Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Media Summit - New York City

Well, as they say, today is the day! I will be heading to NYC in a few hours to meet with almost 100 top TV/Radio producers over the next 3 days. I have appointments with all of the major networks and their various morning, daytime and evening news/talk shows. I have had the opportunity to speak with several of these folks in advance, and am already optimistic without being over confident. While I feel that my topic is obviously very timely and will make for good news, national TV/Radio exposure can do nothing but help further my cause of better Financial Literacy for everyone. Needless to say, I am excited and looking forward to this trip with Angela. My suit is pressed, my shoes are shined, and my pitch is ready -- next stop: NYC.

After more than 3 years of hard work, the book project is finally showing signs of coming together. The actual writing (120,000 words of it!) was finished over the summer, so we have spent the last couple of months editing and then re-editing all of the chapters. The book just entered the "typesetting" phase with the publisher, and then the next (final) step will be the actual printing. I am doing everything within my power to get this turned around ASAP due to all of the demand (and in time for the holiday shopping season...), but we are probably still looking at a mid- to late-November release date. In the meantime, we are accepting pre-orders on the website, and it will also be available shortly from both Amazon and BN.com. Let me know what you think of the proposed cover design posted above.

Thanks again to everyone who is helping to turn this idea into a reality. This is such important work, as we as consumers need better education when it comes to Financial Literacy. It has already been very fulfilling to see how some preview copies of the book have been received. For additional information about me or the new book, The Secrets of Money: A Guide for Everyone on Practical Financial Literacy, please visit my website at http://www.braunmincher.com/.

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