Hi,

I wanted to let you know about a new book that is available about Rude Ranch Animal Rescue.   It’s a group near Annapolis, Maryland that I’ve supported over the years.   I thought you would enjoy the book and just wanted to let you know about it.

The title of the book is “The Best Little Cat House in Maryland” and is available at http://www.authorhouse.com/Bookstore/ItemDetail.aspx?bookid=63368 .  It is about their adventures and misadventures rescuing animals and how they started an animal sanctuary.  The proceeds from the book will go towards helping them to continue helping animals. 

This is the front cover of the book.

It would be a great if everyone would help promote the book.  There are many simple things you can do to make the book a huge success.  Here are a few of them, but feel free to promote the book in any way you see fit.  Bob and Kathy Rude (founders of Rude Ranch) and all the Rude Ranch animals will greatly appreciate your helping hand.

     -	Buy a copy of the book and see if you like it.
     -	Buy copies as gifts.
-	Send an email to all the people you know that love animals.  You can pick up a template email at www.ruderanch.org/cathousebook/email.rtf or just modify this one and forward to them.  It’s just a template; so, feel free to modify however you would like.
-	Put postcards (www.ruderanch.org/cathousebook/postcard.pdf ) or flyers (www.ruderanch.org/cathousebook/flyer.pdf ) promoting the book at your favorite establishments.
-	Encourage businesses that sell books to offer it for resale.
-	Send letters to celebrities to encourage them to promote the book.  There’s a template letter you can download at (www.ruderanch.org/cathousebook/celebritytemplate.rtf ).  The best way to contact them is through their web sites or their programs’ web sites (or personally if you actually know a celebrity).  This is a template file, modify however you would like.
-	Tell your family, friends and coworkers about the book.
-	Go to www.amazon.com and write a review of the book.  The more reviews we get the more often the book appears in their search engine.
-	Go to www.amazon.com and read the reviews on the book and indicate that they helped you.  This also helps the book pop up in the search engine more often.

Thanks