Books, Audio & Video I, Summer Reading 2008 Feature Releases

Business Wire, May 20, 2008

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Mark Bussler, of Inecom Entertainment Company, is a producer and director of high-definition feature documentaries for DVD, HDTV and television. Bussler's high-quality visuals and audio work have earned hundreds of positive reviews nationwide and have set his documentaries apart from the average fare.

His films include, Westinghouse (Producer, Director, Writer), 2008; World War 1: American Legacy (Producer, Director), 2006; Horses of Gettysburg (Producer, Director), 2006; EXPO: Magic of the White City (Producer, Director), 2005; Gettysburg and Stories of Valor (Producer, Director), 2004; Johnstown Flood (Producer, Director, Writer), 2003.

PR Contact: Julie Halapchuk, 412-967-2700 x3029

jhalapch@inecom.com

Addie Swartz is the founder and CEO of B*tween Productions, Inc., home of the Beacon Street Girls award-winning book series and website for preteen girls. Addie created the Beacon Street Girls in 2002 to provide positive media and healthy role models for tween girls, whatever their challenges. Today, there are fourteen Beacon Street Girls books with more 500,000 copies in print. The company has "super-fans" in 174 countries and the books are available through leading book stores and online. Related BSG products are sold at more than 850 independent gift shops and through the COPPA-compliant Beacon Street Girl website (www.beaconstreetgirls.com).

A recent deal with Simon & Schuster, one of the world's leading children's book publishers, is expected to increase the footprint of the Beacon Street Girls. Two new books ("Katani's Jamaican Holiday" and "Time's Up") and reissues of the first four books in the series are being shown at Book Expo America (May 29 - June 1, 2008) and will be available wherever books are sold in June, just in time for summer reading programs.

PR Contact: Bobbie Carlton, 781-863-8228 ext 201

bcarlton@btweenproductions.com

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