Suzanne White

A PIONEER IN THE ONLINE BUSINESS In France, during the eighties, Suzanne White was asked to develop her own astrology site on the MINITEL Network - a videotext computer network originally designed by the nationalized French telephone company to replace the printed phone book. The French Minitel network has been used (and still is today) to display and sell everything from train tickets to tarot cards. It contains vast areas of personal ads and many astrology and psychic network sites. Suzanne White’s site was financed by a French computer company which had one of the largest “servers” during that time. The site did very well but flagged when Ms White began returning more and more to the States. Minitel time is billed by the minute on a user’s bimonthly phone bill. Content providers are remunerated by the phone company. In 1989, Suzanne White bought herself a house in Provence and quit the Minitel to go back to writing books. At its inception (1993), Suzanne White was asked by its creator to work for AOL’s ASTRONET, an astrological site. On ASTRONET, Suzanne had her own area all about CHINESE ASTROLOGY. Beyond the evergreen character readings available to all ASTRONET users, White hosted a weekly 2 hour Sunday night live chat session, answering lovelorn questions for AOL users across the world. On ASTRONET, Suzanne White also posted a weekly lovelorn column (question and answer) and offered a paying service to her readers who wanted her to consult with them regarding personal problems. Suzanne’s “ASTRO LOVE ADVICE “ was one of the first credit card-based services on AOL. In those days, White handled all the credit checks herself from a home office credit card machine. The service and the area were hugely successful. Regrettably, because she was spending too much of her book writing time and receiving no remuneration from AOL, White quit ASTRONET in 1996. In 1997, Suzanne White went to work as anchor for an astrology section on CHANNELA, an ambitious Asian/American Web site designed to explain all aspects of Asian culture to its users in a modern, upbeat way. Her ChannelA site and its extensive content is web-ready and available from ChannelA’s archives. On ChannelA, Suzanne White offered not only her in-depth Chinese Astrology character readings (type in your birth date and up comes your personal reading), but she also produced a weekly relationship column and wrote 24 original weekly horoscopes in both Chinese and Western Astrologies. Suzanne’s witty and whimsical approach to addressing her readers’ needs gave her (150-200 wd) weeklies special meaning for ChannelA users. Those weeklies drove a lot of traffic to the site. Again, on ChannelA, White offered her relationship consultations to users. The service was called, “THE RELATIONSHOP”. The ChannelA site closed in early 1998. In 1999, Suzanne White began writing weekly horoscopes for the fresh and popular PETSTORE.COM . She invented a hugely amusing column called: \"THE ZOODIAC Astrology for Pets. “ Of course, Pet owners raced to PETSTORE.COM to read Suzanne’s witty forecasts for their pet’s month ahead. Then, the web site went under, taking The ZOODIAC with it. In short, Suzanne White is a pace setter. She is also a capable, hardworking and very funny writer. White has an enormous following and is admired and beloved by her fans the world over. Suzanne White is also a literary translator. She translated two novels. One French novel for Putnam Publishing of NY. In 1987, she translated an American novel (HOT FLASHES by Barbara Raskin) from English into French for Eds. Robert Laffont. ASTROLOGY BOOKS BY SUZANNE WHITE 1) 1976 CHINESE CHANCE - M.EVANS NY - hardcover 1976. Mass market paperback 1977 from FAWCETT NY. This book went out of print and was picked up by Charles Tuttle of Boston who gave it the new title: CHINESE ASTROLOGY PLAIN AND SIMPLE. The hardcover edition is published (1999) by BARNES AND NOBLE. This book is now a classic in its field. It has been published in 15 different languages. In France alone, this same book has stayed in hardcover since 1976. The French publisher has sold over a million copies and still sells an average of 300 copies per month. Today, this book is published by Bertelsmann in Germany, Uniebok Holland, Eden Grove Editions/Axis Publishing, London, Paidos Barcelona, Polish, Czech, Slovak and Bulgarian publishers have just bought rights to it. This year (4/2003) Chinese have asked to buy the rights. 2) 1986 THE NEW ASTROLOGY - first published in French as LA DOUBLE ASTROLOGIE by Robert Laffont Publishers Paris. In the same year, THE NEW ASTROLOGY was published by both St. Martin’s Press (USA) and Macmillan (London). This book is a long time best seller. It sells over 20,000 per year in the US alone. THE NEW ASTROLOGY also exists and sells well in British English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Polish and Czech. LA DOUBLE ASTROLOGIE has just been updated and will be published in June 2003 by Editions Le Dauphin in Paris. This popular book’s concept is unique. White blended Chinese Astrology with Western Astrology. (12 animal signs combined with 12 sun signs makes 144 “new’ character types). It’s amazingly accurate. Suzanne White actually created 144 NEW astrology signs. 3) 1992 THE NEW CHINESE ASTROLOGY - Macmillan London and St. Martin\'s NY, Uniebok Holland, Paidos Spain.This vast book about White’s favorite subject (Chinse Astrology) recently molted from hardcover to trade paperback. Like all of Suzanne White’s books, THE NEW CHINESE ASTROLOGY sells tens of thousands of copies per year in the US and more in England. It includes many aspects of Chinese Astrology not covered in her first book and reveals readers’ ruling elements, explains how to use special social skills, handle relationship issues etc. In 2008, Macmillan London will bring out a new version of this book recently revised and upated by the author. 4) 1996 SUZANNE WHITE’S GUIDE TO LOVE - Harper San Francisco & Macmillan/Pan London. In France the book is known as ASTRO LOVE. It is also published in Polish and Czech. This popular book came out as a paperback original. GUIDE TO LOVE’s premise is simple. With which of the 24 possible astrological signs (both Chinese and Western) are you most compatible in love? GUIDE TO LOVE sells 15-20,000 copies a year in the States alone. Suzanne White wrote French (Paris) COSMOPOLITAN’S annual horoscope pamphlet in French (50-60pp) each year for ten years. She has held numerous jobs in French magazines and newspapers writing their weekly or monthly horoscopes. Currently, she concentrates on writing a column about her life and a series of monthly horoscopes in both Chinese and Western Astrologies for her web site www.suzannewhite.com. Suzanne White also does private consultations by e-mail for her personal clients.