Dallas, TX, November 28, 2011 –(PR.com)– Outskirts Press, Inc. has published Blogging While Black by Shawn P. Williams. The author’s most recent book to date is a 6 x 9 paperback in the computers and web blogs category and is available worldwide on book retailer websites such as Amazon and Barnes Noble. The webpage at www.outskirtspress.com/bloggingwhileblack was launched simultaneously with the book’s publication.

At the end of each chapter, Blogging While Black provides tips for anyone who aspires to use social media tools to make their own mark online, including:

• How to launch a blog in 5 minutes
• How to become a big fish in a small media pond
• How to leverage one’s personal networks
• How to use a phone as a news gathering tool

Beginning with the plight of a teenager in Paris, Texas, and ending with the election of President Barack Obama, Blogging While Black tells the story of how online advocates changed America for the better. It also looks at “breakthrough bloggers” who have transferred their online stardom into offline success.

142 pages in length, Blogging While Black is being aggressively promoted to appropriate markets with a focus on the computers and web blogs category. With U.S. wholesale distribution through Ingram and Baker Taylor, and pervasive online availability through Amazon, Barnes Noble and elsewhere, Blogging While Black meets consumer demand through both retail and library markets with a suggested retail price of $11.95.

Additionally, Blogging While Black can be ordered by retailers or wholesalers for the maximum trade discount price set by the author in quantities of ten or more from the Outskirts Press Direct bookstore at www.outskirtspress.com/bookstore.

ISBN: 9781432772925

Format: 6 x 9 paperback cream

SRP: $11.95

For more information or to contact the author, visit www.outskirtspress.com/bloggingwhileblack.

About the author:

Shawn P. Williams was recognized by the Austin-American Statesman with a Texas Social Media Award in 2010 as one of the state’s Top 25 users of social media. He is a guest columnist for the Dallas Morning News and provided monthly commentary for WFAA Channel 8’s Inside Texas Politics. In 2011 Shawn became a member of the National Advisory Board for the Poynter Institute of Media Studies in St. Petersburg, Florida.

About Outskirts Press, Inc.

Outskirts Press, Inc. offers full-service, custom self-publishing and book marketing services for authors seeking a cost-effective, fast, and flexible way to publish and distribute their books worldwide while retaining all their rights and full creative control. Available for authors globally at www.outskirtspress.com and located on the outskirts of Denver, Colorado, Outskirts Press represents the future of book publishing, today.

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