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Announcing the 19-day e-Course based on “Practical Thoughts on Becoming an Author”
This month's newsletter Announces the e-Course based on my tiny ebook "Practical Thoughts on Becoming an Author" This is a 19-day course that arrives via your inbox once per day. Most of the sessions are short, with a daily task to be completed at the end of each session. The cost of the course is only $15. The purchase/sign-up link for this course is: http://gum.co/eCPTBA The little giftbox icon beside your name box after clicking “I want this”, lets you purchase for a friend as well. Check out the newsletter to learn more.
Songdove Books Newsletter - April 2104 - BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!!!
Songdove Books Newsletter - April 2104 - BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!!!
$15 e-course smashes barriers to publishing!
I need a group of people to help me get word out as wide and far among prospective writers as possible! I've created a static page introducing this 19 day e-course on my website, as well as having prepared a slideshare presentation.
This is the write-up I am sharing via classified ads:
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19-day e-Course based on “Practical Thoughts on Becoming an Author"
This 19-day course comes to you via your inbox once per day. Most sessions are short, with a daily task to be completed at the end of each session.
Who might be interested in such a course?
- The person who has had an idea for a book bouncing around their thoughts, but never written it down.
- The person who has begun a rough draft, but unsure what to do next.
- The person who thinks it costs too much to break into publishing.
- The author who is looking for a cheaper way of getting their books out there.
Contents of this course will cover:
- Tools that cost very little to no outlay at all.
- Tips on why those tools are needed.
- Instructions on how to use one of them to prepare your manuscript for self-publishing printers.
- Links where you can download various tools
- Links leading to resources and information
- etc.
The cost of the course is only $15 - purchase/sign-up link for this course is: https://gum.co/eCPTBA
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The link I'm sharing to the presentation is: http://www.slideshare.net/songdove/ecoursepresentation
And the link to the promo page on my site is:
http://songdove.fa-ct.com/wordpress-mu/songdovemusings/so-you-want-to-be-an-author/
This is the promo graphic that I've created:
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TWITTER TWEETS:
Want to become an author?$15 e-course offers to take your book from idea to reality in 19 days! http://wp.me/P3IQLk-dm
Want to publish a book?Affordable 19d e-course offers to take your book from idea to reality! http://wp.me/P3IQLk-dm
Learn about tools & methods that lower the cost of book publishing with this $15 19 day e-course: http://wp.me/P3IQLk-dm
Smash the publishing barrier with this $15 19d e-course filled with no-to-low-cost tools &tips: http://wp.me/P3IQLk-dm
Publishing a book? Save your cash with tips and tools offered in this $15 19d e-course:http://wp.me/P3IQLk-dm
Book formatting nightmares? Learn tools & methods in this $15 e-course that will make it easier: http://wp.me/P3IQLk-dm
Got a book idea? Learn no & low-cost ways to capture & publish it in this $15 19-day e-course: http://wp.me/P3IQLk-dm
Pitching a book idea? Learn about the changing publishing landscape in this $15 19-day e-course: http://wp.me/P3IQLk-dm
Wondering about self-publishing? Learn tools & methods to lower costs via this$15 19d e-course: http://wp.me/P3IQLk-dm
Publishing doesn't have to break the bank! $15 19-day e-course offers low-cost methods and tools. http://wp.me/P3IQLk-dm
Break into self-publishing without breaking the bank w/ this $15 19-day e-course! Learn more here: http://wp.me/P3IQLk-dm
Realize your dream of writing that book with this $15 19-day e-course's daily instruction & tools: http://wp.me/P3IQLk-dm
Learn about methods & tools that can make your book-writing easier & cheaper. $15 e-course: http://wp.me/P3IQLk-dm
Questions about copyright and ISBN's? Discover answers in this $15 19-day e-course's daily emails: http://wp.me/P3IQLk-dm
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This course is based off my book:
If you'd like to help spread the word, feel free to use any of the tweets or links offered in this post, as well as the promotional image.
2:30pm tweets going out on Twitter for the next 14 days! Follow songdovemd and retweet if you'd like to help spread the word about this course. Feel free to repin here on Pinterest, and to share on LinkedIn, Facebook and other social networks as well. All I need is 5 paid sign-ups a day.
This is the write-up I am sharing via classified ads:
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19-day e-Course based on “Practical Thoughts on Becoming an Author"
This 19-day course comes to you via your inbox once per day. Most sessions are short, with a daily task to be completed at the end of each session.
Who might be interested in such a course?
- The person who has had an idea for a book bouncing around their thoughts, but never written it down.
- The person who has begun a rough draft, but unsure what to do next.
- The person who thinks it costs too much to break into publishing.
- The author who is looking for a cheaper way of getting their books out there.
Contents of this course will cover:
- Tools that cost very little to no outlay at all.
- Tips on why those tools are needed.
- Instructions on how to use one of them to prepare your manuscript for self-publishing printers.
- Links where you can download various tools
- Links leading to resources and information
- etc.
The cost of the course is only $15 - purchase/sign-up link for this course is: https://gum.co/eCPTBA
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The link I'm sharing to the presentation is: http://www.slideshare.net/songdove/ecoursepresentation
And the link to the promo page on my site is:
http://songdove.fa-ct.com/wordpress-mu/songdovemusings/so-you-want-to-be-an-author/
This is the promo graphic that I've created:
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TWITTER TWEETS:
Want to become an author?$15 e-course offers to take your book from idea to reality in 19 days! http://wp.me/P3IQLk-dm
Want to publish a book?Affordable 19d e-course offers to take your book from idea to reality! http://wp.me/P3IQLk-dm
Learn about tools & methods that lower the cost of book publishing with this $15 19 day e-course: http://wp.me/P3IQLk-dm
Smash the publishing barrier with this $15 19d e-course filled with no-to-low-cost tools &tips: http://wp.me/P3IQLk-dm
Publishing a book? Save your cash with tips and tools offered in this $15 19d e-course:http://wp.me/P3IQLk-dm
Book formatting nightmares? Learn tools & methods in this $15 e-course that will make it easier: http://wp.me/P3IQLk-dm
Got a book idea? Learn no & low-cost ways to capture & publish it in this $15 19-day e-course: http://wp.me/P3IQLk-dm
Pitching a book idea? Learn about the changing publishing landscape in this $15 19-day e-course: http://wp.me/P3IQLk-dm
Wondering about self-publishing? Learn tools & methods to lower costs via this$15 19d e-course: http://wp.me/P3IQLk-dm
Publishing doesn't have to break the bank! $15 19-day e-course offers low-cost methods and tools. http://wp.me/P3IQLk-dm
Break into self-publishing without breaking the bank w/ this $15 19-day e-course! Learn more here: http://wp.me/P3IQLk-dm
Realize your dream of writing that book with this $15 19-day e-course's daily instruction & tools: http://wp.me/P3IQLk-dm
Learn about methods & tools that can make your book-writing easier & cheaper. $15 e-course: http://wp.me/P3IQLk-dm
Questions about copyright and ISBN's? Discover answers in this $15 19-day e-course's daily emails: http://wp.me/P3IQLk-dm
*******************
This course is based off my book:
If you'd like to help spread the word, feel free to use any of the tweets or links offered in this post, as well as the promotional image.
2:30pm tweets going out on Twitter for the next 14 days! Follow songdovemd and retweet if you'd like to help spread the word about this course. Feel free to repin here on Pinterest, and to share on LinkedIn, Facebook and other social networks as well. All I need is 5 paid sign-ups a day.
Book Launch Celebration Aug 1st to Aug 30th
Anyone following this blog will be aware of the pre-launch virtual book tour that's been going on. As a thank-you to each blogger hosting me and my next book on their site, I've been sharing features of either themselves, their blogs, or their books if they are authors as well. Tomorrow is the second-to-last blog stop on tour, which means the overlap talked about in July's newsletter and in the Facebook author page notes begins TODAY!
Today is day one of the first three-day giveaway for the month of August. http://ow.ly/zQB0p Every three days, the book being given away will change until we get to the end of the month. On August 30th, one giveaway will end and two more will begin simultaneously at two different sites.
On Librarything.com, "A Year in Prayer With Jesus" will be offered as a giveaway for one full week!
On booklikes.com, "A Year in Prayer With Jesus" will be offered as a giveaway for the 4-day September Labour Day Long Weekend.
Between the two sites, 11 people will get epub, mobi or PDF copies of this brand new book, for FREE!
One of the reviewers of this book very much looks forward to engaging in it with her family for the coming year. The paperback copy definitely has some heft to it, but the binding lets it flip nicely in your hand.
In addition to the first giveaway starting up today, another form of celebration is also now in gear! While the ebook versions are being given away throughout the month of August, the paperbacks are not being left in the cold. They get to celebrate by giving you a 15% discount at three different online retailers:
YTUWZNRV 15% discount code https://www.createspace.com/
YPWJ-PROMO 15% discount code http://songdovebooks.storenvy.com
YPWJ-PROMO 15% discount code http://songdove.fa-ct.com/wordpress-m...
Visit each site, locate the book you wish to purchase, and enter the coupon code at checkout.
This 15% off sale will run from August 1st through to August 30th, which makes it a great time to buy these books as gifts for others. The grad gift, "Mom's Little Black Book: Godly Advice for the High School Graduate" is a great book to send off to college with your high schooler that graduated this summer. "Dressed for Eternity" is definitely more affordable with this coupon code as well. So if you've been waiting for prices to come down on some of my paperbacks, this is the month to grab them.
If you haven't been following the pre-launch tour, let me encourage you to do so! The Facebook event page located here: https://www.facebook.com/events/88009... Little Black Book: Godly Advice for the High School Graduate has all the features and all the blog stops. Each of the blog stops shares a bit about the new book, and/or a bit about myself as its author. So if you're wanting to learn more about "A Year in Prayer With Jesus", this book tour is a great way to do it. Click the "more" link in the event description to see all the features and blog stops. Feature links are first in each row, followed by the blog stop at the blogger's website. You can actually get 24 single day samplings of this new book if you visit ALL the features and ALL the blog stops including the final feature and blog stop taking place next week. These single day downloads come to you in PDF format, so they should be viewable on any device you wish to read them on. If you are the type to put pen to paper, you may want to print them so that you can jot notes in various prayer prompt "your thoughts" sections.
But suffice to say, that we are now in launch mode! It's been an interesting ride preparing and talking up this particular book. In wanting to hit the widest audience possible within the Christian community, I took the risk of spreading my book tour across a wide variety of written genres. This now has me negatively labelled in some people's minds who solidly disagree with some of the blog hosts featuring my book. Sadly, they have attributed the works of those authors with myself and I am now guilty by association. The problem however, did lead to constructive criticism and that may actually open this book up to more readers than I expected. So again, what the enemy has meant for evil, God has used for good.
So I'd encourage you to bookmark this blog post so that you have quick access to the coupon codes for this month as well.
If you have read my books and enjoy them, two activities would help me out immensely! The first activity is to visit the menu item called "Around the World/Leave Reviews". The right-hand column contains a list of places where you can write reviews and rate my books. I need to update that list as it's grown recently. The second activity is to spread the word. Share the giveaway links with your friends, share the coupon codes with their store URL's with your friends, share this blog post with your friends.
My dream for "A Year in Prayer With Jesus", would be if 365 people bought the book and each began Day One on a consecutive day on the calendar. Because this book can be started at any time of year, Day One can occur on September 1st, or October 31st, it doesn't matter. The book simply ends 365 days later. So imagine 365 people all beginning Day One one right after the other until the last person begins on the 365th day. For an entire year, almost two years now that I think about it, every single prayer prompt in this book would be covered every single day by someone! Imagine the prayer cover that can give missionaries, global workers, inner city workers, etcetera? Those are covered under one of the prayer prompts throughout the year. Prayer is such a powerful communication medium! If this dream came true, I'd be thrilled!
The paperback book, due to its sheer size and weight, will cost $25.50 US, with the various ebook iterations coming in at $9.99. Once the proof in my hand has been approved, it will begin to enter online retailer shelves in paperback as well as ebook. We'll see how long that list is when the Long Weekend arrives in September. The longer the better.
Speaking of long weekends, this is a long weekend here in BC, Canada. Do you have a long weekend where you are? If so, take the opportunity to rest up, and enjoy the celebration!
Today is day one of the first three-day giveaway for the month of August. http://ow.ly/zQB0p Every three days, the book being given away will change until we get to the end of the month. On August 30th, one giveaway will end and two more will begin simultaneously at two different sites.
On Librarything.com, "A Year in Prayer With Jesus" will be offered as a giveaway for one full week!
On booklikes.com, "A Year in Prayer With Jesus" will be offered as a giveaway for the 4-day September Labour Day Long Weekend.
Between the two sites, 11 people will get epub, mobi or PDF copies of this brand new book, for FREE!
One of the reviewers of this book very much looks forward to engaging in it with her family for the coming year. The paperback copy definitely has some heft to it, but the binding lets it flip nicely in your hand.
In addition to the first giveaway starting up today, another form of celebration is also now in gear! While the ebook versions are being given away throughout the month of August, the paperbacks are not being left in the cold. They get to celebrate by giving you a 15% discount at three different online retailers:
YTUWZNRV 15% discount code https://www.createspace.com/
YPWJ-PROMO 15% discount code http://songdovebooks.storenvy.com
YPWJ-PROMO 15% discount code http://songdove.fa-ct.com/wordpress-m...
Visit each site, locate the book you wish to purchase, and enter the coupon code at checkout.
This 15% off sale will run from August 1st through to August 30th, which makes it a great time to buy these books as gifts for others. The grad gift, "Mom's Little Black Book: Godly Advice for the High School Graduate" is a great book to send off to college with your high schooler that graduated this summer. "Dressed for Eternity" is definitely more affordable with this coupon code as well. So if you've been waiting for prices to come down on some of my paperbacks, this is the month to grab them.
If you haven't been following the pre-launch tour, let me encourage you to do so! The Facebook event page located here: https://www.facebook.com/events/88009... Little Black Book: Godly Advice for the High School Graduate has all the features and all the blog stops. Each of the blog stops shares a bit about the new book, and/or a bit about myself as its author. So if you're wanting to learn more about "A Year in Prayer With Jesus", this book tour is a great way to do it. Click the "more" link in the event description to see all the features and blog stops. Feature links are first in each row, followed by the blog stop at the blogger's website. You can actually get 24 single day samplings of this new book if you visit ALL the features and ALL the blog stops including the final feature and blog stop taking place next week. These single day downloads come to you in PDF format, so they should be viewable on any device you wish to read them on. If you are the type to put pen to paper, you may want to print them so that you can jot notes in various prayer prompt "your thoughts" sections.
But suffice to say, that we are now in launch mode! It's been an interesting ride preparing and talking up this particular book. In wanting to hit the widest audience possible within the Christian community, I took the risk of spreading my book tour across a wide variety of written genres. This now has me negatively labelled in some people's minds who solidly disagree with some of the blog hosts featuring my book. Sadly, they have attributed the works of those authors with myself and I am now guilty by association. The problem however, did lead to constructive criticism and that may actually open this book up to more readers than I expected. So again, what the enemy has meant for evil, God has used for good.
So I'd encourage you to bookmark this blog post so that you have quick access to the coupon codes for this month as well.
If you have read my books and enjoy them, two activities would help me out immensely! The first activity is to visit the menu item called "Around the World/Leave Reviews". The right-hand column contains a list of places where you can write reviews and rate my books. I need to update that list as it's grown recently. The second activity is to spread the word. Share the giveaway links with your friends, share the coupon codes with their store URL's with your friends, share this blog post with your friends.
My dream for "A Year in Prayer With Jesus", would be if 365 people bought the book and each began Day One on a consecutive day on the calendar. Because this book can be started at any time of year, Day One can occur on September 1st, or October 31st, it doesn't matter. The book simply ends 365 days later. So imagine 365 people all beginning Day One one right after the other until the last person begins on the 365th day. For an entire year, almost two years now that I think about it, every single prayer prompt in this book would be covered every single day by someone! Imagine the prayer cover that can give missionaries, global workers, inner city workers, etcetera? Those are covered under one of the prayer prompts throughout the year. Prayer is such a powerful communication medium! If this dream came true, I'd be thrilled!
The paperback book, due to its sheer size and weight, will cost $25.50 US, with the various ebook iterations coming in at $9.99. Once the proof in my hand has been approved, it will begin to enter online retailer shelves in paperback as well as ebook. We'll see how long that list is when the Long Weekend arrives in September. The longer the better.
Speaking of long weekends, this is a long weekend here in BC, Canada. Do you have a long weekend where you are? If so, take the opportunity to rest up, and enjoy the celebration!
"On the Second Day of Christmas" Day Two of Christmas Discount Tour
View Today's Slideshare Presentation
Today's featured online retailer is the Songdove Books Storenvy shop!
Everything in the shop is 20% off from December 1st to December 12th with coupon code: 12DaysofChristmas
Here you'll find book titles, descriptions, prices, and occasionally options as to which format you prefer. You'll also find pens and notebooks to match some of the books if you like to be coordinated in your reading and writing. All paperback books are dropshipped to you from the printer's warehouse in North Carolina. Notebooks will dropship from cafepress.com and pens will dropship from Vistaprint.
Please be sure to specify where you want to receive your package, or where to send your gift so that your gift recipient receives your package in good time.
Because storenvy.com is a place where anyone can sell just about anything, why not take a look around to see if someone else is selling that perfect gift for that special loved one in your life this Christmas.
Be sure to enter today's rafflecopter contest for your chance to win a copy of today's featured book in the slideshow link above. If you have already won this book in a previous contest, please refrain from entering again.
a Rafflecopter giveaway
5 Wk Course Starting Monday Jan 25th! The Poor Man's Budget!
Are you concerned about the Canadian economy? Does your income seem to be disappearing faster than anticipated? Would you be interested in spending just $5 each day for 5 weeks to learn tips and tricks to better manage your household finances?
Then you'll want to sign up to take this course, "The Poor Man's Budget (or anyone for that matter): A Five Week Course - Learning to live within your means.
At just $5 per day, this course is aimed at those who are struggling with their finances. Anyone of any income bracket can take this course, because anyone regardless of income can find themselves struggling to make ends meet and occaisonally feeling financially poor.
Those wishing to attend in person, can pay the entire course amount up front if you wish. $125 is the total cost of attending this course.
If you don't have that much free right off the bat, don't worry! $5 per day will be just fine as well. Students attending via the online webinar will not have the option to pay up front and will pay the $5 fee each time they access the day's webinar.
For those who might miss a day's session, the online webinars will be recorded and require the $5 fee to view.
Each student is encouraged to pick up a copy of the Student Workbook. This will cost you $6.50 + $7 S&H. Order it direct through me, the author, at: http://wp.me/P3IQLk-EA and you will pick up your book in class shortly after it arrives. Online students will have your book drop-shipped to you directly.
For those who like to be organized before taking a class, the Three Month Journal is also available for purchase: http://wp.me/P3IQLk-Er for $10 plus $7 S&H. If you order this book and sign up to take the course, you will be notified when the next intake is closer to the end of your three month time frame.
The sign-up form (http://songdove.fa-ct.com/stuff/atten...) contains several choices: Your choice of what time of day would suit you best to take the course - how you wish to take the course, whether in person or online - which sum of funds you wish to pay - how you wish to remit payment. So pay careful attention to the form as you fill it out. A digital version is available here: http://songdove.fa-ct.com/wordpress-m.... Your email address will be added to a mailing list just for this course, so that information requiring quick updates to students can happen efficiently. After the course is over, you may unsubscribe, or your email will be moved to an alumni list for infrequent contact from me.
So pass this course announcement around to all your friends!
NOTE: I only have room for an in-person class of up to 14 people at any given time! You have four time slots to choose from, and three of them will be worked into any given intake session. (if the 11am slot is full, the 1pm slot won't be used but if the 11am slot is empty, the 1pm slot will be used, so I can eat lunch!)
Then you'll want to sign up to take this course, "The Poor Man's Budget (or anyone for that matter): A Five Week Course - Learning to live within your means.
At just $5 per day, this course is aimed at those who are struggling with their finances. Anyone of any income bracket can take this course, because anyone regardless of income can find themselves struggling to make ends meet and occaisonally feeling financially poor.
Those wishing to attend in person, can pay the entire course amount up front if you wish. $125 is the total cost of attending this course.
If you don't have that much free right off the bat, don't worry! $5 per day will be just fine as well. Students attending via the online webinar will not have the option to pay up front and will pay the $5 fee each time they access the day's webinar.
For those who might miss a day's session, the online webinars will be recorded and require the $5 fee to view.
Each student is encouraged to pick up a copy of the Student Workbook. This will cost you $6.50 + $7 S&H. Order it direct through me, the author, at: http://wp.me/P3IQLk-EA and you will pick up your book in class shortly after it arrives. Online students will have your book drop-shipped to you directly.
For those who like to be organized before taking a class, the Three Month Journal is also available for purchase: http://wp.me/P3IQLk-Er for $10 plus $7 S&H. If you order this book and sign up to take the course, you will be notified when the next intake is closer to the end of your three month time frame.
The sign-up form (http://songdove.fa-ct.com/stuff/atten...) contains several choices: Your choice of what time of day would suit you best to take the course - how you wish to take the course, whether in person or online - which sum of funds you wish to pay - how you wish to remit payment. So pay careful attention to the form as you fill it out. A digital version is available here: http://songdove.fa-ct.com/wordpress-m.... Your email address will be added to a mailing list just for this course, so that information requiring quick updates to students can happen efficiently. After the course is over, you may unsubscribe, or your email will be moved to an alumni list for infrequent contact from me.
So pass this course announcement around to all your friends!
NOTE: I only have room for an in-person class of up to 14 people at any given time! You have four time slots to choose from, and three of them will be worked into any given intake session. (if the 11am slot is full, the 1pm slot won't be used but if the 11am slot is empty, the 1pm slot will be used, so I can eat lunch!)
