{"id":2368,"date":"2010-05-11T15:01:50","date_gmt":"2010-05-11T19:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.officepolitics.com\/advice\/?p=2368"},"modified":"2011-08-14T09:51:19","modified_gmt":"2011-08-14T13:51:19","slug":"unpublished-writer-cancels-signed-book-deal-to-win-2010-axiom-business-book-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.officepolitics.com\/advice\/unpublished-writer-cancels-signed-book-deal-to-win-2010-axiom-business-book-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Unpublished writer cancels signed book deal to win 2010 Axiom Business Book Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

For immediate release:<\/em><\/p>\n

In 2008, Franke James was an unpublished writer who walked away from a major U.S. publisher and a $20,000 book advance. Why?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Dear<\/a> James talks about her decision: \u201cIt was like a dilemma straight out of Dear Office-Politics<\/em><\/a>. I can laugh about it now, but it was a tough situation. The publisher seemingly held all the power. The book I\u2019d worked six years to create was being changed from a colorful role-playing game into a standard, gray-text, \u201cbusiness\u201d book. This suited the publisher just fine. But for me, it was the antithesis of what I\u2019d dreamed of. I\u2019d beta-tested a new type of training book that merged entertainment and education. It got people talking about touchy office politics issues and practicing ethical decision-making. That was the book I had a burning desire to publish.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt torn. So, I used the game questions to arrive at a solution. I stepped into the publisher\u2019s shoes. I put it to the TV News test. I analyzed the power structure. And, I found a solution that was in everyone\u2019s best interests… <\/p>\n

I canceled the contract and paid back the advance. One year later, I self-published and started selling Dear Office-Politics on Amazon.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Axiom<\/p>\n

Dear Office-Politics<\/em> has been recognized as one of the best business books of the year, winning a 2010 Axiom Bronze Medal<\/a> in the Human Resources and Employee Training category. Franke James will accept her award in New York on May 25th, and will be signing books at BookExpo America<\/strong> on May 27th. James is also the artist\/author of Bothered By My Green Conscience<\/a>, winner of the 2010 Green Book Festival Award<\/a>, for Graphic Novels.<\/p>\n

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT ‘DEAR OFFICE-POLITICS’\u2026<\/h3>\n

\u201cJames\u2019s splashy sense of humor and style catapults this book from the field of humdrum human resources exercises to an entertaining discussion of the pantheon of office types\u2026 Winner of an Axiom Business Book Award for 2010, Dear Office-Politics is recommended for team-building meetings, as well as for pleasure reading.\u201d ForeWord Reviews<\/h2>\n

\u201cA fun and informative guide to mastering those games you wish people wouldn’t play.\u201d Ann Douglas, Toronto Star Blogs<\/h2>\n

\u201cA wonderful tool to use in bringing sensitive issues out into the open in a non-threatening way that results in constructive processing.\u201d Shannon Warren, Founder, Oklahoma Business Ethics Consortium<\/h2>\n

\u201cDear Office-Politics is a seriously fun way to make the workplace \u2018thriveable\u2019 instead of barely survivable!\u201d Trevor Rotzien, Amazon reviewer<\/h2>\n
\n

Title: Dear Office-Politics, the game everyone plays<\/strong>
\nAuthor: Franke James
\nNonfiction
\nList: $34.99 (Amazon may discount)
\nISBN: 1-4392-3054-4
\nAvailable at: Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

Seven years of research<\/h3>\n

Dear Office-Politics<\/em> represents over seven years of research. Each game dilemma is based on an actual letter that was submitted to OfficePolitics.com since it was founded in 2002. The ethics game was invented by author, artist and site founder, Franke James<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Unique collaboration<\/h3>\n

Dear Office-Politics<\/em> is a unique collaborative effort designed to help people play the office politics game better \u2014 and improve their ability to positively influence their workplace. Over the past seven years, author Franke James has assembled a talented roster of authors, executive coaches, HR trainers, lawyers and marketing experts to help answer hundreds of letters sent into the site from around the world. The Office-Politics Advisers<\/a> featured in the game book include:<\/p>\n

<\/em><\/p>\n

Erika Andersen<\/strong><\/a> is the author of Being Strategic<\/a> and founder of Proteus International<\/a>, where she has served as consultant and advisor to CEOs and top executives around the world.
\nDr. John Burton<\/strong><\/a> LL.B. M.B.A. M.Div. Ph.D. is an ethicist, mediator, lawyer and theologian. He teaches Personal and Corporate Social Responsibility in the Faculty of Management at the University of British Columbia.
\nRick Brandon<\/a><\/strong>, Ph.D. is coauthor of Survival of the Savvy<\/a> and CEO of Brandon Partners<\/a>, where he has consulted and trained tens of thousands, including Fortune 500 companies across a variety of industries.
\n Marty Seldman<\/a><\/strong>, Ph.D. is one of the world\u2019s most experienced and successful executive coaches and is President of Seldman Executive Development Programs<\/a>. He is coauthor of Survival of the Savvy<\/a> and Executive Stamina.<\/a>
\nJennifer Glueck Bezoza<\/strong><\/a> specializes in leadership development and career coaching. Through her work in Organizational Development at the Visiting Nurse Service of New York, Jennifer designs leadership development programs, and coaches teams and individuals.
\n <\/em>Timothy Johnson<\/a><\/strong> is the author of SWAT: Seize the accomplishment.<\/em> At Carpe Factum, Inc<\/a>. he helps individuals and organizations \u201cseize the accomplishment\u201d through effective project management, strategic facilitation, and business process improvement.
\nJohn A. Challenger<\/strong><\/a>, is CEO of Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.<\/a>, the global outplacement consultancy. John is a recognized thought leader on workplace, labor, and economic issues.<\/p>\n

Author, Inventor, Adviser: Franke James<\/strong>
\nFranke James<\/a> is the inventor of the Dear Office-Politics Game<\/em> (2009) and Editor & Founder of OfficePolitics.com<\/a>. For 2010, Franke is developing Dear Office-Politics<\/em> into a customizable workshop package that can be used by HR trainers around the world. Franke is an author, artist and speaker on social change and the environment. Her award-winning<\/a> illustrated book, Bothered By My Green Conscience<\/a>, was published in 2009 by New Society Publishers<\/a>. Franke is co-founder of The James Gang Art & Design<\/a> and Nerdheaven Ltd.<\/strong>, with over 20 years experience as a creative design professional. She has a Masters in Fine Arts from the University of Victoria<\/strong>, and a BFA from Mount Allison University<\/strong>. (bio continues…<\/a> )<\/p>\n

For more information:<\/h2>\n

To contact the author for media interviews or a review copy, email: ceo@officepolitics.com
\nDear Office-Politics: <\/strong> the game everyone plays<\/em><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Dear Office-Politics and The Office-Politics\u00ae Game were invented by Franke James, MFA
\nOffice-Politics\u00ae is a registered trademark of Nerdheaven Ltd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In 2008, Franke James was an unpublished writer who walked away from a major U.S. publisher and a $20,000 book advance. Why?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Dear<\/a> James talks about her decision: \u201cIt was like a dilemma straight out of Dear Office-Politics<\/em><\/a>. I can laugh about it now, but it was a tough situation. The publisher seemingly held all the power. The book I\u2019d worked six years to create was being changed from a colorful role-playing game into a standard, gray-text, \u201cbusiness\u201d book. This suited the publisher just fine. But for me, it was the antithesis of what I\u2019d dreamed of. I\u2019d beta-tested a new type of training book that merged entertainment and education. It got people talking about touchy office politics issues and practicing ethical decision-making. That was the book I had a burning desire to publish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-office-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.officepolitics.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.officepolitics.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.officepolitics.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.officepolitics.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.officepolitics.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2368"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/www.officepolitics.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2881,"href":"https:\/\/www.officepolitics.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368\/revisions\/2881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.officepolitics.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.officepolitics.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.officepolitics.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}