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A Good Story is a Terrible Thing to Waste – Novel Beginnings Writing Contest

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You might know him as a screenwriter who has collaborated with such comic greats as Mel Brooks and Steve Martin. Carl Reiner, a distinguished actor, film director, producer, writer, and comedian, is giving aspiring writers the opportunity to become a published author. He teamed up with AuthorHouse and launched a unique writing contest in conjunction with the release of his new book, I Remember Me. For the contest, Reiner started a novel and is giving other writers an opportunity to finish the story and get published.  Here are the details on the contest: Continue reading →

Announcing: Winner of the iPad Generosity Contest

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Booktango is giving gifts a little bit early as the holiday season approaches. We’re running a two-part contest, Generosity, during October and November. For the first part of the contest we entered all of our authors who submitted their book for publishing by October 31st into a drawing to win a free iPad with Retina display.

We are pleased to announce Oliver Frances, author of Through Existences, is the winner of the iPad!

For those authors who didn’t win the iPad, don’t worry! You still have a chance to win the second part of this contest. Be one of the first 300 authors to submit a book by Nov. 30, and you’ll get:

  • 10 downloadable copies of your e-book to give to family and friends this holiday
  • a free promotional e-mail to help you spread the word about the launch of your book

Join us in congratulating Oliver, and best of luck to those who enter the second part of the contest!

Announcing: Publish Your Way to 10K Contest Winner

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Announcing the Windfall Contest WinnerIn the words of Vince Lombardi, “Winning isn’t everything; it’s the only thing.”  This poignant statement was made to place emphasis on the importance of having a goal and working hard to achieve it.  As many of you know writing a book and getting it published is not an easy task. It is, to put it simply, a grand accomplishment that takes discipline, courage and perseverance.  Continue reading →

WINDFALL CONTEST: Publish Your Way to 10K

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There are plenty of reasons an author might be tempted to publish an e-book with Booktango: there’s the freedom to publish when and how you want to, access to the biggest online retailers, and the highest author royalties in the industry. And if that wasn’t enough … for the rest of September, we at Booktango are making e-book publishing downright irresistible.

A Windfall of Prizes this September

Booktango is giving one lucky author over $10,000-worth of marketing services to help them promote their e-book:

Total prizes – worth $10,454

All you have to do to be considered is publish an e-book with Booktango by the end of September and send us a Tweet about it. It’s really that easy.

How to Enter the Windfall Contest

  1. Submit a manuscript for publication anytime from Sept. 10-30, 2012.
  2. Let the Twittersphere know about your upcoming e-book.
  3. That’s it! Just be patient and wait for us to announce the winner in October.

Why not go for it?

Simply by entering our Windfall Contest, you’ll end up with a published e-book you can be proud of. And if you win … well, then you’ll have all the tools you need to launch an effective online marketing plan to help your e-book reach its full bookselling potential.

Check out the contest terms and conditions, and enter the contest today.