Searching For The Next Best Seller

March 20, 2011 - PRLog -- According to Publishers Weekly online news report (http://tinyurl.com/4c3mtlh), Thomas Nelson will release Three Cups (3cupsbook.com) with a redesigned cover in November. "The company created WestBow in partnership with Author Solutions (authorsolutions.com) to find the new voices," said Michael Hyatt, Nelson's Chairman and CEO. "Finding the next bestseller is like searching for a needle in a haystack." It is very difficult, if not impossible to find a book that is a top seller among the many others that are floating in the self-published marketspace.

Three Cups was first published in August 2008. The book has sold more than 30,000 copies, including sales through Hallmark Gold Crown stores, banks, and financial institutions. It is based on the real-life story of Tony Townsley, a successful CPA and father of two. The book teaches the value of giving, saving,and spending, using three cups.

Three Cups is the first self-published book done through one of Author Solutions (ASI) publishing partnerships, which includes AuthorHouse, iUniverse, Trafford Publishing, Wordclay, Xlibris and Palibrio. Nelson launched WestBow
in October 2009. Westbow has released almost 400 titles since its inception. According to Hyatt, like other major publishers "Thomas Nelson monitors the sales of titles like Three Cups carefully." Thomas Nelson is committed to offering traditional publishing contracts to authors whose self-published books begin to gain traction in the market.

For more details about Westbow's commitment in the community check out the NCWC-WESTBOW Writers Contest http://www.ncwcfr.com/Writers_Contest.html.
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