'''Promotion PackagesPackage'''
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 1126,000 500 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.
We 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?
'''Basic Our review package: for books with under 10,000 words: £40, 10,000 to 50,000 words: £60 and over 50,000 words: £80'''
Our standard package for self-publishers.For books with under 10,000 words: £60<br> 10,000 to 49,999 words: £80<br>50,000 to 99,999 words: £100<br> 100,000 and over: £120
• ''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''.Our package for self-publishers includes:
• ''Exposure for Independent, objective review of your book posted permanently on www.thebookbag.co.uk, together with links to purchase from Amazon UK and our review on our homepage for 2 weeksAmazon 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.''
• '''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''.
Add an author profile and social networking package '''Points to give in-depth coverage.note'''
• ''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''secure the review or that the book is self published - in fact these points will not be mentioned.
• 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'Exposure for your ve seen the book , we do try and our give you some useful quotes within the review on our homepage for 2 weeks''.
• We''A featured, in-depth interview with you about ll need a finished copy of your book, your writing, and anything else you’d like but we're happy to talk about, posted permanently on wwwwork with either a hard or a digital copy.thebookbag We also work from a .copdf.uk' Also - we don't accept proofs after the date of publication.
• ''A link You may wish to both review and interview in have more than one book reviewed: if you let us know the details we can quote reduced prices for our 4000-subscriber newsletter''package.
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If you wish to go ahead please [mailto:sue@thebookbag.co.uk?Subject=Self%20Publishing Email us] and we'll send details of how payment can be made and the address to which your book should be sent.
'''Full promotion package: for books with under 10,000 words: £100, 10,000 to 50,000 words: £125 and over 50,000 words: £145Reader's Report'''
The full package includes competitions If you would like us to look 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 giveawaysinclude some information about your book, to encourage reader responseincluding the genre and number of words in your manuscript.
• If you've any further questions please don'Independent, objective review of your book posted permanently on www.thebookbag.co.uk, together with links t hesitate to purchase from Amazon UK, Amazon US ask and Waterstone’s''. • ''Exposure regardless of your book and our review on our homepage for 2 weeks''. • ''A featured, in-depth interview what you decide to do we wish you every success 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 11,000-follower Twitter feed''.
• ''An on-site competition to win a copy of If your bookis being published traditionally, promoted on our website, our Twitter feed and at you'll find the main UK competition portals. You provide the prize - signed copies are best - information you require [[Authors and we do the rest. Our competitions are very popular and the portal exposure alone is invaluable''Publishers|here]].
• ''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. 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 packages. If you need a currency converter you can find one [http[Category://finance.yahoo.com/currency-converter/#from=USD;to=EUR;amt=1 hereHelp]]. If you wish to go ahead please [mailto[Category:sue@thebookbag.co.uk?Subject=Self%20Publishing Email us-Publishing]] and we'll send details of how payment can be made and the address to which your book should be sent. 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.
