PRLog (Press Release)– Mar 10, 2011– Detroit-based singer-songwriter and author Stewart Francke has signed a contract with Untreed Reads to publish "What Don't Kill Me Just Makes Me Strong," his memoir of his battle with leukemia, a bone marrow transplant, lengthy complications, addiction and recovery.
"I'm thrilled to be on the cutting edge of the e-book phenomenon," Francke says, "and eager to write this book and make sense of all that's happened over the last several years. Untreed Reads will get this story out and into the hands of a large audience. People are buyi corsa ng more e-books now than conventional books, and I'm very optimistic we'll quickly find our readership. I look forward to continuing the same conversation we have going with my songs in a new medium. I think this story has some things in it that could be of help to anyone going through a tough time of any nature."
Francke will also release his 11th cd, Heartless World, on May 17, 2011. It's his first cd of new music since 2002. The album's single, "Summer Soldier (Holler If Ya Hear Me)," features rock legend Bruce Springsteen on vocals along with Francke.
The cd will be released independently on Blue Boundary via Burnside Distribution & digitally by IODA/Sony. The release of Heartless World will be supported with a Michigan mini-tour this summer, with Francke and his band playing select cd release c audi oncerts in Detroit, Saginaw, Canton, Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Trav aston martin erse City, and many other summer concert stops.
"Between chevrolet releasing the cd, playing live, and writing and releasing this e-book, I'll be very busy, Francke says. "But to matter--to simply stay busy--is what you work toward through all of the adversity. Staying productive and relevant is a real gift."
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