Challenge of Publishers Going Out of Business

Over my writing career, I’ve had published seventeen books through six publishers. Of these publishers, five have discontinued my genre or gone out of business. The good news is that I have the rights back from all the books published by the defunct publishers. I’ve been in the process of republishing on my own these books. All are now available in e-book format and all but two in print format. I’ll be getting these last two print editions completed in the near future. I’ll highlight here the most recent book to be republished. It’s my non-fiction book, The Best Chicken Thief in All of Europe.

The Best Chicken Thief in All of Europe is the biography of a frontline soldier, fighting the Germans in World War II. Extraordinary are his experiences leading up to joining the army, his “kill or be killed” decisions in combat, the struggle to survive in a prisoner of war camp and the opportunity to meet Russians behind their lines at the beginning of the Cold War. On the night of New Years Eve 1944, Ed undertook the assignment of being a forward observer, only to be bombarded by the last German initiative on the Western Front, Operation North Wind. Throughout his life he continued to be a forward observer, connecting his experiences in the past with the unfolding future. His was not an easy life, struggling through the Depression years, losing 40% of his body weight while a prisoner, suffering what we now know as post-traumatic stress disorder, losing custody of his first son, but bouncing back from his traumas to have a successful second marriage and to run a profitable small business. His life was full of dichotomies: His early education at an anarchist school set the stage for his inquiring mind; even without completing college, he developed a wealth of knowledge about history though his avid reading; although he hated Germans, he became the greatest chicken thief in all of Europe to support four German refugees; and throughout his life, in spite of the stress and trauma, he retained an impish sense of humor. Get ready to laugh and cry as Ed’s life plays out in The Best Chicken Thief in All of Europe.

The Best Chicken Thief in All of Europe (ISBN 979-8667338550), is now available in print (https://amzn.to/2OM5gHw) and e-book (https://amzn.to/32yzRA9) editions.