Lori Culwell To Be Offered a Publishing Contract from Touchstone Imprint of Simon and Schuster

Media Predict and Touchstone Books, an imprint of publishing company Simon & Schuster, Inc, today announced that Hollywood Car Wash by Lori Culwell is the grand prize winner of Project Publish, a book contest originally launched on May 21. Lori will be offered a publishing contract with Touchstone Books. Senior Editor Amanda Patten will edit.

Hollywood Car Wash is a novel about a young actress who finds herself thrust into the Hollywood machine, where she is reshaped and renamed, and learns the secrets, as well as the price, of celebrity.  The book was originally released in March through iUniverse/ASJA, and has consistently been at the top of their bestseller list, as well as reaching #45 on Amazon.com. Culwell submitted the book to Project Publish after her husband saw a New York Times story on Media Predict.

Several Touchstone senior editors, under the direction of Vice President, Editor-in-Chief Trish Todd, selected the winner from five finalists announced last month.

“I am so thrilled to find a home for Hollywood Car Wash at Touchstone,” said Culwell.  “I’m really looking forward to working with the team, and to bringing the book to a much wider audience.  Also, I really admire and appreciate the innovation of the Media Predict team in demonstrating their vision.   Thanks so much to everyone.”
 
Contestants for the contest included referrals from well-known literary agencies and bestsellers at print-on-demand sites Lulu and iUniverse. Other contestants were drawn from hundreds of proposals directly submitted via the Media Predict site.

Media Predict congratulates Lori Culwell. And special thanks all of the 50 contestants who took part in Project Publish!