`'China Attacks:'' Novel About Chinese Blitz on Taiwan Gains On Strength of Internet Sales.

Business Editors and High-Tech Writers

WHITE POST, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 18, 2000

"Our book is actually selling -- I still can't believe it," said first-time novelist Chuck DeVore, an Irvine, Calif. resident.

DeVore, with best-selling Northern Virginia author Steven W. Mosher, wrote "China Attacks," a novel about a sudden Chinese attack on Taiwan set in the near future.

Available from "Print-on-Demand" publisher Buy Books on the web.com and through Internet distributor Amazon.com (Nasdaq:AMZN), "China Attacks" will also soon be available from Barnes & Noble.com (Nasdaq:BNBN) and Borders.com (NYSE:BGP). The novel, as well as a one-chapter excerpt, can be purchased in electronic form at www.MightyWords.com, a division of FatBrain.com (Nasdaq:FATB).

"At first Steve and I were skeptical about the whole print-on-demand concept," DeVore said, "But when the traditional publishers said they weren't interested until spring of 2001, we decided to give it a try. We could think of nothing worse than writing a book about something that could really happen, only to see events overtake the book's publication timeline.

"After only two weeks on Amazon.com we climbed for a time to about 8,000th in the sales rankings -- not bad for half a month of a purely Internet and word-of-mouth effort."

Underscoring the new methods of selling direct to the public, DeVore created a Web site, www.ChinaThreat.com to highlight "China Attacks" and Mosher's latest book, "Hegemon: China's Plan to Dominate Asia and the World," which was recently published by Encounter Books and is listed on Amazon.com as well.

"I love the Internet," raved DeVore, "Just yesterday I did an interview with a correspondent from The Financial Times (owned by British media group Pearson, OTC:PRSNY). He saw our first Internet-based news release and wanted to know how the print-on-demand process worked. One thing I mentioned to him was how fast the publisher is.

"Most readers report getting their books less than a week after ordering them from Buy Books on the web.com."

DeVore served as a special assistant for foreign affairs in the Reagan-era Pentagon, once worked on Congressman Christopher Cox's (R-CA) staff, and is now a major in the Army National Guard where he's a combat brigade team intelligence officer (S-2). He also serves as an Orange County (CA) Republican Party Central Committeeman, a post to which he was re-elected last March with more than 22,000 votes.

Mosher, a White Post resident, is the best-selling author of several non-fiction books about China and Asia including "Broken Earth: The Rural Chinese" and "A Mother's Ordeal: One Woman's Fight Against China's One-Child Policy." Mosher's latest book, "Hegemon: China's Plan to Dominate Asia and the World," was recently published by Encounter Books and is listed on Amazon.com.

Mosher has recently appeared on ABC's World News Now, the Michael Reagan Show, and the Oliver North Show.

Steven W. Mosher is available for interviews by reaching [e-mail]

Chuck DeVore is available for interviews by reaching: [e-mail]

Source: Janet King Klein