When 181,189 books were published in one recent year (2004), just in the U.S.--is it possible for unknown authors to get attention for their books? Such writers too often find themselves marginalized, their books shunted off in a corner or not even in the store. And the mainstream media ignores them. But it doesn't have to be that way. Shel Horowitz has been covered in the New York Times, Reader's Digest, even the Wall Street Journal (among dozens of others). Even though it was self-published, his sixth book, Principled Profit: Marketing That Puts People First, won an award and was re-sold to two foreign publishers. In fact, writing and publishing a book can be an excellent way for business owners to market themselves and their businesses, and to gain interest from the media and the pubic. Shel will launch his seventh book, Grassroots Marketing for Authors and Publishers, with a book talk, "How to Get ANY Book Noticed...AND Sold"--and launch party, Tuesday, March 27, Amherst Books, 8 Main Street (just off N. Pleasant), 8 p.m. Refreshments will be served. Launched March 15, the book is already making waves in the independent publishing community. The website for the book is http://www.grassrootsmarketingforauthors.com Please tell your author friends about this event--and if they're not local, about the book. -- _________________________________________________ Shel Horowitz - 413-586-2388/800-683-WORD shel at frugalfun.com -->Join the Business Ethics Pledge - Ten Years to Change the World, One Signature at a Time (please tell your friends) <http://www.business-ethics-pledge.org> Marketing consulting * copywriting * publishing assistance * speaking How to market ethically/effectively: http://www.frugalmarketing.com Ethics Blog: http://www.principledprofit.com/good-business-blog/ Books: http://www.frugalmarketing.com/shop.html _________________________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20070311/85b4f69e/attachment-0006.html