FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JANUARY 13, 2003
The accounting and business consulting firm of David B. Robinson, CPA, headquartered in Midlothian, Virginia’s Historic 1850s Ivymont Manor House is pleased to announce that its principal, David Robinson, has published a booklet (called a "zine," in the booklet publishing industry) entitled "Tales, Ideas, and Quotes From a greatcpa™ ."
The booklet is an effort to inspire young people (14 to 25) about entrepreneurialism but is also an interesting and creative read for people who are interested in the passion necessary to be a successful business owner.
The booklet has an extensive amount of entrepreneurial ideas, business, investment and financial advice, inspirational and motivational quotes and a few true stories that Mr. Robinson and staff members wrote. The information is conveyed on the level that Mr. Robinson feels that young people will identify with as a representation of their own interests.
Mr. Robinson, as publisher, appointed a 20-year-old Charleston Southern University student, Mary E. O’Brien of Midlothian, Virginia, to the position of Editor for "Tales, Ideas, and Quotes From a greatcpa™ ." He appointed Devan H. Barber, a 16-year-old James River High School student from Bon Air, Virginia, as Artistic Director. All three worked together to select content and ready the booklet for publication. The zine was printed by Benson Press of Benson, North Carolina.
Zines are paperback booklets with small press runs of 10 to 10,000. They usually deal with obscure or unusual subjects, or they're about the life of the publishers. A zine is not defined by its topic so much as its funkiness, its personality and its lack of pretension. The word "zine" evolved not from the word "magazine," but from the word "fanzine," a term that dates back to the science fiction fanzine booklets of the 1930s and '40s. Much of the format, language and style of those zines is still alive today in zines written about a variety of subjects. Most of the zines published in the 21st Century are either literary zines or those dealing with controversial and cross-cultural and, often, counter-cultural topics. Pamphlets printed in Boston, Williamsburg and Philadelphia in the 1760s and 1770s had zine-like qualities and helped bring about the American Revolution. The family newsletter--the origin of the personal zine--started in the 1890s.
David Robinson and his staff have published a 56-page, lavishly-illustrated, color-cover zine containing entrepreneurial ideas, business, investment and financial advice, inspirational and motivational quotes and, yes, a few tales about being an accountant in Midlothian, Virginia. Robinson, host of Virginia’s Entrepreneurs’ Hour ™ Radio Show, said many times during the show’s four-year run on WLEE, WVNZ, WHAP and WXGI that "just because I’m a Certified Public Accountant doesn’t necessarily mean that I have to be boring." His zine also gives a very personal look into the passion and enthusiasm of what Robinson thinks is required to be a successful entrepreneur in today’s marketplace.
Mr. Robinson and his staff have scheduled a Zine Release Party (Including a Live Literary Reading) for "Tales, Ideas, and Quotes From a greatcpa™ " for Tuesday, January 21, 2003 at 7:00 p.m. at Chop Suey Books, 1317 West Cary Street, in Richmond near Virginia Commonwealth University.
The book is priced at $5 each, 3/$10 and 8/$20 and is available at Chop Suey Books and from David B. Robinson, CPA, Post Office Box 35926, Richmond, Virginia 23235. It can also be ordered by calling 1-804-378-5096.
The accounting and business consulting firm of David B. Robinson, CPA was founded in 1990 by David Robinson with five clients. The firm has over 1,000 today with three offices and six employees. Mr. Robinson was the 1998 U. S. Government’s Small Business Administration’s Accountant Advocate of the Year for Virginia. In 1999 and 2000 he was an Editorial Adviser to the JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTANCY. He was, in 2002, selected by VIRGINIA BUSINESS Magazine as one of the "Top 100 CPAs" in Virginia.
*****For additional information, please contact Mr. David B. Robinson (Principal), Ms. A. Ruth Bruce (Staff Accountant) or Ms. Devan H. Barber (Artistic Director) at 1-804-378-5096.*****
