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{{Short description|Publisher of books and articles}}
'''Integrated Management Associates''' (also '''Neotech''' or '''Neothink''') is a publisher and distributor of books and articles, based in [[Henderson, Nevada]]. It was founded by Wallace Ward, also known as [[Frank R. Wallace]], and is now run by his son Wallace H. Ward under the name Mark Hamilton.

==History==
The company was founded by Wallace Ward as I & 0 Publishing in 1968 to publish his own work written under a number of pen names, including [[Frank R. Wallace]].<ref name=obit>{{cite journal|journal=Colby Magazine|url=http://www.colby.edu/colby.mag/issues/35/obituaries/|date= Summer 2006|volume=95|number=2|title=Obituaries: Wallace Ward|accessdate=March 25, 2014}}</ref> Since Ward's death in 2006 the company has been run by his son, Wallace H. Ward, using the trademarked name<ref>{{cite news|title=USPTO Issues Trademark: Mark Hamilton|work=US Fed News|date=February 4, 2014}}</ref> Mark Hamilton.<ref name=lazarus/>

==Operations==
According to the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' IMA's business plan consists of sending [[advertising mail]] to hundreds of thousands of people, offering them free pamphlets explaining the "secrets of wealth and power" known to, e.g., [[Warren Buffett]] and [[Sumner Redstone]].<ref name=lazarus/> The ultimate goal is to convince recipients to purchase a copy of a 1200-page work by Hamilton for $135.50.<ref name=lazarus/>

The book is about a woman, "Miss Annabelle," who has a number of super-intelligent children who manage to solve all the problems facing humanity, including death itself.<ref name=annabelle>{{cite web|title=Miss Annabelle's money pit: Neothink, the League and the Twelve Visions|publisher=[[ConsumerAffairs.com]]|author=Jennifer Abel|date=March 18, 2014|url=http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/miss-annabelles-money-pit-neothink-the-league-and-the-twelve-visions-031814.html|accessdate=March 25, 2014}}</ref> One of Miss Annabelle's children is elected [[President of the United States]] under the aegis of the "Twelve Visions Party."<ref name=annabelle/> Mark Hamilton is the founder of an actual American political party of the same name.<ref name=annabelle/>

IMA has operated under a number of different names, including "Neo-Tech Publishing", "The Nouveau Tech Society", "Neothink Society", "The League", <ref name=lazarus>{{cite news|title=Do you have what it takes to learn Society's 'secrets'?|author=David Lazarus|work=Los Angeles Times|date=November 19, 2013|page=B1}}</ref> "The Secret Society,"<ref>{{cite news|title=People can be gullible, and that's no secret|work=Dallas Morning News|author=Steve Blow|date=March 24, 2013|page=B1}}</ref> "The Society of Secrets",<ref>{{cite news|title=Steven Hinz Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison, Ordered to Pay More than $500,000|work=Targeted News Service|date=February 2, 2013}}</ref> "Newly-Forming Neo-Tech/Illuminati Societies", and "The Athenian Secret Society". Authors have included Frank Wallace, Mark Hamilton, Eric Savage, Drew Ellis, Matt Keys, Brett Peters, Neil Lock, [[Carl Watner]], Yasuhiko Kimura, and Ted Nicholas.{{cn|date=June 2024}}

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://neothink.com/ Official NeoThink website]

[[Category:Publishing companies of the United States]]
[[Category:Publishing companies established in 1968]]
[[Category:1968 establishments in Nevada]]

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