Hello, 80s fans...

I am shamelessly promoting my new book, THE TOTALLY AWESOME 80S POP MUSIC TRIVIA BOOK, and I received a formal invitation to post here from the web site owner, Sal... so I am doing just that. If you are a child of the 80s, or if you are a big 80s fan, then your collection won't be quite complete without a copy of my book... Simply go to my profile and click on my homepage URL link, and my book's information will immediately pop up... Thanks, everybody!!!

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Buy My Book!!!

Very cool!! You wrote a book!!

I just may have to check it out!!!

Welcome to our little 80s community.. a perfect place to make 80s fans aware of your book!!



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ROCK AND ROLL!!!
SAL IS A FREAK!!!

Later!! Tina

Thanks for the show of support, TinaJo. Sometimes, it amazes me just how tightknit and loyal the 80s community is on the Web... We rule!!!

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Buy My Book!!!

Hihttp://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//wavey.gif Gang, I spent more than a few hours on Michaels site checking out his book online, and it is really put together very well. I went through every page (which is a long process online), and had to keep going to the last page.

The book has all kinds of 80's trivia questions, fill in the blanks, name the artist, Top 10 lists of the 80's, and all kinds of other fun stuff. I think I'm going to order one.
Michael, is your book available in stores too, or only online?

Nice Goin' Michael!
My review: Two Thumbs UP!http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//biggrin.gif

Sarg
http://BenatarFanClub.com

<FONT COLOR="#6699cc" SIZE="1" FACE="Verdana, Arial">This message has been edited by Sarg on 04-05-2001 at 08:07 PM</font>

Sarg:

Thank you for your post inquiring about my book, THE TOTALLY AWESOME 80S POP MUSIC TRIVIA BOOK!!! The book should be available in the bookstores, particularly Barnes & Noble, and it is also available on Amazon.com, Barnes&Noble.com, Booksamillion.com, and Mediaplay.com. If you are unable to locate the book in a bookstore, ask a bookstore employee to locate a copy, or they can place an order for a copy. They would just need the book's title, the author's name (Michael Craig) and the ISBN number (bar code number on the back cover) which is: 0-595-17010-2. They will be able to order a copy ASAP. Thanks for the kind words about my book, and for the encouragement. I've said it before, but the 80s community of the Net is the most amazing community out there!!! I love you guys...

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Buy My Book!!!

MDC. Why don't you set your signature up so that the words "Buy my book" take you to a link to buy your book? That would make it easier for you to make sales. I'm going to look for your book in Barnes and Noble. If I don't see it, I will ask them to get some copies.

P.S. Something totally wierd. The mind works in such strange ways. I remember a long time ago there was this band called "Millions of Dead Christians". I've never heard any of their songs and never cared for them, BUT... Their initials were MDC. A lot of kids wore MDC shirts and hats and stuff. Well, over the past few days, I've been remembering seeing these shirts and the band's name has been in my head. I just realized that YOU'RE the reason! Wacky, eh? http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//tongue.gif

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The loneliness just fades away
thoughts of you just memories
no cryin now for what we're missin
time won't forget what you meant to me

Thanks for the advice, Sal... I hope that I was successful in linking my signature to my book's homepage, so I'm testing it out here... Thank you again for all the advice and support, and I'm sorry for messing with your mind with my initials...

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[http://www.iuniverse.com/marketplace/bookstore/book_detail.asp?isbn=0%2D595%2D17010%2D2]Buy My Book Here!!![/url]

Oops... obviously I did something wrong, as the link to my book's web page doesn't work. Sal, could you advise as to what I need to do, please. Thanks...

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http://www.iuniverse.com/marketplace/bookstore/book_detail.asp?isbn=0%2D595%2D17010%2D2

Buy My Book Here

<FONT COLOR="#6699cc" SIZE="1" FACE="Verdana, Arial">This message has been edited by MDC on 04-08-2001 at 06:55 AM</font>

Thank you Sarg for the e mail explaining to me how to make the link work. I think I've got it working now!!!Thanks again...

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http://www.iuniverse.com/marketplace/bookstore/book_detail.asp?isbn=0%2D595%2D17010%2D2



<FONT COLOR="#6699cc" SIZE="1" FACE="Verdana, Arial">This message has been edited by MDC on 04-08-2001 at 07:03 AM</font>

HI there!!!! I just wanted to say I got off the phone with Barnes and Noble and they have it! well, I'm about off to go get that book! It looks great!!!! Thank you for helping me keep the 80's not just in my head or music but now I'll have proof that I wasn't the only one that looked like a Madonna clone!http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//eek.gif
Merydith

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So shines a good deed in a weary world.....Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka

Thank you so very much, Meredith, for the boost to my confidence, and for caring about my little 80s book. I hope that it brings a truck load of happy memories as well as some laughter into your life. Guess what, I'm originally from Louisville, Kentucky!!! Kentucky girls are awesome!!!!! http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//wink.gif

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http://www.iuniverse.com/marketplace/bookstore/book_detail.asp?isbn=0%2D595%2D17010%2D2

You can hyperlink the 'Buy My Book' phrase to make it look neater than the whole address by making your sig like this:

&lt;url=http://www.iuniverse.com/marketplace/bookstore/book_detail.asp?isbn=0%2D595%2D17010%2D2&gt;Buy My Book!&lt;/url&gt;

Just replace the &lt; and &gt; with [ and ]

That should make it look like this:

Buy My Book! (http://www.iuniverse.com/marketplace/bookstore/book_detail.asp?isbn=0%2D595%2D17010%2D2)

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http://roemello.80sxchange.com
"Only the meek get pinched. The bold survive."

Thanks Roemello, I forgot about hyperlnking the "Buy My Book", and neglected to suggest it to MDC. You're right, it would look neater.

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Sarg

Pat Benatar STILL Rocks My World!!
http://BenatarFanClub.com

<FONT COLOR="#6699cc" SIZE="1" FACE="Verdana, Arial">This message has been edited by Sarg on 04-09-2001 at 07:04 PM</font>

I think I've finally got it guys!!! Thanks, Ro and Sarg for ALL of your kind and considerate help!!!


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Buy My Book Here!!! (http://www.iuniverse.com/marketplace/bookstore/book_detail.asp?isbn=0%2D595%2D17010%2D2)

Perfect! It's working.. I'll be buying a copy for sure. Is there any trivia in there that I can post in our trivia section?

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Sal Collaziano - The Grand High Exalted Mystic
Ruler

Absolutely, Sal... Give me a couple of days, and I'll e mail you some of the trivia from the book to post to one of your boards, and thanks for ordering a copy!!!

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Buy My Book Here!!! (http://www.iuniverse.com/marketplace/bookstore/book_detail.asp?isbn=0%2D595%2D17010%2D2)

All Right Michael! That looks a whole lot better. It was a pleasure to help out, and I'm going to go to the Barnes & Noble near me this weekend to see if I can get the book there. Thanks for the info.

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Sarg

Pat Benatar STILL Rocks My World!!
http://BenatarFanClub.com

Thanks a mil, again, Sarg, Ro and Sal, and for everybody else on this wonderful board, for being so kind and helpful!!! You guys are the greatest!!!

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Buy My Book Here!!! (http://www.iuniverse.com/marketplace/bookstore/book_detail.asp?isbn=0%2D595%2D17010%2D2)

Great news, guys. My book is doing incredibly well, and I must thank all of you for helping make the book such a success. My book's Amazon.com ranking went from 1,408,607 to 9,207, a jump of 1,399,400 spaces, overnight!!! I don't know what that means, exactly, but I know that it sounds very good. I've said this many times before, but the online 80s community is comprised of the most wonderful, caring and supportive people anywhere on the Web, and I feel honored to be in your presence. You are simply the best...http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//smile.gif

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Buy My Book Here!!! (http://www.iuniverse.com/marketplace/bookstore/book_detail.asp?isbn=0%2D595%2D17010%2D2)

Congrats MDC! Just goes to show how powerful a decade ours is....we're bringing our style back whether the rest of the world is ready for it or not! http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//laugh.gif

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http://spiffyentertainment.8m.com
http://roemello.80sxchange.com
"Only the meek get pinched. The bold survive."

Yeah, Congratulations MDC! With the new found intrest in 80's music by the younger crowd today, I think that book of yours will sell very well, the more people find out about it!

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Sarg

Pat Benatar STILL Rocks My World!!
http://BenatarFanClub.com

I tried to snag a copy at Border's the other night, but they said it was backordered. Guess I'll have to make the trek to Barnes & Noble.

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If I'm here and your here doesn't that make it our time?

You're right, Shakey, my book is on backorder on Borders.com. They don't even have my name listed as the author of the book!!! I get no respect!!! But it is most definitely available and in stock at Barnes&Noble.com, as well as Booksamillion.com, and Mediaplay.com. Thanks again for the support!!!

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Buy My Book Here!!! (http://www.iuniverse.com/marketplace/bookstore/book_detail.asp?isbn=0%2D595%2D17010%2D2)

Just a quick note to tell everyone that I'm currently writing a rather steamy novel set during the 80s, about, what else, sex, drugs, more sex, more drugs, and rock and roll... It promises to be very hot and spicy, with a fascinating cast of characters. Consider it a Valley of the Dollsfor the 80s generation. Did I mention there was lots of sex in it??? Okay, who would buy this book by a show of hands?

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Buy My Book Here!!! (http://www.iuniverse.com/marketplace/bookstore/book_detail.asp?isbn=0%2D595%2D17010%2D2)

As I mentioned in a previous post, I mentioned the wonderful people of the 80sChange during my on air interview with the 80s Euphoria radio program out of Buffalo, New York, last night. The interview went very well and, with any luck, it boosted sales of The Totally Awesome 80s Pop Music Trivia Book, so we shall see...

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Buy My Book Here!!! (http://www.iuniverse.com/marketplace/bookstore/book_detail.asp?isbn=0%2D595%2D17010%2D2)

I went to Barnes & Noble last weekend to pick up the book, but unfortunitely they didn't have it. The woman helping me coudn't find it on te computer by the name or author, and I didn't have the ISBN number with me (now I do), so I'm going back there, and order it.

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Sarg

Pat Benatar STILL Rocks My World!!
http://BenatarFanClub.com

<FONT COLOR="#6699cc" SIZE="1" FACE="Verdana, Arial">This message has been edited by Sarg on 04-29-2001 at 02:07 PM</font>

Well, guys, the second book in my 80s trivia series has been published, and you are the first to know. The music trivia book is doing so incredibly well, further proving how many people around the world love and miss the 80s. To check out the new book, click the link below. Thanks for all of the support!!!

The Totally Awesome 80s TV Trivia Book (http://www.iuniverse.com/marketplace/bookstore/book_detail.asp?isbn=0%2D595%2D18385%2D9)

<FONT COLOR="#6699cc" SIZE="1">[ May 11, 2001 08:01 AM: Message edited by: MDC ]</font>

Heck! Maybe I should buy some advertising in one of your books! <img src="tongue.gif" border="0"> Let me make a suggestion, anyway. In your signature - have: Buy my 80s book!

Add 80s in there. This way, at a glance, everyone knows it's a book about the 80s. Also, put the link to your new one in there as well. <img src="smile.gif" border="0">

Cool! I will have to go down to my local Barnes and Noble and look for it.

My 80s book is "suggested reading" on my publisher's web site... check the link below:

Suggested 80s Reading (http://www.iuniverse.com/marketplace/bookstore/default.asp)

I just received my author's copies of my book The Totally Awesome 80s TV Trivia Book (http://www.SwiftSite.com/80sdude), and it looks fantastic! I am putting the finishing touches to my 80s movie trivia book, as well as a sequel to the pop music trivia book. Thanks again, guys, for all the support!!! <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0">

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I'm going to have to get back to my Barnes & Noble again, and see if they got the book in yet, and if not, at least I'll have the ISBN number with me, so I can order it, or I'll try Books A Million.

Thanks, Sarg. The ISBN number for The Totally Awesome 80s TV Trivia Book (http://www.SwiftSite.com/80sdude) is 0-595-18385-9!!! <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0">

Okay, I have yet another self-serving article about my books and about myself to post here! (I'm sorry!) I hope I don't appear to be tooting my own horn, but I do love sharing good news with my friends, and the article does promote the 80s! I mentioned the 80sXchange during the interview, but, unfortunately, it didn't make it into print... sorry, Sal!!!

Local Author finds fame in the 1980s
By Holly Fisher
News Editor

It was the decade of big hair, Madonna and “Thriller”. It was the 1980s and for those who lived through it, it was a time not easily forgotten.

Michael-Dante Craig is one such person. He was a kid during the 1980s and he says he couldn’t have chosen a better time to grow up. Now, at the age of 31, Craig hasn’t let go of his love of the 1980s. In fact, he’s turned it into a lucrative career.

Craig, who has lived in the Charleston area for three years, recently published The Totally Awesome 80s Pop Music Trivia Book through iUniverse, a publishing company providing digital content technology and services. The book is full of 1980s quizzes, trivia questions and random facts.

What was the top song of the decade? “Every Breath You Take” by The Police. Or who was considered the hottest male rock star of the decade? Why, Jon Bon Jovi, of course.

Craig has sold more than 5,000 copies of his book, primarily through word-of-mouth on the Internet. He’s found a niche in his 1980s books. He has signed on with iUniverse to write five books about the 1980s. This fall a new book will hit the stands, The Totally Awesome 80s Movie Trivia Book. And another sequel to the music trivia book will be available this winter.

Craig is also working on a novel set in the 1980s and 1990s that, with any luck, will be published next year. He also has plans for a screenplay set, of course, in the 1980s.

The University of North Carolina/Charlotte graduate sort of fell into the writing business. He had written poetry and some short stories, but nothing like this, he said.

“I didn’t think it was possible,” Craig said of his publishing career.

“I felt I was the only person in the world who missed this time,” he said. “I got on the Internet and discovered an entire community of people who miss the 1980s as much as I do. I’m good with music and trivia and decided to write it all down.”

Craig spent close to a year researching the time period, using a great deal of his own music collection. He has hundreds of CDs from 1980s artists and 1980s compilation CDs as well as an extensive collection of 45 singles.

“Luckily, I have a good memory,” Craig said.

Craig’s older sister, Paula, is a big music fan, he said, so she helped with the trivia book as well.

The books should be fairly easy for anyone who grew up in the 1980s. Craig said he threw in a few stumpers though. “I didn’t want it to be too easy,” he said.

Compared to the four previous decades, the 1980s ushered in a time of peace and a sense of calmness, the author said.

“In the 80s, the music was happier and lighter. It was more colorful,” Craig said. “When I hear a song from the 80s, I am instantly happy. The music from today doesn’t have the same affect on me.”

Those growing up in the 1980s had disposable income and they witnessed the birth of video games and MTV, he said.

“I grew up in a small town in Kentucky. We had MTV and I thought it was the coolest thing in the world,” Craig said.

Craig’s 1980s favorites include U2, Madonna and Bruce Springsteen. He names the “Brat Pack” movies such as “The Breakfast Club” as some of his picks. “Sixteen Candles was the story of my life,” he says jokingly.

It’s been 20 years since big bangs and blue jean jackets were all the rage. It’s also been 20 years since Pac Man ruled the video game world and Molly Ringwald was the teen movie queen.

It might have been more than ten years since Michael Craig technically lived in the 1980s, but a part of him has never left.

“I’m hopelessly stuck in the 80s,” he says.

To order Craig’s books, visit www.iUniverse.com, (http://www.iUniverse.com,) or, for more information, visit the author’s web site at www.SwiftSite.com/80sdude. (http://www.SwiftSite.com/80sdude.) His books are also available at your local Books-A-Million and Barnes & Noble bookstores.

Wow, that's a great article. Way to go!!! <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0"> I'll definately check that book out.

WOW!!!!

I am so psyched now to get my books in the mail!!!

I told Bertie, (my mom), about them, and she is heading to Books-a-Million tomorrow!! (She and Dad are in Chas. right now. Lucky little devils!) She is foaming at the mouth about the Golden Girls one....she wants to buy everyone she knows one for a Christmas gift!!! I do know that she is planning to get quite a few copies of your books, to give as gifts as well!!

Thanks for being so awesomly kewl!!!

~G

Thanks for helping me sell the book, Gretchen!!! Heaven knows I need all the help I can get!!! Tell your Mom that the Golden Girls Book will be out by October!!!

Oops, I forgot to mention that Sal's name and the 80sXchange addy will be posted in the acknowledgement section of my new book. I gave a general "thank you" to everyone on this board as well; unfortunately, I couldn't post everybody's name!!! But, you guys are the best!!!


MDC: The Official Stalker of the Wonderful DD86 :D

No problem, Sweetie!!

I'm here for you...all the time!!!

~G