'''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 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 10,000 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: £40, 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: £60 and over 50,000 words: £80''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:'''.
• ''Exposure for your book 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 our review on our homepage over: £120 plus £10 for 2 weeks''.each additional 10,000 words over 120,000
Our package for self-publishers includes:
• '''Interview and social networking package: for books with under 10Independent,000 words: £75objective review of your book posted permanently on www.thebookbag.co.uk, 10,000 together with links to 50,000 words: £100 purchase from Amazon UK and over 50,000 words: £120'Amazon US''.
Add an • ''A dedicated author profile page at www.thebookbag.co.uk, with image, brief biography and social networking package weblink, together with a link to give in-depth coverageour review of your book.''
• ''Independent, objective review of Exposure for your book posted permanently and our review on www.thebookbag.co.uk, together with links to purchase from Amazon UK, Amazon US and Waterstone’sour homepage for 1 week''.
• ''Exposure for your book and our review on our homepage for 2 weeks'Points to note'''.
• ''A featuredWe will provide a full-length, in-depth interview with you about your unbiased review exactly as we would for any book, your writing, and anything else you’d like from a mainstream publisher. No account will be taken of the fact that payment has been made to talk about, posted permanently on www.thebookbag.co.uk''secure the review or that the book is self published - in fact these points will not be mentioned.
• ''A 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 both the full review and interview in our 4000-subscriber newsletterfrom 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'A link re happy to both review and interview on our 10,000work with either a hard or a digital copy. We also work from a .pdf. Also -follower Twitter feed'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 our package.
'''Full promotion packageIf you need a currency converter you can find one [http: for books with under 10,000 words: £100, 10,000 //finance.yahoo.com/currency-converter/#from=USD;to 50,000 words: £125 and over 50,000 words: £145'''=EUR;amt=1 here].
The full package includes competitions 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 giveaways, the address to encourage reader responsewhich your book should be sent.
• ''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'Reader's Report'''.
• If you would like us to look at you book ''before''publication we can offer a reader'Exposure 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 our review accessibility of data. We will concentrate on our homepage areas we feel need improvement and give encouragement throughout. Please [mailto:sue@thebookbag.co.uk email us] for 2 weeks''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'A featured, in-depth interview t hesitate to ask and regardless of 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''.
• If your book is being published traditionally, you''A link to both review ll find the information you require [[Authors and interview in our 4000-subscriber newsletter''Publishers|here]].
• ''A link to both review You will find a note about why we charge for reviews of self-published books [[Reviews, Time and interview on our 10,000-follower Twitter feed''Filthy Lucre|here]].
• 'We can help you to consider whether it'An on-site competition s better to win a copy of get your book, promoted on our website, our Twitter feed and at the main UK competition portals. You provide the prize traditionally published or to [[3 Major Benefits of Self- signed copies are best Publishing Over Traditional Publishing|self- and we do the rest. Our competitions are very popular and the portal exposure alone is invaluable''publish]].
• If you'd like to advertise with us you'A Twitter-only giveaway for a copy of your book'll find the information [[If You'd Like To Advertise With Us|here]].
'''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.
