"No Kill Date"

Venture Literary Sells World Rights to Tonight…In This Very Ring to Kensington

On November 23, 2001, Frank Scatoni of Venture Literary sold the world rights to Scott Keith’s Tonight…In This Very Ring: A Fan’s History of Professional Wrestling to Bruce Bender of Kensington Publishing.

In Tonight…In This Very Ring, veteran Internet journalist Scott Keith takes an unprecedented look at the bizarre world of professional wrestling, offering a fan’s history of the world’s most fascinating "sports entertainment" form: pro wrestling in the World Wrestling Federation. In addition to Keith's insightful historical analysis, he also offers his highly praised match recaps and his interesting wrestler profiles. Unlike the other mainstream wrestling books, which tend to offer a viewpoint based on the politically correct needs of the wrestlers or promoters, Keith's book takes a unique and sometimes controversial slant on the business by showing things from a fan’s point of view. He has never been afraid to skewer a few egos in order to give his expert opinion.

Keith, the author of The Buzz On Professional Wrestling, is one of the Internet’s most popular wrestling columnists, and his own Web site, TheSmarks.com, has a legion of fans that rivals the WWF’s. TheSmarks.com does more than 1.5 million page-views per month, and many of the WWF wrestlers and personnel have been known to read Keith's rants. In addition to his own ventures, Keith served as a freelance consultant for wrestling superstar Bill Goldberg’s best-selling book I’m Next, which was published by Crown/Random House in November of last year.


To learn more about Venture Literary, visit www.ventureliterary.com
To learn more about Scott Keith, visit www.thesmarks.com
To learn more about Kensington Publishing, visit www.kensingtonbooks.com