SPR’s book reviews of new self-published books
Selling for Non-Selling Professionals by Oreste J. D’Aversa
An experienced marketing professional offers friendly, focused advice for those new to the complexities of the sales business in Selling for Non-Selling Professionals©: Learn Basic, Proven and Results Oriented Sales Skills, Methods and Techniques to Get Clients Consistently with No Prior Sales Background and Increase Revenue.
Throughout the book, author Oreste J. D’Aversa repeats his “ABC”: Always Be Closing. Closing a sale requires empathy – the customer must feel that you care about his/her requirements, must always be “the star of your show,” since people “buy emotionally and justify intellectually.” His book covers such significant requisites as having a […]


Written by a dedicated Christian, High on God: There’s No High Like the Most High explores a marvelous mystery: what if God simply wants us to be happy?
Any story centered around missing memories provides endless fodder for exploration and wonder, as is proven all too well in The Persistence of Memory Book 1: Déjà Vu by Karen Janowsky. When two attractive, mysterious and “forgetful” protagonists collide, sparks are sure to follow, and here, Daniel Hecht and Nina Asher are those two unstoppable forces.
Poems and short prose pieces are mated with vibrant photos in the emotive collection Snapshots: Say Cheese! The World is Watching by debut writer Cara Cilento.
In life, there are victims and triumphs and nowhere is this more evident than in Artist Free Zone, an inspiring work of lesbian romance by Annette Mori.
Mindful Dementia Care: Lost and Found in the Alzheimer’s Forest by Ruth Dennis with Velma Arellano and Luke Nachtrab is an informative guide for caregivers outlining the difficulties of caring for an Alzheimer’s patient, as well as effective alternative methods of therapy.
Set in a prehistoric, paradisiacal world of adolescent gods and nebulous powers, The Missing Spirit is a remarkably detailed and unpredictable fantasy novel by P.J. Maia.