Library Systems & Services (LSSI), operator of the Riverside County (California) Library System (RCLS), has announced that an innovative new on-demand book printing program begins today at the Grace Mellman Library in Temecula.

Under a $100,000 grant from the California State Library, the RCLS is studying the usefulness of on-demand printing to enhance library collections. The July 2009 grant has been used to purchase a Book Espresso "print-on-demand" machine which prints, covers and binds trade paperback quality books from computer files.  

Library patrons will now have the option to request titles, have the book printed for free, read it and return it to the library collection, or they may choose to keep the book and pay a printing fee. If the requesting patron is at the Book Espresso location and wants to pay for the book, it can be printed immediately while they wait.

"Growing our collections based upon patron on-demand choices is a new concept for our library system," said Jan Kuebel, Manager of Grace Mellman Library. "Rather than relying solely on interlibrary loan, we now have a way to immediately respond to patron requests for materials outside of our current collection."

Available book titles will be obtained from Lightning Source, with over 500,000 titles available, and Google Books, who has partnered with over 20,000 publishers to make their content available for on-demand printing.

About Riverside County Library System (RCLS)

The RCLS services library users with thirty-three branch libraries and two bookmobiles throughout Riverside County, California. The library system is a leader in innovative literacy and cultural programs, and winner of innumerable library awards, including the 2008 Raul and Estella Mora Award for childhood literacy, and the 2005 American Library Association's prestigious John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Award. The library has also been selected to host the distinguished 2010 ALA/ALSC May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture.

About Library Systems & Services, LLC. (LSSI)

LSSI is the nation's largest operator of public libraries, and has managed the Riverside County Library System for more than a decade.  Through a public/private partnership model, LSSI has helped communities across the United States benefit from a nationwide library network, save money, and gain higher return on their library investments.  Now in its third decade, LSSI is currently bringing new options to communities and civic leaders struggling to meet the financial and management challenges of this new economy.

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In his new fictional memoir "Year of My Sticky: A Novel" (published by iUniverse), debut author Sebastian Long traces his arduous trek through hip milestones of self-annihilation and stardom played out on international film sets, photography studios, first-class hotel suites, sex clubs and even hospital birthing suites.

Twenty-eight-year-old Sebastian Long has been called the best actor of his generation. Discovered while he was performing in cheap fight pictures in Morocco, Sebastian wins an Oscar for his breakthrough role in the film Checkmate. His performance is raw, surprising and powerful - a calculated dance with sexual taboo - just the ticket he needs to enter the spotlight and unleash his talent on a massive American audience. However, his performance isn't the only contributing factor to the Oscar win. Turns out Paramount Pictures helped Sebastian get the award by positioning him in the media as the first gay contender, his handlers making Sebastian the latest trend. The only problem is that Sebastian is married and the father of two young children. Obviously, his wife and family are hidden from the media.

Gay protest groups eventually see through the charade and hurl tomatoes and shout "$traight $ucce$$!" as Sebastian drives his kids to preschool one day. At the same time the mainstream media continues to celebrate "America's first gay contender," a "genius gay poster boy." Every film studio wants Sebastian to perform a gay role in their next movie - that is, until Sebastian brings his wife to the Oscars and kisses her on international TV. As Paramount threatens to sue him for breaking their secret gay pact and the gay protest groups go ballistic, Sebastian finds himself trapped in a movie-star life of uncontrolled ambition - an ambition that ultimately destroys his marriage and almost ruins his career.

Can Sebastian keep his marriage together as he signs a new six-picture contract that demands he maintain his fake homosexuality and keep his family hidden in the shadows? Can he maintain his honesty in his performances despite the media manipulation and angry mobs that constantly surround him? Find out in Long's telling fictional memoir about the tempting choice of today's celebrities, "Year of My Sticky," a book that promises as much insight into the compromises of Hollywood as it does heartfelt dilemmas of love and sexuality in the modern age.

About the Memoir's Fictional Subject

Long has worked as a jeans model, a B-movie action star and an international Calvin Klein underwear model. He is also an Oscar Award winner and a gay media darling. "Year of My Sticky" is his first official publication, a book about the trajectory of Sebastian Long: abused, subservient, convenient, straight, gay, straight again, compromised, driven and brilliant.

"Year of My Sticky"

Available from: http://www.iUniverse.com, http://www.bn.com, and http://www.amazon.com

iUniverse is the premier book publisher for emerging, self-published authors. For more information, please visit http://www.iuniverse.com.

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John Barrie (UK) Cooke's new nonfiction book "The Will to Live to Serve the Will" (published by Trafford Publishing) is a detailed story of how the genetic code is never ever destroyed, and that no matter how brutal the human race has been in their ceaseless attempts to destroy certain genetic codes of mankind through their act of the so-called "Ethnic Cleansing," they will never succeed - in other words, mass murder, which history has proven all civilizations and religions to have been guilty of.

This is a true story set in modern times, as recent as up to May 31st, 2003, a story which all religions of this world, who believe in the Will of our One God, will fully understand and believe without question that of "Commanded Atonement."

The truth, and one which many religions know to be true, and scientists have proven, is that every once in a while all genetic codes produce a "throwback," a "clone" of the far distant past from the genes' ancestry, cloned from "Another Time, Another Place"...

The author, born in 1940, could only write this story after a life-long and bitter training of "The Steel Rod of Discipline," and even then much against his own will, in the full knowledge of what awaited him if he did not write this story, and therefore yes, written in fear.

The story of the curse in his genes, a curse which was laid upon his ancestors thousands of years past, and that of the prophet he had been so long ago.

It is therefore vital for the reader to understand that it was only after the author had been broken in spirit and mind, and his body many times, that he fully understood what it means to be "a servant," but only through the example of the two main characters described in this book.

The author was born into the Christian faith, of which he had no choice, but because of his own genetic code was much later in his life "brought to heel" by Christ, "In the Spirit." This event, and the shocking reasons for it taking place, are clearly written down in this book; an event took place on a ship named The Grafton, far out to sea. It was after this event, that for the rest of his traveling life of many years both on land and sea, he was brought into close and living contact with many different religious beliefs.

Reincarnation, prophecy, and all of the different levels of the dangerous practice of spiritualism, spanning some 64 years of the author's life, are a very important part of this story. To be more precise, the author was the tool used to reveal the painful truths written in it.

There will be many readers who have been born with these same gifts, which are clearly explained in this book. Gifts they have decided to keep secret, either to use only for themselves, or because they are afraid of them - also ignorance, or because they cannot find satisfactory answers to having been born with them in the first place, or they have been "brainwashed" by their particular religious order.

The practice of spiritualism is a very dangerous one, but it is even more dangerous and harmful if it is deliberately suppressed by one who has been born to be used as its tool; in other words, when one who has been born to be used by the spirit for the benefit of many, clearly described as: "Many are called, but few are chosen." Those chosen have no choice, they must obey their calling, or face severe consequences, as was proven many times in the author's life, and are written down in this book.

The New Testament is the Christians' rigid Highway Code of living, not only for the safety of those who were born to be used by the spirit, but for the safety of innocent bystanders, and especially for the safety of the children of those who practice any form of spiritualism.  

The Holy Koran, and the writings of the Prophet Mohammed, May God's peace be upon Him, are even more unforgiving and strict, therefore this is not a long story, for each truth needs to be written only once.

1) The settings of this book are:

• United Kingdom, Romania, the Middle and Far East, and the oceans of the world.

• Covering a period of many years during the author's traveling life.

2) The main characters of this book and of their relationship and their importance to this story are:

• Dr Kathy Tedd, Director and co-founder of the Christian charity JOY, providing relief and support to the needy in Romania and other needy areas in the world, whose web site can be visited at: http://www.joyworld.org.uk/index.html.

• Dr Raed Arafat, who has been referred to as "the Ayatollah of Romanian emergency medicine" and whose biography, can be found on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raed_Arafat, and who is also the founder of S.M.U.R.D. in Romania, S.M.U.R.D. web site being: http://www.smurd.com/

3) Why do you think this book will appeal to readers?

The author does not presume to think that this book will appeal to any reader; it was written because it had to be written and published as a reliable and proven witness to the truths written in it.

4) Who is the "target audience"?

My answer to this question is quite simply: the World.

Trafford publishing is the premier book publisher for emerging, self-published authors. For more information, please visit http://www.trafford.com.

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IT managers seeking an edge in today's job market will find it in Debugging Your Information Technology® Job Search: A Compass to Winning the Management Position You Really Want (Elegant Fix Press). Janice Weinberg wrote it after concluding that the advice found in books written for general audiences inadequately addressed computer professionals' needs, and that books written for IT readers were primarily geared toward non-managerial personnel.

Weinberg is uniquely qualified to advise IT managers on job-search strategies:

• IBM and GE computer background: systems programming, strategic planning, marketing, sales management
• Former adjunct faculty member of GE's Management Development Institute
• Founder of Career Solutions, which serves an international clientele

Readers seeking information technology management jobs, including director, CIO and CTO positions, will learn how to craft resumes consistent with their level. Specifically:

• Why including a technical skills section listing platforms, processes and software can undermine a manager's ability to generate interviews
• Why mentioning certain responsibilities and strengths can downgrade your image - and how to know which ones to omit
• 20 IT-specific questions to mine your experience for accomplishments
• Guidance in transforming bland project statements - e.g., "Developed a CRM application," "Consolidated three data centers," "Reorganized the IT department for greater productivity" - into compelling accomplishments that convey a higher-level image
• Samples of IT manager resumes and cover letters
• Tips for IT professionals targeting their first managerial position

Job-hunters disappointed with their results from using IT job boards, IT recruiters and networking will learn:

• How to easily identify employers meeting their geographic, industry, size, and other criteria
• How they can significantly expand their employment opportunities if they possess a particular non-technical capability
• Novel ways to find unadvertised jobs
• How to identify companies more likely to have openings during a recession
• How to capitalize on the fact that many new hires don't stay in their jobs very long
• How to use the telephone to negotiate an interview, with a script demonstrating how an IT manager should deal with an executive's objections  

Readers will learn novel ideas and practical suggestions for promoting themselves as they participate in each employer's IT recruitment process, including:

• Vital information to obtain when you receive an interview invitation - and how to use it
• Important documents to bring to an IT management interview
• The one document that anyone seeking an IT marketing or product development job must bring to an interview
• Why the mini-biographical response most people give to "Tell me about yourself" is a wasted opportunity
• Four alternative responses to "What compensation are you seeking?" and how to determine which to use
• A strategy for giving an original, impressive response to virtually any interview question - instead of the canned answers most people give
• How to skillfully deal with not having an educational credential that competing candidates possess
• How job-hunters unintentionally make interviewers feel uncomfortable, including a common mistake at the end of an interview
• Samples of the kinds of thank-you letters that can elevate an IT management candidate to the top of the slate
• Why many candidates fail to convert the second interview into an offer
• How to determine whether a reason for rejection is valid
• A strategy that can get you an offer after you've been rejected

Weinberg's previous book, Debugging Your Information Technology® Career, features 20 fields that allow computer professionals seeking a change from traditional IT career paths to leverage - rather than waste - the investment in their education and experience.

This release was issued through eReleases(TM).  For more information, visit http://www.ereleases.com.

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Author, columnist, speaker and founder of the Learning Makes a Difference Foundation, Jackie Gingrich Cushman has been nominated for a Georgia Writer's Association (GWA) Georgia Author of the Year Award for her book, 5 Principles for a Successful Life: From Our Family to Yours, which she co-authored in 2009 with her father, former Speaker Newt Gingrich.

The book has been nominated in the Creative Non-Fiction category, and the winner is set to be announced in June at the GAYA ceremony.  

"As a longtime resident of Georgia, it's an honor to be nominated by the Georgia Writer's Association this year for a book that has such importance to me and my family, and was inspired by the students in the Learn, Earn and Achieve program run by the Learning Makes a Difference Foundation," said Cushman. "5 Principles for a Successful Life can help every reader move closer to achieving their dreams, and I'm thrilled about the opportunity to share its message with fellow Georgians."

In 5 Principles for a Successful Life, Cushman and her father show how one can live life to the fullest by following just five principles: Dream Big, Work Hard, Learn Every Day, Enjoy Life and Be True to Yourself.

In addition to being an author, Jackie Gingrich Cushman is a nationally syndicated columnist for Creators Syndicate, writing a weekly column that focuses on current events and political issues from a mom's perspective, and is a sought-after public speaker represented by WorldWide Speakers Group. Cushman serves on The Georgia Advisory Council for the Trust for Public Land, the board of Genesis: A New Life, and the board of the Learning Makes a Difference Foundation. She has been a guest on the Mike Huckabee Show, Geraldo At Large, Fox and Friends, CNN and NPR.

The Georgia Writer's Association was founded in 1994, sponsoring conferences, seminars, and monthly writing workshops. GWA is currently housed in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, GA.

GWA sponsors the annual Georgia Author of the Year Awards (GAYA), first given in 1964 by the Dixie Council of Authors and Journalists. Commercially and independently published authors from Georgia are eligible for nomination. Awards in a variety of categories are announced and presented at the GAYA ceremony.

SOURCE Gingrich Communications

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