About Us

The Great American Book Giveaway is the brainchild of internationally bestselling author, M.J. Rose, an author who has mined the power of the internet to promote her own works and the works of others and Meryl L. Moss who built a book publicity firm that launches writing careers and creates best sellers.

Rose's own experience promoting books online was recently documented in the May 2006 issue of Business 2.0 and the brains behind AuthorBuzz, the first marketing service for authors. By bundling ads Rose offers authors an affordable way to get their titles in front of 330,000 readers, 10,000 librarians and 2500 booksellers. Rose has been at the forefront of innovation online the first novelists to be discovered online and picked up by traditional publishers (1998), host a Virtual book party (2000), create an online book trailer (2002), take a Virtual Book Tour (2004), the first group blog Backstory (2004) a blog-a-thon featuring an online trailer (2004) and more.

Meryl L. Moss, the founder and president of Meryl L. Moss Media Relations, Inc., a company that's earned the regard of the publishing industry for its creative publicity and marketing campaigns that focus on achieving maximum media exposure for such books as The World Without Us, Dr. Ian Smith's Extreme Fat Smash Diet, The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood and Rich Dad Poor Dad.

"We hope ultimately to bring readers and authors together with this new site," noted Meryl L. Moss, an industry insider with more than fourteen years experience promoting titles for top notch publishers and authors. "While this contest will certainly introduce the curious to our site, we believe that the features of the site, including author interviews you can watch and listen to, reviews, best-read recommendations and other surprises will keep people coming back."