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.
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.
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.
Dianne E. Butts! Congratulations Dianne for winning our latest giveaway here at Christian Publishing Tips. Dianne won the Christian Media Connect Source List, a list of over 100 Christian media outlets that includes important contact information. It’s a great resource for anyone looking to promote a cause, business or a new book like Dianne plans to do! If you are interested in purchasing your own copy of the Christian Media Connect Source List, just head to their website. Check out is safe, secure and quick! In a matter of minutes you’ll be in possession of your Source List! Thanks to everyone who entered!
You have a story to tell and Christian Media Connect has the connections to get it heard. Together you can reach dozens of Christian media outlets with the Christian Media Connect Source List. For just $29.99 you can get key contact information directly to decision makers at:
25 Christian Television Programs
More than 30 Christian News Websites
50 Christian Radio Stations
More than a Dozen Christian Magazines
Plus access to Internet Radio Stations and Blogs
This list is great for authors, non-profits, business owners and more looking to get their news event, information or story in the hands of Christian media outlets. If you don’t have the budget to hire a marketing professional, this is a great option to save time and money while still getting your story out to the public. Compiling a list like this yourself would take days, but now you can have it for just $29.99.
We are giving away one copy of this valuable, extensive list. To enter the contest leave a comment below. To receive additional entries tweet about this contest or blog about it. Leave a separate comment letting us know how you’re getting the word out and you’ll have an even better chance of winning your own copy of the Christian Media Connect Source List. The winner will be randomly drawn on Monday August 24. Can’t wait? Go ahead and buy your own copy from Christian Media Connect.
George Beverly Shea turned 100 years old in February. The legendary gospel singer and member of the Billy Graham evangelistic team has lived an extraordinary life. This month his new authorized biography is being released by Ambassador International. You can buy the book for $24.99, or try to win a copy here at Christian Publishing Tips! Here’s a little bit about the book:
The white hair. Those horn-rimmed glasses. And that voice– that unmistakable bass-baritone voice. George Beverly Shea has witnessed to more than 220 million people, in over 185 countries around the world, making him one of the most well-known gospel singers of all time. His decades-long partnership with Billy Graham took him to stages in every state and on every continent, but that doesn’t mean Bev Shea should be labeled as a performer or an entertainer. No, he was God’s instrument for bringing the hope of the Gospel around the world.
George Beverly Shea: Tell Me the Story is a detailed and fascinating look into the life and music of the man often called “America’s Beloved Gospel Singer,” an ordinary insurance worker God used to spread the Gospel to every continent of the world.
To enter do at least one of the following, or all three for additional entries:
1. Leave a comment here at Christian Publishing Tips and include your email address.
2. Write a blog about our giveaway and include a link to this post.
3. Tweet about our giveaway on Twitter. (Make sure you let us know!)
One winner will be drawn on Monday, May 18. Only US entries allowed this time. Good luck!
If you’re a first-time author, self-published author or just starting out, you may not have the budget for a website. But it’s easy to see that a website is a very important part of marketing your book and connecting with readers. Thankfully there are several options for free websites for authors. They probably won’t have the professional design and expanded capabilities that a professional web designer could create for you, but it’s a good start!
AuthorTree.com
Your just a few minutes away from a website with AuthorTree.com. The website is very basic and any upgrades require money, but if you need something fast– this could be a good option.
Webs.com
Webs.com offers free websites with lots of features. They provide all the tools necessary for creating a professional site and you don’t have to know any code to make it happen. You can even add a blog, forum, and photo gallery. Webs also gives you the option to create a social network on your site where you can add members and allow them to create personal profiles.
WritersOwnWords.com
WritersOwnWords.com is a site that offers free web pages for authors. Your site can include a blog, image galleries, events section, about the author page and more. Plus, you can update your site as often as you like.
Weebly.com
If you’re looking for a a clean looking site with a blog check out Weebly.com. Wondering just how easy it is? Try the live demo and you can quickly create a sample site.
NOTE: Don’t forget to leave your email address or contact info in your comment!!!
Christian Publishing Tips is excited to announce our SECOND Christian Book Giveaway! This time we are giving away two books published by Ambassador International. One winner will be among the first to receive a copy of the new release Welcome Home by Steve Lorch. This is a great book for anyone who is currently leading or interested in leading a small group. Here’s some additional information on Welcome Home:
Win a Copy of Welcome Home
Unlike anything you may have read before on the subject, Welcome Home is a uniquely practical and soundly theological guide to nearly every aspect of house churches and small groups. Whether you are an elder of a large congregation with hundreds of small groups, a house church pastor, a church planter, or anyone at all interested in home fellowships, this book is sure to be an encouraging help to your ministry.
By placing significant emphasis on developing leaders, Welcome Home maps out step-by-step ways to begin a house church ministry or to greatly improve existing small group programs. Drawing from solid, Biblical examples and over two decades of hands-on experience, “Welcome Home” sets a clear path for discipleship through home fellowships. The book also includes a CD containing various teaching outlines that may be printed freely for use as class materials.
The second winner will receive a copy of Our Lifeship: A Study in Proverbs for Women by Lynn Wallace. Lynn is an author and speaker who previously served as a missionary to Navajo Indians. You can read more about Lynn on her website. Here is a little more information about her book:
Win a Copy of Our Lifeship
Our life is a ship.
The helm steers the ship.
“Wise counsels” in Proverbs 1:5 comes from a word that speaks of the rope that guides the ship. Our Captain, the Lord Jesus Christ, will enable us to guide our ship right as we stay in His Logbook, the Bible. In Our Lifeship several examples of Biblical characters and modern-day women are used. This book contains quotations from Proverbs and other Bible books. In the section, “Challenges Today’s Women Face,” the author interviewed several women over the phone to obtain ideas. This section brings it down to where we live. She closes each chapter with a challenge, “Give the Helm to Jesus.
This time, CPT is joining dozens of other book bloggers in giveaways through the Bookroom Reviews Book Giveaway Carnival. You can enter to win lots of other books this week, too! We will draw a winner on Saturday, March 7. The contest is open to anyone in the US. Just like last time you can enter up to THREE TIMES! Here’s how:
1. Leave a comment. Be sure to include your name and e-mail address so we can reach you if you’re the winner.
2. Include your twitter address in a comment and start following Christian Publishing Tips on Twitter (@ChristianPubTip). Make sure you send out a tweet about us and this contest. If you’re already following us just tweet about this giveaway.
3. Spread the word about this giveaway by linking to us. Leave us a comment with the link to your announcement. Make sure you include contact information in case you’re the winner.
In honor of our launch, we have set up the Christian Book Giveaway! Here’s your chance to win prizes valued at over $60! You could add several new titles to your Christian book library just by entering. Here’s how you do that:
1. Leave a comment. Be sure to include your name and e-mail address so we can reach you if you’re the winner.
2. Include your twitter address in a comment and start following Christian Publishing Tips on Twitter (@ChristianPubTip). If you’re the winner we’ll notify you through Twitter.
3. Spread the word about this giveaway. Leave us a comment with the link to your announcement or tell us how you spread the word. Make sure you include contact information in case you’re the winner.
4. Do all of these and you’ll be entered three times! Do two of them and you’ll be entered twice! Do one and you’ll be entered… once! We will conduct the drawing on February 1.
So what do you win? The first place winner will get their choice of three of the following new releases from Ambassador International. (The runner-up will win two books of their choice from the selection below.)
Esther: Reflections of an Unexpected Life
A remnant of Jews living in a heathen country . . .
A young orphan being raised by her God-fearing cousin . . .
A self absorbed king in search of a new queen . . .
A Jewish woman rising to the throne of Persia . . .
A book of the Bible which makes no mention to the name of God . . .
Random? Surprising? Chance? Maybe at first glance, but upon closer study of Esther’s life, you’ll find that nothing is unexpected to the God who knows the beginning from the end.
Through easily applicable Biblical truths, interwoven with personal and heartfelt stories, Jennifer brings a contemporary relevance to Esther’s extraordinary story. Join Esther on her journey to the throne of Persia and beyond. You’ll not only discover what powerful deeds God was able to accomplish through the unexpected turns that her life took — you’ll discover what He desires to do in the unexpected turns in your life today!
Knowing God Through Prayer
Knowing God through Prayer—the Plan Jesus Gave is a study of the world’s most famous prayer, the Lord’s Prayer (also known as the Model Prayer or Our Father), based on the premise that Jesus would not have told us to pray a prayer that didn’t work, but that each line of the prayer was meant to bring about answered prayer and real communication with God. Real-life examples of answered prayer illustrate the practical truths found in Jesus’ words. A Prayer Guide is included to “jump-start” the reader’s prayer life.
Songs of the Vineyard
This little book of meditations on Isaiah is about history: past, present, and future. It is about people, Jews and Gentiles, and it is about God and our relationship to Him. It is a book of judgment and apocalyptic themes as well as care and restoration. It is a book of facts and principles that can be applied to our lives. It is my hope and prayer that it will stimulate your heart, mind, and soul to seek out the Word of God to have an even closer relationship with Christ.
Time-Out for Tired Moms
Mom, Are You Tired?
Tired of Laundry!
Tired of Multi-tasking!
Tired of Boys Belching in the Backseat of Your Mini-Van!
Have you ever sent your kids to their rooms for a Time-Out and wondered…When is it MY TURN?! Well, Today it is finally Your Turn to GO TO YOUR ROOM! Time-Out for Tired Moms is a devotional that gives you the break from the chaos of kids that you rightfully deserve. Eight distinctive Time-Out categories highlight creative ways you can incorporate time-out into the everydayness of Mothering. Daily Devotionals lighten your load while drawing you closer to God, the true refresher of a Mother’s soul!
So sit back and enjoy!
Today Mom, it is finally Your Turn to GO TO YOUR ROOM!
Three Men of Destiny
They were a gallant and fearless trio of men, hewn from the same genealogical and cultural stick that was rooted back across the Atlantic Ocean in lowland Scotland and in north-east Ireland (the province of Ulster) a century and more before they were born as first American citizens in what was then the outer ring of the Western frontier.
The families of all three, folk with antecedents in lowland Scotland, had taken the arduous and dangerous passage across the Atlantic from Ulster in the mid-18th century in the daunting quest for freedom and a new life and opportunity in the American colonies.
How truly remarkable it was that from this momentous trail-blazing emigration journey, that within a very short period of time, the Jackson, Houston and Crockett names were being carved with enormous pride across this great expanse of land that stretches from sea to shining sea in the United States of America.
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