Howdy everybody, and HAPPY TAX SEASON! (HA HA HA!) 😉
CONTENTS:
1. WRITERSWEEKLY’S WINTER, 2019 24-HOUR SHORT STORY CONTEST is THIS SATURDAY – 01/12/2019! See: https://24hourshortstorycontest.com
1st Place: $300 + a Free Publishing Package from Booklocker!
2nd Place: $250
3rd Place: $200
+ 85 other prizes!
2. IT’S ALMOST TIME TO FILE YOUR TAXES! YIPPEE!! (Ha ha.) Did we report your income to the I.R.S.? Read details below.
3. ROYALTIES WERE PAID VIA PAYPAL ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2019
Details are below.
4. NEED AN AWESOME ILLUSTRATOR OR EDITOR FOR YOUR NEXT BOOK?
5. REMINDER – BOOKLOCKER CAN NOW OFFER YOUR EBOOK(S) TO MORE THAN 40,000 LIBRARIES AND SCHOOLS IN 70 COUNTRIES THROUGH OVERDRIVE!
6. REMINDER – BOOKLOCKER CAN REGISTER YOUR BOOK’S COPYRIGHT FOR YOU – FOR WAY LESS THAN THE “OTHER GUYS.”
7. EARN A QUICK $40 WHEN YOU REFER A NEW AUTHOR TO BOOKLOCKER!
8. TANTALIZING TIDBITS FROM ANGELA AND THE REST OF THE TEAM! (Links appear further down in this newsletter.)
* Is Amazon rejecting legitimate book review from your
readers? We found a work-around!
* Writers who sympathy-pitch editors
* How a Lone Bookkeeper Killed a 49-Year-Old Literary Agency
* Can You REALLY Trust Your Secretary, Webmaster, or Publishing Consultant to “Sign” Your Publishing Agreement?
* ROYALTY REFUSAL? A Charity Gets RUDE After I Try to Fulfill an Author’s Last Wish
* How BookLocker Has Remained Profitable for 20 Years…when so many others have failed
9. FREQUENTLY REQUESTED LINKS
1. WRITERSWEEKLY’S WINTER, 2019 24-HOUR SHORT CONTEST IS ***THIS SATURDAY (01/12/19)!!!***
Don’t miss out on the fun! Start time is 12:00 p.m. (noon) CENTRAL TIME. See: https://24hourshortstorycontest.com/
* A dangerous curved and icy road with high snow banks
* A train barreling down the tracks in a prairie blizzard
* A woman dragging a mysterious, heavy item through snow drifts
* A mysterious, staring gentleman drinking hot chocolate across the room in a ski lodge
* A town preacher in an embarrassing conversation with a local lady
* A mysterious vase of living flowers on a frozen front porch
* A young woman clawing at something under the ice on a frozen lake
That’s just a very small sample of past contest topics! Read more RIGHT HERE.
NEXT CONTEST DATE: Saturday, January 12, 2019
START-TIME: 12:00 p.m. (noon) Central Time (You must sign up at least 45 minute before start-time.)
1st place: $300 + A FREE AT-YOUR-SERVICE PUBLISHING PACKAGE FROM BOOKLOCKER!
2nd place: $250
3rd place: $200
+ 85 other prizes!
Lots of BookLocker authors participate and it’s tons of fun!
In case you’re not familiar with our quarterly contest, this is how it works. On the date of the contest, at start-time, we send out the topic for that specific contest to all registered entrants, while also posting it on WritersWeekly.com.
Entrants must be registered before the contest begins and there is a limit of 500 participants per contest. Entrants then have 24 hours to write and submit their
stories via email. The stories “must deal with the topic in some way to qualify” and they must not exceed the pre-assigned word count, which is announced with
the topic.
TO ENTER THE CONTEST TODAY:
http://24hourshortstorycontest.com/
List of ALL PAST TOPICS and WINNERS of the WritersWeekly Quarterly 24-Hour Short Story Contest
14 Tips To Give Yourself A Leg Up In Writing Contests!
2. IT’S ALMOST TAX TIME! YEA!!! (Ha ha ha.) DID BOOKLOCKER REPORT YOUR INCOME TO THE I.R.S.?
If you were paid by BookLocker through PayPal, you will NOT be receiving a 1099 from us. PayPal’s reporting requirements are EXPLAINED HERE.
Please contact PayPal or your CPA if you have questions about their tax reporting.
If you have questions about your individual tax situation (“Do I need to file a specific form?”; “Are my commissions taxable?”, etc.), please contact your CPA. We can’t legally answer tax questions.
If you want to know how much BookLocker paid you through PayPal, click on the Sales link at the top of the page in your author account.
Then, look at the bottom of that page where it says: Recent Payments
There, you will see all the payments we have sent to you over the past 24 months.
NEED RECEIPTS FOR YOUR PURCHASES?
If you paid for services from BookLocker, those receipts were emailed to you instantly when you placed your order.
If you purchased copies of your books, those receipts were posted to your author account. Click on the “Archived Messages” link after you login at the link above.
3. ROYALTIES WERE PAID VIA PAYPAL ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2019
The fifth business day of the month was on 1/8/19. Royalties were paid via paypal to authors who were owed $40 or more on the last day of the previous month. To check your sales, CLICK HERE.
4. NEED AN AWESOME ILLUSTRATOR OR EDITOR FOR YOUR NEXT BOOK?
See amazing illustrators HERE.
And, see professional, affordable editors HERE.
5. REMINDER – BOOKLOCKER CAN NOW OFFER YOUR EBOOK(S) TO MORE THAN 40,000 LIBRARIES AND SCHOOLS IN 70 COUNTRIES THROUGH OVERDRIVE!
Cost is only $25.
Details are HERE.
6. REMINDER – BOOKLOCKER CAN REGISTER YOUR COPYRIGHT FOR YOU – FOR WAY LESS THAN THE “OTHER GUYS.”
Details are HERE.
7. EARN A QUICK $40 WHEN YOU REFER A NEW AUTHOR TO BOOKLOCKER!
Details are RIGHT HERE.
Thank you sooooo much to all the authors who have done this since we initiated this fun thank-you program!! 🙂
8. TANTALIZING TIDBITS FROM ANGELA AND THE REST OF THE TEAM!
IS AMAZON REJECTING BOOK REVIEWS FROM YOUR READERS? We Found a Work-Around! by Angela Hoy
If You Are “Sympathy Pitching” Editors and Publishers, PLEASE STOP! by Brian P. Whiddon, Managing Editor of WritersWeekly and Director of Operations at BookLocker
How a Lone Bookkeeper Killed a 49-Year-Old Literary Agency
ROYALTY REFUSAL? A Charity Gets RUDE After I Try to Fulfill an Author’s Last Wish by Angela Hoy
How BookLocker Has Remained Profitable for 20 Years…when so many others have failed
9. FREQUENTLY REQUESTED LINKS
AUTHOR ORDER FORM (for copies at your author discount and for current sale info)
CAN YOU MAKE MY EBOOK AVAILABLE FOR 40,000 BOOKSTORES AND SCHOOLS WORLDWIDE?
CAN I PURCHASE AN AD IN INGRAM’S CATALOG FOR RETAILERS?
ORDER FORM FOR INTERIOR AND/OR COVER CHANGES/EDITS
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