Mpowers.com publishes books about sports, hobbies and self-help/inspiration
Title
Melvin Powers Wilshire Book Company
Description
Melvin Powers publishes books. Not just any kind of books, but special interest books. Books about bridge, chess, pets, sports and hobbies. But his Wilshire Book Company is best known for its line of self-help and inspirational books. The world headquarters for Wilshire Book Company is located not in a fancy New York City high-rise, but in an attractive office/warehouse building in Chatsworth.
In an age of million-dollar advances and lavish book tours for superstar authors, Melvin Powers' Wilshire Book Company inauspiciously sells more than half of its books by mail. Mail order selling is Powers' first love, and it's how his multi-million dollar publishing empire began.
As a teenager in Boston, Powers subscribed to Popular Science magazine and occasionally read the classified ads in the back. An avid chess player, he noticed an ad for a chess book and sent away for it. When it arrived, he decided he should sell books by mail, too.
