Promotions for Authors

New feature:

Cover Contest - $10 per cover

Starting Monday, May 6 we will be showcasing 4 book covers each week and readers will be voting for their favorite. We will be plugging our Cover Contest all week on all social media sites and in our Wednesday eblast.

To showcase your book cover send a 300 dpi as attached jpg to info@storyfinds.com.

Our book cover contest is $10 per book cover. Payment must be made in advance through http://www.paypal.com and our email is payments@storyfinds.com.

Winning book cover means the author wins a FREE 1^st Chapter Spotlight ($40 value). At the moment we are tying in our cover contest with our Theme of the Week. For our first cover contest we’re looking for those hunky highlander romance covers that make women go weak in the knees. Send your cover in and you could be a lucky winner for a FREE 1st Chapter Spotlight feature.

Schedule:

May 20 – Mystery

May 27 - Science Fiction

June 3 – Beautiful Beaches

June 9 - Young Adult

June 16 - Steampunk

June 23 - New Adult

New Author Information:

Create your author account by clicking on Author Tools and select Create Account. Add your author picture, biography and author media links - website/Facebook author or book page (no personal pages accepted) and Twitter handle. If you have any questions please email rfield@storyfinds.com

Promotions:

Here is a description of each StoryFinds section and its requirements. To request a listing please send an email to promo@storyfinds.com.

StoryFinds is receiving daily requests from publishers, agents and publicists to promote clients. We charge $15 per book listing for publishers, editors, agents and publicists for our Daily Specials and FREE read listings. To find out more about what we can offer authors please email rfield@storyfinds.com

Required Material for all book promotions:

First Name
Last Name
Author Name
Contact Email
Paypal Email
Genre (see list on home page)
ASIN
Book Title
Book Blurb (max 250 words)
Date ___________________ (1st choice) ______________________(2nd choice)

Important information about sending required materials

To complete your promotion please forward material to promo@storyfinds.com with your Title, 10-digit Kindle Store (ASIN), and last date you can confirm your book will be live in the Kindle Store. If you have not completed your author account please do so first - instructions are listed above.

Our Promise

All books on our site will be showcased on all of our social media sites - Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, Pinterest and YouTube (if you have a book trailer). We have a daily reach of over 160,000. Our eblast goes out to 1,800 subscribers on Sunday and Wednesday and that will move to a daily eblast in July 2013. Author & 1st Chapter Spotlights and our new book cover contest will be included in our eblast. We have over 3,000 new hits daily on our website.

FREE Reads

We are currently working to keep our FREE reads free but would greatly appreciate any donations. A number of authors have asked what the average donation is and it's between $15-$20 per book listing but we know budgets are tight and no matter what we will list your FREE book promotion even if you can't afford to make a donation.

Five FREE Reads will be highlighted daily. It is understood that you the author have selected this promotion for a FREE read of your book. In order for your book to qualify as a FREE read it must have a professional cover (Storyfinds.com staff reserves the right to make this determination). Your book must be FREE on the day of your promotion. No erotic material accepted. Open to Indie and traditional published authors. By submitting your listing, you agree to Storyfinds.com terms and confirm you own the copyrighted material you have sent for promotion. To guarantee promotion to coincide with any KDP Select FREE days please provide us with one week's notice to ensure we are able to highlight your book during your KDP select free days. Please also indicate which date you are selecting with a 1st and 2nd choice. Price: pay what you can service through paypal.

Daily Specials (books on sale or $1 or less)

Every day we will highlight 5 books either on sale, or priced for $1 or less. In order for your book to qualify for this special it must have a professional cover (Storyfinds.com staff reserves the right to make this determination). No erotic material accepted. Open to Indie and traditional published authors. By sending your material you agree to Storyfinds.com terms and confirm you own the copyrighted material you have sent for promotion. We require one week's notice to ensure we are able to highlight your book. Please also indicate which date you are selecting with a 1st and 2nd choice. Price: $15 per book listing.

Author Spotlight - $50

The Author Spotlight is on our main page and immediately grabs reader attention. We will promote your book for three days on our site - Sunday - Tuesday or Wednesday - Saturday.

It is understood you the author may submit one book to highlight in this special Author spotlight. Please also include a 1,500 word excerpt of your choice to help promote your book. Send all promotion information to promo@storyfinds.com. Think of offering your books under $5 to grab new readers. Must have professional covers (Storyfinds.com staff reserves the right to make this determination). No erotic material accepted. Open to Indie and traditional published authors. By submitting your material you agree to Storyfinds.com terms and confirm you own the copyrighted material you have sent for promotion.

Payment $50 must be made in advance. Please indicate in your email your 1st choice for promotion and 2nd choice and include the name of your book you are promoting. If you have not completed your author account please do so first - instructions are listed above.

1st Chapter Spotlight - $40

For three days we will highlight your book, along with your 1st Chapter excerpt. The average reader is on this page for over three minutes. We book for Sunday and Wednesday.

You determine the price of your book but it’s highly recommended to keep your Kindle price point $5 or under to gain new readers. Please also include a 1,500 word excerpt of your prologue or 1st Chapter to help promote your book. Send all promotion information to promo@storyfinds.com. This is open to Indie and traditionally published authors. Must have professional covers (Storyfinds.com staff reserves the right to make this determination).

By sumbitting you material you agree to Storyfinds.com terms and confirm you own the copyrighted material you have sent for promotion. Please send along your 1st Chapter book excerpt - 1,500 max as attached word document to info@storyfinds.com.

Payment $40 must be made advance.

Themed Weeks - $20 per book posting

Please check the calendar as we will be rotating our specialized genre listings each month. We will showcase three books per day. Each theme week starts on Sunday. We will include your book cover. We will also post your book information to both our Facebook and Twitter feeds. We will also include a book excerpt (1,500 words max) of your choice on our website.

Calendar for Weekly Themed:

May 19 - Mystery