E-Commerce Book Wins Book of the Year 2003 Finalist Award
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SUCCESS WITH ONLINE RETAILING . . . FOR SMALL BUSINESSES
ForeWord Book of the Year 2003 Finalist
JUNE 4, 2004 - CLICKITPRO.COM is pleased to announce that its self-published book, Success with Online Retailing ... for Small Businesses, has just been awarded a FINALIST in the Business & Economics genre of the prestigious Foreword Book of the Year 2003 Awards at the Book Expo America in Chicago.
"This is a great honor and a re-assurance that the book delivers what I intend it to do," said CLICKITPRO founder and Success with Online Retailing author Patrick Tan. "I hope to help the small guys build a successful small business online. Together, they would re-create a realistic dot.com boom but without the previous hypes and excesses."
The Foreword Book of the Year Award was established by Foreword Magazine six years ago to give recognition to the literary achievements of independent publishers and their authors. A jury of librarians, booksellers, industry professionals and reviewers are selected to judge the books, and they select winners and finalists based on editorial excellence, intent of book met by author, originality of subject matter, accuracy, author credentials, and professional packaging.
Besides winning book award, Success with Online Retailing has also won accolades from established author and industry expert. Marcia Yudkin, author of eleven books and hundreds of magazine articles, syndicated columnist, public radio commentator and writing coach says the book is a "useful, detailed, comprehensive and well-written ... guide to setting up an online store". She wrote in a book review: "This one-volume, easy-to-read introduction to selling your wares online ranges from strategy ... to practicalities. ... If you want a solid guide to setting up an online store, this covers everything you need to know to get started and make money at it. Well done!"
Mike Tarrani, Amazon's Top 50 Reviewer and IT/E-Commerce consultant, said: "This book takes a no nonsense, straightforward, practical approach to developing and managing an online retail business. ... If you read one book on online retailing I recommend that it is this one. The writing is crisp, the information is practical, and the approach is viable."
SUCCESS WITH ONLINE RETAILING . . . FOR SMALL BUSINESSES
ISBN NUMBER: 0-595-28054-4
PUBLICATION DATE: JUNE 26, 2003
BOOK PRICE: $17.95 U.S.
PUBLISHER: iUniverse, Printing on Demand
AVAILABLE FROM: Ingram Book Group, Baker & Taylor and iUniverse, Inc.
iUNIVERSE: To order, call 1-877-823-9235 or custservice@iuniverse.com
AUTHOR BIBLIOGRAPHY
Patrick Tan, MBA, has diverse working experience in technical support, business development, restaurant management, financial journalism and e-commerce development. In his previous job as an e-Business Manager of a department store in Singapore, he was responsible for developing a click-and-mortar business model from scratch. He believes the e-commerce concept is fundamentally sound and viable as a mainstream activity and sets up www.clickitpro.com to provide affordable Web hosting, copywriting, design and programming services for small businesses.
MEDIA CONTACT
You can send an email to Patrick Tan to request for a review copy of the book. Review copy is available in ebook (PDF format) and trade paperback. Please provide a mailing address if you are requesting for a hard copy. Thank you!
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