Outskirts Press Announces Five Stockings, the Latest Highly-Anticipated Religion / Holidays / Christmas & Advent Book from Columbia, SC Author Bert Goolsby

Columbia, SC, November 30, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Outskirts Press, Inc. has published Five Stockings: Christmas Stories by Bert Goolsby, which is the author's most recent book to date. The 5.5 x 8.5 Paperback white in the Religion / Holidays / Christmas & Advent category is available worldwide on book retailer websites such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble for a suggested retail price of $10.95. Five Stockings is also available in its 5.5 x 8.5 Hardback w/ Jacket edition for $24.95. The webpage at www.outskirtspress.com/fivestockings was launched simultaneously with the book's publication.

About the Book (Excerpts & Info)

Stockings hung from a mantel piece at Christmastime hold small gifts. Some delight, while others disappoint. Some we anticipate; others surprise us. We can see, taste, hear, smell, or feel most of our gifts; but there are a few that, as Helen Keller once said, can only be “felt with the heart.” Usually, we know a gift when we see one; however, every now and then, something will come along that we won't recognize or appreciate as being the gift that it is until later on, if even then.

Collected here are five stories about gifts and giving, stories that may cause laughter and stories that just might bring a tear to the eye. They range from a story about a child during the dark days of World War II who yearns for Santa to bring him a bicycle to a tale about a lawyer who lands in jail with a drunken Santa.

Five Stockings. Five Stories. Each filled with the presence of Christmas.

Deftly constructed at 99 pages, Five Stockings: Christmas Stories is being aggressively promoted to appropriate markets with a focus on the Religion / Holidays / Christmas & Advent category. With U.S. wholesale distribution through Ingram and Baker & Taylor, and pervasive online availability through Amazon, Barnes & Noble and elsewhere, Five Stockings meets consumer demand through both retail and library markets with a suggested retail price of $10.95 and $24.95, respectively.

Additionally, Five Stockings 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 wholesale online bookstore at www.outskirtspress.com/buybooks

ISBN: 9781432748135
Format: 5.5 x 8.5 Paperback white
SRP: $10.95

ISBN: 9781432748326
Format: 5.5 x 8.5 Hardback w/ Jacket
SRP: $24.95

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

About the Author

Bert Goolsby has authored two short-story collections, Sweet Potato Biscuits and Humanity, Darling, and published two novels, Her Own Law and Harpers’ Joy, which South Carolina Lawyers Weekly also serialized. His short stories “A Presbyterian Cookbook” and “The Fan Dancer” appear in the anthologies On Grandma’s Porch and More Sweet Tea, respectively. Marlo Thomas includes his piece “Truck No. 15” in her work The Right Words at the Right Time, Volume 2. He has also authored articles for Reach Out Columbia! and Reminisce Magazine. A member of the legal profession and Citadel graduate, he lives in Columbia, South Carolina.

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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