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Startup aims for a title wave; Tsunami Books to market known authors whose sales have slumped.

Publication: Crain's Cleveland Business
Publication Date: 30-MAY-05
Format: Online - approximately 1036 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Startup aims for a title wave; Tsunami Books to market known authors whose sales have slumped.(News)

Article Excerpt
Byline: SCOTT SUTTELL

Tsunami Books, a new publishing company based in Mayfield Heights, isn't trying to be the biggest fish in the literary sea. It's just looking for some titles that will make waves with the book-buying public.

The company is the first unit of a new venture called Cooperative Entertainment Services - bankrolled by local entrepreneur and philanthropist Ed Davidson - to get up and running. Bob Bellin, CEO of Tsunami, said the company's plan is to publish "high-concept'' titles written by authors whose books once graced the influential New York Times Best-Seller List but no longer hit such lofty heights. It's a big plus, Mr. Bellin said, if the books are suited to "multiple entertainment formats,'' including feature films and CD-ROMs.

"We're committed to creating profitable enterprises out of underutilized brands,'' said Mr. Bellin, who from 1996 to 1998 was general manager at rock station WMMS-FM, 100.7.

Tsunami's first book, published this...

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