Today marks the 43rd annual Earth Day celebration, a day when we all stop to appreciate our natural resources and gain awareness about preserving them for future generations. In 1970 when the first Earth Day was celebrated, most Americans were tooling around in leaded-gas-chugging cars past industrial plants that spewed waste from smokestacks and pipes. … Continue reading Honor Earth Day by Going Green with eBooks, Print-on-Demand
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Now Accepting Submissions for the Third Annual Fandemonium Anthology from Outskirts Press It's that time of year again! Fandemonium 3 is coming and you are invited to be a part of it! Have you written a poem or short story that you would like to enter for a chance to be published for free in … Continue reading How to get published for free in our next anthology
If your book has a copyright of 2012 or 2013, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity you don't want to miss! Now that so many books are published each year, customers look for "award-winning" books to spend their hard-earned dollars on. The only way to have an award-winning book is to enter contests, and this is … Continue reading The Deadline for the 2013 Readers Favorite Self-Publishing Book Awards is coming up!
Roses are red, violets are blue...I can finish this poem, I bet you can, too! April is National Poetry Month and a perfect time to market a poetry book or even write one of your own if you haven't already. Once you have published your volume of poetry, these 5 tips can help you effectively … Continue reading Celebrate National Poetry Month With These Book Marketing Tips
In honor of the 2013 Bologna Book Fair, we'd like to remind you that Outskirts Press makes publishing Children's books easy with One-Click Publishing for Children's Books! Recognized as the oldest and most reputable children's book fairs in the world, the Bologna Book Fair hosts authors, publishers, distributors, printers, literary agents, printers, and even film … Continue reading Get That Children’s Book to Print with a One-Click Self-Publishing Package
On this St. Patrick's Day, celebrate the Irish with a self-published book that explores the culture and history of the Emerald Isle. Outskirts Press authors have you covered with scads of self-published gems from Irish history and fiction novels to books with large doses of fairy tales and folklore. In alphabetical order, the Top 10 … Continue reading Luck O’ the Irish: Top 10 Irish-Themed Self-Published Books
We're excited to announce the Memoir Writing Kit, a new tool for people who want to share their life experiences and pass their story on to future generations. Outskirts Press, the fastest growing self-publishing and book marketing company, announced today a new Memoir Writing Kit. The Memoir Writing Kit is a tool for anyone wanting … Continue reading Outskirts Press Announces New Self-Publishing Memoir Kit
The London Book Fair is right around the corner and you don’t want to miss this great opportunity to get in front of over 23,000 self-publishing professionals at the largest and most popular industry book fair and publishing event in the UK. The registration deadline is this Friday, February 15, 2013. The London Book Fair is the ideal … Continue reading Don’t Miss the London Book Fair!
Outskirts Press enjoys helping self-published authors realize their greatest creative ambitions. After all, publishing a book is a huge accomplishment, so you'll pardon us if we take a moment to sing the praises of our independent authors in our weekly Self-Publishing Book Spotlight. This week we’re proud to feature another of our self-published authors, Lonnie Beerman and his … Continue reading Self-Publishing Book Spotlight: ‘Tears of the Phoenix’ by Lonnie Beerman
When a character, a setting or a storyline really works, it's publishing gold. When it works over the course of several books -- books that readers are eager to snatch up before they've even hit the presses -- it's publishing platinum. Book series have always been the Holy Grail for authors and publishers, a phenomenon … Continue reading Bookworm Confidential: Readers Love a Tasty ‘Serial,’ Part 2