Book Video Trailers

Introducing Jerrine Wire’s Book Video Trailer for “Beatchik”

It was 1962. We felt something was decaying in the core of American society and that a reaction was stirring, but we didn’t know where it would lead. Turned out of her parental home at nineteen, penniless but ripe for adventure, Justine travels from Pennsylvania to Boston, is romanced by poet Gregory Corso, then migrates to New York and San Francisco, where there is no shortage of other wounded hipster poets and artists to comfort. Teenage Beth rebels against the rigid expectations of her wealthy family and falls under the spell of the brilliant, philandering Elliot. Aspiring untalented artist Nancy spirals into addiction to the feckless, blond demigod Lothar. Flower child Mena, chafing under her immigrant mother’s old-world strictures, is thrilled to abandon all inhibitions in Manhattan’s seething East Village. All, in one way or another, seek their future in the scintillating bohemian counter-culture already dubbed the “Beat Generation.”

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Jerrine Wire’s trenchant roman à clef vividly evokes this unique epoch through the intersecting stories of real women (and some men) navigating uncharted seas seeking ecstasy, love, peace, and meaning in a world of art, poetry, sex, drugs, politics, and existential uncertainty where conventional habits and mores were joyfully upended.

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Author Spotlight, Top 10

Hug a Teacher During National Teacher Appreciation Week

Coinciding harmoniously with National Children’s Book Week, National Teacher Appreciation Week stands as a vibrant week-long observance in the United States, dedicated to celebrating teachers and acknowledging their invaluable contributions to education.

Taking place in the first full week of May, National Teacher Appreciation Week is a heartfelt tribute to educators, celebrating their unwavering commitment and profound influence on both individual students and society at large. Schools, communities, and educational organizations across the country participate in various activities and events to honor teachers during this week. These activities may include award ceremonies, special assemblies, luncheons, gift-giving, and heartfelt expressions of gratitude from students, parents, and administrators.

In recent years, social media has played a significant role in spreading awareness about National Teacher Appreciation Week. Hashtags such as #ThankATeacher or #TeacherAppreciationWeek are commonly used to share stories, photos, and messages of appreciation for teachers.

If you are the author of a book about teaching, or if you are a teacher who has written a book, this is a great week to get involved with your community as a published writer. Here are some examples of both from Outskirts Press.

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Receive 30 Author’s Copies Included When You Start Publishing Today

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As a self-publishing author, keeping extra copies of your book on hand will be vital. Here’s a golden opportunity for you as a self-publishing author. When you opt for our Ultimate Black and White or Ultimate Full-Color publishing services, you can receive 30 free paperback books.  

Extra copies of your book can inspire you to seek out and act upon opportunities. Consider these five practical scenarios where having extra copies of your book can be a game-changer, opening doors to new possibilities: 

  1. Your community has a writers’ guild. Sign on if you still need to join your local writers’ club. Be ready to furnish copies to people who can pass them along to essential power players.
  2. Your community has libraries, schools, and universities. Provide copies of your book to these entities and offer free book readings for patrons and students. 
  3. Your hometown newspapers or radio stations run news briefs on local happenings. Call ahead to these organizations to be sure they accept promotional copies, then address or drop off a copy to the person responsible for making decisions about the news.
  4. There are independent bookstores in your area. Give them a free promotional copy of your book and any promotional materials you have so they can determine whether to carry it. 
  5. People may frequently ask you about your writing and your book. Every time the topic of your book comes up, you have an opportunity to make a sale. Be ready with a copy of your book! Once your friend is interested, ask them if they’d like a copy; even offer a discount if you wish.
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Celebrate National Children’s Book Week with 10 Bestselling Children’s Books from Outskirts Press

National Children’s Book Week is typically celebrated during the first full week of May each year in the United States. It’s a week-long celebration aimed at encouraging children to develop a love for reading. This year, National Children’s Book Week begins today, May 6th.

Started in 1919, National Children’s Book Week is the longest-running national literacy initiative in the country. The event is organized by the Children’s Book Council (CBC) and the Every Child a Reader (ECAR) foundation. During this week, various events are held across the country, including author and illustrator appearances at schools, libraries, bookstores, and community centers. If you are the author of a children’s story, like the ones listed below from Outskirts Press, this is a great week to get involved with your community (and promote your book along the way).

Have you written a children’s book that you’d like to publish?

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Today is the last day to make your self-published book look like a million bucks- for free!

That’s right! Through midnight tonight, when you purchase the Ultimate Black & White package or the Ultimate Full-Color package, you will also receive a professional custom cover design (usually $499), professionally enhanced interior formatting (usually $299), and professionally drafted back cover copy (usually $249). 

The Premium Design Bundle, a package of three of our most sought-after production services, is free when you publish with Outskirts Press today. This exclusive offer saves you over $1,000, a significant value compared to purchasing these services individually.

Enter the promotion code predesbund at checkout to claim this offer when purchasing your Ultimate Publishing Package. But hurry, this offer ends tonight!  Don’t miss this chance to publish your book and make it look like a million bucks.

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Amazon Book Marketing Deal: Save 20% Now

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You only have a couple more days to get the exclusive Amazon Launch Bundle from Outskirts Press at a deep discount. That’s right, April 30th is your last chance to save an additional 20% off the already-discounted bundle price on this “Amazon-ing” book marketing package! 

Here’s what you get and why you should take advantage of this great deal:

  1. We will add your Amazon Author Profile directly to Amazon, which includes . . .
  • Your entire bibliography of published books
  • All your available book videos and video teasers
  • A direct RSS feed to your author’s blog (if you have one)
  • Your author photo (if you supplied one)
  • Your author biography

2. We will submit your book to Amazon’s “Look Inside,” which . . .

  • Entices readers to flip through small sections of your book digitally
  • Empowers readers to take a closer look at your content
  • Encourages readers to make the purchase
  • Authorizes Amazon’s search engine to use content inside your book for its algorithm (resulting in better search results)

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  • Your book gets the attention it deserves
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The Amazon Launch Bundle is one of our most popular marketing bundles. You can save an additional 20% off the bundled price for only a few days more. Just enter promo code amzlchbd at checkout.

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In order to massively launch your book on Amazon with this Outskirts Press exclusive, you need to have a book published with us first… So, do you have a manuscript that you’d like to publish with the #1-Rated Self-Publishing Company 8-years running?

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EVVY Book Awards

Congratulations to the 2024 Outskirts Press EVVY Award Nominees!

For two decades, Outskirts Press has been nominating the very best of the best of our books for nomination to the EVVY Book Awards. The EVVYs are an acclaimed annual book award program sponsored by the Colorado Independent Publishers’ Association (CIPA), which recognizes superior independently published books. The EVVYs are judged by a panel of professionals on a qualitative scale of merit in dozens of distinct book categories.

We nominate a very small percentage of the books published during the year for submission to the EVVY Awards, so the standards are extremely high and these nominations represent the very best of our books and authors as determined by our executives and members of our production teams.

Outskirts Press official nominees and winners receive additional exposure for their books in featured Outskirts Press marketing channels, including our blog, social media networks, and in our email newsletters. We typically announce the EVVY Award Finalists and Awards Ceremony details in August on Self-Publishing News, so keep an eye out for the blog post and email.

Congratulations to this year’s Official Outskirts Press EVVY Award nominees, presented here in no particular order. Click on the book cover for more details or to order for a 10% discount.

All of these books, along with other Outskirts Press titles, are available from the major online book retailers like Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Powell’s, Books-A-Million and others, and from the Outskirts Press bookstore. To learn more about our products and services, as well as upcoming and current promotions, visit our website or call us at 1-888-672-6657 to speak with a Publishing Consultant.

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Top 10 Bestsellers from Outskirts Press for March 2024

This is the bestselling book in March 2024. Congratulations!

Every month, Outskirts Press reviews book sales to identify our bestselling authors! This impressive list showcases the wide range of genres and readership that our authors reach.

Above is March’s bestselling book from Outskirts Press and below are the rest of the Top 10 Bestsellers for the month. Click on the book covers for more information or to order at a 10% discount.

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A Professional Custom Cover (Front & Back) When You Publish Today

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Making your self-published book look like a million bucks doesn’t have to cost a lot of money—in fact, it doesn’t cost anything right now! 

That’s right! For a limited time, when you purchase the Ultimate Black & White package or the Ultimate Full-Color package, you will also receive a professional custom cover design (usually $499), professionally enhanced interior formatting (usually $299), and professionally drafted back cover copy (usually $249). 

The Premium Design Bundle, a package of three of our most sought-after production services, is free when you publish with Outskirts Press. This exclusive offer saves you over $1,000, a significant value compared to purchasing these services individually.

Enter the promotion code predesbund at checkout to claim this offer when purchasing your Ultimate Publishing Package. But hurry, this offer ends soon!  Don’t miss this chance to publish your book and make it look like a million bucks.

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Author Spotlight, Featured Author

Featured Author Spotlight: FOREWORD Finalist Richard A. Noble

Congratulations to Richard A. Noble, author of the 2023 FOREWORD Indies Finalist, King Cotton.

Richard Allan “Rick” Noble’s career in publishing began at Canada’s National Newspaper, The Globe and Mail. He moved to the U.S. in 1990 to work in digital publishing in the newspaper, periodical, medical, aviation, and K-12 industries before retiring in 2022. He holds a B.A. and M.B.A. from the University of Toronto, resides in Colorado, and King Cotton is his first novel.

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King Cotton is a novel that spans the U.S. Civil War. The main character, Jack Bailey, exports cotton out of Charleston for his father’s business in Liverpool. During that period of history, cotton was the oil of the day, accounting for 60 percent of U.S. exports. With war looming, Bailey believes that Southern ports will be blockaded, which would put him out of business unless he can sell to the North. Doing so will require a cover that allows him to move across the lines, so he lands a job with famed Civil War photographer Mathew Brady. This brings him into contact with many of the famous people of the times, including Lincoln, Grant, Sherman, Allan Pinkerton, Harriet Tubman, P.T. Barnum, John Wilkes Booth, and other Lincoln conspirators. He dates Anna Surratt, daughter of the first woman executed by the U.S. Government, Mary Surratt. Some of these associations suggest that Bailey participated in Lincoln’s assassination but, other than neglecting signs that were obvious in hindsight, he was not. He is, however, a cad through it all, indifferent to the reasons for the war or its outcome so long as he is profiting from it. Bailey’s job with Mathew Brady and his desperate efforts to sell cotton put him at some of the most momentous events of the war, including Fort Sumter, Bull Run, Gettysburg, Antietam, earlier attempts to kill Lincoln, and the burning of Columbia. While the book is historical fiction, most of the characters, events, and timelines are real.

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