Darling
expands to potential audience of 2 billion readers through First
Edition Design Publishing's world-wide eBook distribution.
Sarasota,
FL, USA - (August 8, 2012) -- World renowned best-selling British
astronomer and science author David J. Darling, Ph.D., has signed
with First
Edition Design Publishing. Darling was previously
published by Hyperion, Delacorte, Harper Collins, Random House and
Wiley.
David
Darling is the author of more than 40 titles including narrative
science titles: Megacatastrophes!, We Are Not Alone, Gravity's Arc,
Equations of Eternity, a New York Times Notable Book, and Deep Time.
He is also the author of the bestseller--The Universal Book of
Mathematics: From Abracadabra to Zeno's Paradoxes. Darling's other
titles include The Universal Book of Astronomy, and The Complete Book
of Spaceflight, as well as more than 30 children's books. His
articles and reviews have appeared in Astronomy, Omni, Penthouse, New
Scientist, the New York Times, and the Guardian, among others.
Darling's
revised works, with new cover art created by First
Edition Design Publishing, will now be published in
eBook format by First Edition Design Publishing and distributed
world-wide.
"I'm
delighted that some of my favorite books, including Soul Search, Zen
Physics, and Equations and Eternity, are to be made available in
digital form," Darling said. "These titles, which explore
everything from the origin of the universe to the nature of life,
death, and mind, will now be able to reach a new, wider audience."
Darling
served as manager of applications software for the supercomputer
company Cray Research in Minneapolis, US for several years, and it
was during this time that his two children were born. While at Cray
he wrote in his spare time for Astronomy magazine. In 1982 he decided
to take the plunge into full-time freelance writing, which has been
his occupation ever since, interspersed with lectures, school talks,
and travel. He and his family moved back to England (Cumbria) around
the time of his career change, spent the next 16 years there,
returned to the US in 1999, and re-emigrated again to the UK in 2004.
He now lives in Dundee, Scotland.
About
First Edition Design Publishing
First
Edition Design Publishing is the world's largest eBook and POD (Print
On Demand) book distributor. Ranked first in the industry, First
Edition Design Publishing converts and formats manuscripts for every
type of platform (e-reader). They submit Fiction, Non-Fiction,
Academic and Children’s Books to Amazon, Apple, Barnes and Noble,
Sony, Google, Kobo, Diesel, 3M, Ingram, Baker and Taylor, Nielsen,
EBSCO, and over 100,000 additional on-line locations including
retailers, libraries, schools, colleges and universities. The
company’s POD division creates printed books and makes them
available worldwide through their distribution network. First Edition
Design Publishing is a licensed and approved Aggregator and holds
licenses with Apple and Microsoft. Visit:
http://www.firsteditiondesignpublishing.com.
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Contact:
Tom
Gahan
Director
of Marketing
First
Edition Design Publishing
PO
Box 20217, Sarasota FL 34276
631-369-0063
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