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Big Brown wins Kentucky Derby!
Well, it wasn’t my book that zipped around the track to win the prestigious Kentucky Derby by five lengths, but there’s
something in common. Both the horse and the book Big Brown: The Untold Story of UPS were named for United Parcel Service.
The horse Big Brown, ridden by Kent Desormeaux and trained by Rick Dutrow Jr., is owned by Paul Pompa Jr. and IEAH Stables. Pompa, who owns a trucking firm in New York, named the horse for UPS after securing a multi-year contract with the global trucking giant. UPS, nicknamed “Big Brown,” has been around for 100 years, my book for just over a year, and Big Brown, the large brown colt that got off to a spectacular undefeated start, looks to be a commanding presence in the world of horseracing. And I’ll be rooting just as hard as the 425,000 UPS employees for whom he’s named. |
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Author Guest on Popular Blog Site
Mexico City based author and lecturer C.C. Mayo featured me as a guest on her May 28 blog site.
In introduction, she wrote: "Guest-blogger Greg Niemann on his Baja Books, Big Brown, and Five Favorite Websites:
"To date, 'Madam Mayo' has hosted Baja Buff writers
Graham Mackintosh
and
Jennifer Silva Redmond.
Now it's a trio with
Greg Niemann, who is not only one of the most prolific of the Baja Buff writers,
but also the author of a fascinating book on the history of UPS, Big Brown.
I'll let him tell you how we met. Over to you, Greg!" So began my first attempt at blogging. Read at:
http://madammayo.blogspot.com/2008/05/guest-blogger-greg-niemann-on-his-baja.html |
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Big Brown in Korean and Chinese
While the English version of Big Brown: The Untold Story of UPS has been selling well in Great Britain, Germany, and other European countries, the book will now be reprinted in different languages. Korea bought the rights to reprint Big Brown and that version has now been released. (Korean cover at left). December, 2007, the rights to reprint Big Brown in Chinese were sold to a Chinese distributor. |
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Palm Springs Legends reprinted
The second printing of Palm Springs Legends is completed and orders shipped now will be the new version.
There is very little difference with only a couple of minor corrections and a few photo replacements,
but it is significant that a reprint was necessary in two years.
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San Clemente Journal
For 13 years, Greg Niemann has been penning the "Baja Beat" column for the San Clemente Journal.
With the current issue, that column has been expanded to include all of Mexico.
Now called "South of the Border," the Yucatan Peninsula is covered in the current issue.
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July 27, 2008
Author will be featured on the Champagne Sundays Radio Show, an on-line radio show hosted by Southwest
Blend Magazine. The show airs live from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Pacific Time and will be in conjunction w
ith a current review of Baja Legends.
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