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The Value of being a Celebrity Author

What if you could tell everyone you are a best-selling author? What if you could write agents and publishers telling them you are a best-selling author? This is what the Wake Up Celebrity Author book contest can do for you if you get the most people to come and vote for your book.

But as you know, writing a best-selling book is only half the battle. The other half of the battle is getting out and promote your book. The publishing business is highly competitive with literally millions of authors competing for the attention of readers, agents and publishers. While publishers are becoming more and more reluctant to take on new authors, technology is making it easier than ever to publish and promote a book without the aid of agents and publishers.

What the Wake Up Celebrity Author Contest Can Do For You

The Wake Up Celebrity Author book contest is an event for you to invite your fans to come and vote for your book. Your fans will be able to rate your book cover, title and the short summary you write. This summary shows people your writing style and is a place for you to encourage people to click on the buy buttons. We've made it very easy for people who come to vote for your book to click over to Amazon^TMor Barnes & Noble.com^TM to buy a copy of your book.

Here are a few of the benefits you will get:

• Reviews: In order to vote, people need to leave you a review. The fans who take time to leave thoughtful comments will give you new insights into your book.
• Larger fan base: During the contest, you will be inviting your friends to come vote and asking them to invite their friends. You will be telling everyone on Twitter, Facebook, your blog, Dig, Squidoo and everywhere else you interact online to come vote for your book. If you work at it, you will see your total fan base increase.
• Book sales: We sold over 100 books during the summer 2009 contest with one author selling over 25 copies. Helping you sell books is a big part of the contest.
• Celebrity Author: The chance at winning our grand prize and becoming the next Celebrity Author.

Selling books requires a call to action. The call to action you will be making is asking people to come vote for your book, an action many people will be happy to take. And while they are on your book page voting and leaving you a review,  they may decide to buy your book.

Past contestants have discovered the reviews their fans left were extremely valuable. The grand prize winner of the Summer 2009 contest, Kurt Behm, found the reviews so helpful he stopped asking people to "vote" for his book and started asking them to come "review" his book. This might be a good strategy for you!

What You Can Win

The grand prize is a $12,000 best-seller campaign to put make your book a best-seller. Our sponsor, Wake Up . . . Live the Life You Love has made over 20 books best-sellers on Barnes & Noble.com^TM.  Kurt Behm, winner of the Summer 2009 Celebrity Author contest, saw his book reach number 83 on this list.

In addition to this grand prize, we offer 4 cash prizes. The author with the second most votes receives $500.00 and authors coming in third, fourth and fifth each receive $50.00.

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