First Edition Design Publishing Announces the Signing of Author Rex Pickett

SARASOTA, Fla. - Feb. 25, 2015 - PRLog -- BREAKING NEWS: SARASOTA, FLORIDA – FEBRUARY 24h, 2015 - First Edition Design Publishing is thrilled to announce today that it has added world renowned author Rex Pickett to its repertoire of prestigious authors.

Rex Pickett’s highly-anticipated Sideways 3 Chile, his definitive novel for the award-winning and cult-classic Sideways Trilogy, has officially been released in paperback and ebook format by First Edition Design Publishing in Sarasota, Florida. David Reagle, Vice President of Distribution at First Edition Design stated, “We are extremely excited that Rex Pickett has selected First Edition to publish and distribute Sideways 3 Chile, an irrefutable novel capping off a classic trilogy collection for Sideways fans worldwide. It’s a genuine pleasure to work with Mr. Pickett who is certainly one of the most profound novelists of the modern era. First Edition also looks to the future; we expect a long-established collaboration with Mr. Pickett, while publishing and distributing prospective award-winning classics worldwide.” First Edition Design Publishing expertise dates back to the 1980's.  First Edition currently maintains clients in 48 countries and has published and distributed essential works worldwide.

Sideways 3 Chile is the third, and final, novel in the trilogy that began with Sideways -- which became the award-winning movie of the same title by Oscar-winning director Alexander Payne.  In 2010, Rex Pickett released the sequel to Sideways, entitled Vertical, which won the 2011 Gold Medal for Fiction from the Independent Publisher Book Awards.The 2004 movie is based on Rex Pickett’s first novel in his cult-classic trilogy. The movie follows two men in their forties, portrayed by actors Paul Giamatti and Thomas Haden Church, who take a week-long road trip to Santa Barbara County Wine Country.  Sideways the movie, won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and was nominated for four other awards.

In the fall of 2012, the government of Chile, in conjunction with Wines of Chile, invited Rex to travel the length and breadth of their country, focusing on their emerging wine regions, and researching the writing of a third book in the Sideways series.  Sideways 3 Chile finds our main protagonist Miles Raymond (Paul Giamatti in the original film) running out of money, but still surviving on the fumes of a past, but fleeting, fame.  Miles is offered an opportunity by a reputable magazine to write an article about the diverse wine regions of the country of Chile and he jumps at the chance.

REX PICKETT (Author, Filmmaker, Director, Playwright)

Most recently, Rex Pickett was contacted by the De Angelis Group, a large TV/Film entity based in Italy, and has been offered to travel there and write an original screenplay that will hopefully build a new Sideways brand. eOne Entertainment optioned a treatment titled Addicted USA, which is currently in development as a scripted TV show. Besides becoming an award-winning author of the Sideways trilogy series, Rex also has written and directed two feature films, numerous screenplays, TV pilots, and a hit play staged after his novel Sideways. Pickett currently resides in La Jolla, CA.

The (5) Star Stellar Reviews are in … “Rex Pickett gives us an intense, evocative ending to the Sideways story. It's some of his most visceral writing in the entire series, and, after previewing it, I made it my first digital book download ever… I'm a huge fan of Rex Pickett!” - By Todd M. Doty

“Reading Sideways 3 Chile by Rex Pickett was like devouring the most delicious pie you have ever eaten only to look down at one point and find it all gone.” - By bunctious

Sideways 3 Chile is being released globally in over 140 countries in multiple media types, including ebook.

Sideways 3 Chile:

ISBN 978-1622-877-63-8 EBOOK

Published and Distributed by First Edition Design Publishing, Inc. www.firsteditiondesignpublishing.com