Established by Maria Carlton, a professional speaker and author from New Zealand, who started helping other professional speakers and knowledge merchants to write and then publish their books; Maruki Books sprouted from this in 2006 - 2007.
Named one of the worlds’ top 50 mentors in 2003 by Mission Marketing Mentors, a California based publishing company, who as part of this honour, invited Maria to participate in a 12 month intensive training programme covering authorship, publishing and positioning of one’s self as an expert.
Maria has co-authored 2 international bestselling books:
Create the Business Breakthrough You Want,
by Mark Victor Hansen, Brian Tracy, Robert G Allen, Bob Proctor, Maria Carlton et al
The Power of Promotional Products, by Maria Carlton and David Blaise
Maruki Books has created/published and in some instances ghost written 12 books since December 2006. One of our authors, Pirie Brown, was named NSANZ’s (Auckland) Author of the Year in 2007.
Maria was herself named NSANZ’s (Auckland) Author of the Year in 2004, has been speaking professionally (from Las Vegas to Invercargill) since 2004, and has personally written 6 books of her own since 2003. She served as Chapter President of NSANZ, and on the National Board of NSANZ, retiring from that role in 2007.
Why should you work with Maruki Books?
Because we have set up specifically to meet the challenges and provide answers to the most common question posed by non-fiction business and inspirational authors
“how do I get my books produced and out there?” Maria Carlton understands first hand the rewards, challenges, and frustrations of both sides of this specialist industry.
Maria has been mentored by some of the world’s top industry specialists (speakers and writers and publishers), and networks extensively to ensure her knowledge is current, her contacts are excellent and her services are what people really want. Her own specialist topic as a speaker/author is brand communication and marketing.
The Maruki Team Includes:
A graphic designer and typesetter who
specialises in books
- Editors who have experience with books, not just magazines, newspapers or newsletters
- A public relations specialist
- An award winning photographer
- Access to translators if required, covering Italian, German, French, Spanish, Chinese, Africaans, Korean
