What do you do if you've written a book about getting along with your mother-in-law just when President Obama's mother in-law has moved into the White House? If you're Sally Shields, author of The Daughter-in-Law Rules, you appear on Fox television. Turns out, Ms. Shields has a lot of advice for President Obama and his … Continue reading Fox News, Barack Obama, Sally Shields, Outskirts Press, and Self-Publishing
Month: January 2009
Award Every year USA Book News honors outstanding mainstream and independent books with their National Best Books Award. WINNERS & FINALISTS IN EACH CATEGORY RECEIVE: USA Book News Exposure: A six-month book listing which includes your color book cover, a brief paragraph about your title and a hyperlink to your website. Fantastic coverage for the … Continue reading USA Book News Best Books Award
You could win $3,000 cash and promotion in Writer's Digest and Publisher's Weekly! Outskirts Press is already the sponsor and publisher of Writer's Digest's annual Writing Competition Collection, which is one of the most renown short story contests in the country. Now Outskirts Press can help you participate in the Writer's Digest contest for books, … Continue reading Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards
Every fall, Outskirts Press helps its authors facilitate the submission of their published books to renown book award contests like the Benjamin Franklin Awards, ForeWord's Book of the Year Awards, and Reader Views Literary Awards. Now, Outskirts Press introduces the Spring Awards Season, and a whole new crop of legitimate and vetted book awards that Outskirts Press … Continue reading Indie Book Awards
A cover has 8 seconds to attract attention. Some experts say that potential buyers consider a front cover for 3 seconds and the back for an additional 5. 8 seconds... Press Play to watch our Custom Cover Video When it comes to self publishing a high quality book, there is no doubt that a strong … Continue reading Custom Cover Design for Self-Publishing Writers
Yesterday's post referred to the 10 "greenest" cities according to Entrepreneur magazine. We thought it might be fun to see how many of our authors were in each of those cities. So we generated a map pinpointing the location of an Outskirts Press author, represented by a little blue dot. Okay, okay, so when you've … Continue reading Self publishing and “going green” extends worldwide
In September 2008, the U.S. Green Building Council released the number of LEED-Certified buildings in each city of the U.S. In the same month, self-publishing author Gang Chen published LEED AP Exam Guide through Outskirts Press and became one of the top-five highest earning Outskirts Press authors in the fourth quarter. LEED stands for Leadership … Continue reading Up on the environment? Self-publishing may be the answer
When Gang Chen self-published his first book with Outskirts Press, he didn’t expect it to turn into such an amazing revenue stream, especially during this economic downturn. “I tried to publish my book with the conventional publishers,” Gang Chen says. “I contacted hundreds of them and I did get a book deal with one major … Continue reading Down on the economy? Self-Publishing may be the answer
As a published author, you have a seemingly endless list of book awards and contests to investigate. The way to determine which ones are worthwhile and which ones are a potential waste of time is to explore each one separately and research it on its own merits to determine if it is a good match … Continue reading 2009 Annual Self-Published Fiction Book Awards
Four countries, four months, four book fairs. Is a Global Book Tour right for self-published authors? 2009 Global Book Fair Schedule Announced for Self-Publishing Authors Regarded as the most important publishing event in the spring, The London Book Fair takes place April 20-22, 2009 at its new location, the East End near Docklands. Publishers from … Continue reading 2009 Global Book Fair Schedule Announced for Self-Publishing Authors