PRESS RELEASE Of interest to editors and journalists covering: Books/Publishing, Advertising/Marketing, Publicity/PR, Printing, Retail Free Book Publicity and Resources for Book Authors and Book Publishers Publishers Newswire Offers Free Services for Writers and Small Publishing Companies LOS ANGELES, Calif. - November 4, 2004 /Send2Press Newswire/ -- Neotrope(R), a leading news and entertainment company established in 1983, announced today the preview edition of Publishers Newswire(tm) (www.pubnewswire.com), "the news and marketing resource for book publishers and authors." This new site provides a wealth of articles, interviews, and resources for anybody interested in writing, publishing, and distribution of books. Officially launching November 15th, the "preview site" already has interviews with authors like Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and Chef Bruce Brennan, aka "The Hippy Gourmet." A book and publishing forum is available to ask questions and share experiences on the publishing process, moderated by experts in the publishing business. RSS/XML and "My Yahoo!" feeds are available. A dynamic headline generator allows website owners to easily add live headline feeds to match their own site design. Contributing writers include Beverly West, author of the best-selling "Cinematherapy, the Girls Guide to Movies for Every Mood" book series, and "Culinarytherapy, The Girl's Guide to Food for Every Mood"; Ron Pramschufer, of RJ Communications, a major New York book printing and self-publishing company; and Christopher Simmons, member of the PRSA, ASCAP, owner of Neotrope Press, and a contributing editor to over two dozen national technology and entertainment magazines. Authors and publishers can submit news for free through a special introductory form on the site's home page (www.publishersnewswire.com) and this news will automatically be placed into search engines using Neotrope's proven SEO+PR(tm) system, and syndicated to those websites that carry the dynamic PubNewswire news feeds. Paid services offered to authors and small publishers from Neotrope(R) on the site include professional press release writing, targeted news distribution through Send2Press Newswire (www.Send2Press.com), media coaching, manuscript review services, and more. Premium positions are offered with paid services. All services are backed by Neotrope(R), a DandB listed/rated company and BBBonline member, with 22-years of brand marketing experience, as well as distribution through the Send2Press(tm) Newswire system established in 1997. Small publishers with multiple authors can sign-up for a "Premium Partner" account ($99/year) which includes a custom log-in to post news stories, up to 5 releases per month, at no additional charge. During the preview period, which started this Summer, visitors can sample content, interviews, articles, and the forum, with the full site to be unveiled November 15. More information: http://www.PublishersNewswire.com Media Contact: Christopher Simmons of Neotrope press@neotrope.com 1-310-373-4856 # # # [ Source of news = Neotrope ] Ref: http://www.send2press.com/2archive/2004/pr04-110402-neotrope.txt http://www.send2press.com/2archivePDF/pr04-110402-neotrope.pdf ----------------------------------------------------------------- *IMPORTANT NOTE TO MEDIA: to reach the organization releasing this news, please contact: press@neotrope.com (media only) If used for publication, please send specimen copy. ----------------------------------------------------------------- R-P 4C / CA / Los Angeles, California / English (lang=en) Copr. (c) 2004 Send2Press Newswire. This release was issued on behalf of the above organization, who is solely responsible for accuracy of content, by Send2Press(TM), a unit of Neotrope(R). http://www.Send2Press.com [www.CaliforniaNewswire.com] references: ----------- books, publishing, author, writer, journalism, publicity, news, feeds, rss, xml, promotion, writing, publisher, printing