Bookstore Without Borders Who We Are August 16th 2013

LYRA CONTEST

The 2013 Lyra Awards are designed to find and promote the best in independent fiction. The contest is open to all independently published eBooks released in 2013.

Lyra 2013 rules and regulations.

Authors may enter their novels into one of 12 categories.

Entry Fee: $48

Grand Prize: Worth over $2300

AUTHOR MARKETING PLATFORM (AMP)

Our author marketing platforms are how authors get books on our site.

If you buy an Author Marketing Platform (AMP), you can list up to 5 books for sale on the BWB site. If you need space for more books, space can be bought for each extra title. With your AMP you receive a homepage with bio. You can maintain your AMP yourself, adding book tag lines, descriptions, excerpts and book covers. Your books and homepages are then professionally marketed for optimum search engine ranking. Author Marketing Platform, homepage, bio.

AN ENTIRELY NEW KIND OF EBOOK STORE - ONE THAT TAKES NO COMMISSIONS

Authors get 100% of your sales.

Traditional booksellers take too large a bite out of your author income. We don't. Not a cent...No kidding.

An Author Marketing Platform for Indie Authors.

Indie Authors and eBooks aren't an add-on to our site. An afterthought. We designed our entire store around them.

Readers can download your books for any eReader. We support all of the major platforms.

BWB has proven online marketing strategies that will bring a targeted audience to the site - readers.

Our online marketing methods are proven, our sister site has been marketing artists online successfully since 1999.

A truly Independent Bookstore-- built for you.

Your books will be visible on our site. Readers can find you.
Superb Customer Service is the foundation of BWB. Ask our authors.

BENEFITS FOR AUTHORS

Keep 100% revenue from your eBook sales.

BWB owners are internet marketing experts, and will bring reader traffic to you and your book.

Front page exposure on our site is not based on a popularity algorithm, instead all books can get front page exposure.

BWB can work with every major eBook format.

BWB is an eBook marketing and publishing resource center.

ADD-ONS

We have many other products and services including Editor Homepages, Illustrator Hompepages, Custom Cover Designs, Directory Ads, Social Media Marketing and eBook Format Conversion.

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ABOUT US

Bookstore Without Borders is owned and operated by:

Sara Mills is a traditionally published author who is making the leap to indie and publishing industry veteran.

Lynda Baxter is an accomplished Internet consultant and online marketing specialist.

Scott Thompson, software engineer and developer.

OUR STORE

During the development process security was one of our top concerns. Our software engineer designed a system where you don't have to worry about security when you upload your eBook files. All of our eBook files are immediately encrypted with an AES-256 military-strength encryption and they are stored in a non web-accessible area. Download links provided are decrypted on the fly so an unencrypted version of your book never exists on our system.

We've built a marketing platform designed to maximize SEO marketing techniques.

Quality has been the byword in the design and development of the Bookstore Without Borders store.

"Bookstore without Borders offers a wonderful opportunity for authors and other publishing professionals to market and sell their stories. I was impressed with this place from the moment of my first interaction, and continue to be awed by the professional and helpful personalities on staff. My initial e-mail was answered within minutes and every communication since has been awesome and more than timely. Within a day of first signing up, I had my first book sale. A first, and the cement to create a bond with Bookstore without Borders that will not be easily broken!"
Author - Rhonda Jackson Joseph
"Working with Bookstore Without Borders is a pure delight! Their friendly staff is available to answer any of my questions and their upload system works with simple ease. I’m recommending them to all my friends!"
Author - Regina Tittel
"The people behind Bookstore Without Borders are amazing--friendly, knowledgable, helpful, and a pleasure to work with. I highly recommend BWB to both authors and readers alike."
author Lois Winston/Emma Carlyle
"I am excited about Bookstore Without Borders. The staff is friendly, and working with them is delightful. I appreciate a new, innovative bookstore for listing and selling my e-books."
Author Brenda B Taylor
"Books with out Borders allows authors and readers to connect in a special way - over the internet that birthed eBooks in the first place. Sure there are other sites, and personally I have listed on them because in today's market you have to cast your bread upon the cyberspace waters. However, Book without Borders, though small, has a great potential to grow and both Sara and Lynda offer great, personal service. You are not just an email in a sea of thousands. Here is a place where readers can meet authors and vice-versa in a cozy atmosphere, almost reminiscence of a hallowed library. You can almost smell the nostalgic aroma of paper and publishing ink mingled with Old English polish and binding glue. Except no one will shush you! It also never closes. So, feel free to browse the shelves as long as you wish. "
Julie B Cosgrove, author
"Now, Indie writers have the perfect platform in which to Showcase their works of Art. Never before has it been so easy to get the exposure needed to be a success. The personal and friendly staff at Bookstore Without Borders are working hard to ensure that each and every Author & Reader is treated with sensitivity and respect. Their Platform is easy to navigate and very intuitive. Uploading is simply a breeze. Any problems or questions are always answered in a timely fashion, and I have no problem with recommending them to any of my friends."
Author ~ Lee E. Shilo

Bringing Indie Authors and Readers Together...