Books on the shelves of both local and chain booksellers seem to be capitalizing on the shift in moods and energy that sunny spring days bring. Recently upon bookstore entry, I was immediately faced with barricade-like displays of guide books. Step-by-step advice on how to raise unselfish children in a self-absorbed world, run my presidential campaign, be a college student, retire, live up to my full potential, stop running from love, juice vegetables and fruit, remodel my home to create an eco-friendly abode and, of course, how to lose all unwelcome winter weight.
Spring is a great time for publishers to be releasing any guide/how-to or self-improvement books. And of course the Portland DIY mentality makes the audience all the more ready and interested in such books. In particular, books that spout advice for energy-saving, eco-, bio-, green living/projects have a ripe market.
Here are a few recently (and soon-to-be) released:
Bead Simple
by Portland writer/crafter Susan Beal
Taunton Press
March 2008
Collins Energy-Saving DIY
by Albert Jackson & David Day
HarperCollins UK
May 2008
Achieve Green: Staying Sane while Planning Your Green Wedding
by Tiffany Green
Tynans Independent Media
April 2008
A Million is Not Enough: How to Retire with the Money You’ll Need
by Michael K. Farr & Gary Brozek
Springboard Press
March 2008
Beyond the Big Talk: A Parent’s Guide to Raising Sexually Healthy Teens
by Debra W. Haffner & Jason Reitman
Newmarket Press
April 2008
How to See Yourself as You Really Are
by Dalai Lama & Bstan-Dzin-Rgya
Gale Group
May 2008
Book trend review by Adriel Gorsuch, Indigo Editing, LLC
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