Very strong web site. I do disagree with you about the self-publishing movement. I think there are some fascinating parallels with indie bands, filmmakers, and more. There are fantastic independent books out there, some that found the light of day because we have the tools to express ourselves and make topics available. I recently bought a simple book about HOW TO NEGOTIATE ANYTHING that I got at THE BOOK EXPO. There was also a reader on SANTARIA, and I’d been looking for any kind of info on that topic forever.

I attended the “Rape of Nanking” Conference at Princeton’s Wilson Center of International Studies with the late best-selling author, Iris Chang when I researched my novel, “The Gook Lover.” She encouraged me to write my book even as she at the peak of her too-short brilliant career.

“The Gook Lover” is pro-Asian, anti-Imperialist story of Tomi Tomigawa, a young Japanese officer who lost his soul at the Rape of Nanking and other war crimes he was forced to commit. He worked for the U.S. Army during the Occupation and steals for black market cash. Tomi builds a car manufacturing company that eventually becomes the world’s biggest. Acclaimed as “modern Japan’s Henry Ford,” Tomi barely obeyed the last third of the ancient Chinese adage: “Think. Organize. Do Good.”

A casual glance in a Manhattan book store window ignites his latent shame and
changes his life and possibly, that of Japan’s denial of its war crimes.

For info: www.ronwulkan.com

To receive the book, I’ll need a mailing address..

The Gook Lover ISBN 978-0-615-15455-8
Trade paperback US$12.95
Putnam, St. Clair & Wyeth, publishers

In any event, keep up the good work.

If you’re interested, I can send you a review copy of our first launch, a comic novel by Bruce Hoppe. (See above website for details). It’s one of those gems that, every once in a while, makes it through the publishing maze via the small press route. And keep up the great work here!