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  Congratulations to Victor Montgomery on winning a gold award from Literary Titan for his book, Heart to Heart Resuscitation . For more posts about Vic and his book, click HERE . Purchase the paperback at discount from the  MSI Press webstore . Use Coupon Code FF25 for 25% off. Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Planning on self-publishing and don't know where to start? Our  author au pair  services will mentor you through the process. Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor@msipress.com. Want an  author-signed copy  of this book? Purchase the book at 25% discount (use coupon code FF25) and concurrently send a written request to orders@msipress.com. Want to communicate with one of our authors? You ca

  Congratulations to Steven Greenebaum, whose  multiple-awarding winning book,  An Afternoon's Dictation , has moved from the short list to the semi-finals in the Hearten book awards competition, sponsored by Chanticleer Authors Conference. Awards this book has earned Winner. London Book Festival Firebird Book Awards honorable mention Pacific Book Award Finalist (runner-up) Literary Titan gold award The BookFest honorable mention For more posts about Steven and his books, click  HERE . Purchase this book at discount from the  MSI Press webstore . Use Coupon Code FF25 for 25% off. Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Planning on self-publishing and don't know where to start? Our  author au pair  services will mentor you through the process. Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exc

  Congratulations to Diana Keathley for earning a Gold Award from Literary Titan for her book, GodSway .  This book has also won two other awards: honorable mention, New York Book Festival honorable mention, Hollywood Book Festival For more posts about Diana and her posts, click HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Planning on self-publishing and don't know where to start? Our  author au pair  services will mentor you through the process. Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor@msipress.com. Want an  author-signed copy  of this book? Purchase the book at 25% discount (use coupon code FF25) and concurrently send a written request to orders@msipress.com. Want to communicate with one of our authors?

  Steven Greenebaum's book,  An Afternoon's Dictation , was awarded an honorable mention from The BookFest recently.  Awards this book has earned Winner. London Book Festival Firebird Book Awards honorable mention Pacific Book Award Finalist (runner-up) Literary Titan gold award The BookFest honorable mention For more posts about Steven and his book, click  HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor@msipress.com. Want an  author-signed copy  of this book? Purchase the book at 25% discount (use coupon code FF25) and concurrently send a written request to orders@msipress.com. 

  And the best books of September 2023 are ... drumroll! .... Top 100 Amazon 1.          Hot new releases           Bob McGee’s book,  A View through the Fog , was #1 in hot new releases in bridge engineering for the entire 30-day new-release period and bounced around #13-#41 overall in bridge engineering. Great showing for a first-time author.         Steven Greenebaum’s book,  An Afternoon’s Discussion , was #1 in ecumenism in hot new releases on June 24 and #21 overall in Christian ecumenism, mostly staying in the top 100 during the new-release period. Congratulations to him on that #1 status!!  General categories a.    Kris Girrell’s book, Learning to Feel , reached #60 in biographies of social scientists and psychologists.   b.      Shannon Gonyou’s book, Since Sinai , reached #10 in biographies of Judaism.   c.       Steven Greenebaum’s book,  An Afternoon’s Discussion , reached #59 in ecumenism.   d.      Larry MacDonald’s book, RV Oopsies , reached #34 in travel humor, #116 in

    It is Tuesday. Monday's madness is over, and Wednesday will take us over the hump, so Tuesday it is--for some serious discussion with authors. Tuesday talks mean to address authors in waiting and self-published authors who would like to go a more traditional route or who would at least like to take their steps with a publisher by their side.  Today's topic takes a look at book contests. Are the awards worth the effort and, sometimes, the cost? Are some contests better than others? The answer to those questions is generally yes and yes. To be able to say that you have written an award-winning book is helpful for sales, regardless of the significance of the award. To be able to say that you have won a coveted award is even more helpful. From our experience in marketing, when we market four books together through one promotional source, where two books are award-winners and two are not, generally we see distinctly more sales for award-winning books. An award gives a publisher/

  Steven Greenebaum's newest book, An Afternoon's Dictation , was selected as the winner in the category of spiritual/religious books at the just-concluding London Book Fair. A list of all the winner can be found HERE . An Afternoon's Dictation also recently won a Firebird Book Award, and it has been in the top 100 on Amazon in ecumenism many times. Way to go! For more posts on Steven and his books, click HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor@msipress.com. Want an  author-signed copy  of this book? Purchase the book at 25% discount (use coupon code FF25) and concurrently send a written request to orders@msipress.com. 

  Congratulations to MSI Press author, Franki Bagdade. Her book, I Love My Kids, But I Don't Always Like Them: Expert Advice for Parents of Challenging Children  was recently selected as the Book of the Year for the category of Outstanding Parenting/Family/Relationships books in the Independent Authors Network competition.  Franki's book earlier won a GOLD MEDAL in the Literary Titan competition. Read more posts about Franki and her book HERE . Follow Franki on her blog and website, FAAB , Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .

  Congratulations to Dr. Frederic Craigie, whose book, Weekly Soul , was selected as the winner in the category of wellbeing in the National Indie Excellence Award competition . For more posts about Fred and his book, click HERE . To read more about book awards earned by MSI Press authors, click HERE .                                                  Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter                           Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .

  Author Fred Craigie has just been informed that his book,  Weekly Soul ,  has been selected as winner in the well-bring category by the National Indie Excellence Award competition. Fred adds this award to a number of previous awards for this book: Book of the Year Award Winner (gold) Literary Views Awards Silver in two categories: mind/body/spirit and religion Kops-Fetherling International Book Awards Honorable Mention American Bookfest finalist See other posts about  Fred and his book .                                    Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter                           Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .

  Author Franki Bagdade has just been informed that her book, I Love My Kids, But I Don't Always Like Them , has been selected as a gold award winner by Literary Titan. See other Literary Titan award winners . See other posts about Franki and her book .                                    Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter                           Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .

  San Juan Books is the hybrid division of MSI Press LLC. It allows first-time writers to become published in a traditional way through the reduction of risk by sharing publication costs. All other publishing features are traditional in nature, and most SJB authors go on to be offered traditional contracts for their subsequent books. SJB publications are available as paperback, hard cover, and e-book versions. SJB authors' books very much hold their own against their contemporaries in the traditional publishing division. Indeed, a number of them have outsold their traditional compatriots. Today, San Juan Books presents author Dr. Peter Jonas. Peter Jonas was a soccer dad for 18 years and has recently transitioned to the role of soccer granddad. When he isn’t refereeing a match and dealing with outrageous parents, he works as a professor of research and statistics at Cardinal Stritch University. Soccer is Fun   without Parents  is his fifth book. Unfortunately, Peter passed away une