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Fandemonium, the Facebook Anthology, Is Published!
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 This January Outskirts Press invited members of its Facebook community at http://facebook.com/outskirtspress to submit poetry or short stories for free publication in an Outskirts Press Facebook anthology. Over 100 Facebook members submitted content on the Outskirts Press “wall” and to Outskirts Press directly. Fans were asked to “Like” the submissions they liked the best.Facebook fans then voted on the title of the anthology and the cover design of the book. More importantly, the social community was asked to vote for a charitable organization to receive royalties resulting from sales of this book. The American Red Cross received nearly 50% of the votes. Proceeds from the sale of Fandemonium will be donated to the American Red Cross on behalf of Outskirts Press and its Facebook Fans. Fandemonium was just published earlier this month. Outskirts Press is donating $7.38 to the American Red Cross on behalf of its Facebook community for every copy sold of Fandemonium. Now, in the wake of the earthquake in Japan, today is the perfect time to donate to the American Red Cross by ordering your copy of Fandemonium: Selected Short Stories & Poems From Talented Facebook Writers. Order yours today by clicking here.
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The votes from our Facebook community regarding the Fandemonium webpage have been received and collected. Now that the poll is closed, the winning webpage design/color scheme is “Diamond Blue” shown below, which received 60% of the votes.
And now that the Fandemonium Book Video Trailer is complete, you can actually see the updated, true version of the webpage with its new “Media Center” section by clicking here. All Diamond, Pearl, and Ruby packages offer the opportunity for authors to enhance their free author webpage with book video trailers and/or audio recordings. If either of these enhancements are added to the author webpage, a new “Media Center” section of the webpage appears.
Here is the Fandemonium Book Video Trailer:
Outskirts Press produces and distributes book video trailers for all authors, regardless of where you have published. All you have to do is click here to order yours today. (Of course, you get a 50% discount if you’ve published with Outskirts Press!)
In the wake of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that rocked Japan and the Pacific, now is an ideal time to donate to the American Red Cross. For every copy of Fandemonium sold, Outskirts Press is donating $7.38 to the American Red Cross.
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Speaking of Facebook publishing, here is a summary and update on our Facebook anthology, Fandemonium…
1. In January, we invited members of our Facebook community to submit short works (poems, short stories, excerpts, etc.) to our Facebook Wall. Over a 100 members shared their creativity with us for a chance to be published for free in a Facebook anthology.
2. Next, we invited members of our social community on Facebook and this blog to vote on a title for the anthology. The majority of the votes (33%) voted to name the book Fandemonium: Selected Short Stories & Poems From Talented Facebook Writers
3. Next, our social community of writers and published authors voted for the charitable organization which would receive royalties from the sale of Fandemonium once it was published. The vast majority (45%) chose The American Red Cross.
4. With the title and charity in place, it was time to design a cover. We provided a number of different concepts, and received some valuable feedback and suggestions from our community, and then presented two final concepts for our Facebook fans to vote on. 60% voted for this one:
5. The pre-production process of Fandemonium has truly been a collaborative effort, showcasing all the flexibility and control all authors receive when they publish with Outskirts Press. Our social community even got to vote on the pricing model by determining the retail price, profit, and discount for the book. Over half voted for a retail price of $16.95 and a profit of $7.38 every time a paperback copy sells.
6. With the details set, Outskirts Press went to work producing the book according to the Facebook community’s wishes. This is the time when our authors can sit back and relax and let us do what we do best. Soon, the galley review process started. This is the online digital proofing process where the files are presented to the author for review and either approval or requested changes. During this review process, we submitted a number of minor corrections we wanted the interior formatter to make to the interior file through the easy, fast, hand’s on submission form.
7. Final corrections and quality check (we call this process “premedia”) is taking place now. We expect copies of Fandemonium to be available worldwide on sites like Amazon and Barnes & Noble before the end of this month. We’ll keep everyone posted.
8. When you’re ready to publish your book, check out all the high-quality writing, publishing, and marketing services available at Outskirts Press by clicking here. Tell us which options and services you like by clicking on the “Facebook Like” buttons under every service listing.
Last week our Facebook community members and blog readers were invited to participate in the pricing of Fandemonium, our first Facebook Anthology that is being written and published by our Facebook Fans. Our Facebook community had already voted on the title and cover for the anthology, as well as the charity to receive the royalties (The American Red Cross). Over the past 7 days, they’ve been voting on the pricing scenario to apply to the book.
Pricing Scenario #1 was the winner, receiving 53% of the votes. Here is the screen shot from within the Outskirts Press Publishing Center when the pricing was set for Fandemonium according to your votes:
Whenever authors publish with Outskirts Press, they receive a pricing screen like this, which allows them to increase or decrease elements of their pricing in “real-time” with the “plus” or “minus” buttons.
One of the major advantages of publishing with Outskirts Press is the control and flexibility you, the author, have over your book’s pricing. Pricing Scenario #1 sets a retail price of $16.95 for the book, and delivers a whopping $7.38 to the American Red Cross every time a new copy sells through Ingram, Amazon, Barnes & Noble and the many, many other sales channels offered by the Outskirts Press Distribution-on-Demand sales network available with the Diamond Publishing Package.
The submissions have all been received and the pre-production steps have all been completed. Now Fandemonium enters the production stage of the process where the interior is formatted, the cover is finalized, the ISBN is assigned, and the distribution sales channels are established. Stay tuned in February when the book enters the Galley Proof Review Stage.
Leading self-publishing firm Outskirts Press is currently accepting poems, short stories, excerpts, and recipes from its Facebook members for inclusion in an upcoming Facebook Fan Anthology.
January 18, 2011 – Denver, CO – Outskirts Press, the fastest growing self-publishing and book marketing company, is accepting submissions for inclusion in its upcoming Facebook Anthology through the end of this week. Submissions can be poems, short stories, book excerpts, or recipes, and should be submitted directly to the Outskirts Press Facebook page at http://facebook.com/OutskirtsPress .
In addition to providing an opportunity for Facebook writers to get published for free, the Facebook Anthology is giving everybody an opportunity to democratically participate in the publishing process.
For example, all Facebook members were recently invited to vote upon the title of the anthology from the Outskirts Press blog at http://blog.outskirtspress.com . The winning title, determined by 33.33% of the votes received, was Fandemonium: Selected Short Stories & Poems From Talented Facebook Writers.
Next, a charitable organization was determined. That’s right, royalty proceeds of Fandemonium are being donated to a worthy cause in the name of Outskirts Press Facebook Fans. Seven charities were available to select from, and Facebook Fans selected American Red Cross as their charity of choice, capturing 45% of the total votes received.
“We want to thank everyone who participated in voting for the title and the charity and for all those who are submitting content to our Fandemonium anthology,” said Outskirts Press Director of Author Support Kelly Schuknecht. “It delights us to see such enthusiastic support from our fans, and the fact that we can then turn that into our own support for a charitable cause makes this project all the more worthwhile.”
Participants in this social networking publishing process are also determining the cover design of the anthology and will experience updates throughout the process via the Outskirts Press Twitter feed at http://twitter.com/outskirtspress . Visit the Outskirts Press Facebook page at http://facebook.com/OutskirtsPress to participate without obligation.
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Our first ever Facebook Anthology has a title, as determined by you in our public vote. The title of the book is Fandemonium: Selected Short Stories & Poems From Talented Facebook Writers.
Thank you to everyone who has participated so far in determining the title of the project and submitting poems, short stories, excerpts, recipes, or jokes for free publication. There’s still time to submit on our Facebook Page. Just open a “comment” and cut and paste your submission.
The royalties for sales of the book are going to a good cause. We just don’t know WHAT good cause … yet. But now is the time to vote on one:
For details about each of the charities, please visit their respective websites below to see what they do and what they stand for. The charity receiving the highest percentage of votes by the end of business tomorrow will be the “winner.”
Big Brothers and Big Sisters of North America
All last week this blog invited Facebook Members to participate in the Outskirts Press Facebook Anthology by submitting a poem, short story, excerpt, recipe, or joke for free publication. We will continue to accept submissions on our Facebook page throughout this week as well. Also be sure to “like” the contributions by others that you are fond of. This will help us determine the submissions to include in the Anthology.
Now it is time to name the book. Since you, our Facebook Fans, are submitting the content, we thought it only appropriate that you help determine the title. Here are the five choices. Simply vote for your favorite. The title with the most votes at the end of business tomorrow will be the one we use.
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Yesterday’s post about the title for our Anthology solicited some recommendations from our Facebook fans. Voting for the title will take place on this blog next week. All our blog readers and Facebook fans will also be invited to vote on the Charity. Those votes will determine which charities receives royalties from the sale of the Facebook Anthology.
That leaves the cover. Once the title is determined, our custom cover designers will produce a number of different mock-ups for the cover of the anthology. Those mock-ups will be presented here on this blog next week and open to a public vote. The winning cover, as determined by our blog readers and Facebook fans, will be the one we use for the publication.
We hope you are enjoying this social publishing process so far. There is still time to submit your content to the anthology if you haven’t had a chance to, yet. Simply open up a “comment” on Facebook under this status posting and submit your short story, poem, recipe, or excerpt. If your submission is longer than 8,000 characters, use multiple, numbered comments.
Also be sure to retweet or share this opportunity with other writers or professionals you know through your Twitter, Facebook, or Linked in accounts. We would like our first Facebook Anthology to contain a wide range of creative styles and offerings.
Click here to visit our Facebook Page to submit your content for free to the Anthology.
Our Facebook Anthology has already proven to be very popular. Since announcing the opportunity for writers to get published for free through Outskirts Press simply by becoming a Facebook Fan and then submitting a short story, poem, recipe or excerpt, our Fan Base has grown quickly past 1,000 active members. Thank you for the support!
There’s still time to submit your content. Just visit our Facebook Page and then open a comment on this status report and enter your submission. Be sure to read the other submissions and “like”/comment on those you are fond of.
Visit our Facebook Page by clicking here.
We’re also looking for Title Suggestions. We have possible titles that we will suggest next week when the voting begins, but if you have an idea for the title of our Facebook Anthology, submit your ideas via our Facebook Page. “Like” the title suggestions other members have made which you are fond of. Next Monday, January 10th, this blog will have a public vote/survey of five possible Title suggestions and the most popular title, as determined by you, will be the one we use.
The same process applies to the Charity. As we’ve mentioned, the royalties of the Facebook Anthology are going to be donated to a charity. We already have some in mind, but if you have a charity you’d like to see “in the running” for consideration, suggest it on our Facebook Page. “Like” other charity ideas that have been submitted by others. Then, everyone will be invited to vote for the final charity next week.
We’re going to take care of the editing and the interior formatting. But that leaves the cover, and tomorrow’s blog will discuss that.
Submissions are already rolling in — poetry, short stories, book excerpts. Have you submitted to the Facebook Anthology yet for your opportunity to get published for free? We’re going to make it really easy.
This exact posting with this headline “Submit your work to our Facebook Anthology for free right here” will appear on our Facebook Fan page at http://facebook.com/OutskirtsPress
As a fan of Outskirts Press, you can simply click the “Comment” button to this Status update on our Wall and submit your entry into the Comment’s box. If your submission is longer than 8,000 characters, use multiple comments.
There are many examples of how other writers have submitted their work. We look forward to seeing yours. You have through January 9th to submit.
Then be sure to “like” other submissions you are fond of. That will help us determine the submissions we accept for the Anthology.
- Interested in learning how you can be a part of naming the book?
- Interested in learning how you can be a part of determining its cover?
- Interested in learning how you can be a part of determining which charity this Facebook Anthology supports?
These are all topics of future posts on this blog, so stay tuned here or on Twitter for updates.
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