AUTHOR`S GROUNDBREAKING PRE-PUB REVERSE MARKETING GAMBIT AN INDUSTRY FIRST Writer Uses Promotional Savvy to Aid His Agent`s Sales Efforts
Released on = February 23, 2007, 11:56 am
Press Release Author = TMR Multimedia
Industry = Management
Press Release Summary = In a unique reverse marketing twist, an author has launched a media campaign targeting book publishers in the hopes of getting publishers to contact his agent at a world-famous literary agency about his new book.
Press Release Body = NEW YORK-- He's got one of the biggest literary agents in the world to sell his book. The buzz about the project is global. And all signs point to a hot literary commodity. So what's author Jay Schorr going to do now? He going Disney. publishing, as well as Hyperion, Chronicle and other major publishing houses.
In a unique reverse marketing twist, Schorr has launched a media campaign targeting publishing houses in the hopes interested publishers will contact his agent at the world-famous William Morris Agency. Schorr's new book, The Official Program Guide of the Apocalypse, is reaping a windfall of publicity thanks to the aggressive pre-sale media blitz, the goal of which is to bring the proverbial mountain to his agent.
"Traditionally, agents go to publishers to shop their literary wares," said an ebullient Schorr. "In today's competitive book market, any edge that you can give your product is a definite plus. I wanted to complement my agent's efforts by grabbing the attention of publishers en masse; getting the publishers to contact him."
Schorr, a 25-year marketing/advertising maven who has created and written hundreds of advertising campaigns and jingles including Kmart's I Found Love At A Kmart Store, sung by country and western star Darryl Worley, knows the value of a creative, well-executed publicity campaign.
"I'm just taking the tools I use every day for my clients and applying them to the publishing world," Schorr said. "I'm creating a buzz for my product and stimulating demand for it."
In the increasingly competitive publishing industry, authors are not only expected to be exceptional writers, but promotional gurus as well. Schorr believes his success in grabbing the attention of the prospective publishers is proof positive to publishers that he'll be able to help promote the book once it's published.
"It's the proverbial win-win situation," proffered Schorr. "If I can capture the attention of a publisher through my promotional efforts, the publisher is more inclined to believe I can work the same promotional magic to help promote the book once it's published."
For additional information about Jay Schorr's pre-publication marketing campaign for his forthcoming book, The Official Program Guide of the Apocalypse, contact Margaret Kessler at 954-456-8398.