1) She doesn’t want to worry about interior design, cover design, and all that stuff required by those DIY places.

2) She already has a full-time job. She just wants her book published.

3) She doesn’t have the spare cash to pay for full-service book publishing and marketing expenses.

Maybe you are facing the same situation?

Chances are that many of you could use the option of publishing your book now and paying for it later.

Outskirts Press has now included Paypal’s Bill Me Later service on their checkout page as a payment option. Bill Me Later services allow you to make a purchase now and pay later, and can be used at various outlets, including eBay.

In this recessionary economy, many retail companies are providing a simple solution to a typical problem faced by consumers – lack of liquid cash. Most customers that are interested in purchasing necessary long-term products and services do not have the required cash for it.  For authors falling into this category, Outskirts Press provides the solution.

What does this mean for you as a writer?

You can now purchase high-quality, full-service book publishing and book marketing options without paying anything upfront. Outskirts Press has incorporated this facility into their secure online shopping cart, along with the already available options of paying securely by credit card or by check or money order. With Paypal’s “Bill Me Later” funding option, you can order now and pay later, via installments orchestrated via PayPal.

So you can get full-service, high-quality self-publishing and book marketing services today without any upfront costs. Does that sound like a good deal?

So, are you ready to self-publish the easy, full-service, high-quality way?

1. Instant Recognition – When readers visit your author webpage, you will instantly be recognized for your achievement. This builds credibility and establishes expertise.
2. A Perfect Complement – If you have already added a seal or graphic to your book cover (and you should once you’ve won an award) adding the same graphic to your webpage complements the Award Recognition Cover Enhancement on your cover. In addition to having the award graphic on all your printed books, you will have a matching graphic on your author webpage.
3. Stand Out – Readers are often bombarded with potential books to read. You need to stand out in order for readers to choose your book. Award recognition is a great way to set yourself a part from the competition.

With the new Award Recognition Webpage Enhancement option, Outskirts Press will format an Award Graphic directly into your Outskirts Press author webpage so you can proudly display your status as an author of an award-winning book.  This is exclusively available for all Outskirts Press published authors.

It’s only natural to want to share your accomplishments with the reading and writing community. Sharing these accomplishments publicly can often mean the difference between “okay” book sales and “amazing” book sales. Statistically few published books win awards. If your book has won an award, shout it from the roof tops, add it to your cover, and showcase it on your webpages.

Speaking of which, now Outskirts Press authors can take advantage of our new Award Recognition Webpage Enhancement option. With this new option, we will format an award graphic (just like the ones we use for your award-winning printed book cover with our Cover Recognition option) into your Outskirts Press author webpage.

This comes just in time for winner announcements in recent book awards, as most contests will be announcing winners soon (if they haven’t already). However, this is also a nice way to spruce up your author webpage if you’ve already won an award in the past.

Click here to learn more about this option and prepare your webpage for this year’s readers.

TOP 10 DIAMOND BOOKS FROM OUTSKIRTS PRESS AUTHORS

“This is my second book published by Outskirts Press. If my future should include a third, I would definitely choose OP once again! Colleen was always prompt and clear in answering my questions!” Linda M. Hanahan is a graduate of Western Illinois University and a retired elementary school teacher. Her first book, Touched From Above, was published in 2009. She and her husband Bob currently live in Florida. They have two grown children. - Linda Hanahan, author of The Journey Continues To experience publishing success like this, click here to meet your consultant.

Authors with a poem, short story, joke, recipe, or any form of writing they would like to share with the world can visit the Outskirts Press Facebook page at facebook.com/outskirtspress to submit their work. The entries must be five thousand words or less and the writer must be the sole copyright holder for the piece they submit.

Submissions can be voted on by Facebook members with a click of the “Like” button to help Outskirts Press determine which contributions will be selected for the anthology.

“We’re excited to once again offer this free publishing opportunity to writers around the globe,” said Outskirts Press Vice President Kelly Schuknecht.  “The support and philanthropic spirit of our fans makes all of the effort worthwhile. And besides, it’s a great way for authors new to Outskirts Press to see just how fast, fun, and satisfying it can be to publish.”

Writers who are ready to publish their work for no cost should visit and “Like” the Outskirts Press Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/OutskirtsPress for more details and to submit their work.

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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.

Every year Reader Views honors exemplary books from independent self publishers with the Literary Book Award. Is your book one that the judges will be considering?

What do you get when you win? In addition to the ability to promote your work as an “award-winning book”, there are various awards up for grabs worth up to $1,500!

Outskirts Press authors can request us to handle all of the submission details for them. This includes printing copies of the book for the judges, mailing those copies to the judges via mail, paying the award submission fee, and completing entry forms. This is all included with our exclusive Reader Views Book Award Submission option, which Outskirts Press published authors can order securely and conveniently right here:

You can save 25% by submitting your book to multiple awards contests at the same time with the exclusive Outskirts Press Book Award Submission package. Check it out.

Top 10 Recently Published Diamond Books in Self-Publishing:

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AUTHOR SUCCESS STORIES

Kathalyn Pokley was born in Highland Park, Michigan, in 1952. She was raised in Alpena, Michigan, the majority of her life.
When an opportunity arose to attend Ferris State University
of Big Rapids, Michigan, she took the chance to leave
the small northern town for a future career in dental
assisting. She has managed several dental offices and
worked in the dental field for 35 years. She is married
to her husband of 32 years and has one son. She currently
makes her home in the Detroit metro area. She has enjoyed
writing, baking and painting as her main hobbies for many
years. This is her first book. Her desire to write this
book came after the tragic loss of her best friend, Sandy.

“My vision for the book turned out exactly as I had
hoped. Everyone was supportive throughout the process.
Answering the many questions that took me through to completion. The final product is getting wonderful acceptance and praise. I would recommend Outskirts Press to any new author who chooses to self publish. The only negative was the initial cost did not really include, for me anyway, the total amount that would be required to finalize my book. Many thanks to Jennifer, Andrea and the coaches for making this a success.”

- Kathalyn Pokley, author ofSaying Good-Bye to Sandy

Ready to publish your book?

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
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• professional custom cover design
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• 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:

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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.

Click here for all the details about how you can add $300 of upgrades and options to your publishing and marketing efforts when you start publishing today with Outskirts Press.

You spoke, we listened again!

Last month we also asked our author community what new
publishing option we should launch first, between these
three possibilities:

• Author Apps
• Amazon Featured Book-of-the-Week
• Social Media Market Research

The votes are in and Social Media Market Research
has been launched! This exclusive option, only available
for authors publishing with Outskirts Press, gives you the power to tap into our extensive, active community of writers, readers and industry professionals to ask them their opinions about your book (for instance, the cover design, or the book title). The votes and helpful comments you receive are available for you to see as they come in. There’s never been an affordable market research option like this for writers before.

It’s just another reason so many authors and professionals are choosing to publish and market all their books with Outskirts Press.

BONUS: With the current “Mad Money” promotion, you can get the Social Media Market Research option for FREE (plus other options, too!). Are you ready to start? Click here.

RECEIVE $300 IN OPTIONS AND UPGRADES WHEN YOU START PUBLISHING NOW

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, if those are the options you want.

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

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

 
RECENTLY PUBLISHED DIAMOND BOOKS FROM OUTSKIRTS PRESS

AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT AND SUCCESS STORY

Dr. Gwendolyn Jevita Cheatham graduated from Morris Brown College and began her teaching career in the Atlanta Public School System. After teaching for several years, she became the Instructional Coordinator of the Booker T. Washington High School Humanities Magnet Program. Pursuant to her interest in administration, she became an Assistant Principal. She received her Masters Degree in French from St. Louis University and another Masters Degree in Liberal Education from St. John’s College in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She also graduated from Georgia State University with a Specialist Degree in Education Administration and Supervision, and earned her Doctorate Degree in Educational Leadership at Walden University, in Minneapolis. Harvard University selected Dr. Cheatham as one of the sixteen educators across the United States to receive a Grant for the study of Greek and Latin lyric. Her love of literature and zest for life inspired her to publish this extraordinary book.

“During the publication process of my book with Outskirts Press, I realized that I should have chosen Outskirts Press when I wrote my first book; however, I will certainly utilize this company again because of its professional staff and the excellent manner in which everyone, especially my author representative, interacted with me from the very first day until the day I held my book in my hand and pressed it to my heart.”

- Dr. Gwendolyn Jevita Cheatham, author of Big Mama

By popular demand: Introducing the Apple e-book option for the iPad and iPhone!

Doesn’t your book deserve to be read by over 70 million iPad/iPhone users?

The new iPad/iPhone Premium Edition with Private Label iBooks Distribution from Outskirts Press allows you to reach this large (and constantly growing) market with enhanced, independent distribution of your book through Apple’s exclusive iBookstore.

• You receive your own unique ISBN just for your Apple e-book
• You receive Private Label publishing in YOUR name
• You receive the final .ePub file to keep and use
• You receive 100% of the net royalties directly from Apple (that’s 70% of whatever retail price you set)

“In the beginning, I looked at working directly with Apple myself on this project. After reviewing everything that was involved; time and money, it was clear that I was way ahead, once again, letting you, the experts handle it all for me.You and the rest of the team members at Outskirts Press know all of the ins and outs involved in each step of the publishing process and that holds true for iBook publishing with Apple as well. You make it so easy to do business with you. All I have to do is make a decision as to which of my publishing dreams I want to accomplish and you and the team at Outskirts Press make it come true. “ - David A. Koop, author of Cancer: It’s a Good Thing I Got It!

This option provides the simplest, most convenient, one-click solution for publishing your book as a iPad/iPhone ebook with full distribution on Apple’s iBookstore in YOUR NAME. Sure, other places may offer a “submission service” but they take all the control of your book, demand changes to the file/copyright page, use their ISBN, and take a portion of your money, too.

Imagine having an electronic edition of your book (in full-color for Pearls!) where the retail price (and your royalty) was not so dependent upon the book’s length. That 100 page full-color book can retail for $9.95 as an Apple e-book and still be in glorious full-color! It’s great for black/white books, too.

Outskirts Press will handle all of the submission details for you, including creating an ePub file (which you get to keep and use in your own marketing efforts) and registering your own eBook ISBN. The only you thing you are responsible for is keeping the money.

Click here to publish an iBook Apple e-book today for the iPad and iPhone.

RECENTLY PUBLISHED DIAMOND BOOKS FROM OUTSKIRTS PRESS

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.

“Outskirts Press published my first picture book very fast with constant contact with my representative. I love all the choices given. My marketing opportunities are outstanding with Outskirts Press versus any other sel publisher. I have just begun to see my book take off and I am already doing public readings for children. I am well on my way!”

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