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16 EVVY Award-winning books

31 Mar

It seems like just recently, award-winning authors from Outskirts Press were recognized by the Reader Views Literary Book Awards.

Now, Outskirts Press leads the way with the most awards in the 16th Annual CIPA EVVY Awards. On hand to accept the awards on behalf of our talented group of award-winning authors were:

Back Row: Karl, Brent, Shirley, Debra, Ellen, Caroline
Front Row: Jeanine, Trinity

Here are the 2010 EVVY Award Winners from Outskirts Press, where award-winning authors publish award-winning books:

FIRST PLACE

The Gate of Beautiful, by Gerald Rasmussen
Spirituality/Religion Category

The Bethlehem Scroll, by Bill Thompson
Fiction Category

Harness the Power of Exceptional Customer Service, by Gaylyn R. Williams
Business/Finance Category

The Messy Buddha, by Kate McLennan, D.Min.
Inspirational Category

SECOND PLACE

Tirissa and the Necklace of Nulidor, by Willow
Juvenile Category

Charlie – A Boy With Reading Difficulties and His Dream, by Vassiliki Plomaritou
Parenting/Family Category

Mr. Emotions & Friends, by Glenna S. Edwards & Karen Henriques
Workbooks Category

Let Your Innate Sing, by Dr. William A. Kriva
Legacy Category

THIRD PLACE

Emerge, by Ken Jibben
Spirituality/Religion

Virginia’s Travel Basket, by Sharon M. Harvey
Juvenile Category

Harness the Power of Exceptional Customer Service, by Gaylyn R. Williams
How To Category

Khan in Rasputin’s Shadow, by Chad Huskins
Fiction Category

Life Against All Odds, by Alfred Cave
Legacy Category

Merit Awards

The Reluctant Survivor, by Kathy Ferrell Powell
Legacy Category

Mickey Mantle Is Going To Heaven, by Fritz Peterson
Memoirs Category

The Transition, by Dennis Niewoehner
Self-Help Category

Rainbow Bed, by Glenna S. Edwards
Juvenile Category

Congratulations to all our award-winning authors!

It is now easier than ever to promote your award-winning book with the Award Recognition Cover Enhancement, which puts a permanent award-winning seal on every new printed copy of your book. Published, award-winning Outskirts Press authors can order this option conveniently from their Marketing Options screen by clicking here.

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Posted by on March 31, 2010 in Author Spotlight, Awards, EVVY Book Awards

 

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Colorado Independent Publishers Association Recognizes Sixteen Self-Publishing Authors With Outskirts Press in the 16th Annual EVVY Awards

30 Mar

Inc. 500 self-publishing company Outskirts Press leads the way with the most award-winning books at the 16th Annual EVVY Awards book competition.

March 30, 2010. Denver, Colorado – In its 16th year, the 2010 EVVY Awards ceremony was held Saturday night by the Colorado Independent Publishers Association (CIPA) to recognize excellence in self-published and independently published books from Colorado publishers. Entries are judged by a panel of independent judges who are experts and professionals in their respective category fields.

Categories included autobiography/memoirs, biography/history, business/finance, fiction, how-to, inspirational, self-help, juvenile, legacy, non-fiction experiences, poetry, political/social, spirituality/religion, workbooks and travel. Each category can award a 1st, 2nd or 3rd place EVVY award, along with honorable mentions (Merit Awards).

For the fifth consecutive year, Outskirts Press led the way with the most award-winning books among participating publishers with four 1st place awards, four 2nd place awards, five 3rd place awards, and four Merit Awards.

“We are always excited to notify our award-winners of their EVVY Award,” stated Outskirts Press president and CEO Brent Sampson at the event. “Authors understand how fierce the competition is and how stringent the judges are, so this is truly a wonderful accomplishment for all these award-winning authors.”

The 2010 EVVY Award-winners from Outskirts Press are:

Spirituality/Religion – 1st Place – The Gate of Beautiful, by Gerald Rasmussen

Business/Finance – 1st Place – Harness the Power of Exceptional Customer Service, by Gaylyn Williams

Fiction – 1st Place – The Bethlehem Scroll, by Bill Thompson

Inspirational – 1st Place – The Messy Buddha, by Kate McLennan

Juvenile – 2nd Place – Trissa and the Necklace of Nulidor, by Willow

Parenting/Family – 2nd Place – Charlie, by Vassiliki Plomaritou

Legacy – 2nd Place – Let Your Innate Sing, by Dr. William A. Kriva

Workbooks – 2nd Place – Mr. Emotions & Friends, by Glenna S. Edwards & Karen Henriques

Fiction – 3rd Place – Khan in Rasputin’s Shadow, by Chad Huskins

How To – 3rd Place – Harness the Power of Exceptional Customer Service, by Gaylyn Williams

Juvenile – 3rd Place – Virginia’s Travel Basket, by Sharon M. Harvey

Spirituality/Religion – 3rd Place – Emerge, by Ken Jibben

Legacy – 3rd Place – Life Against All Odds, by Alfred Cave

Juvenile – Merit Award – Rainbow Bed, by Glenna Edwards

Self-Help – Merit Award – The Transition, by Dennis Niewoehner

Memoirs – Merit Award – Mickey Mantle is Going to Heaven, by Fritz Peterson

Legacy – Merit Award – The Reluctant Survivor, by Kathy Ferrell Powell

Previous Outskirts Press EVVY-winner Andrew J. Rodriquez says, “Like the college student who earns a diploma for finishing at the top of his class, Adios, Havana [was] catapulted from the slush pile to the pinnacle of memoirs by winning a prestigious EVVY award. This tribute is my best credential to access audiences otherwise impossible to reach by a self-published author.”

For more information about Outskirts Press, where award-winning authors publish award-winning books, visit http://www.outskirtspress.com .

About Outskirts Press, Inc:

Outskirts Press, an Inc. 500 company, offers full-service, custom self-publishing and book marketing services for authors seeking a cost-effective, fast, and flexible way to publish and distribute their books worldwide while retaining all their rights and full creative control. Available for authors globally at www.outskirtspress.com and located on the outskirts of Denver, Colorado, Outskirts Press represents the future of book publishing, today.

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Posted by on March 30, 2010 in Awards, Outskirts Press News

 

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Self-Publishing Author Testimonial: Grady P. Brown

29 Mar
Successfully marketing a book can be a lot of work. A Personal Marketing Assistant is ideal for authors who want marketing assistance that is personal and specific. The Outskirts Press Personal Marketing Assistant is available to work with authors to promote your book in accordance with your plan and goals.The Personal Marketing Assistant will correspond with you to arrive upon a marketing action plan. You will agree upon the specific tactics that will be taken which may include things like soliciting book reviews, contacting local bookstores, completing the verbiage on an author’s webpage, improving your Amazon tactics, or any number of tasks.

Meet one of the Outskirts Press Personal Marketing Assistants:

Sally Shields is an award-winning pianist, composer, speaker, author and radio personality. Co-host of the exciting new BlogTalkRadio show, “Blurb!” Shields is a frequent contributor to various magazines, and has been featured in Star Magazine, Obvious, My Day, Girlfriendz, For the Bride and many others. Endorsed by Dr. Laura Schlessinger and Martha Stewart, she has appeared on Fox and Friends, and is a repeat guest on the nationally syndicated The Daily Buzz with her Wedding Showers #1 Amazon.com bestseller, THE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW RULES!Winner of the 17th annual Great American Jazz Piano Competition, she performs, speaks and gives workshops worldwide, and her music is currently featured on the ABC TV daytime drama All My Children. While not traveling and performing, she lives at home in New York City with her husband and two children.

Testimonial from Grady P. Brown, author of The Young Guardians and the Genesis Spell:

You have been an extremely helpful and valuable resource and business partner. Before I was assigned to you, I was lost and did not know which direction I should go, but when I was assigned to you, your advice and support were just the thing I needed to be pointed in the right direction. I was alone and lost in a dark tunnel without a flashlight, but your support and advice became a light at the end of the tunnel that is guiding me towards the outside world. No amount of gratitude would be enough to repay you for all your help. I wish I could help you as much as you helped me. Thank you and I hope we can continue to work together.

The Personal Marketing Assistant is available as an a-la-carte option or as part of the Book Blast package where authors can save 25% on 5 powerful marketing services to blast their book into the stratosphere! Outskirts Press authors can easily and conveniently add the Personal Marketing Assistant option or the Book Blast package at any time from the Marketing Options screen of the author’s center. Outskirts Press has a team of Personal Marketing Assistants ready to help you in your book promotion efforts today!

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Posted by on March 29, 2010 in Marketing Options, Testimonials

 

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Self Publishing Book Spotlight: The Yellow Hummer

26 Mar

A broken Christmas, a saddened child and a heartbroken grandmother are the elements of this touching story for beginning readers which shows that people are always more important than things.
Ivet Graham-Morgan’s children’s story, The Yellow Hummer, published by Outskirts Press, counteracts the trend toward self-absorption in today’s society by showing how a four year old boy overcomes his own loss from a broken Christmas present and selflessly comforts his grandmother, who accidentally had damaged the yellow Hummer toy.

Set in a non-traditional home of a son, a working mother, a grandmother and no father, The Yellow Hummer tells the story of four-year-old Jordan, whose grandmother accidentally ruins his bright new Christmas toy. After crying himself to sleep that night, cuddling the damaged toy, he awakes to go and find his grandmother and to show her the empathy, respect, buoyancy and love that he knows will help lift the remorse she feels.

Young Jordan is able to look past himself as he realizes his grandmother’s feelings are more important than his yellow Hummer, a realization too rare, author Graham-Morgan notes, in today’s society of self-absorbed, materialistic Bernie Madoffs.

This charmingly illustrated, full color book is not just a Christmas story by circumstance; it also transcends the materiality of that season and conveys to its young readers and listeners the truly selfless spirit at the heart of that holiday.

“In a society dominated by self-centeredness, we need to help our children develop positive character traits,” says author Ivet Graham-Morgan.

The Yellow Hummer does that.

About the Author:
 
Ivet Graham-Morgan has had fulfilling careers in education, banking and law enforcement; but she has always been a writer at heart. A single parent, she had to wait until her sunset years to find the luxury of free time to follow that path. Now, surrounded by her children and grandchildren, she has returned to her first love, writing. She especially enjoys writing stories for her grandchildren.

For more information or to contact the author, visit www.outskirtspress.com/ivetgrahammorgan.

This author purchased the Book Blast, saving 25% on 5 powerful marketing services to blast the book into the stratosphere! The Book Blast package includes the following options: Custom Press Release, PR Publicist Campaign, Book Review Submission Service, Book Video (shown above) and Personal Marketing Assistant. Outskirts Press authors can easily and conveniently add this package at any time from the Marketing Options screen of the author’s center.

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Posted by on March 26, 2010 in Book Spotlight

 

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Self-Publishing Author Testimonial: Dr. B. Leland Baker

25 Mar

Successfully marketing a book can be a lot of work.  Outskirts Press Personal Marketing Assistants can help!  

Testimonial from Dr. B. Leland Baker,
author of Outskirts Press bestseller Tea Party Revival:

As a result of the Personal Marketing Assistant’s advice, my book is selling well, and I recently spoke at the Tea Party National Convention in Nashville, TN. They invited me to discuss the financial status of the Federal Government based upon my book.

I also appeared on PBS Television for a discussion on Tea Parties. Caroline is terrific!

~Dr. Baker

 

Watch Dr. Baker on the show here: http://video.kbdi.org/video/1417590214/#

Meet Caroline, Personal Marketing Assistant for Dr. B. Leland Baker:

With a long histCaroline Mooreory in marketing communications, Caroline brings a decade of marketing experience to Outskirts Press authors. She began her career in corporate communications developing and writing advertising strategies and campaigns. Her experience in a wide range of industries and market sectors (from tape drives to paleoclimatology to tea), enables her to target unique market niches giving Outskirts Press authors an extra advantage.

Caroline holds a Bachelor of Arts from Chaminade, University of Honolulu, HI. She resides in Colorado with her husband and beloved dog. In her free time, Caroline teaches piano lessons, enjoys gardening, long walks, and is an avid reader. She is fluent in French and currently working on her third language, Italian.

The Personal Marketing Assistant is available as an a-la-carte option or as part of the Book Blast package where authors can save 25% on 5 powerful marketing services to blast their book into the stratosphere! Outskirts Press authors can easily and conveniently add the Personal Marketing Assistant option or the Book Blast package at any time from the Marketing Options screen of the author’s center. Outskirts Press has a team of Personal Marketing Assistants ready to help you in your book promotion efforts today!

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Posted by on March 25, 2010 in Book Spotlight, Testimonials

 

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Self Publishing and the 2010 Bologna Children’s Book Fair

24 Mar

The Bologna Children’s Book Fair, taking place this week, is the world’s leading book fair focusing solely on children’s publishing with a focus on the sale of rights and international co-productions. The following Outskirts Press titles can be found on exhibit at this year’s event:





If you are a published Children’s book author with Outskirts Press and interested in exhibiting your book with the Bologna Children’s Book Fair next year, you can register for this event conveniently from your author’s center Marketing Options screen. Space is limited and filled on a first-come, first served basis. Due to the specific requirements of Bologna, this event is not a part of our Global Book Tour package and must be registered for separately if you are interested.

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Posted by on March 24, 2010 in Book Spotlight, Marketing Options

 

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Top 10 Best Selling Books in Self Publishing for February 2010

23 Mar

Outskirts Press, the fastest-growing full-service self-publishing and book marketing company, today announced its top ten best selling titles for February 2010 according to combined data from Ingram Book Wholesalers and Outskirts Press Wholesale Direct via http://outskirtspress.com/buybooks

In alphabetical order, the top ten best selling books in self publishing during the month of February were:

Congratulations to our best selling authors from February 2010!

All these books, and other Outskirts Press titles, are available from all major online retailers like Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Powells, Books A Million, and others, plus conveniently from the Outskirts Press bookstore at http://outskirtspress.com/bookstore (or in quantities of 10 or more for full wholesale trade discounts at Outskirts Press Direct (where the retailer saves money and the author still get their full royalty): http://outskirtspress.com/buybooks

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Writer’s Digest Awards – Upcoming Deadline for Self Publishing Authors

22 Mar

The Writer’s Digest International
Self-Publishing Book Awards

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 International Self-Publishing contest for books. You may be eligible to receive your part of over $17,000 in cash and prizes.

We can take care of all the submission details for you, including the completion of the necessary forms, the entry fee, and the required copies of your book. We will select the most appropriate category for submission from among the category choices listed below.

This contest is one of six confirmed and vetted awards Outskirts Press recommends and it available as part of its Spring Season Book Awards Submissions.

THE PRIZES:

  • ONE GRAND PRIZE WINNER will be awarded $3,000 cash and promotion in Writer’s Digest and Publishers Weekly. The editors of Writer’sDigest will endorse and submit 10 copies of the Grand Prize-Winning book to major review houses such as The New York Times and The Washington Post. In addition, Book Marketing Works, LLC will provide a one-year membership in Publishers Marketing Association, guaranteed acceptance in a special-sales catalog providing national representation through 5000 salespeople selling to non-bookstore markets, guaranteed acceptance by Atlas Books (a top distributor to wholesalers, chains, independents and online retailers) and six hours of book shepherding from Poynter Book Shepherd Ellen Reid.
  • 10 FIRST-PLACE WINNERS will receive $1000 cash and promotion in Writer’s Digest. In addition, Book Marketing Works, LLC will provide a guaranteed review in Midwest Book Review, a one-year membership to Book Central Station, the eBook Beyond the Bookstore, a Publishers Weekly book by Brian Jud and a copy of Grassroots Marketing for Authors and Publishers by Shel Horowitz.
  • HONORABLE MENTION WINNERS will receive promotion at www.writersdigest.com, $50 worth of Writer’s Digest Books and a Notable Award Certificate.

THE CATEGORIES:

  • Mainstream/Literary Fiction
  • Genre Fiction
  • Nonfiction
  • Inspirational (Spiritual, New Age)
  • Life Stories (Biographies, Autobiographies, Family Histories, Memoirs)
  • Children’s Picture books
  • Middle-Grade/Young Adult books
  • Reference Books (Directories, Encyclopedias, Guide Books)
  • Poetry

Outskirts Press published authors can order this award submission service conveniently from the author’s center by choosing the Writer’s Digest Awards Full Submission Service from the Marketing Options screen.

Hurry! The deadline for order is April 2, 2010.

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Posted by on March 22, 2010 in Awards, Marketing Options

 

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Guest Post: Why You Should Consider Becoming an Amazon Bestseller

20 Mar

This guest post was provided by Outskirts Press Personal Marketing Assistant, Sally Shields.

Many of you either have a great idea for a book, or you’ve already written one.  You may be in the process of self-publishing or have a few hundred of them boxed up in your basement or garage, or sitting on Amazon, ranked in the millions. You’ve given away a few copies to your family and friends.  Very nice. Now what? 

One strategy is to use Amazon and best seller status to sell more of those books and I’m going to tell you about some the steps I took to get there so that you can apply them to your book.

Let me outline some of the benefits to an Amazon.com bestseller campaign.

It builds credibility and prestige. Being published alone, is a very substantial thing in people’s eyes because they realize it takes major commitment and dedication to finish, but being a bestseller gives you extra credibility.

When your book is a national bestseller, it generates more interest in your book and boosts its sales. 

When your book makes it to the bestseller list, influential members of the book world take notice. The media notices, as do industry insiders such as literary agents, book editors, and foreign rights buyers. The media loves to use that credential; it gets attached to your name, ‘bestselling author Sally Shields.”

It will help you acquire customers, and create hi-favorability among them.  You are now perceived as an expert and can then charge more for your services.

You have a much easier time selling your book to organizations and corporations in bulk.

You can become a speaker!  There are countless organizations who are looking for speakers everyday and you are much more likely to get booked if you have a bestseller status.  

So, how does this all work?

In short, the formula involves getting people with big email lists to send out an announcement asking people to buy your book on a given day at Amazon. This method isn’t “spamming” because only “opt-in” email lists are used.

To motivate people to purchase the book, you promise them a lot of digitally-downloadable “bonus gifts” for when they submitted their Amazon email receipt. For instance, buy a $20 book and you could get $500 of more of extra bonuses—a tremendous incentive to buy the book. Even better, because the formula uses email, it costs almost nothing to promote the book!Contrary to what you may believe, to launch your own successful online email campaign

You do NOT need any previous online or marketing experience 


You do NOT need to personally be a web designer,

You do NOT need your own mailing list

You do NOT need a fortune in cash because this formula uses email marketing it’s almost free to implement)


You do NOT need to leave the comfort of your home office

What you DO NEED is the right guidance from someone who has launched a successful best seller online email campaign AND experienced the high level of success that you desire.

Amazingly enough, online marketing is likely one of the most effective methods for marketing books today … WHEN it is done right.  For more information on how to run your own Amazon.com bestseller campaign, please visit: www.sallyshields.com/outskirtspress for more details.

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Posted by on March 20, 2010 in Advice, Guest Post

 

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Self Publishing Book Spotlight: The Script-Chores

19 Mar

 In his first volume of poetry Chris Apoder O’Riordan-Adjah provides a collection of verse written to please both the veteran poetry lover and the newcomer to poetry alike. The poet draws from his diverse and passionate experience to create a spirit-work for all to enjoy.

In The Script-Chores, published by Outskirts Press, Poet Chris Apoder O’Riordan-Adjah acknowledges his gratitude to God and tells of his responsibility — his “chore” — to share his personal message — his “script” — of having overcome all challenges and obstacles through the Lord.
Proud to call himself the Lord’s “On Call” servant, the poet began an unexpected love for poetry in the 1990’s when he found himself in the Diaspora and started to record his tribulations in a new world. “I had in the past underestimated the power of poetry,” he says. “I started paying closer attention to poets and to what they had to say and went ‘Whoa!’”

Particularly enamored of the poetry of Maya Angelou, O’Riordan-Adjah realized what he had already been working on as his “Hope Notes” shared an intention with Angelou’s writings, and he began to transform these recordings of his experience into the series of poems which now compose The Script-Chores.

With this collection of hopeful, humorous and heartwarming poetry, O’Riordan-Adjah hopes to inspire readers through the lessons of his own life story and to provide them with poems that are more than a one time read, much like the Scriptures themselves, which one can go back to time after time to garner more meaning.

The Script-Chores is available on-line in paperback through Amazon, Barnes and Noble and www.addjahlife.com and at www.outskirtspress.com/buybooks for a maximum trade discount in quantities of ten or more.

About the Author:
 
Chris Apoder O’Riordan-Adjah was born in Berlin, raised in Ghana, and has now spent more than fifteen years in the United States. He is married to the beautiful Simonetta, who was born in Jamaica. As his passion for poetry grew and as he kept listening to the constant cry of a still small voice for him to compile all of his work, he finally enrolled in the Long Ridge Writers’ Group, obtained his diploma, and started submitting his poems to the International Library of Poetry.

For more information or to contact the author, visit www.addjahlife.com or www.outskirtspress.com/scriptchores.

This author purchased the Book Blast package, saving 25% on 5 powerful marketing services to blast the book into the stratosphere! The Book Blast package includes the following options: Custom Press Release, PR Publicist Campaign, Book Review Submission Service, Book Video (shown above) and Personal Marketing Assistant. Outskirts Press authors can easily and conveniently add this package at any time from the Marketing Options screen of the author’s center.

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