Romek's Lost Youth - The Story of a Boy Survivor

  How does a fledgling self-publisher get reviews for a book nobody has ever heard of before?   We went through the gauntlet - emailing tons of inquiries to periodicals and newspapers in Canada and the United States, jockeying for their attention along with some tens of thousands of other hopeful authors; shipping our paperback copies to designated editors - who in their ivory towers would decide if our book was worthy of their stamp of approval (if they have even read it) and hence be featured in their lofty publication. Apparently, not? Q uel dommage. This experience was quite an eye-opener for me and has reinforced the reality of the playing field, so to speak. Needless to say, the publishing industry is still rooted in a distinct hierarchy that focuses only on a narrow cross-section of (money-making) authors which consist of career authors who have a long line of successful titles to their name, as well as esteemed professionals who have ironed out a unique angle to hawk...

Batory Publishing is pleased to announce that our new title has just been released,  "Romek's Lost Youth - The Story of a Boy Survivor" Narrated by Ken Roman and written by John James. This memoir has been decades in the making - from the initial concept for writing it, the collaboration between Ken Roman and his friend John James, and efforts find a publisher. And now in 2022, it has finally been published, by Batory Publishing The passage of time, and countless barriers could not dissuade the authors from following their vision. Though Ken Roman passed away in 2016 ( and John James years earlier) the dream has not diminished.  I carried on with a determination to fulfill his dream, to honour his memory, so that his story will never die.  Memoirs are timeless, and ageless;  they have been written throughout the ages - even as far back as 58 B.C. when Julius Caesar wrote his commentaries on the Gallic War, which can be considered a memoir.  But it wasn't un...

Batory Publishing has released a very special manuscript which was written decades ago, but only now is in the process of being published. It is a story that must be told and cannot be lost in the obscurity of time. "Romek's Lost Youth - The Story of a Boy Survivor" was narrated by the late Ken Roman, and written by his close friend and collaborator, the late John James.  Sadly, Ken Roman passed away in 2016, preceded by John James many years earlier. This is a personal memoir of Ken's horrific experiences in the Nazi-German concentration camps during World War Two. Romek was only 13 years old when the Nazi Germans invaded Poland.  He was torn away from his family and imprisoned in work camps and concentration camps, enduring years of deprivation, starvation, torture, slavery, and constant terror. When Flossenburg camp was liberated by the Americans near the end of the war, Romek was finally freed. The nightmare was over, but a new one emerged - he learned of the ...