Author's Spotlight-Talk Radio Wants You Author Francine Silverman

“Talk Radio Advocate” Francine Silverman is an author/publicist and radio host who honed her writing skills as a newspaper reporter and freelance writer. Her latest book is Talk Radio Wants You: An Intimate Guide to 700 Shows and How to Get Invited (McFarland & Co. 2009), a National "Best Books 2009" award winner in the Business: Reference category. The book contains everything a potential guest needs to know before contacting a host, including the theme of the show and guest criteria. She is now offering more than a dozen ebooks of talk radio shows, which can be viewed at http://www.talkradioadvocate.com and purchased from Fran at franalive@optonline.net She authored two travel guidebooks, Catskills Alive (2000 and 2003) and Long Island Alive (2003), both published by Hunter Publishing. In 2003, Fran started Book Promotion Newsletter for authors of all genres. http://www.bookpromotionnewsletter.com. The ezine spawned Book Marketing from A-Z (Infinity Publishing 2005), containing the best marketing strategies of 325 subscribers. The 400-page paperback is in alphabetical order for ease of use. The book received nearly 40 rave reviews from on-line reviewers. Talk Radio Wants You has 40 categories, retails for $75, and is geared to libraries, publicists, radio hosts and authors. Fran is now offering ebooks that follow the format of her book and are more affordable. Thus far, Animals, Authors, Business, Food and Travel, New Age, Self-Help, Health, House & Garden, Entertainment, Environment, Men and Women, Parenting, Politics, Relationships, Science and Technology, and Sports are for sale, ranging in price from $12 to $20. Descriptions and prices of the ebooks are at http://www.talkradioadvocate.com