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Comment on PR Fairy Publicity Opp: Authors Marketing Themselves by Tiffany Travis

Tiffany Travis — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:30:25 +0000

Hi Susan,
I have recently jumped off a cliff, quit my job as communications director for the American Heart Association here in Houston, and am now the publicist for my mother, Linda Gayle Thompson, and her iUniverse self-published memoir, Hookers, Midgets, and Fire Trucks: An Invitation to Our Party. It became available on Amazon.com last week. What are we doing to stand out? The title for one is a tad on the shocking side and that has served us well! The fact that we are a mother/daughter duo has garnered some attention. We created a YouTube book trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE6q_PXj5zY) on a shoestring budget and we immediately started a Facebook fan page, Web site and created a press kit way before the book was in final edits. I would kiss your feet for connecting us to the reporter at the New York Post! Would love to share how we’re trying to help folks by sharing the crazy story of a woman, a family, that has used laughter to get through the bad stuff, the really bad stuff. Thanks for anything you’re willing to push along!

Comment on PR Fairy Publicity Opp: Authors Marketing Themselves by Sheila Aron

Sheila Aron — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:45:15 +0000

Because my book, I’M GLAD I’M ME, Weaving the Thread of Love From Generation to Generation, is a parenting book disguised as a children’s book it falls under several different genres – parenting, children and self help. My publisher, Eaking Press, Waco, Texas, has not done any publicity other than mention it on their web site, which I appreciate. I have done my own PR and marketing which has included book signings at Barnes and Nobles in Texas. My greatest pleasure comes with the organizations that I provide my book to, Texas Children’s Hospital, Children’s Assessment Center, Children’s Protective Services, ESCAPE Family Resource Center and ChildBuilders – each working with children who have been abused either through physical, emotional or sexual abuse. My hope is to see child abuse become a thing of the past and my book a vehicle to help make this world a better place for our children and future generations to come.

Comment on PR Fairy Publicity Opp: Authors Marketing Themselves by Danny

Danny — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 13:50:13 +0000

Thank you for sharing such great opportunities!