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Fall Edition - Songdove Books Newsletter: September 2014

Welcome to Songdove Books Newsletter: September 2014

October 1st, and I royally missed sending out the September newsletter!  Will you forgive me?  September was a strange month for both me and Songdove Books.  On the day job front, work was the slowest it's been in months!

My latest book, "A Year in Prayer With Jesus" launched on the September Long Weekend.  It's available in a wide range of online locations in both paperback and various ebook formats.

As of this newsletter, no one has signed up on the calendar to publicly begin Day One in a bid to cover the various prayer points in this book every single day for an entire year.

Pumpkin Pie From the Ground Up! (Well, Almost!)

An ebook was also launched in September that shares my own recipe from picking out a pumpkin to breaking it down and turning into pie filling that everyone who's ever sat around my table at holiday meals has raved about.  It is a departure from what I usually write, but it was a fun project and can be offered as a paperback booklet if requested.  This book is entitled, "Pumpkin Pie from the Ground Up! (Well, Almost!)" and yes, the humour in that title continues throughout the book.

One Thought Leads to Another. . . and Another. . .

Towards the end of the month, an idea came to me about tweeting, "A Year in Prayer With Jesus".  As it turns out, most of the book is quite tweetable with very little tweaking to make most prayer prompts fit into 140 characters.  Songdove Books is also on Pinterest, so the thought progressed into making each prayer prompt into it's own image based on the book cover's background image.  The result actually turned out quite well, which led to a third thought!  Amazing how one thought leads to another eh?  My goal now is to create 7 prayer cards for every day of the book's year and make them available for purchase.  Unfortunately, most places I could go to have prices that to me, are prohibitively high if I wish to resell them to you. 

I am therefore working on a system integration with my website that would let you buy each card one at a time at a price point that would bring a month-long sampling down a bit more than what I've been quoted to date.  The beauty of buying one at a time is that you don't have to buy ALL the prayer cards necessarily, but can pick and choose which cards you wish to purchase.  Prices go down with bulk purchases as well.  The service that lets me do this offers a wide range of options, but I've narrowed them down to greeting cards, flat cards (postcard size), image downloads and ecards (which are free to send to anyone you wish).  This service isn't live yet on my site because I'm currently not happy with the gallery presentation.  You're welcome to give me feedback after looking at this page here:  http://songdove.fa-ct.com/wordpress-mu/songdovemusings/a-year-in-prayer-with-jesus-daily-prayer-cards/  Clicking an image will open it up full-size and once everything on the page has loaded, the various buy choices will appear across the bottom of the image.  Presentation options include the basic gallery thumbnail presentation, or a tiled mosaic presentation so far.  Lightbox presentations or slideshow presentations don't work well with the buy choice links.  But so far, all gallery options have the thumbnails quite close together. . . If you as my mailing list are ok with that, then I'll go live with one of the two presentations that work.  But if you have critical thoughts as much as I do about it, then I'll have to keep looking for something that works a bit better before taking this concept live.

Wrap-up

So this month was all about pumpkins and prayer.  Considering the Canadian Thanksgiving is coming up in October shortly, that combination of thoughts is very timely.  If you've been wondering what to do for family devotions this year around the table, you may want to follow in one reviewer's footsteps and buy a copy of "A Year in Prayer With Jesus" to nicely fill that void.  If you're looking for a lighter pumpkin pie this year that might actually be healthy for someone in your household, you may wish to purchase the ebook, "PumpkIn Pie From the Ground Up! (Well, Almost!)". 

I don't know what October has to offer yet this year, but I do know the wetter weather is playing havoc with my health already.  Fall is a beautiful time of year with leaves changing colours and decorating sidewalks as they fall from the trees.  The temperatures get more livable as we leave the seering Okanagan heat behind.  Cooler temperatures sometimes bring more precipitation in this part of the world as well, which is the bit my body kicks up a fuss over.  Myself, I love the rain!  It is so incredibly peaceful and quieting.  I have yet to convince my lungs of the same thing however.  So pray for me as we enter this Fall season.  Pray for health, for domestic economic sustainability, and for God's continued leading as I move forward.

No book projects are on the horizon at this time, which means it's time to begin thinking about Fall, Christmas or Winter book tours to help get the word out about the books currently on the Songdove Books line-up.  An offline order sheet has been created now, which  you are welcome to download at this link here:   http://songdove.fa-ct.com/stuff/bookorderform.pdf    Feel free to share that with others who may not be comfortable ordering books online.

Past Newsletter:
http://songdove.fa-ct.com/wordpress-mu/songdovemusings/past-newsletters/

Official Launch of "Pumpkin Pie From the Ground Up! (Well, Sort of!)"

Autumn. . . That time of year when leaves turn all shades of yellows, ambers, oranges, reds, purples and browns. . . That time of year when sweaters begin replacing sun dresses in the mornings and evenings are cooler. . . Fall is also that time of year when apples and corn and pumpkins begin to come off the fields and into local stores and markets.  If you frequent your local coffee shop, you might begin to see Apple Cinnamon and Pumpkin Spice up on the menu boards.

No doubt you are now seeing small to medium-sized pumpkins showing up in bins at your local grocery store or supermarket.  As we get closer to October and closer yet to Halloween, bigger and bigger pumpkins are going to show up as they've been allowed to grow out in the fields.  But when they get so big they can't be used for decorations, what do you do with them?!

You transform them into home-made pumpkin pies from scratch!  That's what you do with them!

Songdove Books has just released a new e-book by Marilynn Dawson, titled, "Pumpkin Pie From the Ground Up! (Well, Sort of!) Light, Healthy, Organic Pumpkin Pie Your Friends Will DIE for!"  All puns in that title are on purpose, and Marilynn has included various bits of humour throughout the content of this book.

She says on her back cover: Most people have that go-to recipe that they use consistently. This is the one people keep coming to you asking for more. Let me introduce you to the recipe that I use, the one that gets the rave reviews and that people, including my daughter's friends, regularly ask for.  From picking out the best pumpkin to preparing it for use in your best holiday pie yet, this little ebook walks you through every step of the way!  BYOC! (Bring your own crust)

An excerpt from the book shares a humorous story from Fall 2013:  

Pull out your largest mixing bowl and measure in your pumpkin puree. Use the spatula to ensure you waste as little as possible. Measure in your 1% milk and add the eggs and spices. DON'T FORGET THE SPICES! One fall season, my daughter had two friends over wanting to learn how to make this pie for themselves, and I got so carried away supervising the various stages going on, that I missed the instruction for the spices but didn't realize it till the girls had taken their pies home with them! When we contacted them to apologize about the lack of spices, to our shock and amazement, they claimed the pies tasted really great and that they didn't notice the spices were missing! Believe me, WE noticed! Don't forget the spices!

Marilynn shares in her own words:

With some stores already selling #pumpkins half-way through September, pumpkin season has already begun! This $2.99 USD #ebook walks you through my own personal claim to fame among those who have sat around my table or attended gettogethers where this #pie has shown up.

If you don't own an #ereader and do not read books on your computer, let me know. If there is a market for this ebook becoming a paperback booklet, I will publish it as such, but if I am not told that market exists, it won't happen.

Below are listed all the locations where you can purchase this e-book, from #iTunes to #GooglePlay to #Amazon and #Kobo. Let me know if your favourite outlet is missing. It's even showing up in a few international stores already!

Songdove Books has also paid a visit to the pumpkin patch over at Cafepress.com this weekend too! http://www.cafepress.com/songdovebooks/11619392 Lot's of fun pumpkin-related merchandise for yourself, your home, baby, even your devices can get in on the act! So check it out!

As promised, here is the list of places where this e-book may currently be purchased online:

Gumroad
https://gumroad.com/l/PPFGU

Storenvy
http://songdovebooks.storenvy.com/products/9654049-pumpkin-pie-from-the-ground-up-well-almost

Smashwords
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/476714

Tomely: offers 5% discount when link is shared with friends on FB and Twitter
http://songdove.tomely.com/pumpking-pie-from-the-ground-up-well-almost

Page Foundry/Inktera
http://www.inktera.com/store/title/748622c6-2b6f-40ae-8e7f-11a705d5a1c0

Scribd
http://www.scribd.com/book/239847461/Pumpkin-Pie-from-the-Ground-Up-Well-Almost

iTunes
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id919285809

Kobo
http://store.kobobooks.com/Search/Query?fcmedia=Book&query=9781928160014

Google Play
https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=CBqHBAAAQBAJ

Amazon
http://smarturl.it/PPFGU

General e-Books:
http://www.general-ebooks.com/book/98838978-pumpkin-pie-from-the-ground-up-well-almost-light-healthy-organic-pumpkin-pie-your-friends-will-die-for-english-edition

Japan:
http://books.rakuten.co.jp/rk/9dfa6926b03f3341ac0b4b8c59e21d2e/

Australia:
http://www.collinsbooks.com.au/book/9781928160014

Italy:
http://www.lafeltrinelli.it/ebook/marilynn-dawson/pumpkin-pie-from-ground-up/9781928160014

The BIG Announcement! Tuesday's Contribution to the Book Launch for "A Year in Prayer With Jesus"

Saturday we began the book launch giveaway.  Sunday we ended the month-long 15% off celebration sale.  Monday we went to visit the blog of a writer of Christian children's books to engage in an interview about myself as an author, and this latest book.  TODAY we have a fun announcement and invitation!

Have you ever sat down with a group of people and all agreed to join a daily initiative where each of you took a different day?  It might have been taking turns sitting at the bedside of a sick friend.  It might have been taking turns watering a special plant a week before someone's big day.  Maybe it was for a fundraising relay and you each signed up for one hour on the clock.  Have you ever put your name on a 24-hour prayer calendar?  Did you ever sign up for a time slot on a 40-day prayer calendar?  Global Day of Prayer likes to encourage prayer groups to do that in the 40 days between Easter and Pentecost every year.  I've heard stories of prayer rooms that are open 24 hours a day in Israel, England, and other places as well.

In a similar fashion, it would be fun to sign up 365 people or prayer groups, each beginning Day One of "A Year in Prayer With Jesus" on a different day on the calendar.  The way this book is laid out, you can begin Day One literally any day of the calendar year, so no one has to be concerned with missing part of the year if they don't start on a given date. 

One of the prayer points in this book, "Thy Kingdom Come", features prayer prompts for a wide range of missions organizations across various denominations.  It also features nations in or near the 10-40 window, and encourages prayer for various people groups and language groups.  As the author of this book, this particular prayer point was the most difficult to put together.  Every missions organization mentioned had to go through a vetting process to be sure they were teaching Salvation, placing emphasis on the Word of God, and allowing the Holy Spirit to lead and guide them.  Language groups and people groups had to be "living" so that I wasn't asking you to pray for groups that had in some manner disappeared off the map.  While these vetting processes helped to narrow down the various lists, I still had far too many entries for the mere 365 days to be covered in a year.  After prayer and puzzling, I finally reduced these lists to those that hopefully represent the widest swaths of humanity on the planet.  Needless to say, this particular prayer prompt feels like a mere drop in the bucket of all the people groups and language groups a person or prayer group could be praying for.  The "Your Thoughts" entry will come in handy for many of you who know of or work with groups not mentioned in the 365 day period.  If you purchase the paperback copy, you can write those in with a pen or pencil.  If you buy an ebook version, you may wish to purchase a matching notebook from my cafepress.com store (http://www.cafepress.com/songdovebooks), so that you have somewhere to write down additional prayer prompts as they come to you.

But imagine. . . You begin Day One on September 3rd.  Your friend begins Day One on September 4th.  Your buddy's prayer group begins Day One on September 5th, and so on.  Each of you would come to the above prayer prompt one day after the other, effectively lifting up those mentioned there every single day for an entire year!

This is exciting to me because I do have a heart for missions!  I know how deeply missionaries appreciate those back home praying for them!  I know how impacting those prayers are on daily life on the missionfield.  I also know how difficult it is to get people praying for these missionaries on a regular basis.  I used to run an online prayer group and we divided up the globe into the same regions as created in the Left Behind Series by Tim Lehaye and Jerry Jenkins.  I still have graphics of those regions on my computer from those days managing this online prayer group.  We had prayer warriors from South Africa, Britain, Australia, Germany, the USA, Canada, Singapore, etcetera.  Whenever possible, each person put their name down to pray on a given day for a given region of the world.  This prayer group went on for several years and we'd meet to pray together once a month online in group chat.

So needless to say, I can't help being excited about the prospect of encouraging people to join with each other across cities, regions and nations to lift up missionaries, nations, people groups and language groups in prayer every single day for an entire year! 

Participation requires a copy of this book in some format, whether paperback, PDF, epub or mobi.  Tomorrow, September 3rd, four people will receive free copies of "A Year in Prayer With Jesus" in digital format.  Once you have your own copy, you are then encouraged to visit the entry form on my website at:  http://songdove.fa-ct.com/wordpress-mu/songdovemusings/join-with-others-in-covering-the-world-in-prayer-for-an-entire-year/  Fill in the entire form including where you obtained your copy of the book, as well as what date you began Day One.  If you include a link in the form, be sure to fill out the box asking how you want your calendar entry to appear.  Failure to fill out that final box will result in your full name being shared on the date you choose.  Your entry will be placed on the calendar manually, and your email address entered into my monthly Songdove Books Presents: Newsletter.  You're free to unsubscribe from that newsletter at any time.

I am seriously looking forward to adding names to the calendar on my website!  Are you game?  Check this link for current places where you can get your copy and join the fun!  https://www.facebook.com/notes/marilynn-dawson-author/book-launch-for-a-year-in-prayer-with-jesus-august-30th-sept-5th/700524600040431

BOOK LAUNCH FOR "A YEAR IN PRAYER WITH JESUS" AUGUST 30TH - SEPT 5TH

We made it!  We're here!  It's August 30th!  It's Book Launch Weekend!!!

The 15% off sale wraps up Sunday night. 

Those coupon codes and URL's again are:

YTUWZNRV 15% https://www.createspace.com/YPWJ-PROMO 15% http://songdovebooks.storenvy.comYPWJ-PROMO 15% http://songdove.fa-ct.com/wordpress-mu/songdovemusings/new-christian-books/Search for the book title you want and use the coupon on checkout.  Paperback books only.

As for Giveaways in celebration of this book launch, "Dressed for Eternity"'s giveaway wraps up tonight over at Booklikes.com
http://booklikes.com/giveaways/show/862/dressed-for-eternity-marilynn-dawson

BUT!!!

"A Year in Prayer With Jesus" kicks off the weekend celebrations by having it's own 4-DAY giveaway at Booklikes.com today as well!
http://booklikes.com/giveaways/show/849/a-year-in-prayer-with-jesus-marilynn-dawson
You'll see this being announced separately later today.

We have a blogger assisting with the book launch by way of an interview on September 1st.

Also in the book launch news, is word of a fun initiative involving prayer warriors and the Songdove Books Calendar.  So you'll want to stay tuned for that in coming days!

So Saturday - Begin the book launch giveaway itself over at Booklikes.comSunday - Wrap up the 15% off paperback sale and hand out the last of the month-long 3-day giveaways.Monday - Visit a blogger as they feature the new book, "A Year in Prayer With Jesus"Tuesday - Announce the calendar initiative and reward the 4-day giveaway winners of the new book!
Next up - Where you can buy the paperback, PDF, ePub, or Mobi formats of this book:

In Canada:
http://songdovebooks.storenvy.com
http://www.bookmob.ca/search/keyword/0991683390/details/isbn/0991683390/
http://songdove.fa-ct.com/wordpress-mu/songdovemusings/a-year-in-prayer-with-jesus/

Global:
Createspace: https://www.createspace.com/4757959
Amazon
CA: Digital: http://www.amazon.ca/Year-Prayer-Jesus-Marilynn-Dawson-ebook/dp/B00MT52KBG/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1408337250&sr=1-1&keywords=A+Year+in+Prayer+With+Jesus
US: http://astore.amazon.com/becothebridof-20/detail/0991683390
UK: http://astore.amazon.co.uk/becthebriofch-21/detail/0991683390
FR: http://www.amazon.fr/Year-Prayer-Jesus-Marilynn-Dawson/dp/0991683390/ref=la_B008SXA2QS_1_13?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1408253733&sr=1-13
DE: http://astore.amazon.de/becthebriof0d-21/detail/0991683390
IT: http://www.amazon.it/Year-Prayer-Jesus-Marilynn-Dawson/dp/0991683390/ref=sr_1_11?s=english-books&ie=UTF8&qid=1408253966&sr=1-11
ES: http://www.amazon.es/Year-Prayer-Jesus-Marilynn-Dawson/dp/0991683390/ref=sr_1_11?s=foreign-books&ie=UTF8&qid=1408253832&sr=1-11

Paperback and Digital:
New Christian Books: http://songdove.fa-ct.com/wordpress-mu/songdovemusings/new-christian-books/
B&N: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-year-in-prayer-with-jesus-ms-marilynn-dawson/1120158824?ean=9780991683390
Chapters: http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/a-year-in-prayer-with/9781928160007-item.html?ikwid=A+Year+in+Prayer+With+Jesus&ikwsec=Books&ikwidx=0

Digital Only:
Italy: http://www.lafeltrinelli.it/ebook/marilynn-dawson/a-year-prayer-with-jesus/9781928160007
Gumroad: https://gumroad.com/l/YPWJ
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/468191
Tomely: http://songdove.tomely.com/a-year-in-prayer-with-jesus
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id910036856
Kobo: http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/a-year-in-prayer-with-jesus
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Ms_Marilynn_Dawson_A_Year_in_Prayer_With_Jesus?id=RrJMBAAAQBAJ
Scribd: http://www.scribd.com/book/237143715/A-Year-in-Prayer-With-Jesus
Inktera: http://www.inktera.com/store/title/6037271a-1a2d-40b3-bcf8-369c700fc88e

If you wish to take part in the book launch, one way is by leaving reviews of the book, regardless of the format you purchased, at one or more of the following locations.  Please note that "A Year in Prayer With Jesus" may not be available at some of the links below, but if you have recently won any of the other books I've written, leaving a review for them at the following locations will be welcome as well.

Amazon: http://www.smarturl.it/MarilynnDawson
Deeper Shopping: http://www.deepershopping.com/marilynn-l-dawson/homepage.html
Boomerang Books: http://www.boomerangbooks.com.au/author/MS-Marilynn-Dawson
Chapters: http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/home/search/?keywords=ms.+marilynn+dawson
Barnes & Noble: http://my.barnesandnoble.com/songdove-library/
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/10989028-marilynn-dawson
Shelfari: http://www.shelfari.com/search/books?Keywords=Marilynn%20Dawson
Scribd: http://www.scribd.com/Songdove/documents
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/search?q=Ms.%20Marilynn%20Dawson&c=books
My website: http://songdove.fa-ct.com/wordpress-mu/songdovemusings/store/
fReado: http://www.freado.com/users/34318/marilynn-dawson
Kobo: http://evocalize.com/consumer/business/520e6ea22f18b/search?term=Ms.+Marilynn+Dawson
https://www.librarything.com/profile/songdove
Authors Den: http://www.authorsden.com/visit/mytitles.asp?AuthorID=183171
Booklikes: http://marilynndawson.booklikes.com/
Riffle: https://read.rifflebooks.com/list/148513

If you find my books at other locations not on this list, where you can leave reviews, send me the link so I can update it for everyone else.

A book launch is all about telling everyone that a book is now live, ready for purchase, where it can be found, and having a little fun along the way.  If you want to take part in this book launch in other ways that you think would be fun, please comment below.

Welcome to Songdove Books Newsletter: August 2014

Welcome to all our new subscribers!  It's great to have you with us! Hard to believe that summer is already over for some and almost over for others.  It's been a busy summer around Songdove Books, particularly the month of August!  If you follow me on my author page on Facebook, you'll probably remember all the excited posts about the latest event as it's happened.  I'll try to recapture the action for everyone just in case there are newsletter subscribers who don't follow my social network feeds.  Can't have anyone left out now!


The Big Weekend is Almost Upon Us!

As previously announced in July's newsletter, the official launch date for "A Year in Prayer With Jesus" is the September Labour Day Long Weekend!

"A Year in Prayer With Jesus" is currently hitting online retailer shelves as we speak, and I'll share the list as it exists, in a moment.

To celebrate, the entire month of August has had two events going on.  The first have been ebook giveaways for all 10 current titles under the Songdove Books imprint!  Each giveaway lasts three days and three winners are chosen at the end of each draw.  As of now, there is one giveaway wrapping up tonight, and another occurring from August 28th to August 30th.  When August 30th arrives, A 4 day and a 7 day (hopefully, it's currently "pending") giveaway will commence for "A Year in Prayer With Jesus"!  4 winners and 7 winners will be chosen respectively at two different websites, for a total of 11 recipients of the brand new book.

URL's to these giveaways are up and clickable at:  http://songdove.fa-ct.com/wordpress-mu/songdovemusings/calendar-3/

The second event going on all month has been a month-long sale taking place at three locations online where paperback versions of my books are sold.  For the entire month of August, buyers have been able to pick up paperback copies of my books for 15% off the usual retail price using the following codes at checkout for the following sites:

YTUWZNRV 15% https://www.createspace.com/YPWJ-PROMO 15% http://songdovebooks.storenvy.comYPWJ-PROMO 15% http://songdove.fa-ct.com/wordpress-mu/songdovemusings/new-christian-books/

This sale only has a few days left, as it ends August 31st.  So if you were hoping to get any deals on my books before September kicks into gear, now's the time to jump!

It is a dream of mine to have 365 people purchase "A Year in Prayer With Jesus" in paperback, PDF, epub, or mobi, and each of these people begin "A Year in Prayer With Jesus" on 365 consequative dates!  For those prayer prompts where people groups, language families, nations and missions organizations are presented, this dream would have them covered by someone every single day for an entire year!  This includes those nations and people groups in current conflict zones as of the time of this announcement.

"A Year in Prayer With Jesus" is available for $25.50 in paperback, and $9.99 in its various ebook formats.  The digital formats are all available on pre-order with delivery taking place August 30th, the beginning of the Long Weekend Launch.  As promised, here is the current list of places where you can buy the Paperback or e-Book version of this book:

Initial list of where to pick up your copy of "A Year in Prayer With Jesus" in either Paperback or e-Book format:

In Canada:

http://songdovebooks.storenvy.com

http://www.bookmob.ca/search/keyword/0991683390/details/isbn/0991683390/

http://songdove.fa-ct.com/wordpress-mu/songdovemusings/a-year-in-prayer-with-jesus/

Global:

Createspace:
https://www.createspace.com/4757959

Amazon
CA: Digital: http://www.amazon.ca/Year-Prayer-Jesus-Marilynn-Dawson-ebook/dp/B00MT52KBG/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1408337250&sr=1-1&keywords=A+Year+in+Prayer+With+Jesus
US: http://astore.amazon.com/becothebridof-20/detail/0991683390
UK: http://astore.amazon.co.uk/becthebriofch-21/detail/0991683390
FR: http://www.amazon.fr/Year-Prayer-Jesus-Marilynn-Dawson/dp/0991683390/ref=la_B008SXA2QS_1_13?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1408253733&sr=1-13
DE: http://astore.amazon.de/becthebriof0d-21/detail/0991683390
IT: http://www.amazon.it/Year-Prayer-Jesus-Marilynn-Dawson/dp/0991683390/ref=sr_1_11?s=english-books&ie=UTF8&qid=1408253966&sr=1-11
ES: http://www.amazon.es/Year-Prayer-Jesus-Marilynn-Dawson/dp/0991683390/ref=sr_1_11?s=foreign-books&ie=UTF8&qid=1408253832&sr=1-11

Paperback and Digital:
New Christian Books:
http://songdove.fa-ct.com/wordpress-mu/songdovemusings/new-christian-books/

B&N: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-year-in-prayer-with-jesus-ms-marilynn-dawson/1120158824?ean=9780991683390

Chapters:
http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/a-year-in-prayer-with/9781928160007-item.html?ikwid=A+Year+in+Prayer+With+Jesus&ikwsec=Books&ikwidx=0

Digital Only:

Italy:
http://www.lafeltrinelli.it/ebook/marilynn-dawson/a-year-prayer-with-jesus/9781928160007

Gumroad:
https://gumroad.com/l/YPWJ

Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/468191

Tomely:
http://songdove.tomely.com/a-year-in-prayer-with-jesus

iTunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id910036856

Kobo:
http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/a-year-in-prayer-with-jesus

Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Ms_Marilynn_Dawson_A_Year_in_Prayer_With_Jesus?id=RrJMBAAAQBAJ


e-Course on Practical Thoughts on Becoming an Author Now has a Sequel!

Creating Your First E-Book, also just $15, follows on the heels of "Practical Thoughts on Becoming an Author" branching into 12 daily sessions assisting the aspiring author in creating their very first e-Book!

More information about the course such as who would benefit from it, how much it costs, and the purchase link can be found at this link http://songdove.fa-ct.com/wordpress-mu/songdovemusings/creating-your-very-first-e-book/ If you have already taken the first e-course, you can get this new one for $1 off.  Simply reply to this newsletter with the email address you signed up for the first course with, and I'll get you the coupon code to get your discount.

Conversely, if you take this second course and decide you'd like to take the first course, respond to your final daily session's email with your desire to take the first course and I'll give you the $1 off discount code for the first course.

Either way, be sure to add the course's email address to your whitelist so that you don't miss out on any of the daily sessions.

Both courses can be reviewed at this url: http://songdove.fa-ct.com/wordpress-mu/songdovemusings/songdove-books-15-e-courses/
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Wrap-up 

Giveaways, Paperback Sale, Book Launch, New E-Course, Wow!

Yes, life certainly has been busy this month!

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Life hasn't just been busy on the writing front, but this author who is also a computer technician, was at a tradeshow mid-month, for an entire week!  I've only been to a handful of much smaller events in the Okanagan, so I wasn't really sure what I'd be in for.  It turns out that my experiences setting up and manning my sister's craft table at Christmas craft fairs in years past came in quite handy for this show!  I was assisting a startup, and took the owner shopping for what we'd need for our tiny 6ftx2ft space that we were given as part of Epson's booth at Siggraph Vancouver 2014.  While I'm sure their own display must have cost $1000's to transport, register, set up, and take down, our tiny little bit of floor space only cost us maybe $300 to set up and take down.  But with that small amount of cash outlay, our corner of the Epson booth was literally non-stop for 2.5 days of the 3-day exhibition!  We had breather breaks on the Thursday morning, but then we got just as swamped as if it were earlier in the show.

But what made the entire trip worth it, was the sunset over the ocean that greeted me when we finally got back to our suites Thursday night! The picture above doesn't do it justice, but the sunset that evening was positively gorgeous!  Red/orange gradients over the sun as it set below the ocean's horizon were SO amazing!  The sight was incredibly calming as I stood there occasionally trying unsuccessfully to capture the view on camera.  This author grewup beside the ocean and hasn't seen it in many years!  Such an evening felt like a bittersweet send off, as Friday morning we would be heading home to the Okanagan again.  Truly a bittersweet experience. . . and yet calming and quieting all the same.

We need those quieting moments in our lives.  We need those calming moments.  Vancouver is a large city with crazy traffic and strange bus/metro systems.  Every evening the adventure would start all over again, how to pick the best route home from the Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre.  Life can seem chaotic at times, crazy, an adventure just getting from point A to point B.  But in the midst of it all, God calls us away for a moment to be with Him.  He speaks peace into the hectic schedule, and for a moment, all is quiet.  After such a crazy week, that moment standing near the window of my suite overlooking the ocean was just what I needed.  I didn't want it to end.

How has God spoken peace into a hectic moment in your day?

One Week Left of 15% off Paperback Sale and Giveaways Before Launch! New E-Course Now Live!

Yup, That's one news-stuffed headline alright!  But by the time the monthly newsletter goes out, there will only be a few days left before the BIG LAUNCH WEEKEND!  Most of this will go out to everyone on the newsletter mailing list near the end of next week, but it is REALLY hard to sit still and say NOTHING now!

The first piece of news is that yes, we have one week left of the paperback 15% off sale happening right now at three online retailers:

Their coupon codes, store names and URL's are as follows:

YTUWZNRV 15% discount code https://www.createspace.com/YPWJ-PROMO 15% discount code http://songdovebooks.storenvy.comYPWJ-PROMO 15% discount code http://songdove.fa-ct.com/wordpress-mu/songdovemusings/new-christian-books/

At each location search for or click on the book title you wish to purchase.  When you complete your checkout, use the coupon code for that location to get your 15% discount.  This is for paperback purchases only.

The reason paperbacks are getting the discount and not the e-books, is because the e-books have been celebrating their own way this month!  For the entire month of August, each e-book in the Songdove Books selection are being featured as giveaways on Booklikes.com for three days per book.  Each book then gets three winners.  There are three more e-book giveaways at booklikes.com before the launch weekend commences on August 30th.  The full calendar of giveaways is viewable here: http://songdove.fa-ct.com/wordpress-mu/songdovemusings/calendar-3/

Most recently, this very week to be exact, Songdove Books' latest e-course went live, walking the budding author through the creation of their very first e-book!  As with the first e-course, this too only costs $15 from gumroad.com.  The course currently sits at 12 days' duration with each session arriving in your email inbox.  You can get more information about the course and it's purchase link here. http://wp.me/P3IQLk-mo

Exactly one week from Saturday, August 23rd, "A Year in Prayer With Jesus" will officially launch to an online audience spread across various social media networks and a few blogs.  A book trailer has been created for this book, viewable at:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_WqgfV4xms and a presskit for this book is available via this link:  http://songdove.fa-ct.com/stuff/YPWJpresskit.zip  The "wheretobuy.txt" file is growing with both paperback and e-book retail locations as they come available. 

Two bloggers are helping to spread the news about the book launch so far.  If you wish to help out, let me know.  If you want to help spread the word about the new e-course for creating e-books, a sheet of promotional material has been put together that includes blurbs about the course and tweets that can be used as well.  Contact me for details.

Lots is happening needless to say!  If you have friends who enjoy a deal on books, be sure to pass this note on to them!  If you are interested in reviewing the book on places such as shelfari, goodreads, booklikes, and other locations online, get in touch with me and let me know which book you wish to review, whether the latest launching next weekend, or one of the others, and I'll get you a digital copy for review.  You can find the list of places where you can leave reviews on my website at this link here: http://songdove.fa-ct.com/wordpress-mu/songdovemusings/where-to-buy-around-the-world/ in the right-hand column.

A Year in Prayer With Jesus - Now Hitting Online Retailer Shelves!

Just a note to let everyone know, that "A Year in Prayer With Jesus" has been approved for publishing and is now hitting various online retailers in paperback.  In coming days it will also be made available via PDF, epub, and mobi for those who prefer to read their books in digital format.

As of today, August 17th, we are wrapping up the latest giveaway draw over at booklikes (http://booklikes.com/giveaways/show/858/becoming-the-bride-of-christ-a-personal-journey-volume-six-marilynn-dawson) tomorrow night, with five more giveaways before August 30th!  August 30th officially kickstarts the launch of this latest book.  View the complete schedule of giveaways with links here: http://songdove.fa-ct.com/wordpress-mu/songdovemusings/calendar-3/

It is my desire to see 365 people engage this book on Day One at 365 consequtive times on the calendar.  Because the book has not been dated according to month, but only according to day, anyone may begin the prayer journey at any time of the year.  If 365 people were to get on board and do this, those people groups, language groups, 10-40 nations, and various missions organizations from across the denominational spectrum that are mentioned in one of the prayer prompts would all receive prayer 365 times for an entire year.  As the days grow darker on the world stage, the need for prayer has never been greater!  I'm sure those groups would greatly appreciate the spiritual hand up.

Two bloggers are on board to help celebrate the launch of this book.  If you'd like to take part as well, contact me ideally by the end of this week so that I can prep and send you the information you'll require.

It would be kind of fun to start filling the blog calendar with notes indicating yet another person has accepted the challenge.  You could have your name listed or not, have your blog listed or not, the entry could be very generic or a quick bio of who has taken up the challenge to spend "A Year in Prayer With Jesus".

Currently, this book is available for either pre-order or actual order, at the following list of places:

In Canada:

http://songdovebooks.storenvy.com

http://www.bookmob.ca/search/keyword/0991683390/details/isbn/0991683390/

Global:

Createspace:
https://www.createspace.com/4757959

Amazon
US: http://astore.amazon.com/becothebridof-20/detail/0991683390
UK: http://astore.amazon.co.uk/becthebriofch-21/detail/0991683390
FR: http://www.amazon.fr/Year-Prayer-Jesus-Marilynn-Dawson/dp/0991683390/ref=la_B008SXA2QS_1_13?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1408253733&sr=1-13
DE: http://astore.amazon.de/becthebriof0d-21/detail/0991683390
IT: http://www.amazon.it/Year-Prayer-Jesus-Marilynn-Dawson/dp/0991683390/ref=sr_1_11?s=english-books&ie=UTF8&qid=1408253966&sr=1-11
ES: http://www.amazon.es/Year-Prayer-Jesus-Marilynn-Dawson/dp/0991683390/ref=sr_1_11?s=foreign-books&ie=UTF8&qid=1408253832&sr=1-11

Gumroad:
https://gumroad.com/l/YPWJ

Pre-order is designed to coincide with the August 30th launch of the book where-ever possible.  In some cases, pre-order is not available and you could get your book earlier than August 30th.  If you order from one of those places, it would be great to see you post a review for others waiting till the August 30th date before their order ships.

This book will become available on my own site in coming days as well.  With the site hiccups lately, hopefully the book will be available there via paypal checkout, by launch if not before.  Additional places that will be carrying this book in either paperback or digital format include Scribd, Google Play/Google Books, Nook sources, New Christian Books, iTunes, Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble, and more.

As usual, if you'd like to view a sampling of this book, feel free to visit my author page at: https://www.facebook.com/Marilynn.Dawson.Author and scroll down on the left-hand side.  You'll see the book's logo and can click to read the sample right there. 

In the meantime, head over to booklikes.com and see how many of my current books you can win before the big day!

Don't forget the paperback sale also going on:

YTUWZNRV 15% discount code https://www.createspace.com/
YPWJ-PROMO 15% discount code http://songdovebooks.storenvy.com
YPWJ-PROMO 15% discount code http://songdove.fa-ct.com/wordpress-mu/songdovemusings/new-christian-books/

Book Launch Celebration Aug 1st to Aug 30th

Anyone following this blog will be aware of the pre-launch virtual book tour that's been going on. As a thank-you to each blogger hosting me and my next book on their site, I've been sharing features of either themselves, their blogs, or their books if they are authors as well. Tomorrow is the second-to-last blog stop on tour, which means the overlap talked about in July's newsletter and in the Facebook author page notes begins TODAY!

Today is day one of the first three-day giveaway for the month of August. http://ow.ly/zQB0p Every three days, the book being given away will change until we get to the end of the month. On August 30th, one giveaway will end and two more will begin simultaneously at two different sites.

On Librarything.com, "A Year in Prayer With Jesus" will be offered as a giveaway for one full week!

On booklikes.com, "A Year in Prayer With Jesus" will be offered as a giveaway for the 4-day September Labour Day Long Weekend.

Between the two sites, 11 people will get epub, mobi or PDF copies of this brand new book, for FREE!

One of the reviewers of this book very much looks forward to engaging in it with her family for the coming year. The paperback copy definitely has some heft to it, but the binding lets it flip nicely in your hand.

In addition to the first giveaway starting up today, another form of celebration is also now in gear! While the ebook versions are being given away throughout the month of August, the paperbacks are not being left in the cold. They get to celebrate by giving you a 15% discount at three different online retailers:

YTUWZNRV 15% discount code https://www.createspace.com/
YPWJ-PROMO 15% discount code http://songdovebooks.storenvy.com
YPWJ-PROMO 15% discount code http://songdove.fa-ct.com/wordpress-m...

Visit each site, locate the book you wish to purchase, and enter the coupon code at checkout.

This 15% off sale will run from August 1st through to August 30th, which makes it a great time to buy these books as gifts for others. The grad gift, "Mom's Little Black Book: Godly Advice for the High School Graduate" is a great book to send off to college with your high schooler that graduated this summer. "Dressed for Eternity" is definitely more affordable with this coupon code as well. So if you've been waiting for prices to come down on some of my paperbacks, this is the month to grab them.

If you haven't been following the pre-launch tour, let me encourage you to do so! The Facebook event page located here: https://www.facebook.com/events/88009... Little Black Book: Godly Advice for the High School Graduate has all the features and all the blog stops. Each of the blog stops shares a bit about the new book, and/or a bit about myself as its author. So if you're wanting to learn more about "A Year in Prayer With Jesus", this book tour is a great way to do it. Click the "more" link in the event description to see all the features and blog stops. Feature links are first in each row, followed by the blog stop at the blogger's website. You can actually get 24 single day samplings of this new book if you visit ALL the features and ALL the blog stops including the final feature and blog stop taking place next week. These single day downloads come to you in PDF format, so they should be viewable on any device you wish to read them on. If you are the type to put pen to paper, you may want to print them so that you can jot notes in various prayer prompt "your thoughts" sections.

But suffice to say, that we are now in launch mode! It's been an interesting ride preparing and talking up this particular book. In wanting to hit the widest audience possible within the Christian community, I took the risk of spreading my book tour across a wide variety of written genres. This now has me negatively labelled in some people's minds who solidly disagree with some of the blog hosts featuring my book. Sadly, they have attributed the works of those authors with myself and I am now guilty by association. The problem however, did lead to constructive criticism and that may actually open this book up to more readers than I expected. So again, what the enemy has meant for evil, God has used for good.

So I'd encourage you to bookmark this blog post so that you have quick access to the coupon codes for this month as well.

If you have read my books and enjoy them, two activities would help me out immensely! The first activity is to visit the menu item called "Around the World/Leave Reviews". The right-hand column contains a list of places where you can write reviews and rate my books. I need to update that list as it's grown recently. The second activity is to spread the word. Share the giveaway links with your friends, share the coupon codes with their store URL's with your friends, share this blog post with your friends.

My dream for "A Year in Prayer With Jesus", would be if 365 people bought the book and each began Day One on a consecutive day on the calendar. Because this book can be started at any time of year, Day One can occur on September 1st, or October 31st, it doesn't matter. The book simply ends 365 days later. So imagine 365 people all beginning Day One one right after the other until the last person begins on the 365th day. For an entire year, almost two years now that I think about it, every single prayer prompt in this book would be covered every single day by someone! Imagine the prayer cover that can give missionaries, global workers, inner city workers, etcetera? Those are covered under one of the prayer prompts throughout the year. Prayer is such a powerful communication medium! If this dream came true, I'd be thrilled!

The paperback book, due to its sheer size and weight, will cost $25.50 US, with the various ebook iterations coming in at $9.99. Once the proof in my hand has been approved, it will begin to enter online retailer shelves in paperback as well as ebook. We'll see how long that list is when the Long Weekend arrives in September. The longer the better.

Speaking of long weekends, this is a long weekend here in BC, Canada. Do you have a long weekend where you are? If so, take the opportunity to rest up, and enjoy the celebration!

Welcome to Songdove Books Newsletter: July 2014

Welcome to all our latest subscribers this summer!  It's great to have you with us!  How has your summer been so far?  Here in the Okanagan, it began warm and got hot very quickly.  We had a week mid-July that reminded me what we normally get mid-August!  So the really hot weather came early.  For those that like to do a little math conversion, the hottest we got 1.5wks ago was 39C, 42C in some areas of town and other areas of the Okanagan.  The hot weather also brought a record number of forest fires for this early in the season as well.  For two to three days in a row, this author was running around and sleeping with a bandana wrapped around her nose and mouth!  Not fun when the air is hot and so is the breath you are exhaling!  Ugh. . . An incredible rain/thunder storm this past week doused much of the fire threat in the area, thank the Lord.  But we're due to get hot again next week as we head into the BC Long Weekend.

Well, enough about the weather!  July was a busy month and August is going to be busy as well!  Read on to find out why!  Warning. . . it's another long one!  Got your iced tea ready?

"A Year in Prayer With Jesus" has an Official Launch Date!

You read that right.  My next book project is about to become "my latest book"!  The pre-launch book tour, which is still going on for another two weeks, (You can view the full tour schedule at the FB link here: https://www.facebook.com/events/880095405340333/) has gone well over all.

An author never knows where the controversy will come from when they write non-fiction, particularly Christian non-fiction.  This particular tour, I got brave and decided to appear across a wide swath of Christian genres from devotionals and marriage help to fiction and Christian fantasy.  Those of you who regularly read my blog will know that I have firm beliefs regarding the interpretation of Scripture and it's daily life application.  So imagine me sharing these blog stops over at what is supposed to be an entirely Christian social network, and getting royally SLAMMED for  being "suspect" and "New Age" because a couple blog stops landed on Christian fiction/fantasy websites.

At first I was shocked!  I called in some prayer warriors and began praying over those who had levelled these accusations while also asking for prayer at a couple author groups on Facebook.  It turns out that another Christian author got saved out of the New Age false religion, and had some constructive criticism that I chose to take to heart and act on.

Many in the Christian author community will label various books that are glorified outlines, as guides.  We have Leadership Guides (I have one for my series), we have prayer guides, we have curriculum teachers' guides, etc.  This lady I met wouldn't buy any book calling itself a guide because of her upbringing.  I decided to use the thesaurus and change what few references within the book where I'd used the word "guide" and changed them.  The most notable change being to "pattern of prayer".  Turns out this lady is also a quilter and immediately fell in love with the term and offered to review this book!  I'm looking forward to her stop at the end of Week Seven's blog stops at the link above.

The official launch date for "A Year in Prayer With Jesus" is the September Labour Day Long Weekend!  If you don't follow my author page on Facebook, G+ or LinkedIn, then you heard it here first!  The proof is on order, and if all goes well, the book will begin to enter online retail outlets in paperback, PDF, epub and mobi formats in time for the launch weekend!

To celebrate, the following announcement is going out!

From August 1st until August 30th, there will be ebook giveaways for all 10 current titles under the Songdove Books imprint!  Each giveaway will last three days and three winners will be chosen each day.  When August 30th arrives, A 4 day and a 7 day giveaway will commence for "A Year in Prayer With Jesus"!  4 winners and 7 winners will be chosen respectively at two different websites, for a total of 11 recipients of the brand new book.

URL's to these giveaways are already up and clickable at:  http://songdove.fa-ct.com/wordpress-mu/songdovemusings/calendar-3/
Simply choose the month you wish to look at (August) to mouse over and/or click the various giveaway dates.  Each event listing in this calendar contains the link for that particular 3-day giveaway.

In addition to the month-long round of giveaways, there will also be a month-long sale taking place at three locations online where paperback versions of my books are sold.  For the entire month of August, you will be able to pick up paperback copies of my books for 15% off the usual retail price.  You'll need to use the following codes at checkout for the following sites:

YTUWZNRV 15% discount code https://www.createspace.com/
YPWJ-PROMO 15% discount code http://songdovebooks.storenvy.com
YPWJ-PROMO 15% discount code http://songdove.fa-ct.com/wordpress-mu/songdovemusings/new-christian-books/

It is a dream of mine to have 365 people purchase this book in paperback, PDF, epub, or mobi, and each of these people begin "A Year in Prayer With Jesus" on 365 consecutive dates!  For those prayer prompts where people groups, language families, nations and missions organizations are presented, this dream would have them covered by someone every single day for an entire year!  This includes those nations and people groups in current conflict zones as of the time of this announcement.

When "A Year in Prayer With Jesus" officially launches, it will be available for $25.50 in paperback, and $9.99 in its various ebook formats.  Currently you can arrange for pre-order at Storenvy and Createspace above.  Deliveries will commence the first week of September and depending on what you chose for shipping, will take anywhere from 2 to 4 weeks to get to you.

e-Course on Practical Thoughts on Becoming an Author

has turned into a 22-day course with one of the subjects being fleshed out from just a brief mention, to roughly 4 days.  This course arrives in your inbox once per day with most sessions being short  Each session has a daily task to be completed by the student. 

More information about the course such as who would benefit from it, how much it costs, and the purchase link can be found at this link:http://songdove.fa-ct.com/wordpress-mu/songdovemusings/so-you-want-to-be-an-author/   Feel free to pass this link around to those you know who may be interested in what it takes to get a book idea from concept to print-ready with very little financial outlay.

Be sure to add the course's email address to your whitelist so that you don't miss out on any of the daily sessions.

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The above course has received its first glowing review which reads as follows:

I've enjoyed your eCourse much more than I expected. I looked forward to each lesson. The instructions were clear and easy to follow. You spent an enormous amount of time gathering these tools. I can't emphasis enough how much I appreciated your research.

Your detailed, friendly, and easy to follow steps proved you are very experienced with the tool. Not just a list of free stuff. It was very nice to have all of the tools in one place, well researched, and free.

I'm grateful you are offering a high quality eCourse at a price most of us can afford. Price and quality encourage me to sign up for your next series.

I also feel the price is low enough, that I am *not* tempted to share my copy. I would highly recommend this eCourse to anyone interested in preparing their book for publication.
Lynn La Vita July 2014

Needless to say, I am thrilled!  This student also suggested more subject matter, but the way I write and teach, it would have resulted in an entirely new e-course!  GUESS WHAT???  That's exactly what is happening!

"The Basics of Creating an E-Book" has finally been written and will be going through various editing stages over the next week or so before finally launching as the sequel to this first e-course.  Those who have taken the first e-course will find that parts of this next course build on what you learned.  Those taking this next e-course without having taken the first, will be offered a $1 coupon to round out their experience and ensure they have all the tools.

So life as an author continues to be very interesting!

GRADUATION IS NOW OVER! At least in most parts of the world. . .

Don't forget that "Mom's Little Black Book: Godly Advice for the High School Graduate" is currently being bundled with "Dressed for Eternity" to create a gift bundle worth $48 - $70, for only $40 plus shipping and handling.  This offer is good through to the end of July, meaning time is almost up to make use of this bargain!  Click this blog post URL to get to the paypal button at the bottom: http://songdove.fa-ct.com/wordpress-mu/songdovemusings/2014/04/29/peer-pressure-and-grad-gift-bundle/  Your order will be shipped to you as soon as possible.

Wrap-up

Just a reminder that if you are following me on Twitter, you can now purchase any of my books from the once-per-day Amazon link that gets shared at 12:30pm simply by typing in #amazoncart as your response to that link.  This will place the book into your shopping cart on Amazon so that the next time you visit Amazon, it's already waiting for final checkout.

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A sigh just escaped me as I begin to wrap up today's newsletter.  On the one hand, summer has been quieter than usual, but on the other, with everything going on with e-courses and book launches, this summer has felt busier than normal too.

When life seems busy, what do you do to slow down?  How do you centre yourself so that your daily routine doesn't get out of hand?  If God had His way, rather than centering on yourself, He'd have you centering on Him.  As an author, all the words in the world mean nothing if I am not ensuring that what I write stays true to Who God is and who I am before Him.  I've been going through the book of Genesis since late Spring, and the humanity of the patriarchs as well as the gentle, longsuffering determination of God to achieve His goals for His Chosen People have really jumped out at me afresh!  Even more than that has been the initial guiding and teaching God does in these early days of Scripture, that are expounded on later in the Bible.  Concepts such as how God feels about the 10 Commandments, His blessings, and His righteous judgements all come out in this book of beginnings.

God loves it when we come to Him in prayerful gratitude, quieting our hearts and minds before Him and letting Him speak into our lives.  No matter how quiet or busy your summer is this year, I'd encourage you to set aside time for just you and Him.  Many like to take the dog days of summer and read a good book, go to the beach, take a vacation, see the sights, etc.  Why not let God bring His love letter to life anew this summer?

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Plans in the Works for Book Launch of "A Year in Prayer With Jesus"!

"A Year in Prayer With Jesus" has reached the proofing stage!  This means in 3 to 4 weeks, I will have it in hand, reviewing the paper copy for errors, and hopefully releasing it for printing ideally the week before the September Labour Day Long Weekend! 

The pre-launch tour that's been going on since late June has been sharing about the book, interviews about myself as an author or the book and how it came to be, etc.  There have been give-aways going on during the tour as well.  As the tour enters it's final week, another month-long celebration ahead of book launch will kick into high gear.

From August 1st until August 30th, there will be ebook giveaways for all 10 current titles under the Songdove Books imprint!  Each giveaway will last three days and three winners will be chosen each day.  When August 30th arrives, A 4 day and a 7 day giveaway will commence for "A Year in Prayer With Jesus"!  4 winners and 7 winners will be chosen respectively at two different websites, for a total of 11 recipients of the brand new book.

URL's to these giveaways are already up and clickable at:  http://songdove.fa-ct.com/wordpress-mu/songdovemusings/calendar-3/
Simply choose the month you wish to look at (August) to mouse over and/or click the various giveaway dates.  Each event listing in this calendar contains the link for that particular 3-day giveaway.

In addition to the month-long round of giveaways, there will also be a month-long sale taking place at three locations online where paperback versions of my books are sold.  For the entire month of August, you will be able to pick up paperback copies of my books for 15% off the usual retail price.  You'll need to use the following codes at checkout for the following sites:

YTUWZNRV 15% discount code https://www.createspace.com/
YPWJ-PROMO 15% discount code http://songdovebooks.storenvy.com
YPWJ-PROMO 15% discount code http://songdove.fa-ct.com/wordpress-mu/songdovemusings/new-christian-books/

If you are a blogger and wish to help out with this book launch, leave me a message with your email address and I'll be in touch with you.  If you wish to help out with this book launch by sharing the calendar of give-aways or sharing the 15% off paperback promo code and online locations, be my guest!  The greater word-of-mouth the better!

It is a dream of mine to have 365 people purchase this book in paperback, PDF, epub, or mobi, and each of these people begin "A Year in Prayer With Jesus" on 365 consequative dates!  For those prayer prompts where people groups, language families, nations and missions organizations are presented, this dream would have them covered by someone every single day for an entire year!  This includes those nations and people groups in current conflict zones as of the time of this announcement. 

When "A Year in Prayer With Jesus" officially launches, it will be available for $25.50 in paperback, and $9.99 in the various ebook formats.  Currently you can arrange for pre-order at Storenvy and Createspace above.  Deliveries will commence the first week of September and depending on what you chose for shipping, will take anywhere from 2 to 4 weeks to get to you.

As other book launch ideas come up and get fleshed out, more notices will be sent.

So bookmark the calendar URL above, make note of these discount codes, and get ready for a month of celebration!  Don't forget that we have three more blog stops on the pre-launch tour as well!  You'll find those in the calendar too.  That's 6 more daily free single-day downloads, and three more opportunities to enter for your copy of a one-month sampling of this book before it's ready for sale.

See you in August!