I write for a large publisher.
This publisher
is in the middle of fierce negotiations
with their largest bookseller.
The bookseller is threatening
to delist all of the publisher’s books.
Press releases are being zinged
back and forth
between the two camps.
We, writers, have to answer questions
from readers,
from the source
of the publisher’s revenues.
Are we sent copies
of these press releases?
No.
We have to scour the internet
for copies
and
often our readers see them first.
When they approach us
and we don’t even know the news,
it does NOT reassure them.
The publisher has our emails.
How difficult would it be
to copy us on the press releases?
Extend your valued partners,
especially those working with your customers,
the courtesy
of providing them with press releases
at the same time
or preferably before
the press receives them.
Give them the information
to be your ambassadors.