use silence as protection and the ways most of us have set ourselves aside because someone else’s needs seemed greater. Ultimately, this is a woman’s survival story. A woman’s story of using trauma to make herself better on the other side.
4) What do you hope readers take away from your story?
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I’m hoping that by witnessing my vulnerability other women will see parts of themselves in a new way. I’m hoping they will feel a small bit of comfort that they are not alone and that there can be beauty on the other side of trauma. I don’t like what I experienced in parts of my marriage, but I know that I am better on the other side of it because I found my voice. I’m hoping other women will choose to no longer live in the shadows of pain.
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Our Mother's Day Weekend collection - in the Hampton's!
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We are gearing up to kick off our 2023 Hamptons season starting with Memorial Day Weekend and we have a fabulous lineup of books that will be placed in Hamptons hotels - check them out!
And we welcome James Lane Post magazine!
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Tools for all Authors!
Bookmarks!
We use them and you should too!
An inexpensive way to constantly promote yourself and your books!
Meet our friends at BookMarks Store.
They are giving all Bedside Reading authors a discount!
Use Code: BEDSIDEREADINGJ
Please note:
?BookMarks Store has generously offered us an affiliate commission, we are open to receiving and we will donate any commissions to a children's literary charity!
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-Jane Ubell-Meyer, Founder
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