The following article appears in the new issue of Focus, the BSFA‘s magazine for writers:

How To Write A Press Release
By Gareth L Powell

If you’re serious about selling the books you write, then sooner or later you’re going to have to get some press coverage. Maybe you need to attract people to a book signing you’re holding in Waterstones; maybe you’ve just signed a big publishing deal; or maybe you’re releasing your self-published novel. Whatever your reason, the humble press release is still one of the best ways of attracting an editor’s attention.

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As part of my efforts to promote Bristolcon, I managed to get a story about the Future Bristol anthology into the city’s local paper, The Evening Post.

Read the article here: Link to Evening Post article

Alternatively, please contact me if y0u’d like a copy of the original press release.

Update 04/08/09: Press releases now available to download here.