Book marketing is an important component to successful self publishing. Outskirts Press is an industry leader in providing post-publication support, products, and services to its growing family of published authors. Even if you have published elsewhere (sorry to hear that), our list of Top 10 Book Marketing Options can help you prioritize your book marketing … Continue reading Top 10 Self Publishing Book Marketing Options for March
Month: April 2010
Amazon recently announced the expansion of it's Digital Text Platform (DTP) to allow Kindle format submissions from international authors, removing the obligation to have a US bank account in order to participate in the program. Previously DTP was only available to authors and publishers based in the United States. This is great new for international authors! … Continue reading Good News from Amazon for International Self-Publishing Authors
When Don and Silvia McPherson had the inspiration to create an idyllic “home away from home” in Tuscany, Italy, it seemed like the perfect decision. After all, they were well acquainted with European ways, having lived for a time in Paris and traveled to Italy for more than two decades to vacation and visit with … Continue reading Self-Publishing Author Testimonial: Don McPherson
Memorial Day is May 31st, 2010 and Flag Day is June 14th, 2010. Want to send out a Memorial Day or Flag Day mailing to promote your book? Outskirts Press offers personal and customized Memorial Day and Flag Day Greeting Cards, featuring your published book! Greeting cards are 4.25”x 6” on Premium 14 pt. gloss … Continue reading Memorial Day & Flag Day Greeting Cards for Self-Publishing Authors
Author Dianne Nelson uses her own experience raising and caring for a previously abused foster child in order to shed light on America’s foster care system and inspire others to help fix it. Veteran author Dianne Nelson’s newest release, What About the Children?, subtitled What’s the Strategy to Prevent These Tragedies? and published by Outskirts … Continue reading Self-Publishing Book Spotlight: What About the Children?
What makes a best selling book in the competitive self-publishing market? It can be a variety of things like... a professionally designed custom cover professional copy-editing the content of the book can be very niche, targeted at a very specific and voracious audience the use of productive marketing services/products from the publisher Let's take a … Continue reading Self-Publishing Bestseller Spotlight: The Tales of Wordishure
One of the proven ways to market yourself and your book on the Internet is to write and distribute related articles that demonstarte your expertise in your subject matter. Even if your article does not blatantly promote your book, your "About the Author" byline section does, including a link to your webpage. This is also good … Continue reading Article Ghostwriting for Self-Publishing Authors
In today’s book marketing battleground, authors are looking for innovative tactics they can use to help them achieve wider exposure for their books. Outskirts Press has created a new Article Ghostwriting option to help their authors implement a successful marketing strategy that has proven effective for increasing Internet book sales. April 6, 2010 – Denver, … Continue reading Expert Article Ghostwriting Now Added to the Self Publishing Author’s Book Marketing Arsenal
Recently we were pleased to announce the 16 EVVY Award winning books published by Outskirts Press, and the Reader Views Literary Award winners just before that. It's true, Outskirts Press books win a lot of awards! Here's another one - Dark Fire by Claudia Newcorn, recently won Second Place in the Fiction: Science Fiction/Fantasy category by Rebecca's Reads … Continue reading Self Publishing Award Winning Book Spotlight: Dark Fire
In author NovaMelia’s new novel, The Saving of Aris, published by Outskirts Press, young Aristophanes Ball seeks to find the truth in life from the fundamental Christianity and the backwoods Florida customs he is born into. Ultimately the sympathetic young hero discovers his destiny is to take him on the surprising path he least expected … Continue reading Self Publishing Book Spotlight: The Saving of Aris