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, our list of Top 10 Book Marketing Options can help you prioritize your book marketing efforts by providing you with the most popular and effective book marketing and promotional tactics as determined by our authors. These are tactics that are strongly recommended for successful book marketing after publication. Many of these products and services are even available to authors who did not publish with Outskirts Press. Visit our Marketing Solutions page to view the growing list of marketing options available to authors, regardless of where they published.
These are the marketing products and services determined to be most popular by our authors for the month of September 2010, listed below in alphabetical order:
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Amazon Extreme Package
Save 25% on 3 amazing marketing tactics centered around Amazon: The Amazon Kindle Edition, Search Inside the Book, and the Keyword Search Submission Service. Plus a free copy of the Amazon best selling book, Sell Your Book on Amazon. |
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Amazon Kindle Edition
The Amazon Kindle is a revolutionary wireless reading device that allows its owners to instantly download books and newspapers. Only books that have been submitted to the Amazon Kindle via the required process and in the required format are available for Kindle readers to purchase and enjoy. |
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Amazon Search Inside the Book
Amazon’s “online equivalent” to browsing a bookstore. Amazon claims that books participating in this program enjoy “significant” sales improvement, on average, over books that do not. |
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Barnes & Noble See Inside
Barnes & Noble’s answer to Amazon’s “Search Inside the Book” program. Books that participate in this program receive a “See Inside” icon next to their Barnes & Noble cover image, which invites potential customers to electronically “flip” through a small section of the book. |
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Bookmarks
Bookmarks are a wonderful promotional item to pass out because people rarely throw them away; they actually use them! |
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Custom T-Shirt
Due to popular demand, you can now customize a high-quality t-shirt with your book (front cover on the front and back cover on the back). |
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ForeWord Magazine Co-op Advertisement
Co-op advertising allows you to secure premium, full-color exposure for your book in a high-quality trade publication for a minimal amount of money. |
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Personal Marketing Assistant
The Outskirts Press Personal Marketing Assistant option is ideal for authors who want marketing assistance that is personal and specific. The Personal Marketing Assistant is available to work with you in five hour blocks of time to promote your book in accordance with your plan and goals. |
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PR Publicist
Like having your own publicist distribute your press release for you… Plus, after the release goes out, you will receive all the resulting leads for more personal follow-up, plus an electronic clipping service. |
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Press Release – Standard
The standard publication press release includes information about you and your book taken directly from your webpage and then distributed electronically to a database of approximately 100,000 media contacts, newsrooms, industry analysts, and freelance writers. |
Outskirts Press published authors who are interested in any of these options can find further details and ordering information by clicking on the name (or image) of the option above. Information about additional marketing options can be found on the Marketing Options page of your Author’s Center.
Authors who published elsewhere can visit our Marketing Solutions page to get more information about any of the marketing options available to order.
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Outskirts Press, the fastest-growing full-service self-publishing and book marketing company, today announced its top ten best selling titles for August 2010 according to combined data from Ingram Book Wholesalers and Outskirts Press Direct via http://outskirtspress.com/bookstore.
In alphabetical order, the top ten best selling books in self publishing during the month of August were:
Congratulations to our best selling authors from August!
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 Direct bookstore at http://outskirtspress.com/bookstore for discounts ranging from 10% – 55%.
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Outskirts Press, the fastest-growing full-service self-publishing and book marketing company, today announced its top ten best selling titles for July 2010 according to combined data from Ingram Book Wholesalers and Outskirts Press Direct via http://outskirtspress.com/bookstore.
In alphabetical order, the top ten best selling books in self publishing during the month of July were:
Congratulations to our best selling authors from July!
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 Direct bookstore at http://outskirtspress.com/bookstore for discounts ranging from 10% – 55%.
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What To Do When You Become The Boss by Bob Selden can often be found on our monthly bestseller list. What makes a best selling book in the competitive self-publishing market? And what helps keep it on the bestseller list month after month? It can be a variety of things like…
- a professionally designed custom cover
- professional copyediting
- 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
- the use of public speaking opportunities to leverage marketing efforts with great results
Let’s take a closer look at this best selling book by Outskirts Press to see what contributed to its success. By seeing what works for other authors, you can take the appropriate publishing and marketing steps to chart your own course toward successful book publishing!
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- Genre: Business / Management
- Content for niche audience
- Author platform: whattodowhenyoubecometheboss.com
- Productive marketing services from the publisher, like:
- Author webpage
- Amazon Search Inside
- Ebook
- Bookmarks and other print materials
- Global book fair participation
- Book award submission services
- Retail returns program
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About the Author :
Bob Selden survived his first new manager’s role to eventually develop into a senior manager responsible for the career development of hundreds of other managers. During this growing process, and later as an organizational development consultant, he learned what works and what doesn’t work when managing others. What To Do When You Become The Boss is the result of his learning which he is determined to pass on to help other new managers during their growth spurt.
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Of course, books cannot become best sellers if they’re only printed and then only sold from the publisher’s website. Books must to be available via multiple sales channels, both wholesale and direct. All Outskirts Press books published with the Diamond, Pearl, and Ruby packages fall into that category. See details about the Distribution-on-Demand Sales Channels by clicking here.
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Outskirts Press, the fastest-growing full-service self-publishing and book marketing company, today announced its top ten best selling titles for June 2010 according to combined data from Ingram Book Wholesalers and Outskirts Press Direct via http://outskirtspress.com/bookstore.
In alphabetical order, the top ten best selling books in self publishing during the month of June were:
Congratulations to our best selling authors from June!
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 Direct bookstore at http://outskirtspress.com/bookstore for discounts ranging from 10% – 55%.
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Outskirts Press, the fastest-growing full-service self-publishing and book marketing company, today announced its top ten best selling titles for May 2010 according to combined data from Ingram Book Wholesalers and Outskirts Press Direct via http://outskirtspress.com/bookstore.
In alphabetical order, the top ten best selling books in self publishing during the month of May were:
Congratulations to our best selling authors from May!
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 Direct bookstore at http://outskirtspress.com/bookstore for discounts ranging from 10% – 55%.
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Outskirts Press, the fastest-growing full-service self-publishing and book marketing company, today announced its top ten best selling titles for March 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 March were:
Congratulations to our bestselling authors from March 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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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 efforts by providing you with the most popular and effective book marketing and promotional tactics as determined by our authors. These are tactics that are strongly recommended for successful book marketing after publication.
These are the marketing products and services determined to be most popular by our authors for the month of March 2010, listed below in alphabetical order:
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Amazon Extreme Package
Save 25% on 3 amazing marketing tactics centered around Amazon: The Amazon Kindle Edition, Search Inside the Book, and the Keyword Search Submission Service. Plus a free copy of the Amazon best selling book, Sell Your Book on Amazon. |
|
Amazon Kindle Edition
The Amazon Kindle is a revolutionary wireless reading device that allows its owners to instantly download books and newspapers. Only books that have been submitted to the Amazon Kindle via the required process and in the required format are available for Kindle readers to purchase and enjoy. |
|
Amazon Search Inside the Book
Amazon’s “online equivalent” to browsing a bookstore. Amazon claims that books participating in this program enjoy “significant” sales improvement, on average, over books that do not. |
|
Barnes & Noble See Inside
Barnes & Noble’s answer to Amazon’s “Search Inside the Book” program. Books that participate in this program receive a “See Inside” icon next to their Barnes & Noble cover image, which invites potential customers to electronically “flip” through a small section of the book. |
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Book Blast Package
Save 25% on 5 of our popular marketing services that can blast your book into the stratosphere: Custom Press Release, PR Publicist Campaign, 60 Second Book Video Trailer, Book Review Submission Service, and 5 hours of Personal Marketing Assistance to put it all together. |
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Custom Press Release
Have our professional press release writer compose an original, unique press release for your book, submitted to you for your review/approval, and then distributed to our news wire service on your behalf. |
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Custom Shoes
The ultimate conversation starter! Your book cover artistically designed into a pair of high-quality KEDS shoes. |
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Custom T-Shirt
Due to popular demand, you can now customize a high-quality t-shirt with your book (front cover on the front and back cover on the back). |
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New York Review of Books co-op advertisement
Premium, full color exposure, at minimal cost, through a co-op full-page advertisement that appears in the prestigious New York Review of Books. |
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PR Publicist
Like having your own publicist distribute your press release for you… Plus, after the release goes out, you will receive all the resulting leads for more personal follow-up, plus an electronic clipping service. |
Outskirts Press published authors who are interested in any of these options can find further details and ordering information by clicking on the name (or image) of the option above. Information about additional marketing options can be found on the Marketing Options page of your Author’s Center.
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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 look at one of the recent top 10 bestselling self published books by Outskirts Press to see what contributed to its success. By seeing what
works for other authors, you can take the appropriate publishing and marketing steps to chart your own course toward successful book publishing!
- Genre: Christian Juvenile Fiction
- Content for niche audience
- Professional cover
- Productive marketing services/products from the publisher, like:
- Spring Arbor Christian Distribution
- Press Release Distribution
- Author webpage
- Ebook
About the Author
Mick McArt was raised in Tawas, Michigan and was a young man when he gave his heart to the Lord. After high school he became an assembler in an automotive plant. Inspired to pursue more, he applied for college at 22 years old. He delivered pizza to help pay his way through college. After graduating, he started a professional career in multimedia design at a large manufacturing facility, where he is currently employed.
Mick sees his imagination as a gift from God and hopes to use it to be a blessing to others. With encouragement from his wife, pastor, and friends, Mick began work on this book.
He currently attends Faith Baptist Church, in Saginaw, Michigan. There he met and married his wife Erica. They currently live in Saginaw with their newborn son Micah.
Mick earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Central Michigan University and a Masters degree from Saginaw Valley State University.
Mick spends his spare time being creative and working on many projects. This book is the fruit of that God-given talent. |
Of course, books cannot become best sellers if they’re only printed and then only sold from the publisher’s website. Books must to be available via multiple sales channels, both wholesale and direct. All Outskirts Press books published with the Diamond, Pearl, and Ruby packages fall into that category. See details about the Distribution-on-Demand Sales Channels by clicking here.
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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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