August Publications

02/01/2025

Mark Black History Month with these notable titles from August Publications! Our college-football integration bundle focused on the forgotten pioneers of the game, including Jimmy Raye, Jerry LeVias and Gary Steele. Our next title focuses on Negro Leagues star Jim Gilliam, an important figure in Dodgers history. Check out the titles here: https://www.augustpublications.com/products/tom-shanahan-library-the-right-thing-to-do-and-raye-of-light

01/20/2025

When Martin Luther King Jr. accepted an invitation to speak at Dallas’s Southern Methodist University in 1966, he took the time to speak with Jerry LeVias, the first Black scholarship football player in the Southwest Conference after SMU head coach Hayden Fry recruited LeVias out of Beaumont, Texas, in 1965.

“He told me he heard I was, ‘a fine, young Christian man,’” recalled LeVias, the reverence for King still palpable in his voice more than a half-century later. “We talked before he went on stage. He told me, ‘This is the thing I want you to remember…always keep your emotions under control.’”

King wasn’t known as a football fan, but without his words perhaps LeVias doesn’t survive the racial abuse he endured. Countless times he leaned on MLK’s advice to complete his trailblazing path. His success created avenues for future Black athletes in the bigoted South. Worth noting on , the stories of groundbreaking college football pioneers are compiled in The Right Thing to Do: The True Pioneers of College Football Integration. From award-winning journalist Tom Shanahan, The Right Thing to Do addresses the unofficial racial quota system in the 1960s college football world and the “Conspiracy of Silence” in the sports press, avoiding any mention of racial politics.

12/03/2024

Arrived in the office, still chilly from sitting in the delivery truck! First wave goes out tomorrow and then throughout the week. These are copies destined for our presale orders, shipping with autographed bookplate. Official release is Feb. 4; check https://www.augustpublications.com/products/jim-gilliam-the-forgotten-dodger for details!

12/02/2024

VERY successful presale for Jim Gilliam: The Forgotten Dodger, which ended yesterday. Met publishing targets, with full release set for February!. Time to wrap up our next three releases for first half 2025! https://www.augustpublications.com/products/jim-gilliam-the-forgotten-dodger

11/28/2024

Time for the special Black Friday / Small Business Saturday / Cyber Monday offers! We have two: a free ebook download (complete with schedules) when you buy a spring training guide, and a discounted bundle of Tom Shanahan’s football titles. Now through Dec. 2. Details here:

Time for the Black Friday / Cyber Monday offers! Like you, At August Publications, we'll be running sales spanning the entire Thanksgiving run, through Dec. 2.

11/27/2024

It is that time of year: Time for the special Black Friday / Small Business Saturday / Cyber Monday offers! Like you, we’ve grown tired of the barrage of Black Friday sales. So we’re taking a step back: Instead of running three separate sales, we’ll be running August Publications sales spanning the entire holiday run, now through Dec. 2.

Time for the Black Friday / Cyber Monday offers! Like you, At August Publications, we'll be running sales spanning the entire Thanksgiving run, through Dec. 2.

11/18/2024

End of the year means the best time for buying and gifting books. Next week we'll be announcing our new, simplified Black Friday/Small Business Saturday/Cyber Monday sales as well as two new titles for 2025 and a redesigned website at augustpublications.com.

11/08/2024

Heads to the printer on Monday. Very excited! augustpublications.com

11/03/2024

Let the bidding begin! Folks at the Sounds of the Gridiron event at Fargodome today can bid on this great package in the auction put on by the NDSU Gold Star Marching Band. As it ends up one of the more popular items up for bid!

10/16/2024

We have an official release date for Jim Gilliam: The Forgotten Dodger, of Feb. 4, 2025. But we have a surprise for Ballpark Digest readers and Friends of Steve: a December 1 release presale that ships with an autographed bookplate. Read more about the offer and the book release here: https://www.augustpublications.com/products/jim-gilliam-the-forgotten-dodger

10/13/2024

With a win over the Kansas City Royals in the playoffs, the New York Yankees move into the AL championship round—and our big sale on My 1961 continues!

We’r offering a true BOGO—Buy One, Get One Free—for My 1961, Andy Strasberg’s heartwarming account of the 1961 Yankees World Series season, a year where Roger Maris broke Babe Ruth’s home-run record. In selecting Maris as his personal idol—his boyhood friends, and seemingly much of the world, favored Mickey Mantle—he discovered values that would redirect his path toward adulthood, detailed in daily entries throughout the course of an unforgettable year.

The offer is simple: Buy one and we’ll throw in a second copy—print or eBook—for free. How it works: place two copies of My 1961 in your August Publications shopping cart. (This deal is available exclusively through the August Publications website.) One purchase needs to be the print edition, but the second can be the print or eBook (Kindle or Apple Books) version. When you check out, enter YANKEES25 in the discount code field, and the discount will be automatically applied!

How long will this special last? Well, we don’t know. The plan is to run this discount as long as the Yankees are still in the 2025 MLB playoffs. Once the Yankees exit the playoffs—or win the Series—the special ends. So whether you’re buying gifts for friends or want to reward yourself, we’d recommend taking advantage of this deal sooner than later: this seems to be the season of upsets in the playoffs! Order here: https://www.augustpublications.com/products/my-1961

10/05/2024

We know a lot of our readers are Yankees fans. We know a lot of our readers are Andy Strasberg fans. And we know a lot of our readers are already holiday shopping. Do we have a deal for you! We're offering a true BOGO--Buy One, Get One Free--for My 1961, Andy's heartwarming account of the 1961 Yankees World Series season, a year where Roger Maris broke Babe Ruth's home-run record. In selecting Maris as his personal idol—his boyhood friends, and seemingly much of the world, favored Mickey Mantle—he discovered values that would redirect his path toward adulthood, detailed in daily entries throughout the course of an unforgettable year.

The offer is simple: Buy one and we'll throw in a second copy--print or eBook--for free. How it works: place two copies of My 1961 in your August Publications shopping cart. (This deal is available exclusively through the August Publications website.) One purchase needs to be the print edition, but the second can be the print or eBook (Kindle or Apple Books) version. When you check out, enter YANKEES25 in the discount code field, and the discount will be automatically applied!

How long will this special last? Well, we don't know. The plan is to run this discount as long as the Yankees are still in the 2025 MLB Playoffs. The Yankees playoffs begin on Saturday, with the Bombers hosting the Kansas City Royals in a series that will run at least three games. Once the Yankees exit the playoffs--or win the Series--the special ends. So whether you're buying gifts for friends or want to reward yourself, we'd recommend taking advantage of this deal sooner than later: this seems to be the season of upsets in the playoffs!

10/02/2024

Our spring guides moved into wider distribution yesterday—Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple Books and Kobo! If you are headed to FL or AZ, plan ahead! Links to each service, as well as our direct sales of paperbacks and ebooks, can be found here: https://www.augustpublications.com/collections/spring-training

09/24/2024

Planning for spring training? Better start soon! Sales of our 2025 spring training guides for AZ and FL are running 200+% over 2024 guide sales a year ago. Are things FINALLY back to normal? Definitely in AZ, probably in FL. Check out the guides here: https://www.augustpublications.com/collections/spring-training

09/13/2024

As the end of the 2024 season approaches on Sept. 29, we’re closer and closer to Spring Training 2025. We know many of you have begun your planning; we also know teams have kicked up their planning as well. Our offer of free downloads of the eBook version of The Complete Guide to Spring Training 2025 / Arizona with the purchase of the paperback edition ends at the conclusion of this weekend, so act now! Check out the details here: https://www.augustpublications.com/products/the-complete-guide-to-spring-training-2025-arizona

09/06/2024

Arriving today early from the printer: The Complete Guide to Spring Training 2025 / Arizona! A first shipment goes out today, while the rest will go out Monday. And remember: a free ebook download still applies through Sept. 15! Check out the details here: https://www.augustpublications.com/products/the-complete-guide-to-spring-training-2025-arizona

09/06/2024

It’s and the start of the 2024 NFL season! Mark the occasion with a football book from August Publications. From high school to college to the pros, we have the best tales from the gridiron! See them all here: https://www.augustpublications.com/collections/its-football-book-season