All winners receive combined book marketing packages of Book Reviews, Virtual Blog Tours, a Free book marketing guide and Free Advertising to include Social Media sites
Prize List:
Grand Prize Winners receive:
A 1-Hour Consultation from the top Expert in the Field – a $250 value. In addition, Grand Prize winners – 1 Fiction, 1 Nonfiction – will receive free book promotion advice and One-year free advertising on our book sites and social media with potential reach of over 60,000 book readers
Brian Jud is the Executive Director of APSS – the Association of Publishers for Special Sales. He is the author of How to Make Real Money Selling Books (January 2010) and Beyond the Bookstore (a Publishers Weekly® book) describing new ways to sell more books to special-sales buyers. Brian is a partner in Premium Book Company, which offers commission-only sales of nonfiction, fiction, children’s titles and remainders to buyers in special markets.
First Place Winners:
A marketing expert will look at your keywords and book description on Amazon and offer advice, proposed changes and tips on how to rank your book better. In addition, winners will receive an author interview about winning title that will be listed at Kindle Book Promos through April 2017 and will be promoted throughout the 2016 at social media sites.
Second Place Winners:
A one-week 5 blog stop tour includes 5 reviews for your book. An author interview about winning title that will be listed at Kindle Book Promos through April 2017 and will be promoted throughout the year at social media sites.
In addition, First and Second Place Winners receive free advertising at Kindle Book Promos – an average of 18,000 monthly visits, and our social media sites with more than 40,000 followers @penabook, @freebookpromos and https://www.facebook.com/ebookpromos.
We are also considering Book Cover and Illustrations and a special award of $50 Amazon Card will be given to each winner: One for Grand Prize Cover Design and One for Grand Prize Illustration Award.
Honorable Mentions in any category will receive certificates and free promotion on our website and social media sites.
FREE certificates will be sent to all winners.
Note: With the exception of an initial announcement, most of the publicity for winners will start October 2016 to take advantage of holiday shoppers. Once a winners’ list is officially released, updates will be posted throughout January 2017, so check the site often for the latest announcements.
JUDGING: A panel of journalists, authors and book marketing experts will judge the submitted work. In addition, two avid book readers will be part of our judging panel. If you would like to be a judge, please contact us: kindlefreebies@yahoo.com.
Judging criteria:
Grand Prize Winner: We are looking for exceptional writing, especially the author’s ability to hold the reader’s interest as well as his/her ability to tell a story. The grand prize winning book will be an outstanding work with characters and a story that makes it shine above the rest. The overall presentation must be polished and professional. Two grand prize winners will be selected, one for fiction and one for non fiction.
First and Second Place: General excellence and the author’s story-telling technique will be considered. The writer must hold the reader’s interest and demonstrate the ability to develop plot and characters that connect with the reader.
The judging panel will choose two titles in each category that illustrate overall excellence. Honorable mentions will be chosen from a variety of categories to include general fiction, romance, adventure, historic, and mystery. All judges decisions are final.
- ENTRIES: An entry fee of $50 MUST accompany your submission. Titles can be entered in more than one category for an additional $25 per category. You can enter more than one title but a separate fee of $50 plus additional category entry fees will be charged. (For example, you enter one title in two categories that would be $50 for entry and $25 for the extra category entry. Or you enter two titles and each title is entered in its own category, that would equal $100 dollars.)
You can pay online through paypal or send a check or money order by mail. You can send us a hard copy, a PDF or digital copy on Kindle. FEES are NONREFUNDABLE.
MAIL: LuckyCinda Publishing, 169 Camino Arroyo S, Palm Desert, California 92260, or send PDF, Digital Copy to kindlefreebies@yahoo.com.
Contest Rules: Please include a copy of your book and completed entry form with submission. If not using paypal, please enclose a check or money order made out to: LuckyCinda. Don’t forget to give us your contact information! All shipping and handling costs are paid by the entrants.
Submission Deadline: May 1, 2016
Winners will be announced: Sept 1, 2016
Notification: We will notify you when we receive your submission package. Winners will be notified by Sept 1, 2016. A complete list of winners will be posted online and a press release will be circulated on the Internet in September. Submissions must be postmarked by May 1, 2016. No items will be returned.
Entry Forms:
Request form be e-mailed or faxed: Applications MUST include a non-refundable entry fee of $50 per title entry, $25 per extra category per title (US Dollars) in the form of a check, money order or credit card payment through PayPal. Multiple submissions are allowed but each will be considered as a separate entry – and MUST be accompanied by a separate entry fee payment and application.