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Contact:Dan PerlowitzFreeman Public Relations973-470-0400, ext. 35dperlowitz@freemanpr.com
WRITERS’ DREAMS OF PUBLICATION JUST A PAGE AWAY
WEbook.com Introduces PageToFame Competition to Help Launch Next Big Authors
New York, N.Y., January 20, 2010 – Aspiring writers are just a page away from securing a $10,000cash advance and a commercial publishing deal through WEbook.com’s innovative PageToFamecompetition.WEbook.com, the ground-breaking website that offers aspiring writers a platform to expose their work toreaders and agents alike, announces PageToFame
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a first of its kind, patent pending, online, reader-driven book selection process that will revolutionize the way new authors emerge and new books arepublished.
 And, it all starts with a single page.
 The PageToFame competition will operate a democratic rating system that measures the strength andappeal of new book ideas through an online poll of readers on WEbook.com. The first author whoscores the highest-rated manuscript in the final stage of PageToFame
 
will be awarded a $10,000launch advance as well as assistance in securing a commercial publishing deal.“The internet provides an ideal environment to set the power of publishing on an exciting new course,”noted Ardy Khazaei, president of WEbook.com. “For the first time, readers in each genre can help toinfluence the stories that ultimately make it onto book shelves. And in the process, writers receivevaluable feedback on the audience appeal of what they’re writing.”Here’s how it works: Each individual writer will go through up to four stages of submissions, at the endof which, a final manuscript will be judged by select readers along with reputable literary agents. Anadvanced algorithm and voting interface developed by WEbook.com will determine who will advance tothe next stage and how quickly.In the opening stage, writers submit the first page of their writing project along with an engagingsynopsis. All manuscripts submitted before Feb. 15, 2010 are eligible to receive a $1,000 prize to beawarded to the three highest-rated first pages.- more -

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