TRI Studio LLC www.tri-studio.com, in cooperation with Authors’ Coalition www.authorscoalitionandredenginepress.com, announced the winners of The 2008 Out of the Box Promotion Contestfor Writers . Kathe Gogolewski, editor of www.Tri-Studio.com published the winning ideas in an e-book available free for authors.
The top winners include promotional experts Janet Elaine Smith, Allyn Evans, Phil Harris and Billie Williams. Ideas range from a Book-of-the-Week Club that partners the publisher and author with an internet radio program, to an Amazon Tour Group, a Video Tour Group, and an idea that allows readers to watch the progress as an author writes a book. The e-book is available from TRI Studio and Authors’ Coalition as a free download. It is also available for free distribution for interested parties to post on their websites.
Winners of the Honorable Mention awards are presented in random order and include authors Mindy P. Lawrence, Dorothea Buckingham, Nikki Leigh, Margot Finke, Karina Fabian and Jessica Kennedy. The contest was sponsored and created by TRI Studio LLC, producer of The Fiction Flyer, a free e-zine for writers of fiction.
I judged the contest on:1) the originality of the idea, 2) The breadth of applicability, and 3) the ease of use. There were some very interesting ideas which made judging extremely difficult.
According to Kathe Gogolewski, author and President of TRI Studio LLC, the contest was created as a way to showcase new and interesting promotion ideas by authors and for authors. “We wanted to create a tool to help writers in their craft,” she adds.
The e-book, The Winners of The 2008 Out of the Box Promotions Contest for Writers is available for download and distribution here: www.tri-studio.com/outofthebox.html Interested parties may contact Kathe Gogolewski at kgogolewski@sbcglobal.net or Carolyn Howard-Johnson at hojonews@aol.com.
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Carolyn Howard-Johnson, author THIS IS THE PLACE; HARKENING: A COLLECTION OF STORIES REMEMBERED; TRACINGS, a chapbook of poetry; and two how to books, THE FRUGAL BOOK PROMOTER: HOW TO DO WHAT YOUR PUBLISHER WON'T; and THE FRUGAL EDITOR: PUT YOUR BEST BOOK FORWARD TO AVOID HUMILIATION AND ENSURE SUCCESS.
Her other blogs include TheNewBookReview.blogspot.com and AuthorsCoalition.blogspot.com, a blog that helps writers and publishers turn a ho-hum book fair booth into a sizzler.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
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Thanks for putting this together with Kathe Gogolewski! What a great idea. I enjoyed sharing my tip and also learned from the other winners. :)
ReplyDeleteCarolyn,
ReplyDeleteYou have my thanks,too. Because of the contest, I met a group of women who are putting together a cookbook for RELAY FOR LIFE in Maryland and we are corresponding.
Step-by-step, we are all going to get there.
Aloha,
Dorothea "Dee" Buckingham