Tag: Hollywood

Author Spotlight, Outskirts Press News

Outskirts Press Congratulates Author Guido Roberto Deiro For His Recent Appearance on PBS

As the world slowly (hopefully) begins its recovery from an international pandemic that has forced millions of people to shelter for months, the self-publishing industry continues to flourish. Perhaps it is due to the combination of extra time, increased saving habits (which shot from approximately 5% to over 30% in the United States between the first and second quarter), and the proliferation of worldwide catastrophes and causes–which have ranged from an unprecedented virus outbreak to an unprecedented unification of people from all walks of life demanding the overdue resolution of racial inequality.  We are living in a time of big moments. And nothing cements into time big moments quite like big books.

Outskirts Press authors have always been able to secure amazing levels of exposure for their self-published books, whether it be a TNT-series starring Star Trek alum Chris Pine or an inspirational documentary based upon an inspiring woman’s autobiography/self-help book. And while we are sure to see a fair amount of books about COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter in the coming months (and we look forward to helping those authors with all of them), today we’ll shine the spotlight on a book that, while it may not be as culturally relevant, is still an amazing story in its own right. So much so, that Outskirts author Guido Roberto Deiro was recently interviewed for an American Masters documentary on Mae West, which aired two days ago on PBS.

The book that led to the interview, Mae West & The Count, takes you inside Mae’s relationship with the man who launched her career and stole her heart.

Set in the first half of the 20th Century, this is the heretofore untold story of the torrid romance, lust-filled five-year marriage, and entwined show business careers of the Vaudeville headliner “Deiro” and the “Queen of Camp” Mae West.

Unpublicized by mutual agreement, the improbable, humorous, and often heartbreaking, personal and professional relationship between the Italian nobleman, who rose to “rock-star” fame, and the Brooklyn-born fifth-grade dropout who became a show business legend and an icon of sexual freedom, is intimately and elegantly exposed in this volume.

About the author

Retired after successful careers in casino gaming, aviation, and real estate sales, Guido Roberto Deiro resides with his wife, Joan Marlene, at their estate Villa Kismet in the outskirts of Las Vegas, Nevada. The writing of Mae West & The Count – Love and Loss on the Vaudeville Stage came about because of an instruction given to the author by his father, Count Deiro, shortly before his father’s demise: “Never forget that I introduced and made popular the piano-accordion, and tell everyone, including someday your children, who I was and what I did with my life. And if Mae West ever says anything to you, I want you to listen to her…she could have been your mother.” The author hopes that the publication of this biographical novel meets his late father’s imperative.

For more information about the book or to purchase directly from the publisher for up to a 50% discount, click here.

Congratulations on your PBS interview, Guido. And for memorializing such a romantic yet complicated tale. We’re sure your father would be proud!

Featured Book of the Week

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No More Tears: A Novel

by Joseph J. Sollish

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Joseph J. Sollish’s “No More Tears: A Novel.” A story of a young girl’s aspiration to be a movie star and what she becomes after she leaves New Jersey to travel to Hollywood.

 

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Author Spotlight, Marketing Options

It’s a Mystery! Which of these novels deserves to be a Hollywood movie?

Last month, we launched our Book Your Trip to Hollywood Treatment option, providing the fastest, most effective way for self publishing authors to get their book(s) into the hands of a credited producer, launch an exclusive Hollywood optioning shopping window, and receive a professional Hollywood Treatment.

In celebration, we have hand-picked 10 mystery novels from among our Outskirts Press published titles. Which one of these books deserves to be made into a Hollywood movie or television series?  Click on the book covers to learn more about each book, and then cast your vote in the public poll below.  Your vote could help an author get his or her book made into a movie or TV show! The winning author will receive a 10% discount on our Hollywood Treatment option.

A Hollywood Treatment is a thorough outline or creative roadmap for a literary property’s adaptation to screenplay and is a crucial component if you want your book to be taken seriously by Hollywood.  A Treatment enables an author to demonstrate to entertainment decision-makers how his/her story might unfold on screen and helps Hollywood truly envision the material as they consider a purchase/option of the property (book).

If you have a book that Hollywood should consider, the Hollywood Treatment option just may be your (movie) ticket, but in the meantime, here are the 10 MYSTERY contenders, in alphabetical order:











Which book has the “star power” to make the cut in Hollywood? Tell us and then we can help the author tell Hollywood!

We hand picked these 10 contenders and they all deserve to be considered by Hollywood in our opinion. To help the winner take that potentially career-defining step, the winner will receive 10% off our Hollywood Treatment option.

If your book appears above, contact your friends and family to get as many votes as you can between now and when voting ends on August 3rd. Send out tweets on Twitter, call upon your friends and fans on your Facebook page, post to your blogs — in short, flex your book marketing muscle.

Author Spotlight, Marketing Options

Which of these action-packed novels deserves to be a Hollywood movie?

Last month, we launched our Book Your Trip to Hollywood Treatment option, providing the fastest, most effective way for self publishing authors to get their book(s) into the hands of a credited producer, launch an exclusive Hollywood optioning shopping window, and receive a professional Hollywood Treatment.

In celebration, we have hand-picked 10 action-packed thrillers from among our Outskirts Press published titles.   Which one of these books deserves to be made into a Hollywood movie or television series?  Click on the book covers to learn more about each book, and then cast your vote in the public poll below.  Your vote could help an author get his or her book made into a movie or TV show! The winning author will receive a 10% discount on our Hollywood Treatment option.

A Hollywood Treatment is a thorough outline or creative roadmap for a literary property’s adaptation to screenplay and is a crucial component if you want your book to be taken seriously by Hollywood.  A Treatment enables an author to demonstrate to entertainment decision-makers how his/her story might unfold on screen and helps Hollywood truly envision the material as they consider a purchase/option of the property (book).

If you have a book that Hollywood should consider, the Hollywood Treatment option just may be your (movie) ticket, but in the meantime, here are the 10 ACTION contenders, in alphabetical order:

Aji by Richard Block

Angelic Warfare: The Stones of Fire by Bolko Zimmer

Creating Madness: by Andrew J Rafkin

The Daughter of Ernesta by Teeka Murphy

The Farm: by Charles C. Anderson

The Good Foreigner: by Cleo Fellers Kocol

The Last Jump A Novel of World War II by John E. Nevola

Out of Time A story of archaeology... sort of by David LaVigne

The Persian Project A Novel by Mark Irving

Phantom Four Children Of The Grave by Roger Wilson

Who’s got the “star power” to make the cut in Hollywood? Tell us and then we can help the author tell Hollywood!

We hand picked these 10 contenders and they all deserve to be considered by Hollywood in our opinion. To help the winner take that potentially career-defining step, the winner will receive 10% off our Hollywood Treatment option.

If your book appears above, contact your friends and family to get as many votes as you can between now and when voting ends on July 20th. Send out tweets on Twitter, call upon your friends and fans on your Facebook page, post to your blogs — in short, flex your marketing muscle.

Marketing Options, Marketing Packages, Outskirts Press News

How to submit your book to Hollywood


“Your book would make a great movie!”

How often have you heard that, or thought it yourself? We might be able to make it happen!

Outskirts Press has launched its new Hollywood
Book-to-Movie Treatment option, available on a first-come, first-served basis. If you have a published book (with Outskirts Press or elsewhere), this is the fastest, most direct method to get your book in front of a Hollywood producer AND get a Hollywood caliber Treatment that will begin making the rounds in Hollywood at the same time.And if you don’t yet have a published book, Outskirts Press can help you get published, and then help you with a Hollywood caliber Treatment or even a full movie screenplay. You must have a published book to order either of these Hollywood services.

Hollywood Treatments are the creative framework used by busy Hollywood decision makers to transform your book into another medium. In short, treatments are a fast, efficient way for Hollywood executives to picture your book as a movie or television show in a “language” they understand.

With the Hollywood Treatment, you will receive…

  • A 7-10 page creative adaptation (treatment) by a screenwriter that focuses
    on story and characters
  • Up to 3 different industry loglines: short catchy phrases that describe
    your story and quickly capture the attention of potential buyers
  • Hollywood producer assessment
  • Rationale (why choices/decisions were made so they can be addressed by the author)

Warning! This option is an investment, only meant for authors serious about pursuing their goal of turning their book into a movie or television series. For instance, if the producers like your treatment and book, an exclusive 3-year effort will automatically be set into motion by a Hollywood production company to option your book with Hollywood studios, producers, and/or movie stars.

Just imagine: Your own Hollywood Book Treatment making the rounds in Hollywood as a hot property. You don’t have to lift a finger.

Your treatment will also be submitted to a searchable Hollywood database, used by other studios, executives, and producers seeking materials to pitch, option, or buy.

How much is it worth to you to get your book in front of the same Hollywood insiders who, combined, have worked on some of Hollywood’s hottest properties, including:

  • The Hunger Games
  • The Blind Side
  • True Blood
  • The Sopranos
  • … and many others


If you are serious about turning your book into a film or television series for broadcast or cable, this is the option to consider. We also offer full screenplay ghostwriting, but that is available only after you have a Hollywood treatment.

For more details or to order this exclusive Hollywood option now, click
here. Remember, your book must be published first, so that is the first step.

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT & SUCCESS STORY
“My experience with Outskirts was great from start to finish! I was treated with respect. The staff were professional at all times, and responded to my questions very quickly. I was impressed also wit their art department. They nailed the concept I was looking for on the first try. I haven’t sold a lot of books on line, but I have sold copy after copy on my own.

I have received many compliments and positive reviews that have been posted on line. I have another completed manuscript, as I work on #3,
and I plan to use Outskirts again. I would eagerly send anyone with publishing hopes to Outskirts.”

Joscylan Adams was born and raised in Houston, Texas. Reading and writing have been her passion for more than thirty years. Due to a heart condition, she was forced to prematurely leave a job she had held for more than twenty years. During this already difficult period, she suffered the loss of her beloved niece, Syria, and then her father, nine months later. These tragedies gave her a greater sense of the fragility of life, and she decided to begin a journey of living her life’s calling. Her motto is: “Do things while you can, before you want to, and can’t.” Joscylan now lives in Fresno, Texas. This is her first book – and she plans many more to come!

– Joscylan Adams, author of Syria’s Song, The Melody That
Ended Too Soon
Run Our Company, Survey Poll

Run our company Poll – Which new service option should we offer?

Last September we ran a poll asking you, our social community friends (who also happen to be our current, past, and future authors at Outskirts Press) what option you would like to see us offer to help you reach your writing, publishing, and marketing goals.  There were three choices:

  • Amazon Featured Book of the Week, which received 40% of the votes
  • Social Media Market Research, which received 50% of the votes
  • Author Apps, which received 10% of the votes

As a result of your votes, we launched both the Social Media Market Research option and the Amazon Featured Book-of-the-Week option.

So once again we are asking you to help us help you. With The Avengers already breaking records and movies like Men in Black 3, The Dark Knight Rises, and the Amazing Spider-Man just around the corner, we are about to experience one of the biggest blockbuster movie seasons ever.

We want to give authors an opportunity to experience that phenomenon from the inside, by helping you on the path to turning your book into a movie. To help in that quest, we are considering three new service options that focus on one particular step of getting your book from page to screen:

  • Hollywood Action Plan – We will submit your book to a Hollywood production company where a credited Hollywood producer will provide feedback for a 3-5 page “coverage” analysis — the industry term for determining if a book has potential for movie or television adaptation and if so, in what format.
  • Hollywood Treatment – We will submit your book to a Hollywood production company where a treatment writer and credited Hollywood producer collaborate on a 7-10 page Treatment for your book. Treatments are the documents Hollywood insiders use to make purchasing/optioning decisions because they touch upon the major factors (genre, audience, characters, plot) while being quicker to read than a screenplay.
  • Hollywood Screenplay – Using your book as adaptable material, a credited Hollywood producer and Hollywood screenwriter will ghost-write a Hollywood caliber screenplay for you in industry standard format and presentation. Screenplays vary in length depending upon format (movie/tv), genre, and content, but are typically 100-130 pages in length.

In all cases, exclusive efforts to option your material to Hollywood is immediately set into motion for your convenience.  Sound good?  Which option would you like to see first?