According to the Earth Times, "Book packager Writers of the Round Table has teamed up with nonfiction comics publisher SmarterComics to produce a line of comics works based on bestselling business, motivational and personal self-help titles.
The SmarterComics line of adaptations will launch in 2011 with books based on bestsellers by tough-love personal motivator Larry Winget, Latino entrepreneur Robert Renteria; sales and marketing guru Tom Hopkins, performance psychologist John Eliot and internet distribution visionary and Wiredmagazine editor-in-chief, Chris Anderson.
The books will be distributed by National Book Network. Road Table Press's founder says they are "for a generation of readers who want valuable information in quick, easy to understand bits."
I've heard worse ideas, but what startled me was the planned price: $12.95 for print, $9.95 for digital, for books that will be 60-70 pages long. Seems high, does it not?
Another quote from Blake is that the series is "revolutionary" and "perfect for busy professionals and the Twitter and Facebook Generations, all of which are inundated with information and prefer to grab meat and potatoes lessons in a quick and entertaining format."
I can't quite picture a busy professional whipping one of these out of his or her briefcase, but it'll be interesting to find out how well they do.
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