THE No.1 Sunday Times Bestseller! Well Done Rank Books!
The new book on trading published by Rank Books, titled Secrets of Highly Profitable Traders: Lessons from Singapore’s Trading Gurus is a National Bestseller!
The book went from the Top 3 Position in the Sunday Times Bestseller List on 22 Jan 2012 to No.1 Rank on 29th Jan 2012 to become the NATIONAL BESTSELLER. The book ranked among the top titles by other international bestselling authors like Donald Trump, Stephen Covey, Lee Kuan Yew, Jim Collins and Richard Templar.
Other titles that are published by Rank Books which have hit the bestseller list includes The Ultimate Guide To Real Estate in Singapore by Mohd Ismail, Handboook for Stock Investors by Goh Kheng Chuan, Property Valuation by Eric Alagan, Towkay Ho Seh Boh by Ah Chuan, Secrets of Property Millionaires by Rayney Wong, Handbook on Forex Trading by Nicholas Tan, Show Me The Money Series by Teh Hooi Ling and many more over the years.
Make a date with two successful authors on 7th Jan 2012 (Sat) at Kinokuniya Bookstore at Ngee Ann City. This event is jointly organised by Rank Books and Kinokuiya Bookstore in Singapore.
Eric Alagan, author of the bestseller, Property Valuation will be sharing with you on how to value your own property. Dr Bina Kurup, author of Really Doc?!: Health Myths, Facts and Tips will be giving you tips on how to take care of your health. Don’t miss the chance to meet our popular authors.
A Singapore health guide by Dr Bina Kurup, a Singapore doctor is out in major bookstores. This health guide book is specially written for the laymen in Singapore. “Really Doc?!: Medical Myths, Facts and Tips aims to educate Singaporeans about common health misconceptions, signs and symptoms.
Do you know? “Is heatiness the cause of my frequent sore throats, ulcers or ‘bak-chiam’ (styes)?”
“Can being caught in the rain really cause headaches, joint pains or the cold?”
“Can too much sugar cause diabetes? Isn’t high blood pressure normal when you get old?”
“Does soya sauce really darken your scars?
Are chicken and seafood ‘tok’ (‘poison’) and bad for wound healing?”
This is a very practical health guide because there is a medical myth, condition, illness or symptom inside the book that each and everyone would have suffered at some point in time. This book also stands out from all medical guides because she has included common hokkien (a local dialect in Singapore) medical terms like ‘leng’ (cold in hokkien), ‘tok’ (poison), ‘hong sik’ (rheumatism) ‘juak ‘ (heaty ) etc . to explain medical conditions that many Singaporeans can understand.
The book is written in a clear and concised manner. The common health conditions are divided into acute, chronic and general problems. Acute conditions are generally those that are shortterm ailments, though some may be recurrent or be prolonged. For ease of discussion, they are grouped into three sections viz. Common Infections, Common Aches and Pains and First Aid Myths and Misconceptions. Chronic conditions are the long standing medical problems that require long-term follow up and care.
Also included are some of the commonest conditions, all of which have a significant impact on health and wellbeing. These include Hypertension, Diabetes and Asthma. Epilepsy is included, as not only is it common enough, but it is also amongst one of the frequently misunderstood conditions. Under the General section, this health guide covers some common misconceptions about Drugs in general and specific drug groups like antibiotics, steroids and supplements.
WIth 20 years as a family physician and she sought to correct the misconceptions and also provided tips for patient self care. She has decided to compile the commonly encountered misconceptions together with the correct information and also have provided tips for patient self care. This health guide is truly a labour of love.
Congratulations to Dr Bina for the launch of her book and we thank her for appointing Rank Books as her publishing consultant and book distributor for her new book. We are confident that this book will become a bestseller because this is a highly practical health guide that every Singaporean family must have. It has been our pleasure to work with an outstanding doctor like Dr Bina Kurup.
The book is now available at all major bookstores in Singapore. Get it now at Popular Book Co, Times Bookshop, MPH Bookstores, Harris and Kinokuniya Bookstores. The book is priced at $23.00 (before GST).
We wish to congratulate our client, Mr Eric Alagan for launching his second novel titled Code Shield at the Singapore Writers Festival 2011. Mr Eric Alagan is also the author of three business books – “Staff Selection”, “Increase F&B Sales”, “Property Valuation” and the novel – “Beck and Call”. Rank Books is honored to be the publishing consultant for all five books written Mr Eric Alagan.
Eric Alagan is a rare talent when comes to book writing because he excels in both non-fiction and fiction genres. His non-fiction book, ‘Property Valuation” was on the Straits Times Bestseller List for 8 weeks. His latest novel, Code Shield has received very positive feedback. An Australian literary agent and manuscript assessor, Brian Cook described the book as “…an intriguing mix of drug-running…human trafficking, the flesh trade, political maneuvering and high-stakes power games, flavored with interesting characters and locations, and spiced with dangerous liaisons, secret deals and double crosses, and the sometimes deadly internecine jostling of international security agencies. Architecturally, Code Shield is superb…”.
Indeed, this is a superb book that has all the ingredients needed to make a blockbuster movie. Any aspiring Singapore movie director out there who is searching for that perfect script to make a James Bond kind of movie, must grab this gem. This is one book waiting to be transformed from book to movie. Here is a chance for a local movie director in Singapore to make it in Hollywood!
The book launched held at the Singapore Writers Festival 2011 was well attended by friends, writers and business associates. The Guest of Honour was Mr. K. Kesavapany, Director, Institute of South East Asian Studies and Ambassador to Jordan. Mr. Ramachandran, Director, from the National Book Development Council of Singapore was also a guest speaker at the launch.
Congratulations to Eric Alagan for his outstanding achievements!
Eric Alagan’s books are available for sale at all major bookstores in Singapore, at his website www.lcabooks.com and at www.rankseminar.com.
(By KC Goh, Publisher from Rank Books and Rank Publishing)
Mortgage and Grow Rich by Alfred Chia, CEO of SingCapital Pte Ltd was launched on 8th June 2011 at HDB Hub Auditorium. It was attended by more than 500 guests from the real estate and financial industry.
As the publishing consultant for this book, it is my honor to attend and I congratulate Alfred Chia for this spectacular launch. The program kicked off with Alfred speaking about his book and the pain and pleasure of putting the book together based on his years of experience in loan financing as a financial consultant. When comes to mortgage planning, Alfred is the Guru! His book, Mortgage and Grow Rich is a testimony to it. Alfred Chia is the first author to write a book on mortgage planning, a subject that is unfamiliar to many and one that it often reserved for bankers and financial advisers to explain to their clients. Alfred Chia has made a complex subject interesting and easy-to-understand for any lay man. Also worth mentioning is that there are comics inserted in every other page of the book to illustrate key concepts to the readers.
In this book, Alfred is telling us that, we must learn about mortgage planning and loan financing if you want to be financially free. This is an area of knowledge that is critical if you want to be rich. How do the rich gets rich fast? They use OPM – Others People’s Money! They use loans for their business expansion, they use loans to finance their property purchases! They use loans to make more money! So, if you aspire to be rich, can you ignore learning about loan financing? Every one of us will own a property one day, every one of us will take a loan to finance our home, but why are we not taught about mortgage planning in our school?
In Mortgage and Grow Rich, you will be enlightened to the fact that there is such a thing called a Good Debt and A Bad Debt. It is not wrong to take a loan, paying everything in cash may not be the best! The Rich uses loans as a leverage to get richer! Get the knowledge on mortgages if you want to be rich investing in property, this is one area you must have!
The program of the day also included two other prominent speakers in the real estate industry, Mr Ismail Gafoor, CEO of PropNex and Mr Rayney Wong (lawyer, investor and best-selling author) who gave tips on investing in the Singapore property market. Both speakers, not only excelled in their own professional fields but they are also successful property investors and best-selling authors. Mr Ismail Gafoor wrote the best-seller, “The Ultimate Guide to Real Estate Investment in Singapore” and Mr Rayney Wong wrote the best-seller, “Secrets of Property Millionaires”. Both books are indispensable for all new and existing property investors! Again, Rank Books and Rank Publishing are honored to be the appointed publishing consultant and book distributor for both authors.
I wish Alfred Chia every SUCCESS in his new book. I know putting a book together like this is not easy but you have done it so well! Grab a copy now at major bookstores or through Alfred Chia’s Blog at www.alfredchia.com
The daughter of Mrs Wee Kim Wee, Wee Eng Hwa has self-published a 230 recipes cookbook titled Cooking For the President. Some of the recipes included in this 544-page book are mee siam (rice vermicelli in spicy gravy) and kueh ko swee (steamed rice flour cakes flavoured with palm sugar), babi masak assam (braised pork belly with salted vegetable, mustard leaf and tamarind) and many other Peranakan dishes.
Ms Wee chosed to self-publish her cookbook because she wanted ‘complete freedom’ over the content and quality of the book. While most recipe books contained just recipes and pictures, she has included a biography of Mr and Mrs Wee and family photos as well. Also worth mentioning is that Ms Wee is also the photographer for the dishes published in the cookbook. Well done! From a publisher’s view point, the cost of producing a cookbook in full color is not just money spent on the full color prinitng but in the photography. A single shot of a dish can cost you $150 onwards if taken by a professional food photographer! So, if you have 100 dishes to shoot, the cost just add up and the bulk of the cost in cookbook production is really in the photography.
Is it easy to do your own food photography? I must say it is much easier now if you have a good digital SLR camera and armed with a few basic food styling techniques I am sure any cookbook author can do the job with the right photography training.
Rank Seminar Pte Ltd, will be running a short food photograpy course soon (in December), contact us if you are interested.
Indeed, your family’s recipes are an important part of your family history. But instead of going for the printed cookbook which is expensive to produce, why not do an ebook?
Why not combine your family photos and time-tested recipes into an E-Cookbook and gives it as a gift to your family members during special occasions. E-Cookbooks are perfect gifts for family and friends for all occasions — birthdays, weddings, Christmas and family reunions! Here are some reasons why you should consider doing your own family cookbook.
Reasons Why You Need A E-Cookbook
Family recipes are part of our heritage and legacy. Food appeals to our senses and evokes memories that we share with our family members so it is worth documenting. Secondly, the ebook allows you to make the book comes alive by adding multimedia content. You can add old family photos, video clips, sound files and hyperlinks to make the book interesting and interactive.
It Is Low Cost. To print a full color cookbook you need a print run of at least 1000 copies and this will cost you between $10,000 to $15,000 or higher (for a book not more than 200 pages and slightly bigger than an A5 size) after you have paid for food photography, design and layout, and printing. But if you do an e-book you can cut the cost down by more than 60% and you can just produce 50 or 100 copies according to your preference.
Can you imagine the next time you go to the bookstore, you just have to browse books you like to buy on the screen and then you click "Buy" make your payment and in 5 minutes time, you pick up a freshly printed and binded book from the store.
This may be the things to come if every bookstore gets a machine like this.
The USING series is more than just books; don’t just read about it: see it, hear it, through step-by-step video tutorials and valuable audio sidebars delivered through the Free Web Edition that comes with every Using book. For the price of the book you get online access anywhere with a web connection—no books to carry, updated content, and the benefit of video and audio learning.
This is the kind of book that will be produced in the future with the new digital media. Books are not made with pages and pages of texts anymore but in the form of mixed media. See what this publisher has done and start thinking how your next book may be written to take advantage of the web and iphones.
I think that such media rich books are not just meant for how-to books on the use of a computer program (this one is about computer software skills). How about a book on leadership, business skills, parenting or investing? The ideas are limitless, it is up to your imagination. If your mind can conceive it, you can do it.
In my previous post,I wrote about ISSUU, here is an example created for our book, Secrets of Food Millionaires. This is really a great marketing tool! The people behind ISSUU are simply brillant. It took the pain off those who do not know FLASH but wanting to create an online document that flips! Also, it is SEO FRIENDLY! Another critical element for any web application, it allows you to specify the keywords for your document to be found. Wonderful feature!
Some comments on using it. My earlier pdf file for this book sample was 18mb and was not uploaded completely but hanged 2 or 3 times while uploading. So, I decided to downsize the file to 3mb and it works finally. Maybe my internet connection was not fast enough that caused the failed first few attempts. Anyway, I am happy it works now!
