Take a tour of the new and improved Ambassador International booth at the International Christian Retail Show! The show kicked off this morning and runs through Wednesday. Stop by booth 2010 and visit us if you are attending the show! If you’re not attending, be sure to enter our HUGE FREE giveaway! Our new division, Ink Swift, is giving away a free publishing package worth $995 and you can enter online at InkSwift.com.The winner will be selected at random here in St. Louis on Wednesday.
Have you always wanted to publish a book? Now you have no excuses! In honor of their recent launch, Ink Swift is giving away a free publishing package to one lucky person. Just fill out the form at InkSwift.com for your chance to win this prize valued at $995. The Ink Essential publishing package includes:
Custom Cover Design
Professional Formatting
Online Retail Distribution
eBook Format and Distribution
ISBN Assignment
25 Complimentary Copies
50% Discount on Reorders
Much More!
A winner will be chosen at random on our about June 30 at the International Christian Retail Show, so get your entry in right away! For a copy of the official rules email tlowry [at] inkswift [dot] com.
More books are being self-published than ever before, according to statistics just released by RR Bowker. In 2009, a whopping 764,448 titles were self-published. The number of books traditionally published fell to 288,355. Self-publishing is a great way for new authors who want to jump into the marketplace and now there is a new option offering more books, perks and control than the competition.
Ink Swift, a division of Emerald House Group is committed to helping writers achieve their dreams of becoming published authors without sacrificing any quality or control. “I’ve heard from so many authors who tried the self-publishing route and were very disappointed,” says company COO Timothy Lowry. “They ended up with an inferior product and very few books in their hands to sell. We created Ink Swift so authors interested in self-publishing would have a better option.”
In honor of the launch of InkSwift.com, all customers will receive a free book trailer video with the purchase of any package. This incredible marketing tool will be professionally produced by a media expert with more than a decade of industry experience. The video will be created with the goal of capturing the author’s audience. This limited time offer is valued at over $200.
Ink Swift offers three package levels, with prices starting at just $995. Authors can choose from Ink Essential, Ink Select or Ink Premium. “To ensure a custom experience, authors are able to add on services like websites, press releases and publicists,” explains Lowry. “We want to make sure people are getting exactly what they want.” So if you’re considering self-publishing, we suggest you check out Ink Swift.
We’re excited to announce the winner of Paulette George’s book Good Morning Beautiful and the signed copy of Steve Holy’s album Blue Moon featuring the hit song Good Morning Beautiful. Using Random.org to select a winner, number eight was chosen:
Leanne Ashenfelter
Mar 16, 2010 at 2:59 pm
I became a fan on Facebook. I am an avid reader and would love to read about this incredible story and journey. Thank you so much for the entry!
Congrats to Leanne! And for everyone else who would like to purchase a copy of Paulette’s book, please use coupon code GMB20 in the Ambassador bookstore to take 20% off your purchase. This code is good until April 15.
We introduced you to author Paulette George with her post, How to Find a Literary Agent. Now we’re giving you a chance to win a signed copy of her new book, Good Morning Beautiful and a signed copy of Steve Holy’s album Blue Moon, which contains the hit song Good Morning Beautiful.
In Good Morning, Beautiful, published by Ambassador International, Paulette shares her family’s journey through the violent storms of epilepsy and autism. Hanging on to hope as their daughter Christina’s life was being ripped away by more than one hundred villainous seizures a day, the story chronicles their miraculous discovery of a diet with roots in Scripture that helped her and her husband hang on to hope. Theirs is a story of enduring love, unstoppable courage, and overcoming faith in the God of miracles. The book also explains the remarkable role the hit country song Good Morning Beautiful played in her daughter’s recovery. Hearing the family’s story, recording artist Steve Holy has become a close family friend to the George’s and an advocate to Christina.
There are three chances to win this fabulous prize pack. Just make sure you leave a comment every time you do one of these things:
1. Follow author Paulette George on Twitter and send out a tweet about this giveaway. Feel free to use this tweet: Enter to win the book Good Morning Beautiful by @Paulette_George & a signed copy of @SteveHoly album Blue Moon! http://tinyurl.com/yh5dm3m.
LifePoint Church in Greenville, South Carolina is launching a donation drive to help Christian charities currently serving in Haiti. Relatives of one of LifePoint’s members operate the Jean Cadet Restavek Foundation, a group that serves some of the estimated 300,000 Haitian children enslaved in child labor. The organization’s founder, a former Haitian slave, is currently in Haiti along with several other staffers working to bring relief to the poor people he serves in the wake of the recent earthquake. This donation drive will also support the First Haitian Evangelical Wesleyan Church in Mauldin which needs supplies to send to Haiti. To aid these organizations’ efforts, LifePoint Church is asking the Greenville community to donate the following:
Baby Food
Baby Formula
Non-perishable Food Items
Blankets
All donations may be dropped off at Christian publishing house Ambassador International, located at 427 Wade Hampton Blvd, on the corner of Chick Springs Road, across from CVS. Items will be collected from January 25 until February 5. Donations may be dropped off Monday through Friday between 9am-5pm or on Saturday from 10am-2pm.
Need a little help marketing your Christian book in 2010? Then you won’t want to miss this free teleseminar on January 20 at 7pm EST with marketing expert Sally Stuart. Be a part of this 70-minute presentation by sending Sally your biggest marketing question at AskSallyStuart.com. You will then be registered which allows you to receive a free 23-page chapter from Stuart’s book, Sally Stuart’s Guide to Getting Published. The book is about the business of writing books and your free chapter includes important information on preparing your fiction or non-fiction book manuscript.
If you’re not able to listen to the teleseminar live, everyone who registers will have access to a recording so that you can listen to it on your own time. But if it’s your goal to get published in the Christian market in 2010, tune in to this free teleseminar for some guidance, instruction and motivation that will help you reach your goal.
Make sure you check out Ambassador International’s sale. They’ve drastically lowered the price on five popular titles. Here are the details:
AND if you’re a fan of Christian Publishing on Facebook you’ll have access to a coupon code that will take EVEN MORE off your total during this awesome sale! So whether you need a gift for mom, dad, grandparents or kids, this sale will help you knock out some Christmas shopping without spending much money!
Christian publishing house Thomas Nelson called off its Open House for Christian retailers for the second time in a year. They’re blaming the economy for holding off on the event that was originally supposed to be held at the company’s headquarters in Nashville in April 2009. Earlier this year Thomas Nelson pushed the event to 2010 but has now decided that it will not happen next year either.
Thomas Nelson told ChristianRetailing.com that program would have put too much of a financial burden on the company and on retailers who would have to be away from their stores to attend the open house. The open house idea started in 2008 when Thomas Nelson said it would no longer participate in CBA’s winter show because it would be more cost-effective to instead bring retailers to them. About 100 retailers were invited to Nashville for the open house and all of their expenses were paid for.
After joining the Christian Booksellers Association back in 1978, CBA leader Bill Anderson has ended his more than three decades with the organization, according to a news release issued by the organization. Anderson became president of the Christian retailing association in 1985, leading the Colorado Springs-based group through ups and downs. “Christian retail has been given a high and holy calling, and we must be faithful to God and His Word. CBA plays a vital role in his industry, and the industry has a vital role in the Kingdom,” Anderson said in the CBA statement.
Reigning simultaneously was CBA board chairman Jim Whittaker of New Life Christian Stores. Whittaker said that increased time demands of managing the transition from Anderson to a new director was the reason for his departure. That put chair-elect George Thomsem at the head of the group. Thomsen, along with the board executive committee and staffers will continue CBA’s work and find a replacement for Anderson. Thomsen said told Publisher’s Weekly that a search committee would be created to find a suitable replacement.
RT @newerakara: Looking forward 2 signing my new book, "Are You Keeping a Secret?" at booth 2121 (Winepress) Tues 9am at #ICRS! See u there! http://twitter.com/christianpubtip2010/06/29
RT @AngeStar: First full-I mean FULL-day of #icrshow & great 1! Meetings books etc.Must go to popcorn cart &see Like Dandelion Dust trailer. http://twitter.com/christianpubtip2010/06/29
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