Saturday, December 31, 2011

Tom Davis's Internet Movie Database (IMDB) page for A Legacy of Madness appearances is here

Tom Davis's biography appears on the Internet Movie Database, or IMDB.com.

Tom Davis has appeared on CNN's Showbiz Tonight, Entertainment Tonight, the CBS Evening News, WABC-TV and Fox-5 New York to comment on and discuss mental health issues, particularly issues that deal with eating disorders. He has appeared on News 12 New Jersey and other media to speak about his book, "A Legacy of Madness." One of Davis's first television appearances was on ESPN's Boardwalk and Baseball Super Bowl of Sports Trivia in January 1988.

Here is the URL: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4832730/. His name appears under Tom Davis (XXX).

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

So why am I creating all these lists? Because every book - particularly in mental health - needs a boost

Publicity budgets have been slashed. Agents and publicists find themselves either overloaded with work, or they narrow their focus so small, because they have to do so much with so little.


Nevertheless, I'm proud of what we've been able to accomplish with A Legacy of Madness: Recovering My Family From Generations of Mental Illness. I knew it would be an uphill battle. But I also knew that it would take a little creative thought to push a product that has been operating on the so-called "shoestring budget."

I also knew that more than money was necessary in order to preserve the book's core principles (as well as my own).

I never intended for this to be a best-seller. If I had, I would have pushed the envelope toward the Random House's of the world. The bigger agents and publishing outfits wanted me to reveal more about myself, and my family. I didn't want to do it.

When I went to graduate school, I learned the ways of the web. The way to get on the web is to write, post and link.


Best Books on Love

Here is my Amazon list of the best books on love:

2. Tolstoy Lied: A Love Story by Rachel Kadish

3. Pihkal: A Chemical Love Story

4 Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers

5: Stockholm: A Novel by Kian Kaul

Best Family Books

Here is my Amazon list of the best family books:


Monday, December 19, 2011

Best Books for Christmas

Here is my Amazon list of the best books for Christmas:

2. Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson.

3. Inheritance by Christopher Paolini.

4. Matchless by Gregory Maguire

5. The Help by Kathryn Stockett

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Best Books on Eating Disorders

Here is an Amazon list of the best books on eating disorders:

2. Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia (P.S.) by Marya Hornbacher

3. Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

4. Stick Figure: A Diary of My Former Self by Lori Gottlieb

5. Thin by Lauren Greenfield

6. Nothing by Robin Friedman

Friday, December 9, 2011

Best Books on Mental Illness

Here is an Amazon list of the best books about mental illness:

The list author says:

"Engrossing book that deals with generations of a family that suffered through self-destruction"

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

The list author says:

"Perhaps the most riveting book ever written about mental health, and it was way ahead of its time."
A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar

The list author says:

"Perhaps the most sensitive portrayal of mental health every written."
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness by Kay Redfield Jamison

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Best Books about Mental Health

Here is an Amazon list of the best books about mental health:

The list author says:

"Engrossing book that deals with generations of a family that suffered through self-destruction"

2. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

The list author says:

"Perhaps the most riveting book ever written about mental health, and it was way ahead of its time."
3. A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar

The list author says:

"Perhaps the most sensitive portrayal of mental health every written."
4. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
5. The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
6. An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness by Kay Redfield Jamison

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Best Books on Suicide

Amazon has rated what some believe are the best books on suicide. A Legacy of Madness is at the top of the list.


The book is performing well on the Amazon best-seller lists, rising to number 50 on the list of books that deal with anxiety disorders, and number 10 on the list of books that deal with suicide.

Here is the link: Best Books on Suicide.