Outskirts Press Announces PortlandNeighborhood's Guide to the Perfect Portland Weekend, the Latest Travel Book from OR Author Dana Speer, Lorri Ely, Angela Scott

Portland, OR, June 02, 2008 --(PR.com)-- Outskirts Press, Inc. has published PortlandNeighborhood's Guide to the Perfect Portland Weekend by Dana Speer, Lorri Ely, Angela Scott, which is the author’s most recent book to date. The 5.5 x 8.5 Paperback in the Travel category is available worldwide on book retailer websites such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble for a suggested retail price of $14.95. The webpage at www.outskirtspress.com/portlandneighborhood was launched simultaneously with the book’s publication.

About the Book (Excerpts & Info)

Put that yawn away and get ready for a trip with PortlandNeighborhood.com's weekend guide to Portland, Oregon. But if you're looking for boring, colorless listings of restaurants and attractions that drone on and blur in abstraction, you might just want to bend your elbow the other direction and set this volume down. This just isn't that book. Rather, the pages here read like a friend having taken you by the arm, inviting and guiding you into and through the Portland that makes Portland tick and that Portlanders themselves call home. Using themed weekend itineraries based on interest types to make the city more mentally accessible, PortlandNeighborhood's Guide to the Perfect Portland Weekend is like a backstage pass to what makes Portland a rock star.

Deftly constructed at 208 pages, PortlandNeighborhood's Guide to the Perfect Portland Weekend is being aggressively promoted to appropriate markets with a focus on the Travel category. With U.S. wholesale distribution through Ingram and Baker & Taylor, and pervasive online availability through Amazon, Barnes & Noble and elsewhere, PortlandNeighborhood's Guide to the Perfect Portland Weekend meets consumer demand through both retail and library markets with a suggested retail price of $14.95.

Additionally, PortlandNeighborhood's Guide to the Perfect Portland Weekend 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: 9781432716301 Format: 5.5 x 8.5 Paperback SRP: $14.95

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

About the Author

The authors are longtime Portland locals on a mission: to enjoy and promote their Portland neighborhoods and the independent businesses, artists, and neighbors who thrive in them.

About Outskirts Press, Inc.

Outskirts Press, Inc. offers turn-key, full-service, custom self-publishing 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. In 2007, the Denver Business Journal recognized Outskirts Press as the 3rd fastest-growing privately-held company in Colorado, with a growth rate of 1,560% since 2004. 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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