For Immediate Release...
Wedding Planning Goes Digital
SAN JOSE, Calif.—January 2007–The Internet is revolutionizing
how we work, play and–yes–plan weddings. Traditions may reign supreme in the bridal world
but a new frontier is opening, and for good reason: planning a wedding is expensive and time
consuming.
The average U.S. wedding costs $26,000 and the price tag is climbing.
Over two million American couples will marry this year and spend about $80 billion total,
not including their honeymoon. The time and energy demand, as anyone who has
planned a wedding can tell you, might even be more more draining than the bills.
The online bridal market has created shortcuts, discount bargains and new planning
tools. Online RSVP managers track headcounts and invitation responses automatically.
Guest address books build and update themselves. Web accessible registries and custom
gift services make sending and receiving gifts easier than ever. Wholesale flowers
and gowns are available to all. How does one find and use these cutting-edge resources?
Which tools are useful, and which are just hi-tech hype?
Engaged couples, their families and even professional wedding consultants need a
solid guide to today’s vast bridal frontier. Crystal and Jason Melendez’s modern
wedding planner e-Plan Your Wedding: How to Save Time and Money with Today’s Best
Online Resources covers the journey from proposal to honeymoon in detail,
all while fully exploiting the Internet’s abundance.
Silicon Valley natives Mr. and Mrs. Melendez are experienced technology professionals
and wedding planning veterans. They are the creative force behind WedShare.com,
a leading wedding website service and information resource. As a husband-and-wife team,
Mr. and Mrs. Melendez lead the development for some of today’s most sophisticated
online planning tools and are active members of the wedding industry.
e-Plan Your Wedding will be available in Spring 2007. It can be pre-ordered from
most bookstores or by calling the publisher at 800-592-9151. Orders can also be made
online at the book’s website, www.eplanyourwedding.com. A list of contents and chapter
samples are available on the website as well.
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Contact:
Christopher Lee
Tel: 800-592-9151
Fax: 408-404-5226
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