Interview the amazing Award Winning Publisher Shahid Mahmud

Interviewing Shahid was really fun. Shahid is a man with a lot of passion for publishing. He is a man who has been married for 30 years or more with 3 children. He decided he wanted to be happy in his mid-life crisis. Shahid quits his job in finance and decides that he wanted to do something that keeps him going and a career that would make him excited every day, books and publishing makes Shahid happy. SHOUT OUT TO HIS WIFE FOR SUPPORTING SHAHID DREAMS TO REALITY. Shahid company Arc Manor Publishing is now the Award Winning Small Press based in Rockville, Maryland. Shahid grow up in Pakistan which he had a great life. He now is living in Washington. Shahid always been into Sci-Fi all of his life. We talked about his best projects and what a publisher does. He explained that a publisher should never ask an Author for money. You should never have to pay a publisher. We go further in detail during the interview. I didn't have to ask why he loves being a publisher because he express to me as we were talking how much he loves his life. He has great projects upcoming and I am super excited for Shahid. LETS KNOW A LITTLE MORE ABOUT SHAHID: Shahid Mahmud created Arc Manor Publishers in 2006, with an SF/Fantasy imprint called Phoenix Pick, specializing in republishing out-of-print books by established authors using the latest publishing technologies emerging in the industry.
Within a few years the company was publishing older books by some iconic authors including L. Sprague de Camp, Jack Chalker, Leigh Brackett and Daniel Galouye.
In 2012 Phoenix Pick reprinted a title by, Robert A. Heinlein starting a long partnership with the Heinlein estate.
In 2013 the company introduced Galaxy’s Edge magazine, which was created and edited by 5-time Hugo winner Mike Resnick who edited it till his death last year.
Arc Manor created a new imprint, CEAZIK SF & Fantasy in 2020 publishing titles on a traditional distribution basis. The first book they published under the new imprint in March 2020 was a new work by Robert A. Heinlein called the Pursuit of the Pankera based on a rediscovered manscript. The book became a Locus Magazine bestseller.
Since then CAEZIK has published new works by authors like Robert Sawyer, Harry Turtledove, James Morrow and Ben Bova who’s last work, Power Challenges was published by CAEZIK posthumously.
Arc Manor’s Galaxy’s Edge magazine has also partnered with Dragon Con to create an annual award called the Mike Resnick Memorial Award for Short Fiction which attempts to carry on Mike’s passion of encouraging newer writers in the field The first award was given out last month.
Prior to becoming a publisher, Shahid was a bond portfolio manager working for the City of San Diego. The acting mayor of San Diego declared November 7th, 2005, to be “Shahid Mahmud” day for services rendered to the City.
If you would like to book Shahid for interviews you can contact Shahid by his Publicist Mickey Mikkelson
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Creative Edge

https://creativeedgepublicity.com/

403.464.6925 or you can email Shahid at [email protected] if you need assistance or looking for a publisher go to Shahid's website at www.arcmanorbooks.com Shahid is a man of his word. He does not give you broken promises. He is a small publishing company who will have an one and one connection. BOOK SHAHID TODAY!!! THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!!

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