Tate Publishing began using video trailers to help introduce books to readers.  The trailers give readers a glimpse into the book’s storyline and help the reader gain interest in the book as well. 

The video trailers and commercials are about 30 seconds in length and provide potential readers with a visual glimpse of the books’ contents and story line.  The videos and commercials were launched on the Tate Publishing online bookstore (http://www.tatepublishing.com/bookstore) as well as social networking sites like YouTube, MySpace and Facebook. 

According to Ryan Tate, CEO and President of Tate Publishing, “These book trailers are proving themselves to be extremely valuable marketing and promotional tools that are setting a Tate Published book and author apart from all others.” 

 “Customers are purchasing books after watching the videos because they are able to emotionally connect with the storyline before even picking up the book,” stated Mark Mingle, Tate’s Director of Marketing.

Tate Publishing has seen great success and value in the cost of production due to the increased sales volumes and general awareness that the video book trailers have helped to create.  Most of these trailers include music, voiceovers with video, and images that help tell the story of the book. 

More information on Tate Publishing can be found at http://www.tatepublishingnews.com

Tate Publishing will be hosting its first annual national illustration competition for high school and college students.  Participants in the contest are eligible to win a total of $1850 in scholarships as well have their illustration published by Tate Publishing.  In addition, there will be an unpublished book category that offers the winner a publishing contract with Tate Publishing.

Aspiring artists will now have the opportunity to have their work exhibited in the Tate Publishing online gallery as well as be published in the 2009 Tate Illustration Catalog.

The contest is only open to high school and college students and the deadline for entries is January 31st.

What can be submitted?

Any illustration printed or produced between January 1, 2008 and January 31st, 2009.

Who Will Be Judging The contest:

Illustrations will be reviewed by distinguished designers, art directors, and illustrators.

Fore more information, please visit:

http://www.tatepublishing.com/tpnic/

Oklahoma-based Christian publishing company Tate Publishing & Enterprises LLC announced it has reached an agreement with Critical Mass Productions to produce a feature film and several short films based upon some of its titles.  Critical Mass Productions is also based in Oklahoma. 

According to Ryan Tate, president of Tate Publishing, the company has been searching for manuscripts and screenplays to bring to the silver screen for more than a year.  “We couldn’t be more excited,” said Tate.  “In addition to a feature film we will also probably turn 15 to 20 of our released books into short films.”  Tate said turning the books into films “will once again help Tate Publishing authors succeed and have opportunities like they can’t anywhere else.” 

Prior to announcing the movie deal, Tate Publishing also jumped on the movie trailer bandwagon.  The Christian publisher now makes a 30 second video trailer available for each of its titles. 

About Tate Publishing:
Tate Publishing & Enterprises, LLC, is a Christian based, family owned, main-line publishing organization with a mission to discover and market unknown authors.  Tate Publishing offers the very best opportunity for first-time authors in the industry today.  Their selectivity makes it possible for Tate Publishing to provide authors with a level of market penetration that is second to none because of the quality of the Tate Publishing product.

For more information, please visit http://www.tatepublishing.com

 Dana M. Barry, senior technical writer at Clarkson University’s Center for Advanced Materials Processing, has received a prestigious award from the American Chemical Society (ACS). It was presented by the Committee on Community Activities for Barry’s contributions to the National Chemistry Week Program. She is being recognized for demonstrating commitment to the Society, inspiring others to volunteer, promoting the importance of science literacy, and for making a positive difference in the community.

Barry has been a member of the ACS for 37 years. She serves as secretary for the Northern New York section and is the section coordinator for both the National Chemistry Week and Earth Day events.

Several of Barry’s programs, sponsored by the Northern New Yoin lovrk section, have received national awards from the ACS. In 2004, Barry’s Chemical Sensation program, carried out in collaboration with Hideyuki Kanematsu of Suzuka National College of Technology in Japan, received a ChemLuminary Award in Public Relations. The program uses a multisensory teaching approach and is an international effort to promote and improve public perceptions of chemistry and chemical professionals. At the same time, her World First MarsLink Mission program received a certificate of excellence from the ACS. This project now includes student participants in the United States, Malaysia, and Japan. Barry’s collaborator in Malaysia is Roger Haw, co-founder of Ansted University; her collaborator in Japan is Hideyuki Kanematsu.

In addition, Barry’s International Program in Creative Education, carried out in collaboration with Kanematsu, received second place for the ChemLuminary Award in Public Relations in August. Its main goals are to turn students of all ages on to science and engineering and to prepare them to be critical thinkers and creative problem solvers. This program makes use of Barry’s and Kanematsu’s new creative science book, Develop Critical Thinking Skills, Solve a Mystery, Learn Science, published by Tate in 2007.

Barry is a certified professional chemist and serves as Scientific Board President for Ansted University. She has many other honors and publications to her name.

Clarkson University, located in Potsdam, New York, is a private, nationally ranked university with a reputation for developing innovative leaders in engineering, business, the sciences, health sciences and the humanities. At Clarkson, 3, 000 high-ability students excel in an environment where learning is not only positive, friendly and supportive but spans the boundaries of traditional disciplines and knowledge. Faculty members achieve international recognition for their research and scholarship and connect students to their leadership potential in the marketplace through dynamic, real-world problem solving.

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