Tom Joyner Foundation Book Helps Parents, Students Prepare for College

Media personality and philanthropist Tom Joyner has released a new book to help parents and students prepare for college - from first grade through high school. It's a how-to guide on what courses to take and how to get into college.
By: Tom Joyner Foundation
 
March 9, 2009 - PRLog -- Quality Press, a division of Amber Communications Group, Inc. (ACGI) the nation's largest African American Book Publisher of Self-help Books and Music Biographies has recently signed an agreement with the Tom Joyner Foundation, Inc. (TJF) to produce and manufacture the organization's upcoming title:  Tom Joyner Presents How To Prepare For College.  ACGI's imprint Amber Books will co-publish the title, with Independent Publishers Group (IPG) handling the distribution.

The book will be available to Individuals, High Schools, Libraries, Non-Profits, Organizations, Businesses and your local Community Bookstore, beginning February 16, 2009, in honor of Black History Month. Order now through   www.amberbooks.com  and  www.ipgbook.com.  Chain stores (Barnes and Noble, Borders, Walmart, Sams, etc.), can make special orders through Independent Publishers Group until September 2009, when the title will be officially released (published) nationwide.  

Written by Thomas LaVeist and Wil LaVeist the title, Tom Joyner Presents How To Prepare For College, has a foreword by Tom Joyner that states, "What I like about this book is that it shows you the steps you need to take to get into college and it applies to everyone. Everything from raising a college-bound student to life after college is covered.  Whether you’re a child in elementary school or an adult in the work force considering enrolling in a college or university, this book has something you can use".

Tom Joyner is a nationally syndicated radio and television personality, philanthropist and entrepreneur whose morning show is heard in more than 115 markets by nearly eight million listeners each week.  Known as the “hardest working man in radio,” Joyner is a 1999 Radio Hall of Fame inductee, an NAACP President’s Award winner and was bestowed with the prestigious Marconi Award for Network/ Syndicated Personality of the Year. His website www.BlackAmericaWeb.com has more than 1.5 million registered users and features news with special reports by award winning journalists and exclusive political coverage as well as interactive elements with on demand audio.  

Tom Joyner also founded The Tom Joyner Foundation to provide financial assistance to students at Black Colleges and Universities. (HBCUs)  Since 1998 The Tom Joyner Foundation® has raised more than Fifty Five Million Dollars to help students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities stay in school. The Tom Joyner Foundation also hosts an annual cruise named the Fantastic Voyage which raises money for the (HBCUs).

As Tom Joyner, Jr., the Foundation's President/CEO, stated, "The Tom Joyner Foundation only does one thing...It helps students continue their education at Black Colleges.  All too often a student will get into college, and then encounter financial difficulties that will force them to drop out.  The Foundation provides money directly to the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) for the purpose of helping these students stay in college".

Tony Rose, Publisher/CEO, of Phoenix, AZ based Amber Communications Group, Inc. (ACGI) and the Executive Director of The African American Pavilion at BookExpo America began Quality Press in 2000 in order to accommodate authors who wished to self-publish their books.  Amber Books Publishing, the corporation's first imprint, was founded in 1998 and has become established as the nation’s largest African-American publisher of self-help and career-guide book titles written by and for African Americans.  Mr. Rose responded to the needs of the growing market of self-publishers and placed the Quality Press division under the direction of Yvonne Rose who is also an Associate Publisher for Amber Books and Director of Quality Press.
 
Yvonne Rose stated, "We are delighted with the opportunity and pleased that the Tom Joyner Foundation, Inc. has selected Quality Press,  Amber Books  and  Independent Publishers Group to handle the production, manufacturing, publishing and distribution of their new literary venture Tom Joyner Presents How To Prepare For College.

Help a Student Stay in School.
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Tom Joyner Foundation,
13760 Noel Road, Suite 750, Dallas, TX 75240

To learn more about the Tom Joyner Foundation visit  www.blackamericaweb.com/foundation

For further information, sales and Bulk Sales of the title Tom Joyner Presents How To Prepare For College to High Schools, Libraries, Organizations, Businesses, Non-Profits and individuals contact: Amber Communications Group, Inc. at amberbk@aol.com  www.amberbooks.com or call 1-866-566-3144.

Bookstores / Libraries / Wholesalers / Distributors / Trade and International Orders, contact: Independent Publishers Group (IPG) 814 North Franklin Street, Chicago, IL 60610 - 312-337-0747 or 1-800-888-4741 to order Tom Joyner Presents How To Prepare For College and all Amber Books and Colossus Books. www.ipgbook.com

For Media Review Copies: amberbk@aol.com for  Media Inteviews: neil@neilfoote.com

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