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The NEW 2012 Holiday Book Marketing Kit is Now Available!

The holidays are right around the corner and Outskirts Press has an exclusive gift for you. The 2012 Holiday Marketing Bundle is a comprehensive one-click solution that delivers everything you need to sell books this holiday season, just in time for the biggest book-buying time of year!

With your secure purchase of the 2012 Holiday Marketing Bundle, you receive:

  • Ad space alongside other notable books in the New York Times Holiday Books Edition – Published each December, your co-op ad with up to 11 other Outskirts Press books will reach over 4 million book buyers. These aren’t casual shoppers. Many of the readers of this edition are educated and have six figure incomes. The best part of all is that they are looking for books to buy for themselves and loved ones. Your book could be the one!
  • An exclusive feature spotlight for your book in our Holiday Edition on the Outskirts Press blog – Your book will be featured on our blog during the 12 Days of Christmas. Every day, a different book will be featured and will be the only book highlighted that day. People come to our blog seeking the best in self-publishing. This is your opportunity to shine brightly to the community.
  • Inclusion in a holiday promotional book video distributed to YouTube and other video distribution channels and shared with the entire Outskirts Press Facebook community – A Christmas Promotional video will be produced featuring all the books who order the 2012 Holiday Marketing Bundle early. This exclusive video will be distributed to sites like: YouTube, DailyMotion, Facebook, Twitter, etc. When people are looking for books to buy, they often consult their major social media channels first. If your book is seen, you can catch the eye of potential readers.
  • Holiday-themed Book Video Trailer to use in your own promotional efforts – Don’t just rely on our network. You will receive a holiday-themed Book Video Trailer for your book that you can share with any network you choose and we will also distribute it via YouTube and other major video distribution channels.
  • Annual storage fees waived for 2013 – Don’t worry about paying additional money when storage fees are due next year! That’s money that you can shop with. Your 2013 storage fees will be waived for the book you purchase the Holiday Marketing Bundle for.
  • 30 Minute consultation with a professional book marketing consultant – Book marketing can be complicated. Get real answers to your questions about promoting your book during the holidays with 30 minutes on the phone with an Outskirts Press Personal Marketing Assistant.
  • Book marketing plan to be used during the holidays and over the course of the upcoming year – You need a plan, but where’s the time to create one? In addition to the 30 minute consultation, your Personal Marketing Assistant will provide you with a book marketing plan that you can use going forward.
  • Amazon Listing Optimization to spruce up your book listing for the holidays – Outdated, dry, and dull listings don’t sell books. Have your book description on Amazon and other retail sites re-written by a professional. Strong sales copy can mean the difference between strong holiday sales and weak holiday sales.

The only way you can lose with this amazing holiday marketing bundle is if you wait. This early offer is available only to the first 12 authors who order by October 31, 2012 on a first come, first served basis.

Click here now to learn more about the 2012 Holiday Marketing Bundle and complete your purchase.

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Self-Publishing This Holiday Season? We Can Save You Some Money

Seasons Greetings!

As a community endeavor, Outskirts Press helps people realize their dreams of self-publishing and sharing their words and work with everyone. But we understand that self-publishing can be a time-consuming and expensive experience.

Regardless, it is always exciting to self-publish and market your own work.

So this Christmas, for a limited time only, we are making self-publishing more affordable and even more exciting!

If you order our self-publishing packages over the 2011 holiday season, you can receive a twenty (20) percent discount on either of the two top-of-the-line publishing packages. Both the Diamond and the full-color Pearl publishing packages include a greater range of formatting, pricing and distribution options than any packages offered by any other publisher.

Both the Diamond and the Pearl packages include paperback editions and hardcover formats. Each Diamond and Pearl book includes its own ISBN, price-embedded barcode and  unlimited wholesale printing, fulfillment and distribution through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Ingram, Baker and Taylor, Bertram and others.

And, of course, if you publish with us, you get to keep 100% of the royalties, 100% of the rights, and 100% of the control.

All in all, this is a win-win situation for you.

As Outskirts Press Vice President Kelly Schuknecht puts it, “This is a way of saying Happy Holidays to our growing family of self-publishing authors from all of us here at Outskirts Press.”

The promotion code to save 20% instantly is HOLIDAY2011 and the deadline is December 31, 2011.

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Order Pearl Package Here

For more details on this limited-time offer, click here.

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VOTE NOW: Best Holiday Book in Self Publishing – November 2010

This Self-Publishing Book Contest is hosted by Outskirts Press, America’s fastest-growing full-service self-publishing and book marketing company.

The following ten books were selected for the 2010 Holiday Season – Best Holiday Book Contest. View all of the books in alphabetical order below (click on the cover to visit the author’s webpage and read more about the book) and vote for your favorite holiday book at the bottom of the page. The author of the winning book will win a free Custom T-Shirt, courtesy of Outskirts Press.

Voting begins now! Votes will be tracked through the end of the month and the winner will be announced in the first week of December.  



 

 

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Memorial Day & Flag Day Greeting Cards for Self-Publishing Authors

Memorial Day is May 31st, 2010 and Flag Day is June 14th, 2010. Want to send out a Memorial Day or Flag Day mailing to promote your book? Outskirts Press offers personal and customized Memorial Day and Flag Day Greeting Cards, featuring your published book!

Greeting cards are 4.25”x 6” on Premium 14 pt. gloss cover stock. These cards are full color, front and back, and scored for easy folding. The front of the card recognizes the occasion. The inside-left of the card highlights your single book, along with the title, the author name, the cover image, and the webpage address. The inside-right of the card is blank so that you can personalize each card with a handwritten message before folding and mailing them in the included white envelopes.

Greeting cards come in quantities of 250. Outskirts Press authors can also order Custom US First Class Postal Stamps to send out these promotional mailings. Both of these optional marketing products can easily and conveniently be added from the Marketing Options screen of their author’s center.

*Production, printing and shipping can take up to 3-4 weeks. Order now to allow plenty of time to receive your cards for a timely holiday promotional mailing.

** The interior image in the example features “Sell Your Book on Amazon.” Details and cover image will be replaced by the details and cover image for your book.

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Holiday Gift Idea for Self Publishing Authors

Did you start your holiday shopping this weekend?  Black Friday kicks off the traditional holiday shopping season for many Americans.  If you’re looking for unique gift ideas, remember custom t-shirts with your book cover make a great conversation starter AND they make great gifts for family and friends! 

Outskirts Press authors can order these Custom T-Shirts at any time easily and conveniently from the marketing options page in the Author’s Center.

Final reminder: The registration deadline for this year’s Benjamin Franklin Award contest is today, Monday, November 30, 2009. Outskirts Press published authors can purchase the Benjamin Franklin Award submission option at any time conveniently from within the Author’s Center. 

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Custom T-Shirts for Self-Publishing Authors

Is there a cooler, more unique way to promote your book than by wearing it?

Not only are these custom t-shirts a great conversation starter, and a great wardrobe choice for book fairs, author signings, and other events, but they also make great gifts for family and friends.

Now that your book is published and no longer in your head, put it to your back with these high quality shirts.

Each t-shirt is:

  • white, short-sleeved
  • heavyweight, classic fit, pre-shrunk, 100% cotton

Your t-shirt will be customized with the front cover of your book on the front!

(see sample, below)

Your t-shirt will be customized with the back cover of your book on the back!

(see sample, below)

These custom t-shirts come in a wide variety of both adult or children’s sizes.

Important:  After you order your shirt, we will contact you via email for your size preference, based upon the size chart below. We cannot complete your order until you respond to our inquiry about your preferred t-shirt size.

Outskirts Press authors can order these Custom T-Shirts at any time easily and conveniently from the marketing options page in the Author’s Center.

**Since these t-shirts are custom-made, refunds are not available once the order is placed.

 

 

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Self Publishing Gifts for the Holiday Season Feature Outskirts Press Books on Custom T-Shirts

November 10, 2009 – Denver, CO – Outskirts Press, the fastest growing self-publishing and book marketing company, today announced it is offering a Custom T-shirt option so authors can wear their books, literally. Each high-quality T-shirt displays the front and back covers of the author’s book in order to promote the publication.  This option is now available so that the shirts can be ordered and shipped in time for the upcoming holiday season.

“Some authors are known to wear their emotions on their sleeves,” stated Outskirts Director of Author Support Kelly Schuknecht.  “And now they can wear their book on their back, and promote it at the same time, perfect for author events, or an ice breaker for any occasion.”

Ever since Marlon Brando and James Dean popularized the T-shirt in the 1950’s, Americans have been using them to communicate all manner of things to each other.   Today 91 percent of Americans profess to owning a “favorite” T-shirt and more than 60 percent claim to own more than ten T-shirts.

Outskirts Press has tapped into this popular American custom to help its authors promote and market their books.  Their new Custom T-shirt option now flanks other recent promotional options like Custom Greeting Cards and Celebrity Endorsements options, among the other innovative marketing services available through the self-publishing company.

The front cover of the book is printed on the front of the white T-shirt while an image of the back cover is displayed on the back of the shirt.  Each short-sleeved T-shirt is heavyweight, pre-shrunk 100% cotton.  The shirts can be ordered by Outskirts Press authors in time to give as gifts for the 2009 holiday season or simply to wear themselves as a fun, and unique way to promote their books. 

Outskirts Press’ continued attention to post-publication marketing for their authors has kept them at the vanguard of the today’s self-publishing industry and has earned them the accolade of being named among the “Best of the Best” from Inc. Magazine’s Inc. 500 in the October issue.

About Outskirts Press, Inc,: Outskirts Press, Inc. offers full-service, custom self-publishing and book marketing services for authors seeking a cost-effective, fast, and flexible way to publish and distribute their books worldwide while retaining all their rights and full creative control. Available for authors globally at www.outskirtspress.com and located on the outskirts of Denver, Colorado, Outskirts Press represents the future of book publishing, today.

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Holiday Greeting Cards for Self Publishing Authors

Want to send out a Holiday mailing to promote your book? Outskirts Press now offers personal and customized Holiday Greeting Cards, featuring your published book!

Greeting cards are 4.25”x 6” on Premium 14 pt. gloss cover stock. These cards are full color, front and back, and scored for easy folding. The front of the card recognizes the occasion. The inside-left of the card highlights your single book, along with the title, the author name, the cover image, and the webpage address. The inside-right of the card is blank so that you can personalize each card with a handwritten message before folding and mailing them in the included white envelopes.

Greeting cards come in quantities of 250. Outskirts Press authors can also order Custom US First Class Postal Stamps to send out these promotional mailings. Both of these optional marketing products can easily and conveniently be added from the Marketing Options screen of their author’s center.

*Production, printing and shipping can take up to 3-4 weeks. Order now to allow plenty of time to receive your cards for a timely holiday promotional mailing.

** The interior image in the example features “Sell Your Book on Amazon.” Details and cover image will be replaced by the details and cover image for your book.

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