Machel Montano, T&T's international soca music star, has joined Dip Publishing House to launch the worldwide distribution and sale of his children's book Boy Boy and The Magic Drum. The book publishing company said in a statement: "With our extensive distribution channels, DIP Publishing House is able to reach the literary markets whether through eBooks, wholesale retailers, online retailers, and many more.
"As a major publisher within the US and internationally, DIP Publishing is excited to take Boy Boy and The Magic Drum worldwide," it said.
The publishing house said one of its goals was to promote literacy worldwide and that its partnership with Machel Montano and his efforts to promote literacy in Trinidad and Tobago make for a powerful union in achieving both goals. "DIP Publishing is working with Machel Montano and his business manager, James Walton, to create a series of stories and the adaptation of an animated cartoon," the company said, adding that it would work with Machel for Carnival. "Out of the creative mind of Machel Montano, Boy Boy represents the youth of this generation, bringing about environmental and cultural awareness, and unity," according to the publisher.