You are reading the blog post of a woman who has been stuck at home almost all week with one very severe cold that morphed into strep throat. It’s been a rough one, readers and writers. What do you all do when you’re feeling poorly? I spent the whole week drinking so much tea that I simply cannot drink any more. And that’s a strange way to be, readers, because I simply love tea.
It’s also almost Christmas and Hanukkah. Which do you find more exciting? The potential for presents (new books under the Christmas tree) or spending time with family and soaking up the traditions of the season?
For me, it’s all about the family traditions. Decorating the tree, heading to Christmas Mass, and spending several house talking and unwrapping presents with my many, many family members. Head on over to the forums and tell us about your Christmas traditions.
And don’t forget the Christmas gift opportunity of Carey Azzara’s The Lottery Curse, available for pre-order today.
And now that you’re thinking about the holidays, the Hot 20 Book Ideas for December 10, 2016 are…
How do I get onto the Hot 20?
For all you DIY authors, SOOP hosts a series of Marketing Monday posts chock full of tips and tricks to getting your audience off the ground. For those of you looking for more active help, SOOP has several packages to help you with your Marketing Plan. Make sure to take a minute and check those out. Plus, the Service Marketplace offers a way for you authors to get in contact with people who can help you with your Product, Platform, and Promotion.
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Here at SOOP, we want to help you succeed. Once you have submitted your Book Idea, there are two levels of participation to get you to the end goal of publication: Free and Premium. The Free Level offers many of the same helpful services, including homework at each stage of the voting process that helps you, the author, create substantial marketing progress and develop the best book possible. These homework assignments are managed in phases, and returned on a pass/fail basis.
The Premium Level, offers the unique benefits of personalized feedback from our panel of experts. This gives the author a more complete idea of their direction. They 85% required passing grades on the homework makes sure that the author gets a more complete picture of their progress. When armed with more information, the author can then readjust and with more precision.
So which Level makes the most sense for you. Read the FAQ about costs for more information and contact us if you have questions.
FAQ of the day:Â What does it cost to use your services?
That depends on which services are being discussed. To understand our core Author Driven Publishing program start by reading https://soopllc.com/publish-soop/#.VQNYT9LF-6M. It discusses SOOP’s no-obligation model and should address many of your questions about getting started and progressing towards publication.
SOOP currently has two pathways, a free, as well as a premium subscription version. Our subscription service will give you access to professional feedback as you unlock benefits at your voting milestones. In our free version, you will receive the homework assignments, but will work the assignments in a different manner while pursuing the same 2,000 voting milestone.
If you’re also considering other aspects of specific support needed along the publishing journey, we have some great service providers to meet your needs in a variety of ways. Visit our Services Marketplace and check out the experts there. Each service is available individually to any author (for hire as needed), or as part of a larger package for authors who are publishing with SOOP.
As always, explore our site to learn about our publishing model, our other FAQ answers, or submit a book idea.
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