What is your name, where were you born and where do you live
now?
Dorene Sager lives in Milwaukee, WI USA and Scottsdale, AZ
USA. Armin Feldman, M.D. lives in
Denver, CO USA.
Do you work another job as well as your writing work?
Dorene just retired.
She was a commercial real estate broker for 20 years. Armin Feldman, M.D. no longer is seeing
patients, however, he consults to attorneys on medical matters.
What
is the name of your latest book, and if you had to summarize it in less than 20
words what would you say?
The
name of our book is: Our Mother’s Recipes, Carrying on a Tradition of Jewish
Food and Jewish Recipes. This cookbook
is a compilation of recipes used by our mother.
Helen Feldman passed away in 1998.
While we were cleaning out her garage after her death we found several
large bags filled with hundreds of her hand written and typed recipes. We took many of the recipes we enjoyed
growing up and put them in this cookbook.
Who
is your publisher? or do you self publish?
We
are self-published. Our publishing
company is called OSA Publishing.
Do you have plans for a new book? Is this book part of a
series?
We are currently working on a new cookbook that will be
comprised of our mother’s holiday recipes.
How long does it usually take you to write a book, from the
original idea to finishing writing it?
Our first cookbook took just over one year to write.
How long have you been writing? Who or what inspired you to
write?
This cookbook is our first.
As noted, we wanted to share our mother’s recipes and good cheer with
others.
Do you have anybody read your books and give you reviews
before you officially release them?
This
is our first book.
Do
you gift books to readers to do reviews?
We
are having a contest to highlight our book launch on February 1, 2012. We are giving away a $100.00 Amazon Gift
certificate towards a Kindle and two $50.00 Amazon Gift Certificates, and for
Authors only they can win their choice of a video book review or a Facebook
Author Welcome page. People who write
reviews and put them on Amazon, Goodreads, Shelfari and their own sites get 10
entries into the contest. There are
other ways to get more entries as well. Visit http://www.ourmothersrecipesonline.com
to see how to enter the Contest and fill out the contest form. We are doing
this rather than gifting books for review. While you are on the site
sign up for our Recipe of the Week Club and look at our videos. We demonstrate some really scrumptious recipes.
sign up for our Recipe of the Week Club and look at our videos. We demonstrate some really scrumptious recipes.
Do
you read all the reviews of your book/books?
Yes
we do read all of the reviews.
How
do you come up with the Title and Cover Designs for your book/books? Who designed the Cover of your books?
One
of the authors, Armin Feldman, designed the cover. The title of the book was a natural.
How do you market/promote your books?
We market our book online with our website www.OurMothersRecipesOnLine.com. We also use Google pay-per-click to drive
readers to our website. We also do book
signings and speaking engagements with cooking demonstrations. We also have been asked to be interviewed on
TV and radio. Of course we are promoting our book on Amazon,
and Facebook. We have a brand new
Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/ourmothersrecipes.
If you like the page, you will get access to our contest form mentioned
above. We are also promoting our book on
a Virtual Book Tour. The schedule of the
stops is on our website. We have
demonstrations of some of our recipes on our YouTube Channel. Once people see how fantastic they are, they
will want to buy our book.
What do you do to unwind and relax?
We like to cook. We
enjoy all kinds of cuisines and learning new cooking techniques.
Which
format of your book do you prefer, ebook, hard back, or paperback?
We
prefer whatever format is enjoyed by our readers.
What
is your favourite book and why? Have you read it more than once?
I
assume you mean our favorite cookbook.
We like the good old Betty Crocker cookbook for basics. We both like Mario Batali’s cookbook, Babbo. Cooks Illustrated also has several good
cookbooks. The Silver Palate cookbook is
also excellent.
Do
you think books transfer to movies well? Which is you favourite/worst book to
movie transfer?
We
think books transfer very well to movies.
We would love to be involved in a movie project based on our cookbook
concept.
What
are you currently reading? Are you enjoying it? What format is it?(ebook,
hardback or paperback)
We
are currently reviewing Tom Cilicchio’s cookbook Craft of Cooking.
Do you think ebooks will ever totally replace printed books?
Not for cookbooks.
Is there a book you know you will never read? Or one you
tried to read but just couldn't finish?
Not really.
What do you think about book trailers?
Book trailers are a great idea. We have 6 videos and are hoping for a cooking
show.
Where can readers follow you?
The best place for information, new recipes, our Recipe of the Week
Club, our cookbooks, our blog and our TV shows is our website: www.OurMothersRecipesOnLine.com.
Your Goodreads author page? Our goodreads author page and amazon author page are in the process of being built/
Your Twitter details? http://www.twitter.com/@arminanddorene
And any other information you wish to supply?
Anyone who loves to eat should get our cookbook!
Thankyou to Dorene & Armin for taking the time to take part in this Interview and for Assisted Authors Book Tours for arranging it.
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