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Paul J. Krupin, is President of Direct Contact PR (formerly IMEDIAFAX - The Internet to Media Fax Service), a custom publicity service. A retired federal government scientist and once-upon-a-time attorney, he is an author over 25 books including the book Trash Proof News Releases. He has been described as a long time PR Guru who has developed sure-fire proven strategies for getting publicity. He works with individuals, companies, and organizations, helping them write effective news releases and copy, select and deploy the right tactics, to reach the right media. He sends out over a million news releases each year, on behalf of hundreds of inventors, authors and publishing companies. You can reach him by phone at 1-800-457-8746 or 509-545-2707, send him an email at Paul@DirectContactPR.com or visit DirectContactPR
Stacey J. Miller, founder of S. J. Miller Communications, specializes in developing winning media strategies for authors and publishers, and in coordinating national and regional tours. A former in-house publicist for a trade book publisher, she has successfully promoted trade books for more than a decade. Her clients -- ranging from Prentice Hall and McGraw-Hill to independent houses and self-published authors -- have enjoyed exposure on top television and radio shows from coast to coast, in major national and local print, and online. www.bookpr.com You can reach Stacey at sjmiller@bookpr.com
Carolyn Howard-Johnson's first novel, This is the Place, and Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remembered are both award-winners. She is an instructor for UCLA Extension's Writers' Program and has shared her expertise at venues like San Diego State's world renowned Writers' Conference and Call to Arts! EXPO. She was recently awarded Woman of the Year in Arts and Entertainment by the California Legislature; her home town's Character and Ethics Commission honored for her work on promoting tolerance and the Pasadena Weekly named her to their list of "San Gabriel Valley women who make life happen" for literary activism. Her nitty gritty how-to book, THE FRUGAL BOOK PROMOTTER won USA Book News' Best Professional Book 2004.
Lissa Warren VP, Senior Director of Publicity, Da Capo Press / Da Capo Lifelong Books, Author of The Savvy Author’s Guide to Book Publicity. Lissa has worked in the publicity department of several prestigious Boston publishing houses including David R. Godine, Houghton Mifflin, and Perseus Publishing, and is currently Senior Director of Publicity at Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group. She is an experienced promoter of both fiction and nonfiction, with particular expertise in the areas of business and biography, health and history, poetry and parenting, sports and science, and music. She has worked on such national bestsellers as The Cluetrain Manifesto, Greenspan: The Man Behind Money, Flatterland, Smart Mobs, Faster Than the Speed of Light, and Touchpoints Three to Six.
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