For Authors & Publishers

Promotional Opportunities on The Book Club Cookbook Website

Book Club Giveaway
Book Club Buzz
Featured Author Recipes
Invite An Author
Website Advertising
Promotion Rates

ONLINE CONTESTS

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

Book Club Book Giveaway

The Book Giveaway offers book club members a chance to win a set of books for their entire group and a chat with the author. Please view our list of Recent Book Giveaways and read about opportunities to include author recipes.

Each participating author or publisher must contribute a set of up to 15 books for the winning book club, which is chosen through a random drawing. The author or publisher will ship the books directly to the winning book club.

Cost:  $500.00  (Members of our Invite an Author program will receive a $50.00 discount on this rate.)

Book Club Buzz  *New*

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. All names and addresses of book club members are the property of The Book Club Cookbook and may not be used for other solicitations.

Cost:  $750.00 (Members of our Invite an Author program will receive a $50.00 discount on this rate.)

Book Giveaway and Book Club Buzz Promotion

Each contest is promoted through a dedicated email announcement, sent to 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. 

Featured Author Recipes   *New *

Book clubs love recipes, especially when they’re linked to books.  Authors whose books are featured in the Book Club Book Giveaway or 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 Giveaway and the Book Club Buzz.  These slots, available on the 1st and 15th of each month, must be reserved in advance.

Recent Book Club Book Giveaways

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)

INVITE AN AUTHOR PROGRAM

The Invite an Author program gives authors a chance to connect with book clubs around the country by telephone. Authors accepted into the 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. Invite an Author includes authors of fiction and non-fiction, as well as children’s and young adult authors. The annual fee for inclusion in the Invite an Author program is $75.00. Program details for authors

WEBSITE ADVERTISING 

Advertisements on the home page and the 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. On average, our website receives over 60,000 requests and 15,000 page requests each month. Please contact us regarding advertising rates.

Please contact us for more information about promotional opportunities.

PROMOTION RATES

Book Club Book Giveaway: $500.00* 

Book Club Buzz: $750.00*

Invite an Author: $75.00/annual fee

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

*Members of our Invite an Author program will receive a $50.00 discount on this rate.