"K" page featured in "Wrestling USA" magazine

Pretty exciting to see the "K" page of our book used for an article on smart ways to cut weight in Wrestling USA magazine this month... My thanks to Dustin Zahursky, creator of Kutting Weight clothing, for asking to use our illustration in his article, and thanks also Lanny and Cody Bryant, editor of the magazine for contacting us with his...

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Exciting Magazine Promotion

We were very excited last week to get a call from Lanny Bryant, who is the chief editor of Wrestling USA magazine, which is a monthly publication that has been in publication since 1965!  What Lanny wants to do is to use a different page of our book every month as the illustration the corresponds with a new monthly column that Dan Gable...

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Borders Books

We've had three really great book store visits this summer.  One at the  Grosse Pointe Borders on Kercheval where we had a very involved crowd with several youngsters who were on wrestling clubs. Next was at two different Ann Arbor Borders stores. The first visit was to their store on (Washtenaw Borders) and we had a lot of kids,...

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NCAAs 2010

Tom and Mike Our visit to the NCAAs in Omaha Nebraska was very, very fun.  In addition to meeting lots of new people, we were able to spend quite a bit of time with some old friends: Steve Fraser, Zeke Jones, Kendall Cross, Lee Kemp, and more.  We were fortunate enough to have a booth right in the middle of all the Olympic champions,...

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Exciting New Order!!!

We just received a book order from the Office of History, Society and Culture in Detroit!!  Now that is really cool!!  Their office is part of the Detroit Public School System.  Do I see some book visits in the future...

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Getting Ready for Omaha

We have been soooo busy the last few weeks that I just realized how quickly our trip to the NCAAs in Omaha, Nebraska has been sneaking up on us.  We do have all of our books and other goods ready, our hotel is reserved, our friends are still on board, and our car is still running, but I haven't even begun to think about babysitting and...

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Back To Battle Creek

Tom and I will be vending in Battle Creek yet again for the Myway youth individual state championships.  This is a three day event. All day Saturday and Sunday, as well as Friday afternoon and evening.  I love going to Battle Creek with Tom!  We did really good with book sales there a couple of weeks ago, and that was for the...

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Battle Creek Beckons

We are getting excited for our Battle Creek weekend coming up the last weekend of the month.  This event is the High School Individual wrestling finals which are held at the Kellogg Arena in downtown Battle Creek.  As a family business with a specialty in the wrestling field, we have been attending this event for almost as long...

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Hillsdale School District

Hillsdale Mi., school district just purchased 12 copies of our book to use for their Athlete's Read program.  More info to come.  Thanks to Mary and Doug Willer for making this happ...

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Teeth of the Dog Wrestling Club

A huge shout out to our friend and youth wrestling coach Mike DerGarabedian who is the founder and head coach for Teeth Of The Dog Youth Wrestling Club in New York.  Mike was a former colleague of Tom's while at University of Michigan and was on the wrestling team there also.  Coach DerGarabedian recently ordered 25 copies of our...

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Wrestlers as Readers

Wow!   Tom and I are just beyond thrilled that the Thief River Falls Youth Wrestling Club (MN) has been so supportive of our book.  Originally they ordered 20 copies, then they ordered 20 more, then once again, they called and ordered 20 more! And it keeps getting better....read the article from the Thief River Falls Times...

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Guest Authors at University of Michigan Alumni Weekend

For the second year in a row, we were invited to be the guest authors at the University of Michigan Wrestling Alumni Weekend.  Although we didn't sell as many books this year as last year, it is always a pleasure to attend the meets and to see familiar faces.  This year we had about 30 Underdog fans attending as well so that was...

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NCAAs Omaha, Nebraska

Well it appears we are going to be vendors at the NCAA Wrestling Championships again this year.  We did REALLY good last year, but weren't sure if we wanted to attempt it this year or not since this was a new location for the NCAAs.  However after consulting with various well experienced vendors, we have decided to take the chance. ...

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Borders Bookstore

We had another visit today at Borders Bookstore in Canton, MI.  Nice but small crowd.  Originally Tom though I'd have to do it solo, but he managed.  The one good thing we get out of bookstore visits is that we always go out to eat together and spend a little connection time.  It's so easy to let time fly by.  This...

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Webb Elementary School Visit

We had a fantastic school visit today at Webb Elementary School in our hometown of Hazel Park, MI.  The entire school attended the assembly.  We were hooked up with microphones, video equipment andthe city video taped the event.  We recieved about 30 pre-visit book sales and then some the day of the event.  We saw some...

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CTN Animation Expo

Our illustrator, Robert Lence is attending a super cool conference this weekend.  It's called the CTN (Creative Talent Network) Animation Expo.  So much talent in on arena!  Gosh how I wish I could be there.  Unfortunately, financing is an issue.  But we wish Robert the best of luck at the convention and hope he...

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