Some of our authors have left acknowledgements and a special thanks in their wonderful books for the New Book Authors Publishing team and Executive Publisher Em Hughes. We have captured some of them here. At New Book Authors Publishing, we are working together as a team to release great books.
Review Source: (“Special Thanks,” pg. 243) Tuned In: Memoirs of a Piano Man Behind the Scenes with Music Legends and Finding the Artist Within (Best reviewed by Kirkus, and a People Magazine feature) writes:
“Thanks also to EM Hughes and New Book Authors.”
Review Source: Championship Rounds (Round 5 (Acknowledgements (pg. 262-263), Bernard Fernandez (Award-Winning Sports Journalist) writes:
“I would be remiss if I did not cite others who have played such an integral part in the Championship Rounds series. Foremost among them is EM Hughes, President and Executive Publisher of New Book Authors Publishing, in Madison, Wisc. When I first decided to do a boxing anthology in early 2020, I pressed forward after a conversation I had with a friend, Lee Groves, who had collaborated with Bob Cannobio in publishing Muhammad Ali by the Numbers, an accounting of all the punches landed, missed and avoided by “The Greatest” during his legendary career. Lee and Bob have made such computer-generated statistical compilations, involving many elite fighters in their most important bouts, another way for writers such as myself and others to assess the validity of the scoring of those fights. Lee suggested I contact Ms. Hughes, and it has led to a mutually amenable partnership that has incorporated five books, those 287 stories and a half-million or so words in print. I have found my relationship with her (and by extension, with Alyssa W., Ms. Hughes’ fellow editor and publisher) so productive that I in turn suggested to longtime Philadelphia-based boxing promoter J Russell Peltz that he bring the manuscript detailing his 50-year career to them, which led to the publishing of his highly commendable autobiography, Thirty Dollars and a Cut Eye.
When I asked Ms. Hughes for her take on the CR anthology series, and my professional relationship with her (we’ve never been in the same place at the same time, but maintain fairly regular contact through telephone conversations and email correspondence), she was typically gracious in her assessment…” (Bernard Fernandez, author)
‘What was special about Bernard Fernandez’s series of boxing articles was the personal history, insight and compassion he brought to each subject…I felt I knew more about the fighters and their momentous battles as though I was sitting ringside as the matches happened. After Round 2, we shifted the following books to our special imprint…It was important to me and Alyssa to cement the articles as a permanent collection that readers can buy and historians could reference for facts about these sports figures. By bringing the articles together, Bernard has made this rich history, some of which could in the distant future become lost to posterity, accessible beyond internet searches or difficult-to-access print archives. In addition to the individuals covered in this and Bernard’s other books, readers will also learn more about the man behind the stories. This is still another anthology worthy of owning and keeping.‘” – EM Hughes, New Book Authors
Review Source: Thirty Dollars and a Cut Eye (Acknowledgements, pg. 404) famed boxing promoter and Boxing Hall-of-Famer, J. Russell Peltz writes:
“…EM Hughes and her staff in Madison, Wisconsin, guided me through the publishing process. She tolerated my constant emails and questions.” (Note: J. Russell Peltz is awesome to work with!)
Review Source: Conspiracy of Lies (Acknowledgements, pg. v), Richard Rachlin (Author and civil trial attorney) writes:
“Em Hughes, Senior Editor of New Book Authors, was enormously helpful though her hard work, dedication, and never-ending professionalism, far beyond the call of duty.”
Review Source: Deathless (Acknowledgements, pg. viii), Shayn Fite (Author) writes:
“And finally, thank you Em Hughes and the New Book Authors Publishing team. It’s been a pleasure working with you.”
Review Source: The Last Flight Home (Acknowledgments, pg. 267), Ricky Hausler (Author) writes:
“I am deeply grateful to a host of people and organizations for helping me complete this work… EM Hughes and the great folks at New Book Authors.”
Review Source: The Complaint (Acknowledgement pg. v) Tom Breen (Author, attorney) writes:
“Plus, special thanks to Em Hughes, Executive Publisher of New Book Authors Publishing Company, for her insight and experience in navigating the turbulent waters of the publishing world, especially with regard to a revised work.”
Review Source: The Gifted Amateur (Acknowledgements, pg. v), Nigel M. Sainsbury (Writer, business executive) writes:
“Em Hughes at Newbookauthors.com for keeping me on the straight and narrow…”