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Press Releases

After 60 Years, Self-Published Authors Allowed into ASJA

In an historic turn-around that presages a new acceptance of self-publishing, the prestigious American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) today announced acceptance of its first self-published author, and a change in their admission requirements to allow self-publishers membership. For the past 60 years ASJA permitted only established magazine writers and traditionally-published authors of two or more books to join its ranks; self-published authors, until now, did not qualify for ASJA membership. Read more here.

Wall Street Week's Expertizing.com Guest on Positioning Products in a Rough Economy

Although tough economic times often prompt companies to unveil new products in their search for shrinking consumer dollars, businesses might be better off with their old products and new positioning, said Fern Reiss of Expertizing.com on this week's Wall Street Week with Fortune show. Read more here.

Boston Globe Cites Fern Reiss’s Search Engine Placement Tips

The Boston Globe this week devoted a full page to teaching readers how to raise their website’s search engine rankings using Fern Reiss’s tips on PR and blogging. Reiss, who has been quoted in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The International Herald Tribune, Fortune Small Business, and over 100 other prestigious publications in the last six months, now teaches business owners how to get more media attention for themselves and their businesses through her Expertizing.com company. Read more here.

Fortune Small Business Recognizes Publicity Expert Fern Reiss

Fortune Small Business Magazine devoted a full page to Fern Reiss's Expertizing.com publicity company that teaches people to get more media attention for their business. Read more here.

Become Media-worthy and a Valued Source

In the eyes of prospective clients and customers, an architect, doctor, or financial planner quoted often in the media enjoys a shimmering halo of expertise not enjoyed by their colleague who is in fact equally capable. Fern Reiss, who has been quoted herself in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Redbook, and scores of other prestigious publications in the last six months, now teaches professionals with credentials how to take their knowledge to a wide, national stage, in a series of Expertizing workshops, taking place at Ritz Carlton Hotels in Boston, San Francisco, and New York City. Read more here.

Gifts for Writers: Not Another Fruitcake

For the author in your life, here’s a gift basket guaranteed to last longer than perishable fruit. Offering a selection of the bestselling Publishing Game books, a two-toned ceramic novelty mug (‘Writers are Novel Lovers’) and a mouthwatering assortment of elegant edibles, the packages are the only ones on the market exclusively for writers. Read more here.

‘I Love My Independent Bookstore/Local Library Because...’ Contests Announced

PublishingGame.com and Peanut Butter and Jelly Press announce the “I Love My Independent Bookstore/Local Library Because...” contests. The contests award $50 every month to the best response in 15 words or less. There will be one national winner of each contest each month. Read more here.

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• ‘Kickstarting’ Your Book Project: Crowdfunding “The Breast Cancer Checklist”
  Kickstarter, IndieGoGo, and their plethora of look alikes, collectively known as crowdfunding, are the new way creatives (filmmakers, artists, musicians, and authors) are funding their projects, and getting publicity at the same time. Find out how to run a successful crowdfunding campaign. Find out more.

Or, choose from any of our other articles on:

• Book marketing
• Finding a literary agent
• Self-publishing

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Photographs of Author Fern Reiss

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