Abby Kraus PR is a Chicago based firm that focuses on book publicity, author tours, and general PR campaigns through the use of traditional media. We pride ourselves on giving each client our personal attention and provide them with the successes they deserve. Through our efforts we generate high media attention, nationally and locally, and increase our client book sales.
We work with publishers, small and large, independent authors, and self-published authors. Whether you are a newbee or a veteran author, we will supply you with the attention and campaign you deserve.
We value integrity and accountability, and measure our success in terms of media results. In our ten-year history, we have earned a well-deserved reputation among authors and publishers for being the hardest-working team in the business. Few publicists enjoy positive relationships like the ones we've built with hundreds of PR-weary editors, producers, journalists, and columnists who have come to value and respect us.
At Abby Kraus PR, our clients receive a level of attention and commitment they won't get anywhere else.
BIO OF ABBY KRAUS
Abby Kraus is founder and President of Abby Kraus PR. Abby has several years of agency experience working for Draft World Wide in their Marketing Department. After leaving Draft in 2002 she took a publicist position at a small public relations firm in Chicago that specialized in book publicity.
While working for the firm, Kraus had the privilege of working with many notable authors of both fiction and nonfiction. She had a proven track record of great placements, some including The Oprah Winfrey Show, Good Morning America, Fox & Friends, Book TV, nationally syndicated radio programs, and a variety of local and national print outlets. After several years, Kraus decided to branch off and open her own PR firm. In Spring of 2007, she launched Abby Kraus PR.
With her love for books and a passion for PR, Kraus felt that she could service others much better by starting her own firm, with the same main focus on authors and book publicity.
BIO OF LISA SCHUBLE
Lisa Schuble is the head writer for Abby Kraus PR. Schuble has worked with some of the top publishers in the nation and has created and managed a variety of publicity campaigns and tours for authors signed by John Wiley & Sons, St. Martin’s Press, Virgin Books, and Kaplan Publishing.
Schuble began her career at Dickinson Group, a boutique PR firm that specializes in Marketing and Publicity for residential and commercial real estate developers, architects, and interior designers. Some of her clients included Centrum Properties, The Heritage at Millennium Park, and Lohan Caprile & Goetch. While at Dickinson Group, she secured media placements in some of the top national and local real estate magazines which resulted in her clients winning real estate awards. After leaving Dickinson Group, Schuble joined Blanco & Peace Public Relations, a Chicago-based PR firm that focused on publicity for books, authors and restaurants. There she managed publicity campaigns and secured nationwide media for Best Selling Authors including Jodee Blanco, author of Please Stop Laughing at Me (Adams Media, March 2003) and William Sloane Coffin author of Credo (Westminster John Knox, December 2003) and worked with some of the top publishers in the nation.
After leaving Blanco & Peace, Schuble joined Kaplan Publishing where she worked on real estate, personal finance, marketing, and entrepreneur books. She secured nationwide media including CBS’s The Early Show, Business Talk Radio Network, Satellite Radio Network, and a variety of print placements. Schuble also managed the new Kaplan Architecture, Construction, and Engineering line of titles.
Most recently, Schuble served as Marketing Director for Culinary Classics, a made-to-order culinary apparel company based in Chicago. There she created the annual catalog, monthly e-newsletters, and promotional flyers and postcards. There she managed and marketed nearly 10 tradeshows and secured a variety of company sponsorships.
Schuble has a B.A. in Marketing Communications with a concentration in public relations from Columbia College Chicago. She is a member of the American Marketing Association and the Public Relations Society of America.