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Blog by Ron – REDUCED PRICES 2025

Host R. Frederick Riddle

Reduced prices 2025 opens the New Year with a spectacular Sale. Basic Authors Training Course and Ministry Publishing prices are being reduced.

That’s right. While the economy has settled down a bit since the Presidential election, it is still uncertain. So, T&R Independent Books has decided that students and clients deserve a break. The idea? Get the New Year started with a bang.

What are the reduced prices for Basic Authors Training?

B.A.T. was earlier reduced to $4500 and it attracted attention. But while the economy is on an uptick it has been reduced by another $50 just to demonstrate T&R’s commitment to keeping prices low.

What are the reduced prices for Ministry Publishing?

This is T&R’s most popular service and has been selling for $899.00 or $80 a month for a 12-month subscription. It will now be available at $849.00 or $ 71.00 a month for a 12-month subscription. Again, grateful for the attention this has been reduced by $50.

What is Basic Authors Training

This is a writing course that transforms the novice or new writer into a published author status. When you sign up for this course, you are entered into a self-paced course that uses the unique 2-tier method.

This method teaches you the fundamentals while you are writing. The first tier is teaching. As your teacher I use my over 20 years of writing experience to teach you fundamentals that will strengthen your writing experience.

The second tier is coaching. Again, I use my 20 plus years of experience as a published author to coach you to success. You start writing almost from the very beginning. As you move toward the finish line the two tiers move closer together eventually merging. During this time, you have learned how to write, edit, create characters that can carry your story, and much more.

What is Ministry Publishing?

What is easily the best-selling service offered, it is a service aimed at Christians who are actively serving in their church. This can be preaching, teaching, office work, grounds keeping, maintenance, singing, playing an instrument, working in the Sound Room, and so much more. It can be paid or unpaid.

The truth is that T&R Independent Books wants to give Christians who are actively serving their church or mission field a voice in the literary world.

How long will Reduced Prices last?

It is scheduled for the entire year. Of course, there may be special sales along the way, but nothing has been scheduled yet.

Now is the time to get started on your writing career or to renew it. You have something that God has given you to share, don’t let this opportunity pass you by.

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R. Frederick Riddle is an author, teacher, publisher, and the owner of T&R Independent Books. The website is at Home – T&R Independent Bookstore (trbookservices.com). You can learn more about R. Frederick Riddle and T&R Independent Books at www.facebook.com/ronald.f.riddle, and at https://www.linkedin.com/in/rfrederickriddle.

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Blog by Ron – Course vs. Service

Author R. Frederick Riddle

Course vs. Service sounds mysterious in a way. But basically, I offer to ways for authors to get published: a writing course called B.A.T. and a publishing service called Ministry Publishing.

Course vs. Service is Unique

I have talked a great deal about Basic Authors Training which is a writing course that teaches, provides one-one coaching, live Zoom meetings, email, and other methods of communication. In addition, a publishing/marketing plan is included.

The service is called Ministry Publishing and does not include the teaching of how to write a book, or set your business up. Ministry Publishing is strictly focused on publishing and marketing.

Course vs. Service is very Affordable.

Both the writing course and the service offer affordable ways of paying. Both provide 12 monthly payments or pay in full up front. This time period was chosen to alleviate the financial crunch that a full pay payment could impose.

The Service is Repeatable

This simply means that you can purchase this service on future books. Each book for the same price. The publishing aspect is covered completely by this price, whereas the marketing aspect is covered within the Author’s Book pricing, making it self-funded and recoverable.

What do I mean by recoverable? If you buy the book and resell it to customers you pay nothing in addition to your author’s price. Whatever retail price you choose is what the customer pays, you keep the difference between basic cost (author’s price) and retail price. Retail price is determined by you.

Course vs. Service is for Christians.

T&R Independent Books is a Christian business dedicated to publishing and marketing books. The worldview in either is Christian. It is strongly emphasized that students or clients not only be Christians but that you be involved in your local church ministry. Both are aimed at Christian authors.

Ministry Publishing has Limitations.

By limitations I am referring to the genre and to writing standards. There are genres that simply don’t fit the Christian worldview. We do not publish:

  • Evolutionary
  • Horror
  • LGBQ literature
  • Science Fiction (but we do publish Futuristic)
  • Pornography
  • and a few others (contact T&R when in doubt)

Which is Best for Me?

If you have never written a book before or are a novice in need of more instruction then taking a writing course would be best. There are things you need to learn, such as:

  1. Setting your business up
  2. Creating a website
  3. Plotting
  4. Learning how to edit
  5. and more.

If you know how to write or perhaps have written a book, then you don’t need the course unless you feel you need to improve your writing skills. The publishing Service is best for you because it includes:

  1. Editing (optional)
  2. Formatting
  3. Publish Ready
  4. Publishing
  5. Marketing
  6. Marketing tools
  7. and more.

It is Your Choice

Whichever you choose is the right choice for you. There are thousands of new books being published every week and month. It is important that you put your best work out there so that it will be noticed. And always remember that whether take a course or go straight to publishing, you are going to do most of the marketing. So, choose a company who will not only provide you tools for marketing, but will do some marketing for you through an online bookstore, a blog that is gaining readership, a vlog that reaches people interested in books, and in other posts generated by T&R.

As I say in my posts, be In It to Win It!

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R. Frederick Riddle is an author, teacher, publisher, and the owner of T&R Independent Books. The website is at Home – T&R Independent Bookstore (trbookservices.com).