Here are the formats available with the Diamond
Publishing Package.
Trim
Size
Binding
Cover
Interior
Paper
Type
Paper
Color
5 x 8
Paperback
Color
B/W
55#
441 PPI
Creme-white
5.5 x 8.5
Paperback
Color
B/W
55#
441 PPI
Creme-white
6 x
9
Paperback
Color
B/W
55#
441 PPI
Creme-white
6.14 x 9.21
Paperback
Color
B/W
50#
512 PPI
White
7 x 10
Paperback
Color
B/W
50#
512 PPI
White
7.4 x 9.7
Paperback
Color
B/W
50#
512 PPI
White
7.5 x 9.25
Paperback
Color
B/W
50#
512 PPI
White
8.3 x 11.7 (A4)
Paperback
Color
B/W
50#
512 PPI
White
8.25 x 11
Paperback
Color
B/W
50#
512 PPI
White
5.5 x 8.5
Casebound
Color
B/W
55#
441 PPI
Creme-white
6 x 9
Casebound
Color
B/W
55#
441 PPI
Creme-white
6.14 x 9.21
Casebound
Color
B/W
50#
512 PPI
White
5.5 x 8.5
Dust
Jacket
Color
B/W
55#
441 PPI
Creme-white
6 x 9
Dust
Jacket
Color
B/W
55#
441 PPI
Creme-white
6.14 x 9.21
Dust
Jacket
Color
B/W
50#
512 PPI
White
Free E-Book
N/A
N/A
Secured
PDF File
N/A
Paperback Bindings are high-quality perfect
bound. Casebound Bindings are full-color laminated
casebound covers, like children's books or textbooks.
Dust Jacket Bindings are cloth-stitched hardbacks
with full-color wrap around dust jackets.
Paperbacks can be between 30 pages and 800
pages. Hardbacks can be between 100 pages and
800 pages.
All our covers are full-color, unless purposely
designed by the author to be in black/white.
All Diamond interiors are black/white and professionally
formatted with drop caps and headers.
Paper Type refers to page weight and width.
441 PPI means that 441 pieces of paper is one
inch thick. Use this formula to calculate your
spine (or better yet, just let us do it for
you -- it's included).
Paper Color refers to the tone of the page.
Creme-white is a 30% recycled natural off-white
color. White is a pure white. All paper is off-set,
opaque, and acid-free.
10 paperback copies of
your book are automatically shipped to
you when your book is published. Shipping
is free within the continental United
States. Authors residing outside of the
United States will be charged shipping
costs and all applicable international
taxes and brokerage fees.
10
If you add the optional hardback to your publishing
package in addition to your paperback, the $199
cost includes the shipment of 1 free hardback
copy.
If you opt-out of the paperback edition entirely
and only publish a hardback edition, 5 free
hardbacks will be mailed to you.
As a default, your Diamond book will indicate
publication by Outskirts Press and you will
receive a unique ISBN with your package.
If you prefer, you may submit your own ISBN
number
and use your own publishing name or imprint.
We will produce a price-embedded barcode for
your book. Or we can leave the price-embedding
off to provide you ultimate pricing flexibility.
It's your choice.
The power of on-demand and EDI distribution
includes wholesale availability via the following
sales channels.
Your book will automatically be available through
I-Page, the book ordering system available at
over 25,000 bookstores and retail chains.
It will automatically be listed online with
Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other e-retailers
for sale.
In addition, applicable Diamond books of a
religious nature will be submitted to Spring
Arbor Christian distribution for consideration.
As with all retailers and wholesalers, books
accepted by Spring Arbor is at their discretion
and outside of the control of Outskirts Press.
* The author's
trade discount determines distribution. The
author can set it from 0% - 55%. The higher
the trade discount, the more distribution opportunities
become available from the channels above. Wholesalers
are not obligated to take all books.
The Diamond package costs $999, which includes
the $35 deposit.
You may pay your package fee all at once up-front,
or during STEP 4 of the pre-production process
after beginning with just the $35 deposit to
get your author representative assigned.
You may pay securely online with any of the
4 major credit cards, over the phone, or through
the mail with a check or money order. It's up
to you. We also accept payment plans of at least
$35/month. No interest.
There is an $18/year digital storage fee for
all packages, billed the first January after
your book is published.
At Outskirts Press, you set your own retail
price and royalty. If you are not sure what
pricing to select, we offer recommended pricing
based upon your book's length.
Our default recommended pricing is designed
to deliver the lowest possible retail price
for your book. This allows for a 20% royalty
on the retail price for you and a 20% distributor
trade discount for the wholesalers.
To make it easy for you, you can tell your
author representative that
you want the recommended pricing.
Or, you can set your pricing yourself, in advance,
so you know exactly what your retail price and
royalty will be when your book is published.Click here to give
it a try right now.
Our services do not end after your book is
published. Consistent, high-quantity book sales
come from book marketing, promotion, and publicity.
Outskirts Press provides you with all the help
you need. Your one-stop publishing service is
also your comprehensive marketing solution.
Our
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state. Outskirts Press provides
you with everything you need
to conduct on-air radio interviews
to promote your book from
the comfort and convenience
of your own home. The majority
of on-air interviews can take
place over the phone. No travel
required. Simply contact these
producers and pitch your published
book.
Contact information
includes...
Local phone numbers
Personal email address
Fax numbers
Radio show names, call
letters, and frequencies
To get your local radio show
information absolutely free,
simply sign-in to your free
author's resource center
account and enter your two-character
state code into the appropriate
box under "Author Data." For
example, California would
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States residents only.
Your free Author's
Center also includes...
Illustrators
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- Find an illustrator to
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ours
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Groups & Resources
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and associations
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or use our available services
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& Marketing Help
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Reviewers - Here
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to solicit glowing reviews
for your published book
Every book you publish with
Outskirts Press receives its
own marketing webpage, designed
to promote and sell your book
online. Choose from various
color and designs lay-outs
based upon your publishing
package (Diamonds get 16 different
formats to choose from).
The
Diamond webpages can be updated
at any time and include silver,
red, blue, and green colors
choices. The author's photo
is at the bottom, along with
a list of other books published
by the author. Multiple BUY
links go directly to your
listing on Barnes & Noble
and Amazon. With your free
e-book edition, your webpage
is e-commerce enabled.
This ultimate webpage is
only available for Diamond
authors. Get
published today.
Change your webpage content
and appearance at any time
Add HTML to make your
webpage really stand out
Diamond authors may add
an audio file enhancement
for free
Includes an easy URL to
promote (for
example outskirtspress.com/yourbook)
Most
publishers forget about you
after your book is published.
Not Outskirts Press! At about
the same time you receive
your free author's copies
you will begin to receive
Creative
Online Assistance,
Coaching,
and Help
from the amazing Outskirts
Press Marketing COACH.
You will discover...
How to pitch your book
to Oprah
How to submit your book
to Google's product database
How to list your book
on Amazon alongside a best-seller
How to get a Kirkus book
review
The addresses of independent
bookstores nationwide
and much, much more
There is a lot to do once
your book is published. The
Marketing COACH shows you
the way over a gradual span
of time, in order to give
you time to complete each
suggestion and tip at your
own pace and discretion. Do
as much or as little as you
desire. But the help is here,
it keeps coming for YEARS,
and it is all free.
"I
am overwhelmed with how
helpful you are with this
information. Keep it coming!"
- Dr. Faye, The Desperate
Daughters of Destiny
After your book is published,
your personal, pre-formatted
Sales Sheet will be available
to you immediately.
Simply print as many copies
as you need. Sales Sheets
are instrumental to have as
hand-outs at trade shows,
book signings, and when pursuing
sales and publicity. We have
made it easy for you.
Your sales sheet
includes
All available editions
of your book
Your retail price and
distributor discount
Availability (wholesalers,
distributors)
Your book cover and author
image (if supplied)
Marketing copy and author
biography
Here is the amazing part.
You can change the content
of your Sales Sheet whenever
you want. The changes are
made instantly for your convenience.
See
a sample of a sales sheet
here.
Part of a coordinated book
publication promotion campaign
includes customized collateral
such as bookmarks, business
cards, postcards, and posters.
These are not
templates for you to create
the materials yourself.
These prices include the actual
high quality, full-color,
marketing materials, shipped
directly to your house so
you can use them to promote
your book. They are fully
customized just for you.
The CD Media/Press Kit contains
everything you need to promote
your book, pitch it to the
media, and present it to national
book buyers.
Each CD Media/Press
Kit includes....
Submission instructions
and address to Barnes &
Noble Small Press
Submission instructions
and address to Borders and
Waldenbooks
1 full-color marketing
plan and promotional calendar
5 copies of a professionally
written press release
5
customized CD-ROMS (see
below)
5 full-color author sales
sheets
Each CD-ROM contains...
A high-resolution cover
scan
A professionally written
press release
A secure e-book edition
of your book
Author biography and book
summary
A high-resolution author
image (if supplied)
A professional marketing
plan and promotional calendar
from your input
Your Author Representative
will supply you with a template
and instructions for devising
your own marketing plan and
promotional calendar. This
is the single most important
part of your CD Media/Press
kit, as it is what Barnes
& Noble Small Press and Borders
Acquisitions will look at
when determining whether or
not to stock your book in
their retail stores.
"The
CD/Media Kit arrived today.
All I can say is WOW! It is
by far a very professional
layout. I would highly recommend
anyone who publishes through
Outskirts to purchase the
CD/Media Kit. It is money
well-worth as far as marketing
is concerned." - Cassandra
Seamon, A Hundred Days of
a Life
Our publicity experts will
draft a custom professional
press release for you and
your book when it is published,
conforming to industry standards
for full effectiveness. Upon
receipt of your release, you
are free to modify it as you
see fit, or use it exactly
as is for all your marketing
and promotion. It becomes
yours.
Press release distribution
includes....
Email distribution
Distributed to a database
of approximately 100,000
media contacts, newsrooms,
industry analysts, and freelance
writers who receive daily
email listings of press
releases which match their
filter criteria. In the
publishing category these
include newspapers (Wall
St. Journal, New York Times,
US Today, etc), magazines
(Foreword, Publisher’s
Weekly, etc.), and applicable
websites and ezines.
Syndicated news
feeds
Posted to syndicated news
feeds on other web sites
through our XML/RSS news
feed. Adding this news feed
increases exposure to your
press release.
Search engine
submission
For maximum distribution,
each press release distributed
is optimized for search
engines indexing. Search
engines regularly spider
index our press releases.
The Ingram Advance
is a monthly listing of newly
published books that are distributed
by Ingram. This slick catalogue
is distributed to book buyers,
retailers, wholesalers, and
other book outlets on Ingram's
distribution list. By listing
your publication in the Advance,
you are announcing your new
book to the people who are
most interested in buying
it. A listing includes all
pertinent ordering information
and a black/white cover image.
Your Advance
publication announcement includes....
Add
your voice to your free webpage.
Read an excerpt from your
book or explain your purpose
in writing it. Adding an Audio
Excerpt to your webpage is
as easy as picking up the
phone and recording your voice.
It's free with the Diamond
package.
See (and hear) a sample of
of the Audio Excerpt in action
by clicking
here.
Our
published authors are so satisfied
with our services, many publish
multiple books with Outskirts
Press. The Back Page Promotion
gives them an opportunity
to promote their previous
book within the pages of their
new one.
Back Page Promotion
details...
Free with your Diamond
Publishing Package
Includes a cover image
of your previous book
Includes the retail price
and availability
Includes marketing copy
from your previous book's
sales sheet
The best audience for your
previous book is the reader
of your current one. Only
Outskirts Press offers this
promotion opportunity.
Many
of our included Diamond covers
include a free cover image
for your use.
If you don't like the free
default image on your customizable
cover, you may choose from
over 100,000 photographs in
our image library to further
customize your cover, confident
in knowing that the rights
to the image have been secured
for use.
The default cover image is
free for you to use, too.
It's up to you.
We will distribute a standard
publication press release
to our international syndicate
of journalists, book reviewers,
reporters, newspapers, and
websites if you select this
free option from the Options
menu during the pre-production
process.
Email Distribution
Distributed to a database
of approximately 100,000 media
contacts, newsrooms, industry
analysts, and freelance writers
who receive daily email listings
of press releases which match
their filter criteria. In
the publishing category these
include newspapers (Wall St.
Journal, New York Times, US
Today, etc), magazines (Foreword,
Publisher’s Weekly,
etc.), and applicable websites
and ezines.
Syndicated News Feed
Posted to syndicated news
feeds on other web sites through
our XML/RSS news feed. Adding
this news feed increases exposure
to your press release.
Search Engine Submission
For maximum distribution,
each press release distributed
is optimized for search engines
indexing. Search engines regularly
spider index our press releases.
A secure e-book file in industry-standard
.PDF format is provided to
the author for additional
revenue and marketing opportunities.
We securely lock your electronic
e-book file with protection
that prevents editing or printing
of the document, so you know
your book is safe and only
available online.
Your e-book also becomes
available on your free webpage
at a price you can set yourself
between $5 - $100. You can
change the price whenever
you want and your changes
are made instantly. You keep
50% of the profit made from
e-book sales on your Outskirts
Press page and 100% of e-book
sales made through other distribution
channels you explore yourself.
Yes! You can explore other
sales opportunities with your
e-book independently of Outskirts
Press because we provide you
with the e-book file.
Our Basic Editing Services
costs 1.4 cents-per-word for
fiction or non-fiction manuscripts.
There is a 15,000 word minimum,
so if your manuscript is less
than 15,000 words, a word
count of 15,000 words will
be used to calculate the editing
cost.
Poetry requires a different
type of editing and is therefore
handled on a case-by-case
basis for an hourly rate.
If you want editing services
for your poems, please contact
your Author Representative
after acceptance.
Copy editing services will
review your fiction or non-fiction
manuscript for:
Typographical errors
Misspelled words
Grammatical errors
Punctuation
Incorrect word use (i.e.,
effect/affect)
Style consistency
Standardization of spelling
and capitalization
Consistency of specific
or repeated references
These corrections will be
noted digitally on your manuscript
and then emailed back to you.
At that point, it is entirely
up to you which of the edits
you decide to accept or ignore.
You always have the final
say to ensure you maintain
your "voice" in
your book. The next manuscript
you send back to us will be
the one used for your publication.
If our editor feels your
manuscript contains errors
or issues that are beyond
the scope of our basic editing
service, we may suggest a
more elevated level of editing
services at a different rate.
Of course, this suggestion
is entirely up to you.
A picture is worth a thousand
words, and each interior image
and/or element you supply
as a digital file can be custom
placed into your document
according to your instructions.
There is a set-up fee of $49
which includes up to 10 interior
images/elements that are provided
to us digitally. This fee
applies to each individual
occurrence of tables, charts,
or graphs, too, due to the
additional formatting complexity
of those elements.
For more than 10 images,
additional packages of 10
can be p
Select
from one of the professional designs
below
number
and use your own publishing name or imprint.
Our
weekly e-Gems series
contains insider tips and
suggestions on everything
from plotting, to publishing,
to promotion. Delivered conveniently
to your email box every week.
The
Diamond webpages can be updated
at any time and include silver,
red, blue, and green colors
choices. The author's photo
is at the bottom, along with
a list of other books published
by the author. Multiple BUY
links go directly to your
listing on Barnes & Noble
and Amazon. With your free
e-book edition, your webpage
is e-commerce enabled. 
Most
publishers forget about you
after your book is published.
Not Outskirts Press! At about
the same time you receive
your free author's copies
you will begin to receive
Creative
Online Assistance,
Coaching,
and Help
from the amazing Outskirts
Press Marketing COACH.
Bookmark
details....
Add
your voice to your free webpage.
Read an excerpt from your
book or explain your purpose
in writing it. Adding an Audio
Excerpt to your webpage is
as easy as picking up the
phone and recording your voice.
It's free with the Diamond
package. 
Our
published authors are so satisfied
with our services, many publish
multiple books with Outskirts
Press. The Back Page Promotion
gives them an opportunity
to promote their previous
book within the pages of their
new one.