International Christian Retail Show Kicks off in St. Louis

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.

Tags: Ambassador International, Christian Book Expo, giveaway, Ink Swift, prizes, publicity, publishing

Christian Author Bootcamp Week 2- Join the Conversation

Welcome to the second week of the Christian Author Bootcamp– a ten week book promotion blitz. We’ll be sharing free or low cost resources to help you whip your publicity plan into shape. This week we’re talking about joining the conversation.

To join Twitter start here.

To search Twitter and find out what people are talking bout try Twitter Search.

To set up Google Alerts click here.

Tags: book marketing, book promotion, Christian author, freebies, selling books, social media, Twitter

Ink Swift Giving Away Free Publishing Package Worth $995

Win a Publishing Package from Ink Swift

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.

Tags: Ambassador International, books publishing, Christian publishing, contest, freebies, giveaway, Ink Swift, self-publishing

Christian Author Bootcamp Week 1– Create an Online Home Base

Welcome to the first week of the Christian Author Bootcamp– a ten week book promotion blitz. We’ll be sharing free or low cost resources to help you whip your publicity plan into shape. This week we’re focusing on creating an online home base.

To create a Facebook Fan Page start here.

To launch a free blog we suggest using Wordpress.

And if you already have a book selling on Amazon, create an Author Central page.

Feel free to leave links to your newly created online home base so we can check them out. And come back next week for a fresh assignment.

Tags: author, author website, book marketing, book promotion, Marketing, publicity, social media

Introducing the Christian Author Bootcamp

Christian Publishing Tips is excited to introduce the Christian Author Bootcamp, a ten-week book promotion blitz. Over the summer we’ll be handing out one assignment a week to help authors whip their book publicity into shape. Watch this video to get the details.

So don’t forget to come back here on Monday, June 21 for your first assignment in the 10-week Christian Author Bootcamp. For reminders on Twitter, be sure to follow @ChristianPubTip.

Tags: author, book, book marketing, book promotion, Christian author, Christian writer, marketing books, selling books