'''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 three promotional packages to self publishers, all of which can help make your book more visible. Our site attracts about 60,000 unique visitors every month. Page views number more than 500,000. Our newsletter goes to over 4,000 opt-in subscribers, a great many of whom are booksellers, librarians and teachers - just the people you need to find. We have a strong presence on Twitter with more than 16,000 followers including lots of industry professionals. '''Promotion Package'''
We can give your book real coverage: If you’re self publishing (and this includes any situation where an author makes a high quality and independent review permanently on contribution towards the webcost of publication), promoting can be hard, hard work. Your budget is often more of a complete picture of shoestring, mainstream media doesn’t have room for you as its author, and invaluable you struggle to get your book the exposure it needs to consumers and 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 alike. Why not give us a try?
'''Basic review package: 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 books with under 10,000 words: £50, 10,000 each list is permanently displayed on the site and promoted through Twitter. This extra promotion - and praise! - could help to 50give your book longevity. For us,000 words: £70 and over 50,000 words: £90''it's a way to show our commitment to this growing market sector.
Our standard package for self-publishersWe can give your book real coverage: a high quality and independent review permanently on the web, a complete picture of you as its author, and invaluable exposure to consumers and industry professionals alike.Why not give us a try?
• ''Independent, objective 'Our review of your book posted permanently on www.thebookbag.co.uk, together with links to purchase from Amazon UK, Amazon US and Waterstone’spackage:'''.
• ''A dedicated author page at www.thebookbag.co.ukFor books with under 10,000 words: £60<br> 10,000 to 49, with image999 words: £80<br>50,000 to 99,999 words: £100<br> 100, brief biography 000 and weblinkover: £120 plus £10 for each additional 10, together with a link to our review of your book.''000 words over 120,000
• ''Exposure Our package for your book and our review on our homepage for 1 week''.self-publishers includes:
'''Interview and social networking package: for books with under 10,000 words: £85, 10,000 to 50,000 words: £110 and over 50,000 words: £130''' Add an author profile and social networking package to give in-depth coverage. • ''Independent, objective review of your book posted permanently on www.thebookbag.co.uk, together with links to purchase from Amazon UK, and Amazon US and Waterstone’s''.
• ''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''.
• ''A featured, in-depth interview with you about your book, your writing, and anything else you’d like to talk about, posted permanently on www.thebookbag.co.uk''.
• ''A link to both review and interview in our 4000-subscriber newsletter''
• ''A link to both review and interview on our 16,000-follower Twitter feed''.
'''Full promotion package: for books with under 10,000 words: £110, 10,000 to 50,000 words: £135 and over 50,000 words: £155'''
The full package includes competitions and giveaways, to encourage reader response.
• ''Independent, objective review of your book posted permanently on www.thebookbag.co.uk, together with links to purchase from Amazon UK, Amazon US and Waterstone’s''.
• ''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 of your book and our review on our homepage for 1 week''.
• ''A featured, in-depth interview with you about your book, your writing, and anything else you'd like to talk about, posted permanently on www.thebookbag.co.uk''.
• ''A link to both review and interview in our 4000-subscriber newsletter''
• ''A link to both review and interview on our 16,000-follower Twitter feed''.
• ''An on-site competition to win a copy of your book, promoted on our website, our Twitter feed and at the main UK competition portals. You provide the prize - signed copies are best - and we do the rest. Our competitions are very popular and the portal exposure alone is invaluable''.
• ''A Twitter-only giveaway for a copy of your book''.
'''Points to note'''
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.
The copyright of the review rests with the reviewer but you will be entitled to quote from the review on any websites, in your own publicity material and on book covers. You can also link to the full review from any websites. Whilst we can't make any guarantees before we've seen the book, we do try and give you some useful quotes within the review.
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. Also - we don't make accept proofs after the most comfortable reading experience!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.
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If your book is being published traditionally, you'll find the information you require [[Authors and Publishers|here]].
You will find a note about why we charge for reviews of self-published books [[Reviews, Time and Filthy Lucre|here]].
We can help you to consider whether it's better to get your book traditionally published or to [[3 Major Benefits of Self-Publishing Over Traditional Publishing|self-publish]].
If you'd like to advertise with us you'll find the information [[If You'd Like To Advertise With Us|here]].
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