 Mission
The mission of The TransMedia Group Publishing Division is to publish fiction and non-fiction books by Florida authors particularly when subjects concern outstanding individuals who have had a major impact on their respective fields of endeavor, or have pushed the boundaries of knowledge in such areas as health, nutrition, fitness, diet and lifestyle. Of particular interest are entrepreneurs who have built major businesses, such as Carl DeSantis, founder and chairman of Rexall Sundown, Inc. DeSantis' autobiography Vitamin Enriched is among TransMedia's titles published in 1997. TransMedia is a member of the American Booksellers Association and it premiered its first titles at the 1997 Book Expo in Chicago. Its books are distributed by Ingram Books, the world's largest book wholesaler and its titles available at Barnes and Noble, Borders, Amazon.com, and other retail outlets or via the internet.
History
 What do you get when you merge a public relations firm with a publishing house?
 BEST SELLERS!
In April of 1997, The TransMedia Group Publishing Division was established as a "spinoff" of TransMedia Public Relations, a highly-successful PR firm serving clients nationwide from its headquarters in Boca Raton, FL. The publishing company was founded on the premise that publicity is key to the success of any book. And since TransMedia Public Relations was adept at generating national publicity for authors, experts and corporate spokespersons, including booking authors on network, syndicated and major market TV shows across America, publishing was seen as a logical extension of the business.
"Here we are--a successful PR firm with a battery of outstanding publicists. We were booking all sorts of authors on radio and television when the idea struck. Why not promote our own books?" asked Thomas J. Madden, president of TransMedia Publishing, Inc., now a separate company operating in the same offices with the PR firm. "So we hitched a publishing company to our fine-tuned publicity motor."
Madden and his wife, Angela, co-founded the firm in 1981 in New York City after he left NBC where he was Vice President and Assistant to the President, then Fred Silverman. In 1988, they relocated the business to Florida.
The TransMedia Group
Publishing Management
President and CEO -- Thomas J. Madden
Thomas J. Madden began his career as a reporter for The Philadelphia Inquirer and has lectured and written extensively on communications including his autobiography, Spin Man, published by TransMedia. His articles have appeared in such publications as TV GUIDE and Journalism Quarterly. And speeches he has written for such clients as Kellogg's Company have been reprinted in The New York Times and in other periodicals. He has taught communications at Rutgers University, Loyola University and Florida Atlantic University. He is a graduate of Temple University and has a Master's Degree from The Annenberg School of Communications at The University of Pennsylvania. In the late l970's and early l980's, Madden was high-ranking network television executive involved in promoting specials, miniseries and other programs. He was Director of Public Relations Planning at ABC and moved to NBC as Vice President, Assistant to the President, before co-founding TransMedia Public Relations in 1981 with his wife, Angela. The firm has won many major awards, including The Public Relations Society of America's Bronze Anvil for a PSA campaign Madden helped to develop for The City of New York. Madden is an accredited member of PRSA.
Submission Guidelines
TransMedia does not accept unsolicited manuscripts and will not return any unsolicited material it receives from authors, agents, other individuals or companies.
Proposals
TransMedia will accept only a one or two-page overview of your proposal, plus an outline of your book, which may or may not be returned or, due to the high volume of submissions, even responded to. However, please include your name, address and phone number as we will do our best to look at every proposal.
Do not send a manuscript. And please, no inquiries by phone!
Services
TransMedia is an independent total publishing company, providing subsidiary rights sales, including national and international, film and television, video and paperback rights, promotion and publicity and distribution. TransMedia:
Purchases from authors the rights to publish their manuscripts as hardcover and trade paperback books.
Offers a total subsidy publishing package to authors, which includes writing, editing, production, promotion, publicity and distribution.
- Purchases from authors the rights to publish their manuscripts
as hardcover and trade paperback books.
- Offers a total subsidy publishing package to authors,
which includes writing, editing, production, promotion,
publicity and distribution.
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