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Be Featured on the Llumina List

Yes, We're Going to the BEA!

Join us at the Miami Book Fair

Marketing Materials Specials

Why Market?

 


BE FEATURED

IN OUR

 

We will be sending our comprehensive Llumina List to

2500 bookstores in September 2007.**

 

We are no longer including free ads, but you can choose to feature your book with a full color ad in the catalog. These ads will get the most attention as they include at least 40 words on your book and a review if you have one.  The cover art is printed large and beautiful.

 

This catalog will be between 12 and 24 pages long.

 

FEATURE YOUR BOOK IN COLOR:

 

The prices for feature ads are:

Full page ad:  $1199

Half page ad:  $ 599

1/4 page ad:   $ 349

1/8 page ad:   $ 189

 

These ads will be placed prominently in the catalog and will be the first ones to draw the attention of potential buyers.  There are a limited number of slots available.

 

DEADLINE:  August 15, 2007

 

Please contact Deborah with questions, or click here to order just the Llumina List now.

 

 


 

May 29-June 1, 2008

LA Convention Center - Los Angeles, CA

BookExpo America is the largest book-related event in the country. It will be attended by some 30,000 publishers, agents, scouts, booksellers, acquisitions librarians, book reviewers, book packagers, and  film and television developers/producers, all looking for new books, exciting authors, and new stories.  The BEA is the best place in the world to show off your book and to get it into the hands of buyers. The official 2007 attendance was 37,041 industry professionals.

BookExpo America is a meeting place for the entire book industry, where thousands of industry professionals come together to network, learn, and conduct business.  For details, click here.

We will be representing our authors at the show. Our booth will be on the main floor near the food court. We'll bring copies of your book, a poster, a giant display book, and a BEA Special Show Catalog featuring your book.  The cost to have your book at the BEA is as follows:

 

Full page ad + Poster:  

$1299

Half page ad + Poster:   $699
1/4 page ad + Poster:   $399

 

IMPORTANT: If you would like to be included in the BEA, we strongly recommend that you give us at least 24 copies of your book to give away to potential book buyers and reviewers.

 

If you can be in Los Angeles at the time of the show, come sign your books for fans! This is wonderful advertising. Book buyers love it, and it's only $50. This includes a 12"x18" Gift Box Book (example), an Author Signing easel poster, and flyers listing your book signing.

 

Limited Space Is Available! We will only be taking forty books with us to LA. Reserve your spot today!

 

Please contact Diane with questions, or click here to order a BEA package now.

 

See our booth at the New York BEA.


 

Every year, in November, the Miami Book Fair is attended by thousands of readers and book buyers.  Find out more at http://www.miamibookfair.com/

If you want us to represent you at the show, here's what's included:

       •  We'll bring 3 copies of your book to the show, two to sell and one     

            to keep on display.

       •  Your book will be shown face out.

       •  We'll give away your sell sheet to all interested parties.

       •  Posters of your book cover will be included as part of our display.

            Click here to see our display at the BEA.

       •  We'll talk about your book to anyone who will listen and hand out our

            Llumina List  (with your ad in it) to everyone who goes by.

     


 

NEED MARKETING MATERIALS?

We can print your postcards, bookmarks, business cards, posters, flyers, banners,

 and more.

And now that we have a print shop, we can offer great new prices.

Check it out here!

 


With over a million and a half books in print and more being added to the total every day, it's absolutely essential to promote, promote and promote your book.  Just getting it on Ingram and Baker & Taylor, or getting it up on Amazon will not sell books.  To get people to buy yours rather than someone else's you have to separate it from the pack.  It's essential to get attention and make people ask for it.

 

This is not an easy job.  There's a lot of competition.  Here are some things you can do to improve your chances:

  • Do booksignings at local bookstores and specialty shops.  Think creatively.  Who's your audience.  Where do you find them? 

  • Take your book to book fairs, or if you can't make it, send the book to the fair. 

  • Send out press releases to local media and follow up with phone calls. 

  • Send out sell sheets to bookstores.

  • Get people to read your book and write about it on the internet, in newspapers etc.

  • Do radio interviews

  • Do speeches and seminars that relate to the topic of your book

  • Advertise in magazines that are read by booksellers and/or book readers

  • Advertise to bookstores

  • Get your book into local libraries where people can read it.  If they like it they'll recommend it to friends who may then go buy it.

  • When you've saturated your local market, move to a more regional market.


 
 

Llumina tries to come up with ways to help you get your book in front of your readers.  That's why we  do shows like the BEA, the ALA, and Miami Book Fair, and offer bookstore representation via our twice-yearly catalogs.

 

In addition, we periodically offer advertising deals through such publications as ForeWord Magazine (1/10th of a page full color ad for $325), and The New York Review of Books (cost for an ad is $295). See above for current specials.

 

 
     

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