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ForeWord Book of the Year Award Submission for Self Publishing Authors
Win $1,500 in Cash!
ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the Year Awards were established to bring increased attention from librarians and booksellers to the literary achievements of independent publishers and their authors. Our awards process is unique because we ask a jury of our readers, librarians and booksellers, to select their top categories as well as choose the winning titles. Their decisions take into consideration editorial excellence, professional production, originality of the narrative, author credentials relative to the book and the value the book adds to its genre.
All finalists and winners will be notified via email. Finalists are announced each April. Winners in each category and overall for fiction and non-fiction will be announced at the Book Expo of America. First, second, and third place winners will be awarded in each category. A $1,500 cash prize will also be awarded to Best Fiction and Best Nonfiction as determined by the editors of ForeWord Magazine. ForeWord Magazine reserves the right to withhold an award in any category should submissions not meet criteria outlined by editorial and professional production standards mentioned above. All cash prizes are solely at the discretion of ForeWord Magazine.
Winners and finalists will also be featured in ForeWord Magazine and elsewhere.
Outskirts Press published authors can purchase the ForeWord Book of the Year Award submission option at any time conveniently from within the Author’s Center. Outskirts Press can facilitate the submission details to all these contests for you. With your purchase of this package and your eligible book, we will handle all the details, including:
- the award submission fee
- registering your book with the contest
- sending them each the necessary review copies of your book
- accurately and completely filling out the necessary entry forms
- selecting the most appropriate category for your book (if we’re not sure, we’ll ask you)
- shipping and handling costs of your book to each of the contest’s multiple judges
The registration deadline for this year’s award contest is Thursday, December 17, 2009.
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Benjamin Franklin Awards for Self-Publishing Authors
The Benjamin Franklin Awards are among the most respected Book Awards in the country. The awards recognize excellence in both editorial and design. The specific genre categories are judged by three industry professionals, coming from the library, bookstore, reviewer, designer, publicity and editorial markets.
All finalists will be notified in the late spring, early summer.
The winners in each category will be announced at the IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards presentation during the Publishing University at the Book Expo of America. Finalists will receive a certificate of excellence; winners will receive the Benjamin Franklin Award trophy. All finalists will be displayed during the Publishing University and at the Awards Ceremony and all winners will be displayed in a special booth at Book Expo America. Winners and finalists will also be featured on the IBPA website, among other places.
Outskirts Press published authors can purchase the Benjamin Franklin Award submission option at any time conveniently from within the Author’s Center.
Outskirts Press can facilitate the submission details to all these contests for you. With your purchase of this package and your eligible book, we will handle all the details, including
- the award submission fee
- registering your book with the contest
- sending them each the necessary review copies of your book
- accurately and completely filling out the necessary entry forms
- selecting the most appropriate category for your book (if we’re not sure, we’ll ask you)
- shipping and handling costs of your book to each of the contest’s multiple judges
The registration deadline for this year’s award contest is Monday, November 30, 2009.
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2 comments November 23, 2009
New Year Cards for Self-Published Authors
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Want to send out a New Year mailing to promote your book? Outskirts Press now offers personal and customized New Year Greeting Cards, featuring your published 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 3-4weeks. 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. |
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Self-Publishing Authors Participating in the 2009 Frankfurt Book Fair
The Frankfurt Book Fair (Buchmesse) remains the publishing world’s most important annual book marketing event. Beyond the high-visibility sales and publicity campaigns, much more is going on behind the scenes. A quorum of the world’s international rights agents descend upon Frankfurt in search of fresh and exciting titles. And while larger contracts involving celebrity authors and major publishing houses are negotiated, signed, and announced during the show, the Buchmesse continues to offer an excellent forum for the discovery and contracting of titles from independent publishers. Since Frankfurt is a vital component of the publishing world’s economic engine, simply being part of the scene, on any scale, is sound business. Recognition at Frankfurt is a lesser-known title or author’s first important step onto the global stage.
The following books published by Outskirts Press participated in the Frankfurt Book Fair this year:
Book Fair space is available in limited quantities on a first-come, first served basis. Outskirts Press authors can save 25% on 4 major book events throughout the year (London, BEA, Beijing, Frankfurt) with the Global Book Tour package. Or, to register for the 2010 Frankfurt Book Fair a la carte, visit the Marketing Options screen of your author’s center today.
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Custom T-Shirts for Self-Publishing Authors
Is there a cooler, more unique way to promote your book than by wearing it?
Not only are these custom t-shirts a great conversation starter, and a great wardrobe choice for book fairs, author signings, and other events, but they also make great gifts for family and friends.
Now that your book is published and no longer in your head, put it to your back with these high quality shirts.
Each t-shirt is:
- white, short-sleeved
- heavyweight, classic fit, pre-shrunk, 100% cotton
Your t-shirt will be customized with the front cover of your book on the front!
(see sample, below)
Your t-shirt will be customized with the back cover of your book on the back!
(see sample, below)
These custom t-shirts come in a wide variety of both adult or children’s sizes.
Important: After you order your shirt, we will contact you via email for your size preference, based upon the size chart below. We cannot complete your order until you respond to our inquiry about your preferred t-shirt size.
Outskirts Press authors can order these Custom T-Shirts at any time easily and conveniently from the marketing options page in the Author’s Center.
**Since these t-shirts are custom-made, refunds are not available once the order is placed.
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1 comment November 16, 2009
