Changes

'''Promotion PackagesIt's many years since Bookbag increased the prices we charge self-publishing authors and - despite our expenses increasing - we plan to hold them at their present level for as long as possible.'''

If you’re self publishing (and this includes any situation where an author makes a contribution towards the cost of publication), promoting can be hard, hard work. Your budget is often more of a shoestring, mainstream media doesn’t have room for you, and you struggle to get your book the exposure it needs to do well. Bookbag can help. We offer a review package to self publishers, which can help make your book more visible. Our site attracts about 80,000 unique visitors every month. Page views number more than 500,000. We have a strong presence on Twitter with more than 26,500 followers including lots of industry professionals. Starting [[Top Ten Self-Published Books 2013|2013]], we also produce an annual list of the best ten self published/indie books we have reviewed over the course of the year. A feature article for each list is permanently displayed on the site, included in our January newsletter each year and promoted through Twitter. This extra promotion - and praise! - could help to give your book longevity. For us, it's a way to show our commitment to this growing market sector.

'''Basic Our review package: for books with under 10,000 words: £50, 10,000 to 50,000 words: £70 and over 50,000 words: £90''' Our standard package for self-publishers. • ''Independent, objective review of your book posted permanently on www.thebookbag.co.uk, together with links to purchase from Amazon UK and Amazon US''. • ''A dedicated author page at www.thebookbag.co.uk, with image, brief biography and weblink, together with a link to our review of your book.'' • ''Exposure for your book and our review on our homepage for 1 week''.

'''Interview and social networking Our package: for books with under 10,000 words: £85, 10,000 to 50,000 words: £110 and over 50,000 wordsself-publishers includes: £130''' Add an author profile and social networking package to give in-depth coverage.

We will provide a full-length, unbiased review exactly as we would for any book from a mainstream publisher. No account will be taken of the fact that payment has been made to secure the review or that the book is self published - in fact these points will not be mentioned. If you take an interview package and want to talk about self publishing, that's fine.

We'll need a finished copy of your book but we're happy to work with either a hard or a digital copy. We have worked also work from a .pdf but it really doesn't make the most comfortable reading experience! . Also - we don't accept proofs after the date of publication.

You may wish to have more than one book reviewed: if you let us know the details we can quote reduced prices for the various promotional packagesour package.

If you would like us to look at you your book ''before'' publication we can offer a reader's report. This provides a detailed critique of your book, covering structure, style and marketability. Fiction reports will also discuss plot, characters and dialogue. Non-fiction reports will especially look at presentation and accessibility of data. We will concentrate on areas we feel need improvement and give encouragement throughout. Please [mailto:sue@thebookbag.co.uk email us] for prices and include some information about your book, including the genre and number of words in your manuscript.