| Fall Newsletter Okay, I know it is cliché , but I can't believe it is September already! It seems like only yesterday I was talking to authors about setting up their book tours in time for the Christmas shopping season. Wait a minute. That was yesterday! It's been a very busy summer and we've been hard at work looking for better and more ways to get authors' books into the hands of readers. Check out our book tour add-ons -- social media ads and Authors on iTours. Also, stop by to say hello to Kimberly Werntz, our social media manager! She's joined our team to take iReads and our books on tour to the next level on Facebook and Instagram. She's the queen of iReads social media advertising! More and more authors are making their books available for pre-sale. However, getting traction in pre-sales can be difficult without reviews. That's where The iRead Review steps in. Does your book have a seasonal theme? Like Christmas or maybe a Valentine's Day backdrop. It may be a good fit for one of our upcoming multi-book seasonal/theme spotlight tours. Don't worry, bloggers! We haven't forgotten about you. We still have plenty of book available for review or features this fall. Scroll to the bottom to see our list of currently open tours and many more tours that will be open soon (like in a couple of days!). As always, stay safe, healthy, and be kind to each other. Warmly, Lauren Meet Kimberly Wertz, iRead Book Tour's social media manager My name is Kimberly Werntz, Kimmie to my friends. I’m a writer, graphic designer, photographer, and a traveler with a keen interest in building relationships through working together towards a common goal. Also, I love developing and nurturing community, relationships, and social media strategy. I am an avid reader, hiker, and a lifelong learner whose passion is helping others. When I’m not on the job, I love being outside with my husband, working my way through every recipe in the family cookbook, and indulging my love for reading. If you’d like to learn more about me or about how I can help you, please reach out. I love to talk. You can find me at my website. Schedule Your Tour for Christmas Book Sales Now! As I mentioned, Black Friday and Christmas are right around the corner. Authors are already scheduling their book tours for November and Christmas. The sweet scheduling spot is Friday, Nov 25 (Black Friday) to Friday, December 16. Here's some tips to keep in mind when scheduling your Christmas Gift Book Tour: We need 8 weeks to schedule a review tour. This is to allow our bloggers one full month to read your book to prepare their reviews. If you want your review tour to launch the week of Black Friday (Nov 25) then you should schedule and pay for your tour before September 30. (We can fudge with that deadline if the book is a children's book that can be read in a matter of minutes.) Bloggers' holiday posting schedules fill up fast. If you want to get your book on readers' wish lists, we recommend you schedule your tour as soon as possible. While spotlight tours take less time to coordinate, it will be harder to find room for your book on bloggers' posting schedules. Even if your book is the greatest thing since Christmas cookies, if there is no room on a blogger's schedule, there is no room. All book tours will end December 16 so that we here at iRead Book Tours can enjoy the holidays with our families. Tour schedule stops will resume on January 9, 2023. New Book tour Add-On - Increase your Book's Exposure with Social Media Advertising The primary goal of any book tour is to get the word out far and wide about your book. We have found that paid advertisements on Instagram/Facebook/Twitter will expand exposure of your book to thousands of potential readers beyond iReads and our bloggers' followers. Our social media advertising is particularly beneficial for authors who don't have much social media presence on their own. Authors can add on our social media advertising for the starting price of $75 for a three-week tour. The ads will run on from iRead Book Tour's accounts on Instagram/Facebook/Twitter during the course of your book tour. FIND OUT MORE Authors on iTours Interviews Authors on iTours is iRead Book Tour's podcast. A video podcast interview gives readers a chance to meet you "up close and personal." During our interviews, writers reveal behind-the-scenes stories about the inspiration for their books, their motivations, their writing techniques, and other interesting tidbits. The author receives an mp4 copy of the interview for their own promotional use. Our author interviews and reviews can be viewed on our website , our YouTube or our Rumble channels. For an additional fee, we will schedule a video author interview in advance of your tour to be uploaded to your tour page and included in your media kit. FIND OUT MORE Need Advance Reviews to Help Generate Pre-Sales? The iRead Review Is Here to Help Our fee-for-review service provides authors and publishers with a well-written review that can be used to promote an upcoming book for pre-release sales, to post on their websites, to grace the book cover, and for any other promotional purposes. The iRead Review is made up of a team of professionals in their field who also love to read books. Among us are librarians, authors, professors, editors, freelance writers and more. The iRead Review consists of one-sentence catchy summary plus a 500 to 750-word review of your book. We also provide a sheet with extra comments, highlights and/or suggestions that we feel will be useful to you. For fiction books, the review will consists of a brief summary of your book's story followed by comments on the plot, characters, writing style and overall execution of the story. For non-fiction books, the review will consist of a brief overview of your book's topic, followed by comments on your writing style, how well-researched and presented is your topic, the value of your topic, and layout of the information. The review will be objective and honest but never harsh or derogatory. FIND OUT MORE Themed Spotlight Tours - Budget-Friendly Multi-Book Tours Are you willing to allow your book to share the spotlight? At $60, our multi-book seasonal / themed spotlight tours are a budget-friendly option. At any given time, book lovers are seeking books with a particular theme or holiday. Check out our Themed Spotlight Tour page for our schedule of upcoming multi-book spotlight tours that are currently open for submissions. If you believe your book is a good fit for one, then submit your book to be included in the tour. If accepted, your book will be included among other seasonal books to be featured on book blogs. ● This tour offers unlimited stops (20+) depending on genre ● Info posted on blogs includes book cover, book blurb, book description, and where to buy the book links ● No author pic, author bio, or social media links Find OUt More! Love to read? We want you to work with us! If you're an avid reader, a book blogger, a writer or an author, you've certainly noticed that with the erratic temperatures of winter comes the influx of book publications and subsequent publicity. Our calendars are full with tours right into this summer. Do you like to read? Would you like to participate in our tours? All you need is a blog or a Goodreads account and the willingness to commit. Sign up to become a tour host today. We are always on the lookout for great tour hosts for our tours, and we have an incentive program that makes working with us worth your while. I WANT TO BE AN iREAD TOUR HOST! UPCOMING TOURS Books on tour in September/October and hosting giveaways. Some of these tours are open for book reviews, guest posts, author interviews, or features! More tours are always opening up. Visit our Upcoming Tours Page for the latest open tours. fictionalized memoir (spotlights) historical mystery (reviews / spotlights) romantic suspense (reviews / spotlights) non-fiction (reviews / spotlights) historical mystery series (spotlights) cozy mystery (reviews) cozy mystery (audiobook reviews) mystery / literary (spotlights) women's fiction (reviews / spotlights) But Wait! There's More! Tours Coming Soon! mystery (spotlights) supernatural mystery (reviews / spotlights) dystopian thriller / feminism (reviews / spotlights) literary / mystery (reviews / spotlights) paranormal mystery (review / spotlight) children's book (reviews / spotlights) Let's be buddies |
Okay, I know it is cliché, but I can't believe it is September already! It seems like only yesterday I was talking to authors about setting up their book tours in time for the Christmas shopping season. Wait a minute. That was yesterday!
It's been a very busy summer and we've been hard at work looking for better and more ways to get authors' books into the hands of readers. Check out our book tour add-ons -- social media ads and Authors on iTours.
Also, stop by to say hello to Kimberly Werntz, our social media manager! She's joined our team to take iReads and our books on tour to the next level on Facebook and Instagram. She's the queen of iReads social media advertising!
More and more authors are making their books available for pre-sale. However, getting traction in pre-sales can be difficult without reviews. That's where The iRead Review steps in.
Does your book have a seasonal theme? Like Christmas or maybe a Valentine's Day backdrop. It may be a good fit for one of our upcoming multi-book seasonal/theme spotlight tours.
Don't worry, bloggers! We haven't forgotten about you. We still have plenty of book available for review or features this fall. Scroll to the bottom to see our list of currently open tours and many more tours that will be open soon (like in a couple of days!).
As always, stay safe, healthy, and be kind to each other.
Warmly,
Lauren
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Meet Kimberly Wertz, iRead Book Tour's social media manager | |
My name is Kimberly Werntz, Kimmie to my friends.
I’m a writer, graphic designer, photographer, and a traveler with a keen interest in building relationships through working together towards a common goal. Also, I love developing and nurturing community, relationships, and social media strategy. I am an avid reader, hiker, and a lifelong learner whose passion is helping others.
When I’m not on the job, I love being outside with my husband, working my way through every recipe in the family cookbook, and indulging my love for reading.
If you’d like to learn more about me or about how I can help you, please reach out. I love to talk. You can find me at my website. | |
Schedule Your Tour for Christmas Book Sales Now! | |
As I mentioned, Black Friday and Christmas are right around the corner. Authors are already scheduling their book tours for November and Christmas. The sweet scheduling spot is Friday, Nov 25 (Black Friday) to Friday, December 16.
Here's some tips to keep in mind when scheduling your Christmas Gift Book Tour:
We need 8 weeks to schedule a review tour. This is to allow our bloggers one full month to read your book to prepare their reviews. If you want your review tour to launch the week of Black Friday (Nov 25) then you should schedule and pay for your tour before September 30. (We can fudge with that deadline if the book is a children's book that can be read in a matter of minutes.)
Bloggers' holiday posting schedules fill up fast. If you want to get your book on readers' wish lists, we recommend you schedule your tour as soon as possible. While spotlight tours take less time to coordinate, it will be harder to find room for your book on bloggers' posting schedules. Even if your book is the greatest thing since Christmas cookies, if there is no room on a blogger's schedule, there is no room.
All book tours will end December 16 so that we here at iRead Book Tours can enjoy the holidays with our families. Tour schedule stops will resume on January 9, 2023.
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New Book tour Add-On - Increase your Book's Exposure with Social Media Advertising | |
The primary goal of any book tour is to get the word out far and wide about your book. We have found that paid advertisements on Instagram/Facebook/Twitter will expand exposure of your book to thousands of potential readers beyond iReads and our bloggers' followers. Our social media advertising is particularly beneficial for authors who don't have much social media presence on their own.
Authors can add on our social media advertising for the starting price of $75 for a three-week tour. The ads will run on from iRead Book Tour's accounts on Instagram/Facebook/Twitter during the course of your book tour. | |
Authors on iTours Interviews | |
Authors on iTours is iRead Book Tour's podcast.
A video podcast interview gives readers a chance to meet you "up close and personal." During our interviews, writers reveal behind-the-scenes stories about the inspiration for their books, their motivations, their writing techniques, and other interesting tidbits.
The author receives an mp4 copy of the interview for their own promotional use.
Our author interviews and reviews can be viewed on our website, our YouTube or our Rumble channels. For an additional fee, we will schedule a video author interview in advance of your tour to be uploaded to your tour page and included in your media kit.
| |
Need Advance Reviews to Help Generate Pre-Sales? The iRead Review Is Here to Help | |
Our fee-for-review service provides authors and publishers with a well-written review that can be used to promote an upcoming book for pre-release sales, to post on their websites, to grace the book cover, and for any other promotional purposes.
The iRead Review is made up of a team of professionals in their field who also love to read books. Among us are librarians, authors, professors, editors, freelance writers and more.
The iRead Review consists of one-sentence catchy summary plus a 500 to 750-word review of your book. We also provide a sheet with extra comments, highlights and/or suggestions that we feel will be useful to you. For fiction books, the review will consists of a brief summary of your book's story followed by comments on the plot, characters, writing style and overall execution of the story. For non-fiction books, the review will consist of a brief overview of your book's topic, followed by comments on your writing style, how well-researched and presented is your topic, the value of your topic, and layout of the information. The review will be objective and honest but never harsh or derogatory.
| |
Themed Spotlight Tours - Budget-Friendly Multi-Book Tours | |
Are you willing to allow your book to share the spotlight? At $60, our multi-book seasonal / themed spotlight tours are a budget-friendly option.
At any given time, book lovers are seeking books with a particular theme or holiday. Check out our Themed Spotlight Tour page for our schedule of upcoming multi-book spotlight tours that are currently open for submissions. If you believe your book is a good fit for one, then submit your book to be included in the tour. If accepted, your book will be included among other seasonal books to be featured on book blogs.
● This tour offers unlimited stops (20+) depending on genre
● Info posted on blogs includes book cover, book blurb, book description, and where to buy the book links
● No author pic, author bio, or social media links
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Love to read? We want you to work with us! | |
If you're an avid reader, a book blogger, a writer or an author, you've certainly noticed that with the erratic temperatures of winter comes the influx of book publications and subsequent publicity. Our calendars are full with tours right into this summer.
Do you like to read? Would you like to participate in our tours? All you need is a blog or a Goodreads account and the willingness to commit. Sign up to become a tour host today. We are always on the lookout for great tour hosts for our tours, and we have an incentive program that makes working with us worth your while.
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fictionalized memoir (spotlights) | | |
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historical mystery (reviews / spotlights) | | |
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romantic suspense (reviews / spotlights) | | |
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non-fiction (reviews / spotlights) | | |
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historical mystery series (spotlights) | | |
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cozy mystery (audiobook reviews) | | |
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mystery / literary (spotlights) | | |
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women's fiction (reviews / spotlights) | | |
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But Wait! There's More! Tours Coming Soon! | |
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supernatural mystery (reviews / spotlights) | | |
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dystopian thriller / feminism (reviews / spotlights) | | |
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literary / mystery (reviews / spotlights) | | |
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paranormal mystery (review / spotlight) | | |
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children's book (reviews / spotlights) | | |
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