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Press Release: November 11, 2003
Memphis 7.9 Now Available
on Amazon and Barnes&Noble
Aguanga, California - Sam Penny,
author, lecturer, and part-time resident of Aguanga, California,
announced today that his novel Memphis 7.9 is now available at
the Amazon.com and Barnesandnoble.com on-line bookstores. "Availability
of a Print-On-Demand book such as mine at the major on-line book
stores is a significant step forward in marketing the product,"
says Penny. "Now people searching for new titles can find
my book where they expect it to be."
Memphis 7.9 has been available
on-line at Booksurge.com and Alibris.com since September in both
printed and eBook formats. Penny offers signed copies with free
shipping on his website at www.twopennytravels.com/79. The ISBN
of the 248-page trade paperback is 1-58898-920-8.
The story of Memphis 7.9 focuses
on how some citizens of Memphis have prepared for a major earthquake
on the New Madrid Fault Zone, just 45 miles west of the city.
The book describes what happens to the Mississippi River valley
during a magnitude 7.9 earthquake. A series of three major earthquakes
of even greater magnitude, the largest to strike the United States
in recorded history, tore apart the same region in 1811 and 1812.
"I began this book upon
retirement when I explored the New Madrid Fault in the central
United States," Penny explains. "My long-time amateur
interest in seismology had developed from life in shaky California.
I was appalled when I saw the level of preparedness of Memphis
and talked with the locals. I felt the story of the possible
fate awaiting them should be told."
Penny chose the POD capabilities
of Booksurge.com of North Charleston, SC, for the publication
of Memphis 7.9. "Booksurge can print copies of the book
as they are ordered and ship within 48 hours. Bookstores and
libraries receive 40% off the retail price when ordering online
at www.booksurgedirect.com. Booksurge services all aspects of
order fulfillment, both retail and wholesale."
"Had I chosen to follow
the traditional path for book publication, I was looking at one
to three years from the time my book was completed to when it
would be available to the public. I felt that time was running
out, both for me and for the people of Memphis." |
