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Self-Publishing Author Spotlight: Stephen Douglas Hayes

Outskirts Press is thrilled to have helped thousands of enterprising self-publishing authors make their dreams of publishing their works come true. These talented individuals, in turn, have contributed to our success, and for that we’re most grateful. So, it’s important to us to give a nod to the authors who’ve given us the ability to continue to assist other authors in their self-publishing endeavors. Every now and then, we celebrate one of our successful authors in our Self-Publishing Author Spotlight.

This week Outskirts Press proudly features prolific writer Stephen Douglas Hayes, who has published two of his 10 books through Outskirts Press: The Unraveling of America and 1968: A Bad Year to Come of Age.

Stephen Douglas HayesABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Stephen Douglas Hayes has read voraciously and studied history his entire life. He has written 10 novels and six plays. After cancer and successful treatment, a massive heart attack left him in a six-week coma, during which he conceived this book. Additional books came to him in the coma and are still to be written. Living in southern California now, Mr. Hayes was born in Brooklyn during the Great Depression. Exhibiting that New York style and brashness, as well as the gift of language from his Irish forebears, he is proud of his Navy years, his wife and daughters, sons-in-law, and grandchildren.

1968: A Bad Year to Come of Age1968: A Bad Year to Come of Age

Against the background of Vietnam, Bobby Kennedy’s murder, Martin Luther King’s murder, Lyndon Johnson’s refusal to run and the Chicago Democratic Convention a group of friends in California try to endure.

Product details…
Paperback
Format: 6.14 x 9.21 paperback, 226 pages
Publisher: Outskirts Press (Nov 20, 2008)
ISBN10: 1432727893
ISBN13: 9781432727895
Genre: FICTION / Historical

The Unraveling of America

The Unraveling of America

America is going to the dogs? Of course it is. Everything falls apart. We are no different. So relax and enjoy it. LBJ was the reason for JFK’s murder. Of course he was. I am not a conspiracy wacko. In face of all the evidence for a cover-up, to believe otherwise makes you the wacko. Once you understand the extent of the cover-up, all roads lead to LBJ. Consider this – all other presidential assassinations occurred right after an election. JFK was slain before the election because LBJ had no other way to become president, and the only way to stay out of prison was to become the President of the United States. The personal relationship between a history teacher and his protégé during years of friendship, correspondence, and travel tell this fascinating story.

Product details…
Paperback
Format: 6.14 x 9.21 paperback, 76 pages
Publisher: Outskirts Press (Sep 18, 2013)
ISBN10: 143279924X
ISBN13: 9781432799243
Genre: HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century

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In celebration of Valentine’s Day, Outskirts Press has been “sharing the love” and inviting its family of successfully published authors to do the same. This has come in the form of a $300 publishing promotion as well as a video promotion for the chance to win a free laptop. The video submissions have been collected, the best of them have been posted on our Facebook Page, and the “likes” have been tabulated.

Now it’s time for you to vote for the winner of the free laptop!

From among all the submissions we received, the top videos are presented below. Simply vote for your favorite in the polling box below the last video. The polls will be open until end-of-business on Thursday, February 28th. The winner will be announced on Friday, March 1st.

Good luck to the three finalists. And thank you to all our wonderful authors who took the time to submit their videos:

Now, without further ado…

VIDEO #1: Larry Wright, author of Longhorn Tales

VIDEO #2: Davy Jennings, author of Kansas Gospels

VIDEO #3: Tommy Baker, author of Santa Claus, The Fourth Wise Man

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September Triple Treat Promotion for Self-Publishing Authors

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The September Triple Treat is yours with the promotion code below when you choose to publish with our industry-leading Diamond publishing service or our full-color Pearl publishing service.

The September Triple Treat for Diamond and Pearl package authors includes a free Book Video Teaser, a free Library of Congress Control Number, and a free Espresso Book Machine® edition. See below for more details, or start publishing with the Diamond or full-color Pearl services today using the promotion code: 3FREE092012

The Book Video Teaser is a fast, flashy way to announce the publication of an author’s book on all the most popular Internet video and networking sites. Outskirts Press produces a professional quality, thirty second long video that features the book title, the author byline, the cover, a photo of the author, the retail price — all dramatically displayed to the accompaniment of background music.

The Library of Congress Control Number helps facilitate the distribution of a new title through the entire United States’ library system. Outskirts Press will take care of all the administrative paperwork and acquire the number for the author, print it on the book’s copyright page in the standard format and submit the required number of copies of the book to the Library of Congress offices after publication. The Library of Congress is a broad distribution channel available for new books which is frequently overlooked by first time authors.

Espresso Book Machine® edition is a revolutionary automated book-making machine that provides an immediate and direct-to-consumer distribution channel. A consumer walks up to the machine, selects a title to print and presses a button. Within a few minutes a full color cover, perfect bound edition of the book, indistinguishable from the publisher’s version, is delivered right into the reader’s hands.

You receive all these extra options FREE with your order of the Diamond or full-color Pearl publishing services today.  Don’t delay!

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“My research of several publishers was extensive. Outskirts Press not only surpassed my expectations. Both Jodie and Bridgette were very patient and understanding and answered every question with great knowledge and very quickly. My publishing team are a great asset to Outskirts Press. They all calmed my nervousness as well as made feel like I was there working beside them. I appreciate them immensely and will be coming to your company when book 2 Carved Mountain War is ready! I thank you, especially Jodie and Bridgette.” – Gregory M. Juzwick, author of Rising from the Ashes

Gregory Mark Juzwick was born in Tampa, Florida. Gregory was raised with his three brothers and sister by very caring and understanding parents. They moved to the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, area where he grew up most of his childhood. While going to Moon Senior high school he dabbled with his writing ability, creating poems, short stories and a novel called Phoenix, around the age of fifteen. After graduating from school, Gregory entered the United States Army for three years serving in Fort Benning, Georgia. Returning to Pittsburgh in 1986, he began his retail career in the Jewelry industry. In 1988, his family moved to Hendersonville, North Carolina, to assist his parents with their Jewelry store. In 2004 he moved back up to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he continued his sales career as well as continued working on his books. After years of writing, rewrites and editing this book Rising from the Ashes has been completed.


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The Self Publishing Book Cover Contest Top 5 Headlines
Outskirts Press is asking voters to literally judge a book by its cover.
Participants can vote through the month of October on their favorite of six featured book covers. The author of the book that wins will be awarded a free Book Teaser, compliments of Outskirts Press.

This self-publishing Book Cover Contest is hosted by Outskirts
Press, America’s fastest-growing full-service self-publishing and book marketing company. The six selected nominees for this month’s contest were published last month with either the Pearl or Diamond
package.

View all of the covers in alphabetical order below and vote for your favorite book cover. Voting begins now! Votes will be tracked through the end of the month and the winner will be announced in the first week of November.

 


The winner’s prize, an Outskirts Press Book Teaser video, has been a popular option for authors because it is such a cost effective way to kick start the video promotion of one’s book. Outskirts Press Book Teasers are professionally produced, thirty second videos that feature the book’s title, the author’s byline and photo (if provided), the cover and a specific snippet of licensed music.

These teasers are fast, flashy, high quality videos that authors can
place on today’s most popular video sharing sites – YouTube,
MetaCafe, mySpace, Viddler, etc. – in order to launch their viral
marketing campaigns and increase the sales of their books.

The Book Cover contest punctuates the fact that, per industry statistics, a book has only eight seconds to attract a viewer. If a picture is worth a thousand words, a well crafted book cover is worth ten thousand. The six Outskirts Press books that voters will choose from illustrate the importance of high quality designs that immediately prompt viewers to investigate what is inside the book itself.

Voting takes only seconds and is completely free. To vote, visit http://blog.outskirtspress.com.

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Start your video promotion with a book teaser Top 5 Amazon Bestsellers
Book TeaserThe popular Book Teasers are now available for all authors, regardless of where you have published your book.

Of course, Outskirts Press published authors, still receive a 10% discount on the Book Teaser option when ordering from within their Publishing Center.

Fast and flashy, the Book Teaser is a cost-effective way to kick-start
your viral video promotional efforts. A Book Teaser is different from
the more common, and longer, Book Videos you may have started to see popping up all over the Internet. Outskirts Press offers both Book Teasers and Book Video Trailers as options for authors, regardless of where your book was published.

Book Teasers are approximately 30-seconds long–fast and flashy–featuring the book cover, the author photo (if supplied), and availability.

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