For Authors & Publishers

Promotional Opportunities on The Book Club Cookbook Website

Book Club Buzz
Featured Author Recipes
Choose a Book - Invite An Author
Website Advertising
Promotion Rates

Book Club Buzz 

Through the Book Club Buzz, authors and publishers can quickly reach over 4,000 book club members across the country.  

The Book Club Buzz gives multiple book club members the chance to win copies of a book - and spread the word to fellow readers and book club members. Learn about opportunities to include author recipes when registering for the Book Club Buzz.

The author or publisher selects the number of books (minimum 25, maximum 75) to be given away, and ships the books directly to each of the winning book club members. The books may be paperbacks, hardcovers, or review copies. All names and addresses of book club members are the property of The Book Club Cookbook and may not be used for other solicitations.

Members of our Choose a Book -Invite an Author program will receive a $50.00 discount on these rates.

Each contest is promoted through a dedicated email announcement, sent to over 4,000 book club members. The promotional announcement features a photo of the book cover with links to the author’s website, and a brief synopsis of the book along with short review quotes. 

The contest book cover is also featured on the Home and Contest pages of The Book Club Cookbook website for one month, and attracts regular online visitors of The Book Club Cookbook website.

The contest winners are announced in a subsequent issue of Book Bytes, accompanied by a book cover photo and website link. 

Rates:

$750.00 through December, 2008
$950.00 for promotions after January, 2009

For promoting two books in one slot:

$1350.00 through December, 2008
$1750.00 for promotions after January, 2009

Featured Author Recipes   *New *

Book clubs love recipes, especially when the recipes are connected to the books they're reading and discussing.  Authors whose books are featured in the Book Club Buzz are invited to contribute a recipe that a book club might prepare when discussing their book. Authors may submit a recipe for a food mentioned in the book, a period recipe, or a recipe that they associate with the story and its creation, along with a brief introduction.  The recipe does not have to be original; it can come another source, such as a cookbook or magazine.

The author recipe is posted on the Featured Author Recipes page of our website, with a link to the page on the website’s Home and Contest pages, in the promotional announcement, and in Book Bytes. There is no fee for this service. Featured Author Recipes remain on the site for readers to enjoy.

Schedule

Two mailings per month are available for the Book Club Buzz.  These slots, available on the 1st and 15th of each month, must be reserved in advance.

Recent Book Club Buzz books

The Whole World Over by Julia Glass (Random House)

Woman in Red by Eileen Goudge (Perseus)

Whistling in the Dark by Lesley Kagen (Penguin)

Peony in Love by Lisa See (Random House)

Miss American Pie:  A Diary of Love, Secrets, and Growing Up in the 1970s by Margaret Sartor (Bloomsbury)

The English American by Alison Larkin (Simon & Schuster)

Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee (Grand Central)

Domestic Affairs by Eileen Goudge (Perseus)

Secrets of a Shoe Addict by Beth Harbison (St. Martin's)

Comfort Food by Kate Jacobs (Penguin)

A Vintage Murder by Michele Scott (Berkeley)

Trespassers Will Be Baptized by Elizabeth Emerson Hancock (Center Street)

CHOOSE A BOOK - INVITE AN AUTHOR PROGRAM

The Choose a Book - Invite an Author program gives authors a chance to promote their books to book discussion groups across the United States, as well as the opportunity to connect with book clubs around the country by telephone. Authors accepted into the Choose a Book - Invite an Author program, have their name, contact information, and a brief description of up to three of their books posted on our online directory of participating authors. Book club members contact authors directly to arrange a meeting time.We also announce authors’ participation in newsletters sent to our 4,000 subscribers. Choose a Book - Invite an Author includes fiction and non-fiction, as well as children’s and young adult titles. The annual fee for inclusion in the Choose a Book - Invite an Author program is $75.00, or $125.00 for a two year membership.
Program details for authors

WEBSITE ADVERTISING 

Advertisements on the home page and the Choose a Book - Invite an Author pages of The Book Club Cookbook website provide a direct way to reach book club members across the country who visit our website. Please contact us regarding advertising rates.

Please contact us for more information about promotional opportunities.

PROMOTION RATES

Book Club Buzz: $750.00 through December, 2008
                        $950.00 for promotions after January, 2009

                         Rates for promoting two books in one slot:

                         $1350.00 through December, 2008
                         $1750.00 for promotions after January, 2009

Members of our Choose a Book - Invite an Author program will receive a $50.00 discount on these rates

Choose a Book - Invite an Author:

$75.00 for one-year membership
$125.00 for two-year membership

Featured Author Recipes:   Available for Book Club Buzz authors only/no charge.