We hope you will enjoy and benefit from perusing our site. You will find many interesting items here, in both nonfiction and fiction areas. And, if we cannot fill the bill, we will try to help you find the information you're seeking.

Among many other services Van Buren Books intends to provide, we will focus initially on the lessons contained in Ed Ahrens' The Perils of Imprudent Writing-How to Watch What You Write and Stay Out of Court!, the quintessential source of guidelines and tools for developing effective and liability free communications in both your business and personal affairs.

The odyssey of The Perils began several years ago as an article that quickly struck nerves in the business community throughout the country. Appearing in several magazines, it was first published in ACCA Docket, American Corporate Counsel Association's magazine for corporate counsel. These attorneys, as well as attorneys in outside general practice on both sides of the courtroom fence, knew very well what we were talking about. Their interest was in making sure their clients (as well as their young associates) got the word.

As our site grows and develops, we will include articles and analyses about mediation. (The principal officer at Van Buren Books and the author of The Perils is an attorney and a certified federal and state court mediator in Florida.)

We also will share our knowledge of and experience in self-publishing.

We look forward to your comments, suggestions, and, yes, your harshest criticisms. We want nothing less than for this site to be the best of its kind and one you will visit often.