Book marketing is one of the most important pieces of being a successful self-publishing author. Outskirts Press is an industry leader in providing post-publication support, products, and services to its growing family of published authors. Your book is written. Your book is published. Now what? Our list of Top 10 Book Marketing Tactics can help … Continue reading Top 10 Self-Publishing Book Marketing Tactics for July 2014
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Self-publishing authors rely on their ability to cut through the clutter, garner name recognition and build awareness to sell books. In fact, it's essential to selling, and it's usually done on a shoestring budget. For this reason, smart audience targeting is the most effective way to accomplish your goal of building your author brand. Promotional … Continue reading Target Book-Buyers with Laser-like Precision with Book Posters
Self-published authors dream of national exposure for their book on a popular show. When the opportunity arises, the hope is that the experience is a positive one that shows the author and the book in the best light and generates new interest among readers - and big, big sales. Outskirts Press offers the great opportunity … Continue reading Radio Interviewing to Boost Your Book Sales
Each year, Outskirts Press officially nominates a small percentage of the books published during the year for submission to the EVVY Awards. Since a nomination is the first step toward receiving the Outskirts Press Best Book of the Year Award, the standards are exceedingly high; we nominated fewer than 5% of the books we published … Continue reading 2013 Outskirts Press EVVY Award Finalists Announced
As a self-publishing author, you are called upon to be a jack-of-all-trades: author, spokesperson, entrepreneur, publicist, networker ... Your ability to fulfill these multiple roles has a huge impact on your brand as an author and, by extension, the success of your book. To that end, it's important to use every marketing tool at your … Continue reading Gain Valuable Author Name Recognition with Professional Business Cards
A professional editor is your last, best hurdle before sending your book off to publish. While it may seem an optional service, there are compelling reasons why you may not want to think of it as "optional" - not when your reputation and product quality are at stake. It's humbling to submit a highly personal … Continue reading 3 Ways Investing in an Editor Pays for Itself
Outskirts Press is regularly impressed with the creativity of our self-publishing authors. It takes a great deal of discipline and devotion to produce a book -- much less several! Today we tip our hat to a mother-daughter writing team responsible for several a series of inspiring memoirs -- Cheryl Cusick and Jamie Lynn Cusick. Together, … Continue reading Self-Publishing Author Spotlight: Amirali Dossa
Outskirts Press works hard to help self-publishing authors make their dreams come true, and we've had had the good fortune to work with many talented and successful individuals over the years. For that reason, it's important to give a nod to the authors who've, in turn, contributed to our success. Every now and then, we … Continue reading Self-Publishing Author Spotlight: Phillip R. Simmons
Outskirts Press enjoys helping creators realize their greatest writing ambitions. Self-publishing a book is a huge accomplishment, so pardon us while we 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, Ruth Yunker and her book, Me, Myself and Paris: One Toe Under … Continue reading Self-Publishing Book Spotlight: ‘Me, Myself and Paris’ by Ruth Yunker
Outskirts Press is an industry leader in providing post-publication support, products, and services to its growing family of self-published authors. Due to popular demand, we are now reporting the Top 5 Book Marketing Options each month (as opposed to the Top 10). This way, you'll have a small list of recommended options and be able … Continue reading Top 5 Book Marketing Options for August 2011