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August 31, 2014

NETWORKING ALOUD: A Monthly Writer’s Open Mic 2nd Tuesdays – 6–8pm

JeffreyWhitmore — Jeffrey Whitmore, author, Old Capitol Books, Monterey, CA

6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

EVERY SECOND TUESDAY

OLD CAPITOL BOOKS – 559 Tyler St. – Monterey, CA

Our free monthly event open to the public. Come early and sign up for a five to seven minute reading from any genre: prose, screenplay, poetry and essay that follows 15-20 minutes from a featured local published reader.

Questions to our past emcee Janice Rocke (thank you) @ 831-521-0375 or to sign up to be featured: phanson@csumb.edu 831-601-9195. Notice submitted by Pat Hanson, author of Invisible Grandparenting, Leave a Legacy of Love.

PLUS

Monterey Bay Poetry Consortium here the second Sundays 2-4pm

Back Alley Poetry on the first Tuesdays at 8pm

August 22, 2014

“Anybody’s Daughter” by Barbara Manning

Anybody’s Daughter

a MEMOIR by

Barbara Ann Manning

When Barbara advocates for the needs of foster children, she speaks from personal experience. She lived for 18 years in an orphanage and five foster homes—and knows how it feels to grow up without her parents. Barbara credits her survival and ultimate triumph over “the system” to her mentors at crucial times of her life. she says: “Let’s embrace the child within ourselves as well as the concept that we are our brother’s keeper.”

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Barbara Ann Manning spent her childhood years in the foster care system—age 6 through high school graduation at age 18. With the help of key mentors during these years of neglect and abuse, she learned to value herself and her life. Barbara broke the cycle of abuse within her family and raised four children—all college graduates. This is her story.

August 9, 2014

Monterey Bay Magazines

65 Degrees—Type: Free upscale lifestyle magazine, published quarterly. Address: P.O. Box 6325, Carmel, CA 93921. Phone Number: 831/917-1673. Website: www.65mag.com. Circulation/Listeners/Viewers: Claims a circulation of 80,000 throughout the Monterey Peninsula. Deadlines: 45 days prior to publication. Contacts: editors@65mag.com. Other Info/Tips: If your book has a “lifestyles of the rich and famous” angle, or if your topic would appeal to an upscale audience, try pitching this one.

Carmel Magazine—Type: Upscale lifestyle magazine, published quarterly. Address: 126 Clock Tower Place, Suite 103, Carmel, CA 93923. Phone Number: 831/625-9922. Website: www.carmelmagazine.com. Circulation/Listeners/Viewers: Claims a circulation of 35,000 throughout the Monterey Peninsula. Available free on newsstands and in hotels. Deadlines: 30 days prior to publication. Contacts: Use the contacts form on their website: http://www.carmelmagazine.com/media.shtml. Other Info/Tips: Each issue includes “In Review,” a book review column by Melanie Bishop. Reach her through her blog, www.melaniebishopwriter.workpress.com.

Coastal Canine—Type: Free quarterly magazine. Address: P.O. Box 51846, Pacific Grove, CA 93950. Phone Number: 831/372-5169. Website: www.coastalcaninemag.com. Circulation/Listeners/Viewers: Claims a circulation of 7,500 throughout the Monterey Peninsula and Santa Cruz. Deadlines: 45 days prior to publication. Contacts: Editor/Publisher Carie Broecker, carie@coastalcaninemag.com. Other Info/Tips: Looking for articles of up to 1,000 words on dog-related topics. If your book has a dog in it, this might be a good fit.

This list was compiled by Joyce Krieg, June 2014. Please let us know if any information has changed.

August 9, 2014

Monterey Bay Radio Stations

KTOM 92.7-FM; KDON 102.5-FM; KION 1460-AM and 101.1-FM; KOCN 105.1-FM—Type: All are commercial radio stations owned by Clear Channel Media and Entertainment. KTOM: “Today’s Country”; KDON: “#1 Hit Music”; KION AM/FM: “Power Talk”; KOCN: “K-Ocean”; Address: 903 N. Main St., Salinas, CA 93906; Phone Number: 831/755-8181; Website: www.ktom.com; www.kdon.com; www.powertalk1460.com; www.105kocean.com; Circulation/Listeners/Viewers: N/A; Deadlines: 4 weeks lead time for PSAs Contacts: Mark Carbonaro, Public Service Director, markcarbonaro@clearchannel.com, 831/796-4059; Other Info/Tips: Mark Carbonaro has been involved in local radio for decades and is definitely the “go-to” guy for these stations.

KCDU 101.7-FM: “The Beach” (current hits); KHIP 104.3-FM: “The Hippo” (classic rock); KKHK 95.5-FM: “Bob” (oldies and current adult hits); KBOQ 103.9-FM “Bee” (oldies)—Type: All are commercial radio stations owned by Mapleton Communications; Address: 60 Garden Ct., Suite 300, Monterey, CA 93940; Phone Number: 831/658-5200; Website: www.1017thebeach.com; www.thehippo.com; www.955bobfm.com; www.b1039fm.com; Circulation/Listeners/Viewers: N/A; Deadlines: 4 weeks lead time for PSAs. Contacts: Send PSAs to:; 1017thebeach@radiomontereybay.com; 1043thehippo@gmail.com; Bl039fm@radiomontereybay.com; OtherInfo/Tips: Very little local programming. Long-time radio listeners will remember KBOQ as “K-Bach,” the region’s classical music station. That station no longer exists.

KAZU 90.3-FM—Type: Public radio station, NPR affiliate; Address: 100 Campus Center, Building 201, Room 317, Seaside, CA 93955; Phone Number: 831/582-5298; Website: www.kazu.org; Circulation/Listeners/Viewers: N/A; Deadlines: At least two weeks in advance. Contacts: David Wittrock, Ops Manager and host of Morning Edition: dwittrock@kazu.org; Krista Almanzan, News Director and host of All Things Considered, kalmanzan@kazu.org; OtherInfo/Tips: Station is owned/operated by University Corporation of CSU-Monterey Bay.

KPIG 107.5-FM—Type: Commercial radio station with free-form, eclectic format; Address: 1110 Main St., Suite 16, Watsonville, CA 95076; Phone Number: 831/722-9000; Website: www.kpig.com; Circulation/Listeners/Viewers: KPIG listeners are fiercely loyal, and the station often ranks #1 with adult listeners in the Monterey-Salinas-Santa Cruz market. Also has a large world-wide streaming audience. Deadlines: 2-3 weeks in advance. Contacts: Hog Call – 831-724-PORK. See below. OtherInfo/Tips: Owned by Mapleton Communications, but operates with more-or-less independence from the corporation. One of the last live, local stations in the area. Reach KPIG listeners through the “Hog Call” by calling 831/724-PORK and recording a short announcement about your event. Keep it fun and entertaining, not hard sell, and you might get some airtime.

KRKC 1490-AM; KRKC 102.1-FM—Type: Commercial radio stations playing country music and play-by-play sports. Address: 1134 San Antonio Dr., King City, CA 93930; Phone Number: 831/385-5421; Website: http://krkccountry.com; http://kc102.com; Circulation/Listeners/Viewers: N/A’ Deadlines: N/A; Contacts: Local news hourly with Chuck Cannon. Contact their news staff through their Facebook page, KRKC News. OtherInfo/Tips: If you can tailor your pitch to South County (King City, Greenfield, Bradley, San Ardo) this could be a good bet.

KRML 1410-AM, 94.7-FM—Type: Both are commercial radio stations, adult contemporary format; Address: 27300 Rancho San Carlos Rd., Carmel, CA 93923; Phone Number: 831/244-0102; Website: www.krml.com; Circulation/Listeners/Viewers: Voted “best radio station” in 2013 and 2014 in the Monterey County Weekly “Best of . . .” annual reader poll. Deadlines: 4 weeks lead time for PSAs Contacts: General Manager Mike Hale mike@krml.com; OtherInfo/Tips: All programming is either music or specialty topics (gardening, restaurants) that are paid for by the individual hosts. Though the call letters are the same, this is not the KRML that used to play jazz and was featured in Play Misty for Me. That station on longer exists.

KUSP 88.9-FM—Type: Public-supported radio station, NPR affiliate; Address: 203 8^th Ave., Santa Cruz, CA 95062; Phone Number: 831/476-2800; Website: www.kusp.org; Circulation/Listeners/Viewers: Located in Santa Cruz, but easily heard throughout Monterey Peninsula and beyond. Deadlines: 6 weeks lead time for PSAs, send to psa@kusp.org; Contacts: News/Program Director J.D. Hilliard, jd@kusp.org; Morning Edition Host Johnny Simmons, gls@kusp.org; OtherInfo/Tips: 30-second PSAs are offered only to government agencies, nonprofits, and arts events. Get a nonprofit to sponsor your event, or emphasize the arts angle. Tip: Pitch your writing as a “First Person Singular” feature airing Mon-Wed-Fri at 7:33 a.m. and 4:33 p.m. Contact J.D. Hilliard, jd@kusp.org to be considered.

KWAV 96.9-FM—Type: Commercial radio station, soft rock format; Address: P.O. Box 1391, Monterey, CA 93940; Phone Number: 831/649-0969; Website: www.kwav.com; Circulation/Listeners/Viewers: N/A; Deadlines: 4 weeks lead time for PSAs Contacts: Email PSAs to frontdesk@kwav.com; OtherInfo/Tips: Has just been sold to Mapleton Communications.

This list was compiled by Joyce Krieg, June 2014. Please let us know if any information has changed.

August 9, 2014

Monterey Bay Newspapers and News Magazines

Carmel Pine Cone—Type: Free weekly community newspaper. Address: 734 Lighthouse Ave., Pacific Grove, CA. Phone Number: 831/624-0162. Website: www.pineconearchive.com. Circulation/Listeners/Viewers: Approx. 21,000 per week. Home delivery in Pebble Beach, otherwise available via newsstand in Carmel, Pacific Grove and Monterey. Deadlines: At least one week in advance. Contacts: Mary Schley (reporter) mary@carmelpinecone.com. Chris Counts (reporter) chris@carmelpinecone.com. Kelly Nix (reporter) Kelly@carmelpinecone.com. Other Info/Tips: Comes out on Fridays.

Cedar Street Times—Type: Free weekly community newspaper. Address: 734 Lighthouse Ave., Pacific Grove, CA 93950. Phone Number: 831/324-4742. Website: www.cedarstreettimes.com. Circulation/Listeners/Viewers: Serves Pacific Grove, Carmel, and New Monterey. Deadlines: At least one week in advance. Contacts: editor@cedarstreettimes.com. Other Info/Tips: Prefers Word docs saved as “rtf” or “txt”. No fancy formatting. They like to be able to go directly to print with material submitted to them. Will print just about anything if there’s a “P.G. angle.”

Foolish Times—Type: Free tabloid newspaper with emphasis on humor. Published monthly on/around the 1st. Address: P.O. Box 4046, Monterey, CA 93942. Phone Number: 831/648-1038. Website: www.foolishtimes.net. Circulation/Listeners/Viewers: Claims a circulation of 20,000 throughout the Monterey Peninsula. Deadlines: 15th of the month prior to publication. Contacts: Use the contacts form on their website: http://foolishtimes.net/contact-us/. Other Info/Tips: If your book is funny, or contains a humorous section, pitch them on printing an excerpt. No payment, but the exposure couldn’t hurt.

Monterey County Herald— Type: General circulation newspaper – paid subscriptions and newsstand sales. Address: P.O. Box 271, Monterey, CA 93942. Phone Number: 831/372-3311. Website: www.montereyherald.com. Circulation/Listeners/Viewers: Approx. 24,000 daily, 58,000 Sunday. Serves primarily the Monterey Peninsula. Deadlines: At least 10 days prior to the event. Contacts: Mike DeGive covers arts and lifestyle news: mdegive@montereyherald.com. Another bet might be the business section: mhbusiness@montereyherald.com. Or try submitting a Your Town brief:
mhcity@montereyherald.com. The “Go” calendar is greatly reduced, but to try: gocalendar@montereyherald.com. Other Info/Tips: Owned by Digital First Media, also owner of the Santa Cruz Sentinel. Most management positions are now held by the Santa Cruz paper.

Monterey County Weekly—Type: Free weekly community newspaper. Address: 668 Williams Ave., Seaside, CA 93955. Phone Number: 831/384-5656. Website: www.montereycountyweekly.com. Circulation/Listeners/Viewers: Approx. 37,000 per week. Serves entire county. Deadlines: At least 7 days prior to the event. Contacts: calendar@mcweekly.com. Calendar Editor: Adam Joseph, adam@mcweekly.com. Story ideas: mail@mcweekly.com. Arts-related items: arts@mcweekly.com. Other Info/Tips: Comes out on Thursdays.

Salinas Californian—Type: General circulation newspaper, paid subscriptions and newsstand sales. Address: 123 W. Alisal St., Salinas, CA 93901. Phone Number: 831/424-2221. Website: www.thecalifornian.com. Circulation/Listeners/Viewers: Approx. 8,000 daily, 10,500 combined weekend edition. Serves primarily the Salinas Valley. Deadlines: Two weeks in advance. Contacts: Bob Walch, book reviewer, BobWalch@hotmail.com. Other Info/Tips: Owned by Gannett Corp. Claims to have published Steinbeck early in his career when the paper was the Salinas Index.

South County Newspapers—Type: Small, general circulation community newspapers, paid subscriptions and newsstand sales. Publishers of: The Soledad Bee. The King City Rustler. The Gonzales Tribune. The Greenfield News. Address: 522-B Broadway, King City, CA 93930 . Phone Number: 831/424-2221. Website: www.soledadbee.com. www.kingcityrustler.com. www.gonzalestribune.com. www.greenfieldnews.com. Circulation/Listeners/Viewers: N/A. Deadlines: N/A. Contacts: Tricia Bergeron, Editor: editor@southcountynewspapers.com. Other Info/Tips: News Media Corp. owns all of these papers under the South County Newspapers umbrella. Used to also own the Monterey Herald until it was sold to Digital First Media.

This list was compiled by Joyce Krieg, June 2014. Please let us know if any information has changed.

August 9, 2014

Monterey Bay TV Stations

ACCESS MONTEREY PENINSULA (AMP)—Type: Community access cable TV channels. Address: 99 Pacific St., Suite 200E, Monterey, CA 93940. Phone Number: 831/333-1267. Website: www.ampmedia.org. Circulation/Listeners/Viewers: N/A. Deadlines: N/A. Contacts: Executive Director Paul Congo, congo@ampmedia.org. OtherInfo/Tips: Community-produced programming appears on Comcast channels 24 and 27. It’s free to have a show on AMP for residents of Monterey, Seaside and Marina, or for non-profits serving those communities. All others pay $25 per acceptable show. Training classes are available.

KCBA—Type: Commercial television station. Address: 67 Garden Ct., Monterey, CA 93940. Phone Number: 831/642-4400. Website: www.kcba.com. Circulation/Listeners/Viewers: Serves the Monterey-Salinas-Santa Cruz market. Fox affiliate. Deadlines: N/A. Contacts: N/A. Other Info/Tips: As of November 2013, carries no local news. All newscasts airing on KCBA are simulcasts of KTVU out of Oakland, CA. Owned by Seal Rock Broadcasters and operated by Entravision Communications.

KION—Type: Commercial television station. Address: 1550 Moffett St., Salinas, CA 93905. Phone Number: 831/422-1500. Website: www.kionrightnow.com. Circulation/Listeners/Viewers: Serves the Monterey-Salinas-Santa Cruz market. CBS affiliate. Deadlines: N/A. Contacts: News tips: 831/757-6397, newstips@kionrightnow.com. Other Info/Tips: Submit a question for the “Dear Jon” (Jon K. Brent) segment of the 5 and 6 p.m. newscasts. dearjon@kionrightnow.com. Figure out an angle having to do with a consumer question or a hot item in the news that relates to your book. Owned by News-Press/Gazette (NPG).

KSBW—Type: Commercial television station. Address: 238 John St., Salinas, CA 93901. Phone Number: 831/758-8888. Website: www.ksbw.com. Circulation/Listeners/Viewers: Serves the Monterey-Salinas-Santa Cruz market. NBC affiliate. Also airs ABC programming for the Central Coast. Deadlines: PSA-type material is funneled into the Community Calendar. Emphasis is on nonprofit and public interest-type issues and events. Contacts: Community Calendar, Theresa Wright, twright@hearst.com. Other Info/Tips: “Feedback at Five” is a program hosted by Theresa Wright, airing Sundays at 5 p.m. featuring local guests, usually with a nonprofit or public issue focus. twright@hearst.com. Owned by Hearst Television, Inc.

This list was compiled by Joyce Krieg, June 2014. Please let us know if any information has changed.

August 9, 2014

Monterey Bay Bookstores and Other Retailers

Book Buyers, www.bookbuyers.com/isc/pages/Monterey-CA.html, 600 Lighthouse Ave., Monterey 93940-1008, 831-375-4208. Used books, new calendars at discount.

Bookworks, http://bookworkspg.com/, Nell Carlson pgbookworks@gmail.com, 667 Lighthouse Ave., Pacific Grove 93950, 831-372-2242. Policy for accepting books from our authors: Will take books from local authors. Percentage they take (generally 40% of retail price): 50/50. Will display for 3 months.

Carpe Diem Fine Books, http://www.carpediemfinebooks.com/cgi-bin/carpe/index.html, 245 Pearl St., Monterey 93940, 831-643-2754

Luminata, www.luminatabooks.com/, 631 Cass St., Monterey 93940, 831-333-1110

Old Capitol Books, http://oldcapitolbooks.com/, 559 Tyler St., Monterey 93940, 831-333-0383

Old Monterey Book Co. , montbooks@gmail.com, 136 Bonifacio Place, Monterey 93940 , 831-372-3111

Pilgrim’s Way Bookstore & Secret Garden, http://pilgrimsway.com/, Dolores between Fifth and Sixth, Carmel 93921, 831-624-4955

River House Books, www.riverhousebookscarmel.com/, 208 Crossroads Blvd. (in the Crossroads Shopping Center), Carmel 93923, 831-626-2665

The Mindshop , mindshop@pacificcoastchurchpg.org, 522 Central Ave., Pacific Grove 93950, 831-372-2971

OTHERS: Aquarium gift shop, museums, state parks, Carmel Mission, churches, gift shops at other attractions and venues (e.g., golf courses, equestrian center, pet boarding facilities, restaurants, tourist information centers) as appropriate to the book’s genre. Other opportunities might be to inquire at both Asilomar and the Monterey Conference Center about upcoming conferences and follow up with organizations about displaying books during specific gatherings.

Compiled by Laurie Gibson and Joyce Krieg, August 2014. Please let us know if any information has changed.

Joyce Krieg, Marketing and PR — Joyce Krieg, Park Place Publications Marketing and PR