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.
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.
On just about every site that sells books, there is an opportunity for fans (or critics) to share their opinion on a book. Amazon does it. Barnes and Noble does it. Even Google Books allows reviews. Whether it was loved or hated, the book seller wants to give readers a chance to share their opinion on a title. What does that mean for you as an author? Keep in mind some interesting statistics in the Christian marketplace. Personal recommendations are a big factor when buyers are deciding which books to buy. Seventeen percent of people buy books based on online sources including book reviews, online advertisements, email from the retailer or based on the author’s website. That’s nearly two out of five people.
The good news is reviews are free. It doesn’t cost any money to get someone to write their opinion down about your book. The hard part can be getting someone to do it. Here are some ways to generate positive reviews about your books on book selling sites:
1. Ask for them. Sounds simple enough, but most people don’t do it. Send out an email to family members and friends asking them to take a few minutes to write a review of your book on Amazon.com or BarnesandNoble.com.
2. Tweet about it. Use social media to generate reviews. Request them on Twitter or Facebook. If you’re a fan of Christian Publishing on Facebook you could even ask other members to help you out.
3. Hold a giveway. Hold a giveaway of your book on your blog. Or ask another blogger to hold a giveaway for you. In return for receiving a copy of your book, ask the winner to post a review of the book on a book selling site. While you can’t guarantee that it will be a positive review, at least you’ll be generating talk about your book!
4. Trade reviews. Team up with other authors and swap reviews. That way everyone wins.
5. Ask your publisher for help. Your publisher likely has access to an email database of customers. Ask them to give away a few copies of your book in return for online reviews.
What are some other ways you would suggest generating online reviews? Have you knowingly generated sales based on an online review? Let us know!
Congratulations to Kaye! She’s the winner of Your Right Job Right Now, a new hardback by Brian Golter. Kaye has her own blog called SandwichINK.com where she writes to provide information and encouragement to Baby Boomers who are providing senior citizen care to their parents while also helping with their grandkids. Kaye left a comment saying she was praying for several out of work friends:
I am currently praying for 4 people who are either out of work, or in a job they aren’t happy with and are thinking of changing. Over the last year, I have been praying for 10+ friends for the same! DEFINITELY a tough market and great timing for this book. Thanks for the chance to win it. It will be well used by being much passed around.
Using Random.org, she was chosen as the winner! We hope this book encourages Kaye and her friends looking for their right job right now! If you’d like to purchase your own copy the publisher, Ambassador International has offered an incredible deal to Christian Publishing Tips’ readers. Use coupon code RJRN40 at checkout to receive a whopping 40% off your copy at Ambassador-International.com!
Thanks for reading and thanks to all who entered our latest giveaway. If you’d like to read more about the author, Brian Golter, visit his website, YourRightJobRightNow.com. And Kaye, let us know how you like the book!
When Brian Golter wrote his book Your Right Job Right Now, he had no idea how needed and timely it would be. His book, released this month by Ambassador International, is a survival guide for the new job market. It’s not only a great read for those on the job hunt, but also for those feeling like they’re not reaching the full potential God has in mind for them with their current job. Today Brian joins us to explain why he wrote the book, and how his mission changed as the economy changed.
**Keep reading for your chance to WIN Brian’s new book!**
When I wrote this book in 2008, I was writing to those rare individuals who wish to see their careers as an opportunity to transform themselves. To overcome their deep-rooted fears and inadequacies, and become the man or woman they had always dreamed of being. It was a book about turning fear into courage, mistrust into trust and inadequacy into confidence.
But as the saying goes, “that was then and this is now”. Since the time I completed this manuscript, we have entered into one of the most difficult job markets in modern history. This book is no longer for rare individuals. It has become a survival guide for the new job market. Understanding how to bring your absolute best to the job market is no longer a luxury. It has become a necessity.
The old rules simply no longer apply. If you’re looking for a job, it’s no longer enough to get on the computer, send out your resume and expect to get a job. The days of just “showing up” to the interview and getting an attractive offer are over.
Quite simply, if you are experiencing a lack of motivation, enthusiasm or confidence, you are not going to find the job you want. No, faking won’t help you either. In this market, employers have their choice of hundreds of candidates. Of course, they will eliminate people on the traditional criteria: by experience, skills and salary. But what most job seekers don’t realize is just how large a role expectations, confidence, risk-taking and attitude play in getting the job they want. They play a larger role than education and experience. This has always been true. Today’s serious candidates have to pay attention to those deep places in themselves: those places that determine how other people experience them. The days of covering up the real you and still getting what you want are slowly but surely coming to an end.
For those of you willing to do the work of overcoming your fears and inadequacies, there is a silver lining. And what a wonderful silver lining it is! It’s truly a new day in which you can reach for what you know is true and rewarding. A day in which you can no longer get away with, or be rewarded for, the very things you don’t like about yourself. A day when you can become the man or woman God designed you to be.
For those of you who refuse to take up this challenge, it could just be the death sentence of your career. It’s time to get real and dig deep. To use the adversity you are experiencing to become so honest with yourself, so humble, that you will get the right job, right now.
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Win a copy of Brian’s new book, Your Right Job Right Now. Simply leave a comment below for one entry. Tweet about our giveaway to be entered a second time, and blog about to be entered a whopping FIVE MORE TIMES! Sorry guys, but this giveaway is only open to US entries. A winner will be selected on June 12. Tell your friends!
We are pleased to announce the winner of the brand new George Beverly Shea authorized biography is Mark Harvey! Congratulations Mark! We hope you enjoy the book! If you did not win, but are a Bev Shea fan or have followed the Billy Graham ministry, this book is a great read. Pick it up at Ambassador International’s website for $24.99.
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Thanks for the chance to win it. It will be well used by being much passed around.
