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'''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.'''

'''Promotion Package''' 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 a review package to self publishers, all of which can help make your book more visible. Our site attracts about 6080,000 unique visitors every month. Page views number more than 500,000. Our newsletter goes to over 4000 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 5000 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 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 '''  For books with under 10,000 words: £40, £60<br> 10,000 to 49,999 words: £80<br>50,000 to 99,999 words: £60 £100<br> 100,000 and over 50: £120 plus £10 for each additional 10,000 words: £80'''over 120,000

Our standard package for self-publishers.includes:

• ''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''.• ''Exposure for your book and our review on our homepage for 2 weeks''.

• '''Interview Exposure for your book and social networking package: our review on our homepage for books with under 10,000 words: £75, 10,000 to 50,000 words: £100 and over 50,000 words: £120'1 week''.

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• ''IndependentWe will provide a full-length, objective unbiased review of your exactly as we would for any book posted permanently on wwwfrom a mainstream publisher.thebookbag.co.uk, together with links No account will be taken of the fact that payment has been made to purchase from Amazon UK, Amazon US and Waterstone’s''.• ''Exposure for your secure the review or that the book and our review on our homepage for 2 weeks''.• ''A featured, inis self published -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 5000-follower Twitter feed''fact these points will not be mentioned.

We'll need a finished copy of your book but we''Full promotion package: re happy to work with either a hard or a digital copy. We also work from a .pdf. for books with under 10,000 words: £100, 10,000 to 50,000 words: £125 and over 50,000 words: £145''Also - we don't accept proofs after the date of publication.

The full You may wish to have more than one book reviewed: if you let us know the details we can quote reduced prices for our 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''.• ''Exposure of your book and our review on our homepage for 2 weeks''.• ''A featured, in-depth interview with If you about your book, your writing, and anything else need a currency converter you'd like to talk about, posted permanently on www.thebookbag.co.uk''can find one [http://finance.• ''A link to both review and interview in our 4000-subscriber newsletter''• ''A link to both review and interview on our 5000-follower Twitter feed''yahoo.• ''An oncom/currency-site competition converter/#from=USD;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''=EUR;amt=1 here].

'''Points Reader's Report''' If you would like us to notelook at you 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. If you've any further questions please don't hesitate to ask and regardless of what you decide to do we wish you every success with your book.

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 If your book is self being published - in fact these points will not be mentioned. If traditionally, you'll find the information you take an interview package require [[Authors and want to talk about self publishing, that's finePublishers|here]].

The copyright of the review rests with the reviewer but you 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 find a note about why we can't make any guarantees before we've seen the bookcharge for reviews of self-published books [[Reviews, we do try Time and give you some useful quotes within the reviewFilthy Lucre|here]].

You may wish We can help you to consider whether it's better to have more than one get your book reviewed: if you let us know the details we can quote reduced prices for the various promotional packagestraditionally published or to [[3 Major Benefits of Self-Publishing Over Traditional Publishing|self-publish]].

If you wish 'd like to go ahead please [mailto:sue@thebookbag.co.uk?Subject=Self%20Publishing Email advertise with us] and weyou'll send details of how payment can be made and find the address to which your book should be sentinformation [[If You'd Like To Advertise With Us|here]].