SIXTEEN-YEAR OLD TO PUBLISH BOOK, MAKING HIM ONE OF THE YOUNGEST AUTHORS

EMAPLA AND THE FLOATING CITIES BY MARVIN BARRIOS WILL BE RELEASED NOVEMBER 1, 2003. SPANISH AND ENGLISH.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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Marvin Barrios, Author
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Web site: www.marvinbarrios.com

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Sixteen-Year-Old to Publish Book, Making Him One of the Worlds Youngest Authors

Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) June 9, 2003 -- Marvin Barrios is only sixteen years of age and now has a contract to publish his first book, Empala and the Floating Cities. The science-fiction romance, taking place in the year 2016, introduces Jane Crane, the protagonist of the story and the main character of Barrios five-book series called Empala. The book is set to release this
November 1, 2003

Marvin Barrios is sixteen years of age and lives in Las Vegas, Nevada. He currently attends the Advanced Technologies Academy magnet school. This is Barrios first publication nationally. He is now working on the second book of the series, a Spanish translation of Empala and the Floating Cities, and just adapted his first book into a screenplay. Marvin is also a Spanish fluent speaker. For more information, visit http://www.marvinbarrios.com. or visit www.xtremecarsandstars.com

Empala and the Floating Cities will be released on November 1, 2003. It will be available in 90% of the US book market, including major book retailers such as Barnes & Noble, Borders, Amazon.com, to name a few. The book will be available for exclusive sale on MarvinBarrios.com sometime this August. Retail prices will range from $6.99-$21.95, with formats including: e-book, paperback, and hardcover.

When Marvin Barrios sent a one-page query letter to over thirty agents, they all responded negatively, the main reason, his age. Barrios says, I didnt want to hide my age, so I went straight forward and said Im sixteen. One of the agents sent a letter saying 'Sixteen, thats a joke. At that point, I was convinced there werent many sixteen-year-old authors out there." This led Marvin to start his own publishing house, EMPALA PRESS. The company now has contracts with several distributors and plans to go international sometime at the end of this year.