New York Tiimes Square

I just returned from my first trip to New York where I attended both Rich Frishman's Author 101 University and Book Expo.

One of the reasons for my attending Book Expo was to find a new distributor for my self-published books How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free, Career Success Without a Real Job, and 101 Really Important Things You Already, Know But Keep Forgetting.

For the record, I will not have a hard time getting a new distributor, given that I sent the books out to 7 distributors and 5 are actively pursuing me. The ones that are pursuing me all said that they were impressed with my success in generating sales for my self-published books.

All the distributors have been particulary impressed with the sales of How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free, (over 100,000 copies sold and published in 7 foreign languages).

I met with 3 distributors at Book Expo and I am slanted toward the National Book Network (NBN).

Anyway, although I did not fall in love with New York as some people do, I had a great time.

I will certainly visit again if I have the chance to hook up with friends or if I have a reason to go for business purposes.

Perhaps I will go to Book Expo again next year since it was very profitable for me.

In advance of my posting my 10 Highlights of My First Visit to New York, here are the:

 Six Best Things Ever said about New York:  

"New York City is filled with the same kind of people I left New Jersey to get away from."

— Fran Lebowitz

"New York is an exciting town where something is happening all the time, most of it unsolved."

— Johnny Carson

"I like it here in New York. I like the idea of having to keep eyes in the back of your head all the time."

— John Cale, British rock musician

"There is no human reason to be here, except for the sheer ecstasy of being crowded together."

— Jean Baudrillard, French semiologist.

"Though one can dine in New York, one could not dwell there."

— Oscar Wilde

"I moved to New York for my health. I'm paranoid and it was the only place where my fears were justified."

— Anita Weiss

Note: How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free and Career Success Without a Real Job, two great business promo giveaways by VIP Books are now distributed by the National Book Network.