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Print-on-demand book breaks into top 3% of Amazon.com book sales.
April 2001, Redwood City, CA: Despite the absence of any bookstore visibility, Vita’s Will, by Debbie Gisonni, published by print-on demand company iUniverse.com, ranks in the top three percent of Amazon.com book sales among over two million titles. In addition, the book ranks in the top one percent of Barnes & Noble’s on-line sales.
While traditional book publishing pundits have been slow to embrace this newer, more cost-efficient publishing method, it is clear that the combination of a well-written book with broad appeal and an author with savvy marketing experience, can produce best sellers. Print-on-demand uses high technology printing processes to print books only after a customer orders the book via bookstores or on-line booksellers.
In VITA’S WILL: Real Life Lessons about Life, Death & Moving On (ISBN 0-595-14204-4, $13.99, Paperback, 176 Pages, Dec 2000, iUniverse.com), ), Gisonni weaves a unique combination of coping strategies, spirituality, and humor with an unbelievable course of events a time in her life when she lost four family members in four years while holding executive positions in the high-tech industry.
VITA’S WILL has been well received by the media.
“Besides a skillfully written, compelling narrative, what elevates VITA’S WILL above the ego-tripping triteness often found in self-published memoirs is Gisonni’s remarkable candor about her own emotional torment…” Bill Workman, San Francisco Chronicle
“Another marvelous text to extend our insights.” Don DeNevi, Palo Alto Daily News
“It's a self-help book that reads like a piece of fiction. All that is purely intentional.” Tiffany Maleshefski, The Peninsula Independent
Amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com readers are equally moved.
“This is when a book is more than pages and words. It touches the spirit.”
“Gisonni’s real life lessons at the end of each chapter were so important to me that I’ve written them down and carry them with me as my little life reminders.”
Gisonni is no stranger to launching publishing products, particularly with a high-tech component. Before leaving the corporate market to embark on a new venture, her last position was Publishing Director overseeing the launch of the weekly newspaper, InternetWeek. Her background is evident in her interactive web site (www.reallifelessons.com), in which she invites readers to participate by sharing their own stories and reviews.
Ten percent of Gisonni’s proceeds from VITA’S WILL will be donated to four selected charities.
Gisonni is currently President of Real Life Lessons® (www.reallifelessons.com), a company she founded to help people manage or implement major change in their lives; at work or at home.
For more information about VITA'S WILL and Gisonni’s company, Real Life Lessons®, LLC, please visit www.reallifelessons.com.
VITA'S WILL: Real Life Lessons about Life, Death & Moving On
ISBN 0-595-14204-4
204 Pages
$13.99 Paperback
Dec 2000
iUniverse.com
Real Life Lessons is a registered trademark of Real Life Lessons. |
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