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Sage of Consciousness Literary E-Zine http://sageofcon.com/ en-us Free Website for Authors and Poets http://sageofcon.com//modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=35 The Author's Bookstore<br> www.theauthorsbookstore.com<br> For more information please contact:<br>Kelly Brooke<br> pr@theauthorsbookstore.com<br><br>For Immediate Release <div align="center">Free Website Available to All Authors and Poets<br></div> <br>March 17, 2008 - The Author’s Bookstore is a new company offering many services to writers including a free website where authors can promote books online to an international audience. They also provide publishing opportunities for independent authors and poets.<br><br>Book printing has entered the digital age, with new technology allowing for smaller quantities of books to be printed at a cheaper cost. This is good news for authors and poets who wish to publish their work independently. Self-publishers can now print, distribute, and market their books at the same costs bequeathed to standard printers and publishers.<br><br>There are many notable writers taking the self-publishing route, however, it is difficult for the public to access their work. By offering a free website, it is the aim of The Author’s Bookstore to unite all independent authors and poets together into one online store where readers can browse by category for quality books. On their free website, writers can list physical stores where people can buy their book, provide a direct link to their book in any online shop it is available in, and can even sell their book online themselves.<br> <br> The Chapter/Excerpt of the Year 2008 is now accepting entries. Self-publishers, poets, and short stories are all welcome. The grand prize is $1000 and an extensive marketing package including a worldwide press release and 500 bookmarks. There are 10 first prize winners of $50. Deadline is July 31, 2008.<br><br>The Author’s Bookstore also offers affordable publishing packages to help independent authors and poets in the design, distribution, and marketing of their work, so they receive all the benefits of a publishing house but retain full copyright of their material and earn one hundred percent royalties on sales of their book.<br><br>Books published through The Author’s Bookstore are automatically made available to customers, retailers, and wholesalers worldwide including Amazon, Ingram, Bertrams and Gardners. Using print on demand technology, all printing costs are removed at the time of purchase, so authors only pay for what they sell. This eliminates any need for bulk ordering or warehousing. However, if authors would like copies printed for personal distribution, low printing costs are offered starting at $3.00 a book.<br><br>Monthly sales reports are emailed to authors, so they know exactly where and how their book is selling at all times. Publishing packages have a one time set-up fee ranging between $49.99 - $485 and include the design, formatting, distribution, fulfillment, and marketing of a book. Fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and even short story collections are welcomed.<br><br>For a limited time, authors and poets who publish with The Author’s Bookstore will receive a free bottle of champagne in celebration of finishing their book.<br> <br>More information about The Author’s Bookstore and their services can be found at <a href="http://www.theauthorsbookstore.co.uk/">www.theauthorsbookstore.com</a>. <br><br>Please direct all media inquiries to pr@theauthorsbookstore.com or visit www.theauthorsbookstore.com/about.html for more information.<br><br> <div align="center">--End--</div> BluePrintReview http://sageofcon.com//modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=34 <div class="MsoPlainText">maybe at the end. of the year. it’s coming closer at the permanent speed of a day per night, to reach 2007 in about 7 weeks. to already add some colours to the new year, i wrapped up 12 places in 12 calendar pages. the result is coming with a sunset, and is named: inversive ways – calendar 2007. <br></div><br><div class="MsoPlainText"><br></div><div class="MsoPlainText"><br>get a copy and turn the page whenever you feel like a trip through time and space. the calendar, here: <strong><a href="http://www.blueprintreview.de/news.htm">http://www.blueprintreview.de/news.htm</a></strong><br></div><div class="MsoPlainText">this news-page-link also includes some more news in time:<br></div><div class="MsoPlainText">as every year, there will be Christmas happening at the end of December. if you are looking for gifts, and have a friend or family member who might be fond of monuments in paper format, then the mo(nu)ment issue or blueprint might be the perfect fit. <br></div><br><div class="MsoPlainText"><br></div><br><div class="MsoPlainText">also, if November makes you feel like writing poems and short stories, then copy and paste one of them in a mail, and send it by end of November – i am starting to gather material for the upcoming online issue of blueprintreview now.<br></div><br><div class="MsoPlainText"><br></div><br><div class="MsoPlainText"><strong>here the blue print news link again, it also includes the submission info: <a href="http://www.blueprintreview.de/news.htm">http://www.blueprintreview.de/news.htm</a><br></strong></div><br><div class="MsoPlainText"><br></div><br><div class="MsoPlainText">have a lovely November!<br></div><br><div class="MsoPlainText">doro<br></div><br> Of Ice and Steel http://sageofcon.com//modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=33 <strong><br><a href="http://www.oficeandsteel.com/index01.htm"></a><strong>Of Ice and Steel</strong> <div>D. Clayton Meadows </div><br><br><br>"'An extremely engaging tale that grabs your attention and doesn't let go, OF ICE AND STEEL poses a thought-provoking cataclysmic undersea contest across a vivid fabric of space and time! Don Meadows combines an impressive natural storytelling gift with a veteran submariner's powerful grasp of modern and U-boat traditions and tactics!'--Joe Buff, author of SEAS OF CRISIS and STRAITS OF POWER</strong> <br><div><strong><br>OF ICE AND STEEL</strong> <br></div><div><br>In the waste of the Arctic ice, a deadly relic lies, frozen and forgotten. When a new Russian revolution brings man kind to the very brink of oblivion, the sleeping relic is loosed on an already frightened world. Ships begin to disappear. The super powers accuse one another, as all nations, draw their battle lines. A nuclear devise is stolen, to be delivered to the most wanted and murderous terrorist in history. It is a time when only a spark is required to ignite a nuclear exchange. One man has the answer. Three men and three submarines must overcome mistrust, and their own demons to explain the unexplainable and deliver the world from a global holocaust." <br><br><a href="http://www.oficeandsteel.com/index01.htm"><strong>http://www.oficeandsteel.com/index01.htm</strong></a> </div><br> Blue Print Review's mo(nu)ment http://sageofcon.com//modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=32 In this wonderful Anthology you will find some of the past <br>and present contributors to <strong>Sage of Consciousness</strong> E-Zine. <br>Zdravka Evitoma, Dorothee Lang, Sharon Rothenfluch Cooper, <br>and Jewel Martin have works in this issue. <br>Go check it out!<br><br>Michelle Williams<br><br><br><div align="center"><a href="http://www.lulu.com/content/277665"></a><strong> <br></strong>mo(nu)ment <br><br>a reflection on moments and monuments<br>in 70 unique pieces<br>contributed by 30 authors<br>from 5 continents<br><br>reaching from the<em> Silent Signal</em><br>of a <em>Past Insignificant</em><br><em>Waiting</em> in the <em>View Finder</em><br><em>as i walk</em> from<em> Absolution<br></em><br>to the<em> Replicas of Reality</em><br><em>In the Glow</em> of <em>Highway 114</em><br><em>When I sink</em> in the <em>Dawnpour </em><br>of an <em>Hourglass</em> called <em>Memory</em> <br><br><a href="monupeek.htm">a peek into the monuments</a><br><a href="http://www.lulu.com/browse/preview.php?fCID=277665">online-preview</a><br><a href="monubios.htm">list of contributors</a><br><a href="http://www.lulu.com/content/277665">how to order the mo(nu)ment</a><br><br><strong>mo(nu)ment<br></strong>a BluePrintReview theme issue<br>168 pages, paperback<br>print $11.85 / e-book $3.95<br></div> Cliches Away! http://sageofcon.com//modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=30 Cliches Away!By <a href="http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Holly_Bliss">Holly Bliss</a><br><div class="light"><div>Do you cringe when you write cliches in your work but find it difficult to avoid them or think of something more creative? Try this exercise and bulk up your creative muscles.</div><br></div> Finding the Right Publication for You http://sageofcon.com//modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=29 Finding the Right Publication for YouBy <a href="http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Cheryl_Wright">Cheryl Wright</a><br><div class="light"><div>I recently answered a call for submissions to write articles for a newsletter. This was to be an ongoing position, but the advertisement didn’t mention remuneration, article length, or turnaround time.</div><br></div> Gift of Gabe http://sageofcon.com//modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=28     PRESS RELEASE<br><br>DATE: 6/4/06<br>FROM: Gift of Gabe Promotions<br>CONTACT PERSON: Ann Russo<br>EMAIL: <a href="mailto:mediarelations@giftofgabe.com">mediarelations@giftofgabe.com</a><br>URL: <a href="http://www.giftofgabe.com/">http://www.giftofgabe.com/</a><br><br>HIGHER LEVEL COMMUNICATION<br><br> Few people have heard of the novel, The Gift of Gabe. A year ago even fewer people had heard of it. In these days of big budget mass marketing books that are published by small publishers often have difficulty finding an audience. Without an advertising budget, word of this book has been spreading. Early readers fascinated by the book's inclusive spirituality, told others. An internet forum for people who study Gnosticism picked up on the book last summer making it their topic of discussion for two months. Anthologies: Your Shortcut to Getting Published http://sageofcon.com//modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=27 Anthologies: Your Shortcut to Getting PublishedBy <a href="http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Sophfronia_Scott">Sophfronia Scott</a><br><div class="light"><div>What do you get when you mix a handful of writers, a hot topic and a snazzy title? You get an anthology--and one of the more popular form of books being published today.</div><br></div> Writing and Revising: How Much Is Too Much? http://sageofcon.com//modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=26 Writing and Revising: How Much Is Too Much?By <a href="http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Ceci_Miller">Ceci Miller</a><br><div class="light"><div>Every writer must revise. It's an icky fact of life. It's where perspiration meets inspiration; it's what separates the tough guys from the talkers and posers. I'm a tough guy when I fearlessly excise those extras from my sentences. Not always a breeze. But as one of my favorite mentors often says, "Nothing hard is ever easy."</div><br></div> Submission Call http://sageofcon.com//modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=25 ~~~~<br><strong>Call for submissions: <br>BluePrintReview theme issue "mo(nu)ment"<br></strong>The BluePrintReview, an international online fiction and poetry magazine, invites submissions for its first print issue: "mo(nu)ment". Send momentary or monumental nu fiction, short stories, non-fiction, poetry, photography and sketches; stories up to 2000 words, photos b/w, deadline: 07.May. More details: <a href="http://www.blueprintreview.de/6monu.htm">http://www.blueprintreview.de/6monu.htm</a><br>~~~~