Archive for October, 2008
Top 10 Self-Published Books for Halloween
Happy Halloween. Please enjoy our list of our top 10 Halloween titles for 2008. Click on the cover to visit the author’s webpage for more info or to purchase.
Demon Key by David Brookover
The Hesitant Psychic by Sam Yulish, Ph.D.
Moonlight by Keith Knapp
The Forgotten Prophecy by Ray LeCara, Jr.
Cosm by Stephen Anthony
The Literary Six by Vince A. Liaguno
Demon Slayer by Gabriel Common
Destiny's Warriors by R.M Putnam
Those Made to Suffer by Philip Colander
Torn by Dennison Rey
Add comment October 31, 2008
What do Oprah Winfrey, Outskirts Press, and Self-Publishing Authors Have in Common?
They all love the Amazon Kindle! On Friday, October 24th Oprah Winfrey declared on her show that the Amazon Kindle was her new favorite gadget, and went on to say it would change everything.
Revolutionize, really. According to the Association of American Publishers, the sale of e-books has grown nearly 56% since 2002. The Kindle, which was announced with much fanfare in 2007, is an integral part of this trend. Unlike previous iterations of “ebook readers,” the Amazon Kindle is easy to operate, comfortable to use, and has many attractive consumer options.
Authors recognize the benefits and the potential of the Kindle, too. “Oprah’s endorsement of the Kindle is going to send sales of the device skyrocketing,” stated Outskirts Press CEO Brent Sampson. “Always on the cutting-edge of the industry, Outskirts Press is excited to introduce our Amazon Kindle Submission Service, which helps our published authors get their ebooks available on the Kindle in time to reap the benefits from this buzz.”
This new marketing option for Outskirts Press authors makes it remarkably easy for authors to present their work in digital format, which customers can then download to the Kindle, Amazon’s popular electronic reading device. The Amazon Kindle edition then appears in Amazon’s search results (along with any other formats such as paperback or hardback editions), resulting in increased exposure of the book’s cover. This brings the book browser that much closer to becoming a book buyer.
1 comment October 30, 2008
Self Publishing Authors in ForeWord Magazine
| ForeWord Magazine is a bi-monthly journal that is delivered to librarians, booksellers, agents, and other industry professionals. Additionally, ForeWord is sent directly to small press buyers at the chains (B&N, Borders, Chapters, Books-A-Million, etc). ABA’s Booksense also requests 500 copies of each issue for delivery direct to their members. ForeWord Magazine also is placed in the hands of agents and editors at larger houses, who may be looking for leads to bring into their fold from the small press sector.
All told, the ForeWord circulation is approximately 85% librarians, 12% bookstores, and 3% publishing professionals. Now you can reach this influential readership with a Co-Op advertisement. Outskirts Press handles all the details for its authors. |
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Here’s a sample of the Outskirts Press full page, full color author co-op.
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| Co-Op Advertising allows you to secure premium, full-color exposure for your book in a high-quality trade publication for a minimal amount of money. Your book will occupy a 2″ x 2.5″ space along with 11 other Outskirts Press titles within a full-color, full-page ad. Your ad space will include a full color cover image, an abbreviated synopsis, the ISBN, and retail price. All books will include retail and wholesale ordering information.BONUS: If you have the Retail Returns Option, your participating ISBN(s) will be indicated as being fully returnable through Ingram — a little tidbit buyers are particularly interested in.
HOW TO ORDER: To order the ForeWord Magazine Co-Op, sign-in to your author’s center and click on the Marketing Options button to bring up your menu of available marketing services and products. Select the ForeWord Co-Op to add the service to your shopping cart. Not published with the fastest-growing full-service
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Add comment October 28, 2008
Self-published authors in the New York Times Book Review
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2.9 million readers who purchased a combined total of 39 million books in the past year
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Consumers who are twice as likely to buy biographies and history titles
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Readers who are 93% more likely to buy fiction
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1.7 million households with children
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Readers who are heavy readers, reading an average of 25+ books in the past year
The Outskirts Press Marketing COACH will be emailing our published authors about this unique opportunity to get your book in front of 5 million holiday shoppers for a fraction of the cost of what it would cost on your own. Your book cover and ordering information, including your webpage URL, will occupy an approximate 2″ x 2″ space.
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Add comment October 27, 2008
Does Oprah Love the Amazon Kindle?
Speaking of the Kindle, be sure to watch the Oprah Winfrey show on Friday, October 24th to see if the Amazon Kindle qualifies as Oprah’s newest “favorite gadget ever.” Is she talking about the Kindle when she says it will change everything? Tune in to find out, and then when the buzz erupts, be sure your book is already a part of the Kindle library by submitting your published book to the Amazon Kindle with the Outskirts Press Amazon Kindle Submission Service, available for Outskirts Press books.
Speaking of Kindle, what does Amazon have to say about its own device? Look at the Amazon detail page for the Kindle to see how Amazon uses its own knowledge of the features available to highlight its own product. What can you learn from this? Compare YOUR detail page with the Kindle page to see how you can improve your book’s listing on Amazon. For more help, Brent Sampson’s book, Sell Your Book on Amazon, can help.
To order all the marketing services available for Outskirts Press published authors, visit your Marketing Options page from your author’s center. Not yet a published Outskirts Press author? Click here to get started publishing today.
Add comment October 24, 2008
