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enlightenment for readers 2013RateKit www.shelf-awareness.com facebook.com/shelfawareness @ShelfAwareness ShelfAwareness Shelfdaily enlightenment for the book trade For the book trade: The free e-mail newsletter dedicated to helping people in the book industry make decisions about buying, selling and lending books most wisely. Background: Shelf Awareness was born out of a need to provide a range of people in the industry — booksellers, librarians, book buyers at nontraditional stores, members of the media, marketers, salespeople, publishers and others — with essential information for their businesses, including news about titles coming out now, titles getting buzz in the media, authors on major shows, movie tie-ins, sleepers, news about the business, tips on how to sell, etc. We began publishing in June of 2005, following a successful launch at BEA. We publish most work days–first thing in the morning. We hear often from readers that this way they can “have their morning coffee” with us. Shelf Awareness is published by John Mutter, longtime executive editor of bookselling at Publishers Weekly and executive editor of the former PW Daily for Booksellers, and Jenn Risko, who held sales, marketing and management positions for 15 years with book publishers, from large houses such as Rand McNally to smaller presses, such as the Insiders’ Guides and the National Academies Press. “[Shelf Awareness] has become such an essential part of our daily reading, a touchstone to what is happening in the world of bookselling! Congratulations on creating such an informative, enlightening, and fun communication.” —Carolyn Reidy, CEO, Simon & Schuster “As usual, staff conversation this morning involved the daily issue of Shelf Awareness. You can tell your advertisers that their ads work, because I know of several books that we have started carrying because someone’s interest was piqued.” —Valerie Koehler, Blue Willow Bookshop, Houston, TX ShelfAwareness ShelfAwareness Pro Shelfdaily enlightenment for the book trade Ad Opportunities for Daily Trade Newsletter: Circulation as of 9/24/13: 30,000 2013 Placement & Prices For the book trade: Top Banner (Rates per issue) 600 px (w) x 150 px (h) The free e-mail newsletter dedicated to helping • Top Banner: $1100 people in the book industry make decisions about • Top Skyscraper: $900 buying, selling and lending books most wisely. 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You can tell your advertisers that their ads work, because I know of that our maximum size is 50 kb. several books that we have started carrying because someone’s interest was piqued.” Deadline: 5pm (EST), two business days before publication. —Valerie Koehler, Blue Willow Bookshop, Houston, TX Awareness Shelfenlightenment for readers For all book lovers: The free twice-weekly e-mail newsletter with reviews of the 25 best books publishing each week Background: Since we launched Shelf Awareness Pro in 2005, a small group of our subscribers have been composed of people not in the book business—avid readers who simply want to know more about books than they find in most general media. To better serve this audience, we launched Shelf Awareness for Readers in 2011 geared toward general readers. As we lose physical space devoted to books, the question becomes: where does a reader discover a book? Shelf Awareness for Readers raises awareness of what is being published each season, generating excitement about new books and authors. Issues feature book recommendations across all genres from booksellers, librarians, bloggers, and others from the book industry along with interesting tidbits from the world of books and author interviews. Bookstore Newsletter Shelf Awareness Pro began as a way of providing booksellers with information on the industry and helping them to sell more books. Continuing with that mission, we're offering a version of Shelf Awareness for Readers to bookstores for free to send out to their customers. The issues are co-branded with the bookstore’s logo and each review that you see in the issue is accompanied with a buy button that links back to the store’s ecommerce page for the title, driving sales back to the bookstore. For more information on this program or to sign up your store, give our Seattle office a call at 206.274.8144 or e-mail [email protected]. 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Please include your The issues are co-branded with the bookstore’s logo and each review that you see in the contact info, placement choices and dates. issue is accompanied with a buy button that links back to the store’s ecommerce page 240 px (w) x 400 px (h) When you submit your ad please send it for the title, driving sales back to the bookstore. to [email protected]. Please include a link and a RGB image in either For more information on this program or to sign up your store, .jpg or .gif format, saved at 72 dpi. Please also note that our maximum size is 50 kb. Top Insertion Banner Deadline: 5pm (EST), three days before give our Seattle office a call at 206.274.8144 or e-mail 600 px (w) x 150 px (h) [email protected]. publication. Dedicated Issues If something exciting is happening at your publishing house (the launch of a new imprint, a landmark anniversary, etc.), mark the occasion with a Dedicated Issue from Shelf Awareness. Once a month, we send out a special issue in addition to the day’s newsletter highlighting an achievement at a publishing house. We’ll work closely with you to write up the content for the issue through articles and interviews. Additionally, all of the issue’s ads will be solely for use by your publishing house and we’ll even dress up Vik (our Buddha mascot) in your company’s logo! Maximum Shelf We’ve built a strong reputation for having excellent taste in books and for bringing to light those books and authors that might otherwise be overlooked.
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