Re: Re: Ebook awards in general - brilliant idea

I am certainly with you all on this notion that "entering my books in any
contests just to get a sticker/graphic..." is certainly an insufficient
motivation to pay an entry fee into a contest.

As the director of these awards that have been talked about, and as someone
who is keenly interested in trying to increase the value of said contest so
that everyone and their brother enters it, I am interested in what those
things of value are for you all as authors and readers who might enter.

However, if I detail what those great things of value are that we currently
offer, then I'd likely be accused of trying to sell something and I'm not
trying to impart any marketing or salesmanship of our contest...awareness,
yes...hardsell, no...feedback, yes. ...Collecting email address, heck no!
...Value for those who enter, yes!

So, let me throw the question out there since one idea was brought up to
line up sponsors and make the awards a series of advertising campaigns (etc.
...)...more detail on what the would look like would be nice, but... What
would it take to entice you enough to enter such a contest with an entry fee
of $59 and give as much detail as possible.

Consider this a wishlist for what you would want in return for entering
knowing that if everyone and their brother who entered were to spread the
word about the contest that it will become well-known and will gain a good
solid reputation.

*Here we go: If you were to open-mindedly consider entereing a new ebook
competition, what would you want for your $59 and what would you want that
isn't offered by other competitions? Cash prizes? A book trailer you can put
on your website? A guarantee that X number of people will go to your page
and Y number would vote on it? What would be your wishlist? And again,
please be as detailed as possible in your answer.*






Joseph Dowdy
Global eBook Awards Director

On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 7:49 AM, Marguerita <[email protected]>wrote:

>
>
> This is just brilliant and sums up my opinion also. I'm no entering my
> books in any contests just to get a sticker/graphic...
>
> Marguerita
>
> How about this idea... Line up some sponsors and make the awards a series
> of advertising campaigns. If a book is good enough to win a contest, the
> contest should be worth winning; ie, it would help to further promulgate the
> title. So... let the award come with three months of prominent ad space on
> an equally prominent website. I'd like award to be in a mag like Locus
> unless there's something better for the purpose. Or something like that, but
> not just a peel & stick gold star in the form of a graphic about which only
> other authors will know or care.
> >
> > We have to reach the readers. Anything else is fluff and bother pomp and
> ceremony for its own sake.
> >
> > Just my dime's worth on this.
> > Ed
> > Ed Howdershelt - Abintra Press
> > Science Fiction & Semi-Fiction
> > http://www.AbintraPress.com
> >
>
>  
>



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