Expecting April 1st Release

Expecting April 1st Release

Even though I expect several of our events where local book signings would have happened to be cancelled, I will still be promoting online sales at this site and at stores and venues that will remain open. Hey, AMAZING ASHVILLE is a funny, uplifting book that should brighten anyone’s spirits, so I am thinking maybe it can help break us out of this funk.

Some of my peers at Reedy Press were expecting to release their books with the title 100 Things To Do In _______ Before You Die. They are hearing from book sellers that the current crisis might not be the best time to be promoting a book with such a title. That and many of the things to do may be closed. They are also looking for creative ways to sell their books during this difficult time.

Sales Poster Ready

Sales Poster Ready

Sales poster

Claire Ford from Reedy Publishing created this wonderful poster for me to use when I am at events, presentations, or book signings. I like it because it makes it clear that the book is about more than the town of Ashville. It is really the whole Teays Valley School District.

Amazing Ashville Area Stories

Amazing Ashville Area Stories

There are literally hundreds of outstanding stories associated with the Ashville-Teays Valley area. Some of the short vignettes that appear in my new book will be displayed with artifacts that illustrate those stories on a couple of walls at Ohio’s Small Town Museum in Ashville. I will be building the plexiglas cases and wall mountings that will house each display. Most of these will be in place in early April–about the time that the book is being released nationwide. Here I am with my four-legged friend BUSTER–THE DOG THAT VOTED REPUBLICAN (yes, that is a statue of Buster).

Gearing Up

Gearing Up

My publisher, Reedy Press, is providing me with material to use in the promotion of the book Amazing Ashville. They will be sending the marketing material to the non-Pickaway County media, sellers, and events organizers. It is my job to line up local contacts and send them promotional material. If you know of any local businesses that would like to sell it in Commercial Point or South Bloomfield let me know. Ohio’s Small Town Museum and the Ashville Apothecary will be carrying it in Ashville.