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“Show Me Your Love” Winner, Cynthia Panks Wins a Free Laptop!

The videos were fantastic. The voting was tight. The love was spread. When all was said and done, Cynthia Panks, author of Twins’ Night Before Christmas, was named our big winner of the “Show me Your Love” contest. Cynthia’s video was well-done and it’s obvious that her book is loved. Here’s the winning video:

Cynthia wins a sparkling black, HP 2000-2d65NR 15.6-inch laptop complete with Windows 8 for being the finalist receiving the most public votes for her video in the 3rd Annual Outskirts Press “Show Me Your Love” promotion. Congratulations, Cynthia!

All of Cynthia’s grandchildren are twins; her two daughters each have a set of twin girls; one set is identical and the other, fraternal. She and her husband are retired educators who reside in their hometown, Slidell, Louisiana, where she continues to write and work as a Freelance Video Editor. You may also visit her webpage at www.twinsbookshelf.com.

“Twins’ Night Before Christmas” was released in January 2014 and is a universal and timeless gift to be treasured by both young and old. In the magic of the Christmas season, its endearing story evokes an understanding of the importance of individual identity to a child. When Matilda and Monica, identical twin sisters, visit Santa at the mall, they are surprised when he addresses each of them by their given name. “How did Santa do it? Did he just guess? Twin identity crisis can cause so much stress. If friends cannot do it, how did this jolly elf recognize each twin for her unique self? Was he just lucky to get their names right? Will he really know them on Christmas Eve night?” Matilda and Monica decide to put Santa to the “big test” by playing a twin game with him when he arrives at their home on Christmas Eve night.

Poll Results

Video #2 – Cynthia Panks, “Twins’ Night Before Christmas” 61%
Video #1 – Mary James, “When Freedom Turned Green” 36%
Video #3 – Bill Sherod, “Search for the Hidden Valley “ 3%
Author Inspiration, Bestsellers, Outskirts Press News, self publishing news, Top 10, Uncategorized

Top 10 Best-Selling Books in Self-Publishing for January 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 January 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 January 2014 were:











Congratulations to our best-selling authors for the month of January 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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Author Inspiration, contests, Outskirts Press News, self publishing news, Survey Poll, Uncategorized

Vote Now For the Best “Show Me Your Love” Video!

In celebration of the month of love, Outskirts Press has been “sharing the love” and inviting its family of successfully published authors to do the same. During the month of February, we asked our ‘fans’ to create a 1-3 minute video showing their love for Outskirts Press and their self-publishing book. 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 “Show Me Your Love” and 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 27th. The winner will be announced on Friday, February 28th.

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: Mary James, author of When Freedom Turned Green

VIDEO #2: Cynthia Panks, author of Twins Night Before Christmas

VIDEO #3: Bill Sherod, author of Search for the Hidden Valley

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book marketing, Marketing Options, Outskirts Press News, self publishing news, Top 10, Uncategorized

Top 10 Self-Publishing Book Marketing Tactics for January 2014

Book marketing is one of the most important pieces of being a successful self-publishing author. Outskirts Press is an industry leader in providing post-publication support, products, and services to its growing family of published authors.

Your book is written. Your book is published. Now what? Our list of Top 10 Book Marketing Tactics can help you prioritize your book marketing efforts by providing you with excellent marketing and promotional tactics you should consider pursuing.

These are the marketing products and tactics determined to be most popular by our authors for the month of January 2014, listed below in alphabetical order:

Amazon Extreme Package Amazon Extreme Package: Save 25% on 3 of our marketing services focused on Amazon.com. This package includes a Kindle Edition of your book, participation in the Amazon Search Inside the Book and Amazon Cover Enhancement.
Amazon Kindle Submission Service Amazon Kindle Submission Service:  Make your book available on Amazon’s Kindle ebook reading device. More formats on Amazon means more exposure on Amazon, and the Kindle is heavily promoted by Amazon.

Amazon Search Inside the Book		 Amazon Search Inside the Book: Amazon claims that books participating in this program enjoy “significant” sales improvement, on average, over books that do not.
2014 Marketing Calendar Author’s Marketing Calendar: Plan the whole year in advance with the Marketing Calendar. Marketing services, important deadlines, and promotional tips are interspersed throughout the calendar year to give authors a convenient marketing objective to complete every week.
Barnes & Noble NOOK Submission Service Barnes & Noble NOOK Submission Service:  Millions of books are available on Barnes & Noble’s NOOK. If your book isn’t one of them, you are missing out on tapping a very important, and growing, market of readers.
Barnes & Noble See Inside Barnes & Noble See Inside:  Barnes & Noble’s answer to Amazon’s “Search Inside the Book” program. Books that participate in this program receive a “See Inside” icon next to their Barnes & Noble cover image, which invites potential customers to electronically “flip” through a small section of the book.
Custom Press Release Custom Press Release:  Have our professional press release writer compose an original, unique press release for your book, submitted to you for your review/approval, and then distributed to our newswire service on your behalf.
Indie Book Awards Submission Indie Book Awards Submission: Every year the Next Generation honors exemplary books from all publishers with the Indie Book Award. Make sure your book is among the ones being considered.
Personal Marketing Assistant Personal Marketing Assistant: Do you need help developing a book marketing plan? Arranging book signings? Establishing/developing your author platform? Hire your own Personal Marketing Assistant today!
PR Publicist Campaign PR Publicist Campaign: Imagine having a publicist handle your custom press release distribution with targeted distribution and phone call follow-up? Imagine receiving the media leads personally and a clipping service that notifies you whenever your book is mentioned on the Internet.

Outskirts Press Published authors who are interested in any of these (or many of our other available services) can find further details and ordering information from the Marketing Options page of your author’s center.

Not yet published with Outskirts Press? Today is the perfect day to start and take advantage of our current publishing promotion…

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Standard Apple iPad Edition with iBooks Distribution Announced by Outskirts Press – Convenient and Affordable Option for Self-Publishing Authors

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

With millions of readers latching onto ebook technology to feed their hunger for books, an Apple iPad/iPhone edition could be the key to unlocking a sales explosion – and now at a lower upfront cost for authors publishing with Outskirts Press.

February 18, 2014 – Denver, CO – It’s not just the big, traditional publishing houses that are reaping the benefits of ebook editions. Independent, self-publishing authors can now take advantage of the exposure afforded by an electronic edition. Outskirts Press announces the Standard iPad/iPhone Edition with iBooks distribution, designed to launch authors’ works into the ebook market at an affordable upfront cost.

Millions of readers are taking to their iPads and iPhones to enjoy everything from classic novels to the latest releases. As Apple’s share of the ebook market expands, Apple iBooks, by some estimates, accounts for up to 20 percent of ebook sales in the United States. Now, authors self-publishing with Outskirts Press can benefit from this ebook revolution – simply, conveniently and less expensively – with standard distribution of their books to Apple’s iBookstore.

The Standard iPad/iPhone Edition allows self-publishing authors to enter the ebook marketplace at significantly lower upfront cost with a no-hassle, standard iBookstore retail price of $9.99. It’s the simplest one-click solution for Outskirts Press published authors to publish a book in Apple’s iBookstore.

The Standard iPad/iPhone Edition offers authors a number of benefits, including:

  • Greater exposure. The more outlets where a book is available for sale, the greater the chances that a book will be discovered by potential readers.
  • Standard retail price of $9.99. No fretting over how to price a book in the iBookstore.
  • Guaranteed royalty amount. With standard iBookstore pricing, authors are guaranteed a royalty of $4.00 for each and every book sold. With the added exposure of the Apple format, that could add up quickly.
  • No imprint required. No need to publish under an individual author imprint or mess with ISBNs. This option lets authors publish without those requirements.
  • Quick, seamless publishing. Forget all the hassle of exchanging bank account numbers and other private information. Outskirts Press takes care of everything behind the scenes.

An Apple iPad/iPhone Edition is a great way for authors to offer their book to a whole new audience of potential readers. Authors publishing with Outskirts Press can get more information about this option at www.outskirtspress.com/p/ipadstandard.

Authors who have already published elsewhere or who only want to publish a digital edition can still take advantage of the Apple iPad/iPhone Premium Edition: www.outskirtspress.com/p/ipadpremium.

About Outskirts Press, Inc.: Outskirts Press offers high-quality, full-service self-publishing and book marketing services for writers and professionals who are seeking a cost-effective, fast, and flexible way to publish and distribute their books worldwide while retaining 100% of their rights, 100% of their profits, and 100% of the creative control. http://www.outskirtspress.com.

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Last Day to take advantage of a big money-saver for self-publishing authors: FREE SHIPPING!

Today is the last day! Authors who have published with Outskirts Press can get FREE SHIPPING on book orders of 50 or more with UPS Ground shipping within the continental United States. If you’ve been wanting to restock books for events or save more money by ordering in bulk for your direct sales efforts, now is the time to take advantage of our most popular promotion for published authors.

Here’s how it works:

  1. Login to your Publishing Center and place an order for 50 or more copies of your book(s) in a single format by 11:59 p.m. on February 17th.
  2. Select normal ground shipping with a delivery address in the continental United States.

No promotion code is necessary. You will see the free shipping reflected during your order. Easy, right? Click here to place your order.

When you pair the shipping savings with the money you’ll save by placing a bulk order, you have an opportunity to save even more.

Click to order