Advertising on BookTour

BookTour welcomes advertisers interested in reaching our readership with products and services directed at the thoughtful, book-loving consumer. Opportunities are as follows:

Newsletters:

1. Events newsletter. Our weekly e-mail list of local author events is targeted to each user by their zip code and goes out to 8,000 readers each Monday.
   
   Advertisements appear as text banners, at the top and bottom of each newsletter. Our rates:
   
   Top banner:
   • $400 per week.
   • $1,000 per month.
   
   Bottom banner:
   • $250 per week.
   • $700 per month.
   
   
2. Author newsletter. Over 3,000 authors throughout the world receive our monthly professional newsletter.
   
   Advertisements appear as text banners, at the top and bottom of each newsletter. Our rates:
   
   Top banner:
   • $700 per month.
   
   Bottom banner:
   • $400 per month.
   
   
3. Publicist newsletter. Our monthly newsletter of book publicity news and professional guidance is received by 2,000 publicists and book marketers representing major and small publishing houses throughout North America.
   
   Advertisements appear as text banners, at the top and bottom of each newsletter. Our rates:
   
   Top banner:
   • $500 per month.
   
   Bottom banner:
   • $300 per month.

Featured Author:

Advertisers pick the particular author and book they'd like to appear in our prime "Featured Author" spot on a Booktour.com homepage and the days they'd like the author featured.

Main homepage (booktour.com):

• $100 per day.
• $500 for six days (Monday through Saturday).

Our sub-homepages organize authors and books into targeted groupings and come in the following categories:

Arts, Biographies & Memoirs, Business, Erotica, Food, Health, History, Humor, Kids, Literature, Mystery, Poetry, Politics, Religion, Romance, Science, SciFi, Sports, Technology, Women.

Sub-homepages (for example, booktour.com/mystery):

• $50 per day.
• $250 for six days (Monday through Saturday).

The Fine Print

• Newsletter advertisements are text only and limited to 50 words.
• Headshots. It is the responsibility of the advertiser, author, or publicist to upload a headshot for the author. If no headshot is provided, no image will appear next to the author's name in the Featured Author spot.
• Author restrictions. Only authors currently on tour—that is, with tour dates currently scheduled—may advertise on BookTour. Exceptions may be granted for authors who have just published a book and are hoping to go on tour, but have not scheduled any dates.
• Link restrictions. The Featured Author spot always links to the author's page on BookTour.com, not an external site. However, authors and publicists are free to link to any sites they wish from an author's page.

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Please use our feedback form here if you would like to advertise. We look forward to working with you!