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Author Inspiration, Author Spotlight, Book Awards, Children's Books, Promotions

Win $1500, Just by Publishing Your Book

Every author dreams of generating revenue from their life’s passion – writing. But did you know you could win $1,500 just by self-publishing your book? It’s true! Your high-quality work (and our help) could net you a nice bit of cash in our Best Book of the Year contest.

Every year, Outskirts Press recognizes the best book we publish with our annual Outskirts Press Best Book of the Year award, which pits just three finalists against each other in a public poll on the Outskirts Press Self-Publishing News blog. Here’s how it works:

  1. Authors who order the Diamond or Pearl publishing package and are published in 2015 are automatically entered for consideration.
  2. Outskirts Press production and marketing teams and executive staff hand-select up to 5% of the books we publish over the course of the year for consideration. These titles are nominated by us for the Colorado Independent Publishers Association EVVY Awards, held in Denver each summer.
  3. Books that win EVVY awards will be considered for Best Book of the Year. Contenders will be chosen as finalists, and will receive promotion in Outskirts Press newsletters and social media channels.
  4. Readers of the SelfPublishingNews.com blog will determine the Best Book of the Year winner in a public vote.

You hold your fate in your hands: Publish now, promote shamelessly, and be ready for consideration for the Best Book of the Year – and possibly $1,500 – in 2015!

RECEIVE 10% OFF OUR TWO MOST POPULAR PACKAGES!
Save 10% instantly when you choose to publish with our industry-leading Diamond publishing service or our full-color Pearl publishing service.

 The Ultimate Diamond Publishing Service
Was: $999
Now ONLY $899!

  • Included Amazon Distribution and ISBN
  • Get a free e-book edition
  • Get a free author webpage

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Promotion Code: 10DSCT2015
Promotion Dates: May 1-14!
For all the promotion details, please click here.

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  The Ultimate Pearl Publishing Service
Was: $1099
Discounted Price: ONLY $989!

  • Included Amazon Distribution and ISBN
  • Browse our illustration package
  • Get a free author webpage

Watch the Pearl video here

Promotion Code: 10DSCT2015
Promotion Dates: May 1-14!
For all the promotion details, please click here.

Isn’t it time for you to get started today?

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TOP 5 PUBLISHING HEADLINES
AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT & SUCCESS STORY

I am very happy that Outskirts Press exists. My cover design is incredibly professional. As soon as I show my children’s book to someone they become overjoyed. The color, the illustrations, and the book itself is so admired.

L. Gina Davis attended York College in 1997, where she studied child psychology. She is the author of a poem entitled “Sweetheart,” featured in Moonlight Wishes, a collection of poems published in 1996 with the National Library of Poetry. She is happily married with three children and lives in Queens, New York.

In this fast-paced, riveting tale, we meet a cranky old witch named Lolita who delights in being miserable. When she hears the laughter and witnesses the fun and merriment the children are having at the playground, she is furious. With the help of her loyal cat Bufu, Lolita comes up with a scheme to transform herself into a beautiful queen to lure the happy children away from the playground-and put an end to the joyful noise once and for all! Humorous and entertaining, Ooh Lolita also carries an important reminder for children about the dangers of putting their trust in strangers-even a strange and beautiful queen who asks for help to find a lost pet.

– L. Gina Davis, author of Ooh Lolita
contests, Full Color Publishing, Production Options

Last Chance! Publish by April 30 to Get a Free Custom Cover for that Self-Publishing Book

It’s not too late to make to make April your most attractive month with a FREE Custom Cover from Outskirts Press. Upgrade the look of that self-publishing book and make your cover stand out in a crowd.

Any author wants to make the best first impression with his or her cover when it hits the shelf or is posted on the Web, and an exclusive custom cover, designed specifically for that book, is probably the single most important element in making that striking first impression.

A custom cover design led by a professional cover designer not only gives authors a far greater chance for an immediately favorable response to their books, it also helps them convey a sense of the style, tone and content inside, and that too has an immediate effect on potential buyers.

This option is normally $299 but if you order by tomorrow, it’s FREE! Just enter the promotion code COVERAPR15 when checking out of the shopping cart while purchasing the popular Diamond package or the full color Pearl publishing package by tomorrow, April 30, 2015.

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Bologna Children's Book Fair, Book Fairs

It’s That Time of Year Again — Time for the Bologna Children’s Book Fair!

Bologna Children's Book FairAh, spring! A time of renewal and growth — and new and enriching books. The Bologna Children’s Book Fair takes place March 30 through April 2, highlighting the best of both self-publishing and traditional books for young readers.

The Bologna Children’s Book Fair has been at the forefront for publishing insiders since it’s inception in 1963, presenting valuable opportunities for authors, publishers, illustrators and readers to mix, lBologna Children's Book Fair Logoearn about industry trends and, of course, bring awareness to their own products. Bologna is famous for spotlighting children’s publishing with a focus on the sale of rights and international co-productions. Outskirts Press is always well-represented at this event — and a number of other international book fairs and domestic events — throughout the year, so we’re following this exciting event closely again in 2015.

You, too, can keep up with the goings on a the fair by visiting the Bologna Children’s Book Fair on Facebook or checking them out on Instagram. Or stay tuned right here for news specific to Outskirts Press!

If you are a published children’s book author with Outskirts Press and interested in exhibiting your book with the Bologna Children’s Book Fair next year, you can register for this event conveniently from your author’s center Marketing Options screen. Space is limited and filled on a first-come, first served basis. Remember: Due to the specific requirements of Bologna, this event is not a part of our Global Book Tour package and must be registered for separately if you are interested.

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Advice, book marketing

Outskirts Press Announces Tips for Self-Promoting During Small Press Month in March

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Outskirts Press Announces Tips for Self-Promoting During Small Press Month in March

 Self-publishing authors can successfully self-promote, using these easy-to-follow marketing tips.

 March 10, 2015 – Denver, CO – Outskirts Press, one of the top self-publishing service providers in the nation, is celebrating Small Press Month in March with a generous list of tips to help self-publishing authors promote their works.

Every year during the month of March, Outskirts Press joins indie companies all across the United States in celebrating independent publishers and the talented self-publishing authors we serve. High-quality self-publishing is the easy part; effectively marketing a book once it’s published is the real mark of success as an author. In that spirit, Outskirts Press recognizes the month of celebration as an opportunity to help indie authors promote a self-published book with easy and effective marketing and promotion tactics, including:

  • Stock up. Have hardcopies on hand to use toward marketing throughout the month.
  • Bone up. Become the local authority on Small Press Month, then become a valuable resource to local media. This helps build a reputation that lends an author valuable credibility.Price of Business Radio Interview
  • Connect. Meet with other independent published authors, either with a local writers’ guild or online via social media. Pool resources and share advice with others on Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms. There’s a lot to do, and many minds are a better than one.
  • Get reviewed. Send out review copies to get some good buzz. The free Book Review Starter Kit from Outskirts Press includes tips for sending books to reviewers, as well as a list of reviewers with contact information.
  • Co-op. Arrange co-op advertisement in the local media. This allows authors to promote upcoming events as well as books.
  • Get talking. Contact local radio producers to snag a valuable interview slot. Not sure where to start? Outskirts Press offers a Guaranteed Radio Interview option to help authors kick off their efforts.
  • Think green. St. Patrick’s Day green, that is. Take the day to get started on electronic editions, which save trees and expose books to huge audiences of ebook consumers. Outskirts Press can set up a Kindle, NOOK or Apple iPad edition in no time at all.
  • Make a leap. For authors who published elsewhere, this may be the month to switch to Outskirts Press. A fresh start may be just the thing to get sales moving again.
  • Be a “commissioner.” Help other writers get published and earn a 10 percent commission for the referral after their book is published. Register for the Outskirts Press affiliate program today at http://outskirtspress.com/affiliates.php and start spreading the word.
  • Blog, blog, blog. Start a blog and keep it active and up-to-date to elicit feedback and build relationships. Register the blog with blog directories to gain more readership and participation.

Visit Outskirts Press’ Small Press Month blog post for a full list of self-promotion tips.

About Outskirts Press, Inc.: Outskirts Press 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, Inc. represents the future of book publishing, today.

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book marketing, Marketing Options, Publishing Packages, Uncategorized

3 More Days to Get 20% Off Diamond and Pearl Self-Publishing Packages

We are pleased to offer a very special gift to authors looking to publish today: 20% off Outskirts Press publishing packages!

Everything you need to get your manuscript polished, formatted, printed and promoted – all wrapped up in one, neat little package – could be yours at significant savings. Why wait? If you buy now, that 20% off is $200-plus in savings you can spend on gifts – or paying off those credit cards!

Save 20% instantly when you choose to publish with our industry-leading Diamond publishing package or our full-color Pearl publishing package.

Both packages include:

  • Online sales through Amazon and Barnes & Noble
  • Interior formatting
  • ISBN and bar-coding
  • Keep 100% of your rights & royalties
  • Much, much more
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Promotion Code: 20DSCT2014
Promotion Dates: Now through December 31

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It’s time to save a stack of cash! This offer is only valid until Wednesday at midnight!

Promotions, Publishing Packages

Reach 30,000+ Readers of Boston Review with Co-op Ads

Are you looking to reach the growing intellectual market of 30,000 readers all while keeping your advertising costs at a minimum?

Boston Review is a prestigious magazine that describes itself as “committed to public reason and literary imagination.” It is a magazine of ideas and it covers a lot of ground – book reviews, poetry, fiction, film, criticism and politics – with five important premises tying it all together editorially: Democracy depends on public discussion; Sometimes understanding means going deep; Vast inequalities are unjust; The human imagination breaks free from neat political categories; Powerful images are worth more than piles of words.

By putting politics and poetry on the same page, Boston Review anticipates a world that is at once more democratic and more imaginative than our own. They take their designation as a magazine of political, cultural, and literary ideas seriously, and the intellectual range of their audience distinguishes them from any political journal or literary quarterly. So too does their seriousness of purpose set them apart from other general-interest magazines. They therefore offer the perfect audience for authors of thoughtful new fiction and nonfiction books.

With this co-op marketing option each full-color ad for an author’s book in Boston Review occupies a 2″ by 2.5″ space that includes a full color image of the book’s cover, an abbreviated synopsis, the ISBN, its retail price and all necessary retail and wholesale ordering information. The full page ad includes eleven other Outskirts Press titles.

Boston Review is published six times a year and reservations for Outskirts Press co-op ads are taken on a first come, first served basis. Act quickly! Space is limited for the upcoming Outskirts Press ad in this popular magazine. For more information or to reserve your space now, visit http://outskirtspress.com/p/bostoncoop.

Promotions, Publishing Packages

You can save $100 or more when you start self-publishing in December!

Save 10% instantly when you choose to publish with our industry-leading Diamond publishing service or our full-color Pearl publishing service.

The Ultimate Diamond Publishing Service
Was: $999
Now only $899!

  • Keep 100% of your royalties
  • Included Amazon distribution and ISBN
  • Get a free e-book edition
  • Get a free author webpage

Promotion Code: 10DSCT2014
Promotion Dates: December 1 – December 31

Watch the Diamond video here
Click to order the Diamond Package
The Full-Color Pearl Publishing Service
Was: $1099
Now only $989!

  • Keep 100% of your royalties
  • Included Amazon distribution and ISBN
  • Browse our illustration packages
  • Get a free author webpage

Promotion Code: 10DSCT2014
Promotion Dates: December 1 – December 31

Watch the Pearl video here
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For all the promotion details, please click here. Isn’t it time for you to get started today?

book marketing, Full Color Publishing, Promotions, Publishing Packages

Bedazzle Your Book with a Diamond or Pearl Self-Publishing Package

“DIY” book publishing has come a long way from the days when formatting and layout were so complicated no one could figure it out, and an author had to order thousands of dollars’ worth of inventory just to publish. However, while self-publishing is now simpler and quicker, that still doesn’t mean it’s easy!

There are still many elements to pull together to get a self-published book to press or to the ebook market. Here, we discuss the Top 4 Publishing Party-Poopers that confuse even reasonably savvy do-it-yourselfers. Each of these services is included in our Diamond and Pearl self-publishing packages, both of which are 20% OFF today:

  1. ISBN – This is the International Standard Book Number, the ten or 13-digit number that uniquely identifies every book. Many self-publishing service providers make a killing marking up the ISBN for resale to authors. As a Bowker-approved designated agent, Outskirts Press can reserve a Private Label ISBN in your name for 20% less than you would pay directly through Bowker.
  2. Formatting – Even template-based formatting can be a headache for someone unfamiliar with the many “rules” of book formatting. Something as simple as an extra space or misplaced tab can adversely affect the appearance of your printed book as well as the functionality of your ebook. An experienced formatter can save you many hours of frustration!
  3. Cover Design – This is the first – and many would say the most important – opportunity for an author to grab readers’ attention … and it’s the step that is most often bungled. The investment in an attractive, eye-catching, professional cover design is universally hailed as THE most important investment you can make toward the success of your book.
  4. Ebooks – Hmm, paper, hardcover or electronic? With the Diamond or Pearl package, your paperback format is included, and you can add hardcover and/or ebook formats at any time to take advantage of the distinct benefits of multiple formats.

The best part about these festive packages is that today, they’re 20% OFF! Just login to your Publishing Center, and choose the package you want to save hundreds this holiday season.

Now is the time to publish that book!

START PUBLISHING & RECEIVE 20% OFF DIAMOND AND PEARL!
The Ultimate Diamond Publishing Service
Was: $999
Now only $799!

  • Included Amazon distribution and ISBN
  • Get a free e-book edition
  • Get a free author webpage

Promotion Code: 20DSCT2014
Promotion Dates: TODAY ONLY

Watch the Diamond video here
Click to order the Diamond Package
The Full-Color Pearl Publishing Service
Was: $1099
Now only $879!

  • Included Amazon distribution and ISBN
  • Browse our illustration packages
  • Get a free author webpage

Promotion Code: 20DSCT2014
Promotion Dates: TODAY ONLY

Watch the Pearl video here
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TOP 5 PUBLISHING HEADLINES
AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT & SUCCESS STORY

“My book is delightful. I’m very satisfied with my experience with Outskirts Press. All in all, my experience with your company has been a very good one. Thank you.”

Kim M. Lowrey lives in the heart of the beautiful Finger Lakes in Waterloo, New York. She enjoys writing. As most authors, she believes writing is a time when she can let her imagination run wild. It’s a challenge to take the tread of a thought and spin it into a compelling story.

They stole her innocence years ago and left her with nothing but demons controlling her mind. It took years for her to subdue the rampant nightmares. And for a while, Abigail Martin’s life was relatively normal. But nothing lasts forever. Abby’s beloved Aunt Lil is murdered in a robbery gone awry. Lil’s death topples Abby’s world. She’s hurt and enraged and somebody needs to pay. And why not start where the trouble began? With the help of Kenneth Brown, Private Investigator, she becomes the hunter…and they become her prey. She could never get back what they took from her, but she could take something just as valuable from them. Abby’s tirade begins and no one is safe in her world.

– Kim M. Lowrey, author of Death of an Innocence
Promotions, Publishing Packages

Last Chance to Get the Free Amazon Extreme Option for that Self-Publishing Book

Time is almost up to jump into the electronic world of self-publishing! Before Thanksgiving hits and you can’t get up from all that food you’ve eaten, publish today and jump-start your marketing efforts with the Amazon Extreme marketing package.

The Amazon Extreme marketing package from Outskirts Press offers self-publishing authors a head start on book marketing by taking triple advantage of the immense audience of Amazon, the largest online retailer in the United States. This package includes: An Amazon Kindle edition of your book, Amazon’s Search Inside the Book feature and the Amazon Cover Enhancement. These valuable, popular options are free for authors who start publishing in June.

Start today with the promotion code below when you choose to publish with our industry-leading Diamond publishing service or our full-color Pearl publishing service to receive the FREE Amazon Extreme Marketing Package.

Enter the promotion code FreeAENOV14 when checking out of your shopping cart while purchasing the popular Diamond package or the full color Pearl publishing package. But do it TODAY, time is running out!

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Marketing Options, Top 10, Uncategorized

Top 10 Best-Selling Books in Self-Publishing for October 2014

Outskirts Press, the fastest-growing full-service self-publishing and book marketing company, is pleased to announce its top ten best-selling titles for October 2014, according to combined data from Ingram Book Wholesalers and Outskirts Press Direct via http://outskirtspress.com/bookstore. These authors have likely created a solid book marketing strategy and put it into motion either by themselves or with the help of a Personal Marketing Assistant.

In alphabetical order, the top ten best-selling books in self-publishing during the month of October 2014 were:










Congratulations to our best-selling authors for the month of October 2014!

How can you get your book on the bestseller list? While we can’t make any guarantees on sales success, many of our most successful authors invest time and money in marketing themselves and their book. Authors who are in need of a marketing boost often turn to a Personal Marketing Assistant for help.

All of these books (and other Outskirts Press titles) are available from all major online retailers like Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Powells, Books A Million, and others, plus conveniently from the Outskirts Press Direct bookstore at http://outskirtspress.com/bookstore for discounts ranging from 10% – 55%.

Are you ready to put a book promotion strategy in place for your self-published book?

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