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Happy New Year from Outskirts Press

01 Jan

Please join us in welcoming in the new year with some sneak peeks at what Outskirts Press has in store for its growing community of new and successfully published authors in 2012:

  • Win a free Barnes & Noble NOOK!
    Didn’t win the free Amazon Kindle in our 25 Days of Christmas drawing? No worries! We’re still going to hold a drawing for a free Barnes & Noble NOOK once we reach 5000 “likes” on our Facebook page. Need a NOOK edition of your book? Click here.
  • Free publication in our exclusive Facebook Fandemonium Volume II
    Our 2nd annual Facebook Fandemonium anthology is coming. In January we will solicit submissions from our Facebook friends. This is your chance to be published for free in our next collection of fiction and poetry, and help a good cause at the same time (royalties benefit the American Red Cross). Check out Fandemonium Volume I by clicking here.
  • Receive over $300 of free Amazon marketing options
    Historically, publishing a book is the #2 New Year’s Resolution among all people (losing weight is #1).  You’re on your own with #1, but we’ve helped thousands upon thousands of writers fulfill that #2 New Year’s Resolution.  Are you ready to fulfill yours? We can help you, too. And if you start publishing right now, you can get a head start on marketing with over $300 of Amazon book marketing options. Click here for all the details. 
  • Free 2012 Book Marketing Calendar for our published authors
    When is the deadline for participating in the Book Expo of America? When is the deadline for submitting your book to the Writer’s Digest International Self-Published Book Awards?  What should you do to promote your book during Small Press Month? (When IS Small Press Month)?  These questions, and others, are answered in the 2012 Book Marketing Calendar, available for all published Outskirts Press authors. And you can get it free in January! Stay tuned for details.
  • Win a free Apple iPad 2!
    Yes, you read that right. We’ll be announcing the exciting details of our Share the Love promotion in February. In the meantime, if you want to start off 2012 with a premium edition of your book on the iPad and available in the iBooks bookstore, click here. It couldn’t be simpler.

And that’s just in the first two months! Stay tuned to this blog or our Facebook page for further details on all these opportunities as we help our new and existing clients fulfill their New Year’s Resolutions for this exciting New Year.

Happy New Year, from Outskirts Press!

 
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Posted by on January 1, 2012 in Author Inspiration, Facebook anthology, Holiday, Marketing Options, Promotions

 

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Congratulations to the winner of the free Amazon Kindle!

26 Dec

Thank you to all our Facebook friends who joined us during the 25 Days of Christmas for a chance to win a free e-book reading device.  We surpassed 4,000 fans, and it’s all thanks to you!  And congratulations specifically to Jerry Weaver of Panama City Beach, Florida, who won a FREE AMAZON KINDLE yesterday.  We notified Jerry of the good news on Christmas day  and will be shipping his Kindle out to him. Congrats, Jerry!

And here’s some great news even if you didn’t win. Since we got so close to the 5,000 fans needed to “unlock” the free Barnes & Noble NOOK drawing, we are going to keep the promotion going into the New Year. Once we reach 5,000 “likes” on our Outskirts Press Facebook page, we will hold the drawing for your chance to win a free Barnes & Noble NOOK. So stay connected, keep writing, keeping publishing, and keep promoting your book with the help of Outskirts Press!

In fact, 2012 is the best year ever to stay connected with Outskirts Press and stay friends with us on Facebook. In January we will announce your opportunity to get published for free in our next Facebook Anthology, Fandemonium Volume 2 — exclusively for our Facebook friends.

And in February, just in time for Valentine’s Day, comes our exciting “Share the Love” event and your chance to win a free Apple iPad 2! Stayed tuned for the details. You’re going to love it.

Speaking of Kindles, Nooks, and iPads, did you know Outskirts Press makes it easier than ever to publish your book on these 3 leading e-book devices? And it doesn’t matter where (or if) you have published. We take care of all the conversions, submissions, and details – and you keep 100% of the profits. It’s that simple!  Click on the links below for more details or to order now:

 
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Posted by on December 26, 2011 in contests, Holiday, Promotions

 

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Merry Christmas From Outskirts Press

25 Dec

From our family to yours, we wish you a very Merry Christmas!

Standing: Elise, Deni, Shirley, Ellen, Jenny, Patrick, Donna, Cindy, Tony, Lonni, Brent
Sitting: Jeanine, Lora, Lynn

If you don’t see all your Production Team members, don’t worry. Only about 20% of us are in the photograph above, but we ALL wish every one of our published, in-progress, and soon-to-be-published authors a happy, safe, and wonderful holiday season! And from all of us, thank you for choosing Outskirts Press to help you meet your book publishing and marketing goals.

 

 
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Posted by on December 25, 2011 in Holiday, Outskirts Press News

 

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Self-Publishing This Holiday Season? We Can Save You Some Money

17 Dec

Seasons Greetings!

As a community endeavor, Outskirts Press helps people realize their dreams of self-publishing and sharing their words and work with everyone. But we understand that self-publishing can be a time-consuming and expensive experience.

Regardless, it is always exciting to self-publish and market your own work.

So this Christmas, for a limited time only, we are making self-publishing more affordable and even more exciting!

If you order our self-publishing packages over the 2011 holiday season, you can receive a twenty (20) percent discount on either of the two top-of-the-line publishing packages. Both the Diamond and the full-color Pearl publishing packages include a greater range of formatting, pricing and distribution options than any packages offered by any other publisher.

Both the Diamond and the Pearl packages include paperback editions and hardcover formats. Each Diamond and Pearl book includes its own ISBN, price-embedded barcode and  unlimited wholesale printing, fulfillment and distribution through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Ingram, Baker and Taylor, Bertram and others.

And, of course, if you publish with us, you get to keep 100% of the royalties, 100% of the rights, and 100% of the control.

All in all, this is a win-win situation for you.

As Outskirts Press Vice President Kelly Schuknecht puts it, “This is a way of saying Happy Holidays to our growing family of self-publishing authors from all of us here at Outskirts Press.”

The promotion code to save 20% instantly is HOLIDAY2011 and the deadline is December 31, 2011.

Order Diamond Package Here

Order Pearl Package Here

For more details on this limited-time offer, click here.

 
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Posted by on December 17, 2011 in Holiday, Uncategorized

 

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Self Publishing Discount: Save 20% this holiday season

15 Dec

Season’s Greetings from Outskirts Press.
Our gift to you… $200 (or more)!

You can save 20% instantly when you start publishing with
the ultimate Diamond or full-color Pearl packages today.

Just enter this promotion code into your shopping cart when you order your Diamond or full-color Pearl package today:

Promo code: HOLIDAY2011

For all the promotion details and to get started, please click here.

AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT & SUCCESS STORY

Carol A. Bender left a more lucrative profession in real estate to pursue a calling in human services. She has worked with abused and neglected children for more than ten years. The roles of teacher/student were often interchangeable. Carol hopes to empower children to think for themselves and use sound judgment. Carol followed her heart and now experiences more joy and wealth than she ever did before. Living in a rambling old farm house with her husband Eric, who she affectionately refers to as Captain Chaos, they are following their dreams of owning a bed & breakfast. Happy to have her grandchildren nearby and plenty of farm animals to keep her company, she shares her adventures, creative process, and much more on her blogs. http://carolbenderauthor.blogspot.com/

“I love having choices. Outskirts is all about options. I am very satisfied with my experience with Outskirts and what they are doing for writers everywhere. Outskirts gave me the opportunity to publish my picture book with confidence, in less than half the time it would have taken with a traditional publisher. It feels great knowing children are meeting my characters, Picky Peter and the pigs in 2011. Children can enjoy my story about making healthy choices, NOW. That makes me very happy.”

- Carol A. Bender, author of Picky Eater, That Peter

To experience publishing success like this, click here to meet your consultant.

 
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Posted by on December 15, 2011 in Holiday, Promotions

 

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Self-Published Books Featured in the New York Times

08 Dec

The December 4th issue of the New York Times Book Review focuses on the top 10 books of the year.  For six Outskirts Press authors, this proves to be a very exciting time when their books will appear in the New York Times Book Review.

The New York Times Holiday Edition of the NYT Book Review is distributed to nearly 5 million people, and in the pages of that edition is the Outskirts Press co-op announcement featured below:

All of 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 for discounts ranging from 10% – 55%. 

Want to reserve your own spot in next year’s New York Times ad?

 
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Posted by on December 8, 2011 in Book Spotlight, Holiday

 

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Happy Thanksgiving 2011!

24 Nov

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at Outskirts Press!


Post a comment about what you are thankful for today.


 
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Posted by on November 24, 2011 in Holiday, Uncategorized

 

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Top 10 Books for Halloween

15 Oct

What are your plans for a haunted Halloween? Going trick or treating with the kids? Going to a party? Throwing one? Whatever your plans, there is always time to curl up with a good book. Here are ten top recommendations for a chillingly good time, from Outskirts Press authors:

 

Creatures by Gerry Griffiths

The Family Bones by Kimberly Raiser

Hour of the Beast by C. Michael Forsyth

Embellish by R. L. Sloan

The Ghost of Governor’s Bridge by Skip Stover

Lucifer Rising by Barbara Fifield

The Not So Wicked, Wicked Witch by Amy Carter

The Skeleton By The Bay by Melissa M. Rounds

Tricked by Holly E. Gaskin

Z1N1: The Zombie Pandemic by Mitchell Layne Cook

Have your own horror, mystery, or holiday children’s book to publish? We can help you. Click here.

TODAY’S PROMOTION:

Start publishing with the ultimate Diamond or full-color Pearl packages today and you will receive $300 of “Mad Money,” good toward any production options or upgrades we offer.

What will you get with your $300 of extra spending “Mad
Money” to improve your book? Here are some possibilities:

  • professional custom cover design
  • Amazon Kindle edition
  • iPad/iPhone enhanced edition
  • social media Market
    Research

With the Amazon Kindle edition, copyright registration, and Library of Congress Number costing $99 each, this
promo allows you to get all three for FREE. That’s just an example of this value-packed promotion. You can apply the $300 credit to ANY pre-production option/upgrade we offer.

Just enter this promotion code into your shopping cart when you order your Diamond or full-color Pearl package today:

Promo code: MADMONEYOCT11

For all the promotion details and to get started, please click here.

AUTHOR SUCCESS STORIES

Irene Brodsky is a part-time educator from Brooklyn College
NYC, author of poetry and children’s books. She lives with her husband in Brooklyn. Queen Esther’s New Coloring Book is her 3rd published work. Bill Steyert is a veteran of the Vietnam war, worked for environmental groups in Chicago, lives with his wife, Carmela (a Jewish educator), in Forest Hills, N.Y. His artistic talent enhances
her teaching of Hebrew Jewish history and traditions. Queen Esther’s New Coloring Book is his first published work.

“I don’t know of any other publisher who provides such professional service as an affordable rate. My consultant and representative took a personal interest in my new coloring book and they were very complimentary about my new illustrator. They truly made our book come alive. A dream come true and it is now on many book sites including Indie Bound books. This is my 3rd book with Outskirts
Press and my illustrator and I are talking about our next book, which will be about a child’s first visit to the library. Thank you to the entire staff of Outskirts Press.”

- Irene Brodsky, author ofQueen Esther’s New Coloring Book

To experience publishing success like this, click here to meet your consultant.

 
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Posted by on October 15, 2011 in Holiday, Outskirts Press News, Top 10

 

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It’s Time to Start Thinking About Holiday Greeting Cards!

21 Sep

Want to send out a Holiday mailing? What better way than to send a card that also doubles to promote your book?!

Greeting cards are 4.25”x 6” on Premium 14 pt. gloss cover stock. These cards are full color, front and back, and scored for easy folding. The front of the card recognizes the occasion. The inside-left of the card highlights your single book, along with the title, the author name, the cover image, and the webpage address. The inside-right of the card is blank so that you can personalize each card with a handwritten message before folding and mailing them in the included white envelopes.

Greeting cards come in quantities of 250. Outskirts Press authors can also order Custom US First Class Postal Stamps to send out these promotional mailings. Both of these optional marketing products can easily and conveniently be added from the Marketing Options screen of their author’s center.

*Production, printing and shipping can take up to 3-4 weeks. Order now to allow plenty of time to receive your cards for a timely holiday promotional mailing.

** The interior image in the example features “Sell Your Book on Amazon.” Details and cover image will be replaced by the details and cover image for your book.

It’s time to get published and experience book marketing support like this.
Click here for free publishing guides to help you get started.

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Posted by on September 21, 2011 in Holiday, Marketing Options

 

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Happy Father’s Day from Outskirts Press

19 Jun

Happy Father’s Day to all of the fathers (and soon to be fathers)!

Here are our top 3 Father’s Day books for your enjoyment:

Fathers, enjoy your day!

Make sure to do something special for your father today!

 
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Posted by on June 19, 2011 in Holiday, Uncategorized

 
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