(Oak Park, Michigan) On October 21, 2008, Oak Park, MI publisher
Manage Me Productions, LLC will release the fifth edition of its best selling
book to coincide with the release of Eminem's autobiography, The Way I Am
and to commemorate the eight year anniversary of the release of its own
Eminem book, Shady Bizzness, Life As Eminem's Bodyguard in an
Industry of Paper Gangsters "
"Shady Bizzness' Life as Originally released in 2000, Shady Bizzness chronicles the historic
Industry of Paper first tours of Eminem's career and documents his gradual transformation from
Gangsters" aspiring rapper to his controversial Slim Shady alter-ego. No book at that
Soft cover: ISBN:9780970388117 time or since has ever been written about Eminem by an insider with first
Price: $ 29.95 hand knowledge of what Eminem is really like. Retailers were hit with an
Hard Cover ISBN: 9780970388124overwhelming response during the initial release, depleting all sales in
Price: $19.95 the initial print run and generating a demand for a second edition.
The popularity of Shady Bizzness also attracted the attention of
Hannibal - Verlag, the leading publisher of pop music literature in the
Germany. Hannibal - Verlag, a division of Koch International, released the
third edition of Shady Bizzness, as a German translation distributed
worldwide.
In 2005, Traffic Entertainment licensed the United States and
Canadian English rights to the book and republished the fourth edition of
Shady Bizzness in those territories.
On October 21, 2008 Manage Me Productions, LLC will reintroduce
Shady Bizzness to new and familiar members of Eminem fanbase alike.
Now offered in hardcover and paperback, the updated fifth edition features
more than thirty pages of new material as well as previously unpublished
behind the scenes photographs that were not included in the original version.
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For the first time, readers will now have the opportunity to read Shady
Bizzness and The Way I Am in a side by side comparison to gain deeper
insight into the man who Vibe Magazine readers voted Best Rapper Alive in
a recent poll. The readers will also be in the unique position of reading
author Byron Williams' observations and predictions about Eminem from
nearly a decade ago in hindsight, to see how many of them actually
materialized.
The release of this fifth edition version of Shady Bizzness is a
milestone. According to Stephanie L. Hammonds, entertainment attorney for
Manage Me Productions, LLC and author Byron Williams, "It is rare for a
nonfiction, pop culture book or any book to have the staying power that this
book has maintained over an eight year period. The fact that ‘Shady
Bizzness' is entering its fifth printing is due to more than Eminem's
popularity. Byron Williams' ability to pull together a gripping narrative has
helped "Shady Bizzness" stand the test of time."
Although the official release date for the book is not until October 21,
2008, Shady Bizzness currently holds the #4 position on Tower.com's
HardCover Best Sellers List as of October 19, 2008.
The fifth edition of "Shady Bizzness Life as Eminem's Bodyguard
in an Industry of Paper Gangster" is available through Lightning Source,
Amazon.com, Baker & Taylor, and Ingram.
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