LOS ANGELES, July 5, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- IC Places, Inc. (otcqb:ICPA) is pleased announce that it has entered into a distribution partnership with Smarter Comics. Smarter Comics takes classic and modern Self Help Books and transforms them into a comic book format.

Why comics?

The visual power of comics combined with text helps you to:

1) Save time, as your brain understands ideas much faster

2) Remember longer, as the ideas are visually illustrated

3) Have fun while getting smarter!

Because reading is important, reading takes time, and time is scarce. A summary comic version of important books is the perfect solution for people on the go who want to get smarter and have fun in the process.

The first book offered through www.SelfHelpCenters.com is Comic version of Think and Grow Rich By Napoleon Hill which is one of the best-selling books of all time, With Over 70 Million Copies Sold. http://selfhelpcenters.com/1-bestselling-book...mic-format . The book is now offered at SelfHelpCenters.com in an easy-to-read illustrated format with an MP3 Audiobook included for $19.95.

Additional titles which will be available in Comic format will include The Law of Attraction by D.J. Coffman, How to Master the Art of Selling by Tom Hopkins, The Secret to my Success by 50 cent and many more.

Entrepreneur Magazine, June 2012 called Smarter Comics "One of the 100 Most Brilliant Ideas of 2012"

About IC Places:

IC Places is a New Media company that produces weekly entertainment content for several different mediums. In 2012 it hit a milestone of signing partnership agreements to place its content before more then 300 million people a month, giving the company one of the largest distributions foot prints on the planet. This foot print includes online partnerships with Mevio.com and terrestrial partnerships which delivers it's content to Checkout TV Network, HDTV Network, Dining Network, Bright House on demand and two upcoming new networks launching in July of this year.

At the core, IC Places is a network of 350 city based entertainment websites. This foundation allows IC Places the unique advantage having a built in fan based for the TV and New Media programs it produces.

Each IC Places City website offers a virtual keyhole view of life in each community. Every unique aspect of a city's social, business, and cultural life is available right at each city's IC Places homepage. IC Places provides the entire community a place to talk, do business and get connected. Businesses are given amazing tools to tell their stories in the best way possible and visitors get unfettered access to businesses, events and people in each city. To see one of the IC Places City sites in action, please visit http://www.icPlaces.com /orlando.

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Contact Information:

IC Places, Inc. www.icplaces.comSte ven Samblis407-442-0309 Ext. 2Press Inquiries:info@icplaces.com

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