Scientist, academic publisher release romantic thriller set in world of biomedical science

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press is a publisher of books, journals, and electronic media for working scientists but actively engages the public in science by producing carefully selected books for children and nontechnical readers about genetics and cell biology. Publishing a novel is a new direction, made possible, says Dr. Inglis, by new technologies for producing books and publicizing them. Experimental Heart will be printed digitally on demand in both the US and UK. It will be promoted through the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press website and online bookstores such as Amazon, but also through social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr. "Jenny Rohn and her LabLit mission have become well-known though web publishing, blogging, and podcasting" says Dr. Inglis, "and it makes perfect sense to use web-based ways of drawing attention to her novel."

So will there be more lab lit in the future for Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press? "We're known for quality educational publishing," says Dr. Inglis. "If we find there is an audience for realistic stories about science and scientists by talented authors like Jenny, fiction could well become another interesting way we engage the public in current science."

About the book: Experimental Heart: A Novel (© 2009, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, ISBN 978-087969-876-8) was written by Jennifer Rohn (University College London). It is available in paperback and is 370 pp. in length. For additional information, please see http://www.cshlpress.com/link/exheartp.htm.

About Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press is an internationally renowned publisher of books, journals, and electronic media, located on Long Island, New York. Since 1933, it has furthered the advance and spread of scientific knowledge in all areas of genetics and molecular biology, including cancer biology, plant science, bioinformatics, and neurobiology. It is a division of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, an innovator in life science research and the education of scientists, students, and the public. For more information, visit www.cshlpress.com.