Mothers groups

Doing a search on "Playgrounds of the North Shore" brings up not only my web site, but North Shore Mother's groups.

www.northshoreparenting.com

I feel like I'm intruding on the groups, but I try and mention my book to them so that they have a great reference. It's the sales part of self-publishing. . . and I hate it. But really, I do want these groups to know about my book because it IS a great resource for them. Heck, they can just buy ONE and share the book around.

No matter what, I still feel salesy.

Media Kits, update

"Whatever happened to the response to the media kits?" somebody asked me the other day.

nothing

Could it be because half the papers are owned by the Eagle Tribune that did their own "Playground Rating" article and web site?

See the blog
http://playgrounding.blogspot.com/2007/05/article-in-newspaper.html

Newburyport

I am having a heck of a time getting stores to carry my book in this town. So far only one of the four stores have decided to carry my book, Jabberwocky books/Eureka Toy Store. Maybe I have become crabby and I'm not a good salesperson anymore. Maybe I have become big-headed or something so when the stores talked with me they think, "eeuh, who IS this guy?"

Anyway, I'll keep trying. . . shhh, don't tell them I'm going to call on them again.

Media Kits

Sent out some media kits today, ten of them actually. Most to local papers, well heck here is where I sent them out. Let's see which ones do something about the second edition. Some of them had written about the first edition two years ago.

1. Salem News
2. Eagle Tribune Publications (publishers of Salem News, Gloucester Times, Newburyport, and many others)
3. Gloucester Times
4. Daily News of Newburyport
5. Boston Globe
6. Boston Herald
7. Parents and Kids Magazine
8. Community Newspaper Company (publishers of North Shore Sunday, and other free papers)
9. WBUR's Here and Now (public radio station and their local show)
10. Chronicle (Boston's local tv show)

It will be interesting to see what the Salem News/Eagle Tribune will do especially with their recent "Playground Rating" article (see this blog entry).

ARTICLE IN NEWSPAPER

Okay. So I have yet to get press releases out to the media about the second edition. Still trying to get the books into a few new stores, and even just IN Newburyport.


But the Salem Evening News (which also prints the Newburyport paper, The Gloucester Times, and the Lynn paper) teased an article on Saturday for their Monday edition about "Playground Ratings on the North Shore." COOL! Although no one contacted me, maybe they just took it upon themselves to do an article about the best playgrounds using my book as a reference.

Well, if they did I did not get any mention for it. I am so sad.

The article was great and they chose: Lynch Park, Beverly; Ross Memorial, Peabody; Touch the Sky, Beverly; Forest River, Salem; and Endicott Park, Danvers. I'll kind of agree with that. But I sure wish they could have contacted me about some input or assistance. They have quoted my book several times already. WHY COULDN'T YOU JUST MENTION MY BOOK!!!!

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