Friday, November 29, 2019

50% OFF on all RAB Titles for Black Friday on Website with Code THANKS2019


Did you ever want to read the complete Magic University Series by Cecilia Tan (imagine Harry Potter goes to college to study sex magick)?  Catch up on the 12-title Running in Fear series by best-selling erotic paranormal author Trinity Blacio? Or indulge in some pop culture guilty pleasure about the Korean boy band BTS or breakout rock band Greta Van Fleet? Or read one of their award-winning LGBTQ titles in their Magnus imprint such as Queering Sexual Violence by Jennifer Patterson or Playing by the Book by S. Chris Shirley.
Well, now is the time to grab everything you’ve ever wanted from Riverdale Avenue Books at half price.
The award-winning hybrid publisher is offering its entire catalog at 50% off on Black Friday exclusively on its website, riverdaleavebooks.com, with the code THANKS2019.
“Black Friday is the time to hunt for one-day-a-year sales, and this half price sale on all our books is the best deal of the year,” said Publisher Lori Perkins. “But the best thing is you don’t even have to leave your home.”
“Although I love all our books, if you are unsure of what to buy, I’d recommend Spank Me, Mr., Darcy, In Bed with Gore Vidal and 50 Shades of Gay.” In addition, Perkins mentioned that one of the hottest titles on her list is Sephora Giron’s Witch Upon a Star series, which combines astrology, witchcraft and romance. “But,” she added, “I am also a sucker for a good anthology and I highly recommend all of ours, especially Spanksgiving, which I edited.”

Saturday, November 16, 2019

First Book on Rock Band Greta Van Fleet Just Published


Riverdale Avenue Books has published the first mainstream book on the breakout rock band Greta Van Fleet.
Hard work is its own reward and nobody knows that better than the heavy rock band Greta Van Fleet who in a matter of years have raced from obscurity as teens growing up in the tiny Michigan town of Frankenmuth to the top of the international hard rock mountain. Hard Work: The Greta Van Fleet Story by New York Times Bestselling Author Marc Shapiro takes you along for this high wire ride to the top.
Equal parts biography and inspirational story, Hard Work: The Greta Van Fleet Story takes the band on an often surreal and edge-of-your seat journey. At a time when popular music had become predictable, pre-fab and the process of making it had been diluted by the likes of American Idol and America’s Got Talent, Greta Van Fleet brought their brand of guitar heavy, very Led Zeppelin-like heavy metal to the public in the trenches. These underage musicians made their bones playing very adult biker parties, dive bars where they often were not allowed inside except to play and spending countless hours driving in cramped vans to the middle of nowhere to play for an audience of 10. 
But persistence would ultimately pay off. They signed with Lava Records and put out a series of albums that captured the fantasy with music that paid homage to hard rock’s past and pointed the way to a joyous rocking future.
This book includes:

·      Exclusive interviews with local club owners from Greta Van Fleet's early days;
·      Complete Greta Van Fleet discography, including outtakes from recording sessions, live garage recordings, concert recordings and recordings of unreleased original songs 
·      The real story behind Greta Van Fleet's controversial Saturday Night Live appearance.
·      Greta Van Fleet's literary and musical influences--beyond Led Zeppelin!
·      And the real story of life on the road!

“This book is biography, but it is also a blueprint to anybody that wants to make real, believable music,” said author Marc Shapiro. “Greta Van Fleet slugged it out in the rock and roll trenches and their reward is that they are currently one of the biggest bands on the planet. If you follow their lead, you can get there too.”
“We think Great Van Fleet be a major force in music for years to come and are thrilled to publish the first rock biography in this incredible band.” said Publisher Lori Perkins.