Are you an author needing help with online book promotion?
We have an author's assistant to help your book get noticed.
We offer author interviews, book reviews, bios, media releases,
article marketing, media kits, sell sheets, and podcasting and blogging services.
See samples of our writing.
You might also like to know about
an eBook by Yvonne Perry titled
Book Marketing in the Digital Age,
Online Promotion Made Easy
Our weekly writing, publishing, and book marketing podcast is popular with book lovers because it gives sneak previews into books that are new on the market.
Authors enjoy the how-to publishing information and tips on book marketing and online publicity. Each week an author is interviewed about their book and asked
to share their publishing journey and give listeners examples of how they are marketing their book.
At times, the podcast may host an expert to speak about the book
industry or other pertinent topics of interest to authors and
writers.
WITS Podcast hosts a wide variety of guests
including authors, publishers, and marketing experts.
We upload the interview as a show on
WITS podcast, which is syndicated to other podcast directories as well as iTunes.
You get the MP3 file to use in your book marketing campaign. Transcription of your interview is available upon request.
Written Interviews for Authors $25
We send a list of questions in interview style. When you return your answers to us, we post them on our blog. You can use your copy to further promote your book
in other venues.
One of our team members will read your book and write a fair and honest review (600-800 words). We will post the
review on Amazon.com as well as on
our blog and in
our monthly newsletter. You get the Word and PDF versions of the review to use for other publicity purposes. If a book lacks literary quality
or has multiple grammatical/mechanical errors, we cannot in good consciousness give the book a five-star rating. Five star books will be featured on our blog
and in our newsletter.
Biographical Sketches
Every author needs a bio. We will write an interesting, professional character sketch that highlights your career path, personal strengths,
and demographic history.
Our price: 25 cents per word (100-word minimum). See samples of our bios.
We will create a 500-word press release about you, your book, or event with a specific angle aimed toward your target market.
We will submit the release to five online media outlets. You will receive the file as a Word document ready to send to your local newspaper.
Listed below are some media releases we have written showing some of
the places we have posted press releases online.
Article marketing is an effective way to drive targeted traffic to your blog or Web site. One of our team members will write a 500-word article
specific to your book topic. You will receive the article as a Word document to use however you choose, perhaps on your Web site or blog. We will submit
the article to five online article directories (see our list below).
A one-pager is an important part of any media kit. It contains a concise description of the author, a synopsis of the book, photo of the author,
photo of the book cover, tips or story angles, and your contact information formatted to make a great first impression. This "quick glance" reference
sheet is used to garner author interviews.
We will write keyword-optimized, content-rich text for authors
who need material for a book or business blog. It has been proven
that regularly updated material focused on a particular theme
attracts more readers and potential clients to blogs. We can provide
fresh content that will encourage return visitors and post it to a
blogger.com or Word Press account on behalf of the busy author. $20
per 300-word post. See blogs we maintain on a
regular basis.
Online Media Kit $ 750
I am very pleased with the press kit Writers In the Sky developed for my new book.
Sarah Moore is a very talented writer and has been a pleasure to work with. In addition to providing excellent content,
I was impressed with Sarah’s turnaround time. She met or beat every deadline and that is very rare in today’s business world.
I’ve already put some of the press kit materials into use and I’m receiving great response. Writers In the Sky certainly has my highest recommendation.
Dennis Snow, Author of Lessons From the Mouse - A
Guide for Applying Disney World's Secrets of Success to Your
Organization, Your Career, and Your Life
This is a full media kit in an electronic format (PDF and Word
docs). This kit may be sent to online media or printed as hard copy
pieces and sent along with your cover letter to request interviews
and other promotion opportunities services. Our previous clients
have used the components both online and as physical mailers, or to
have available at book signings or speaking engagements.
Write a cover letter introducing your media kit to the recipient.
Create your one-pager.
Make a
list of questions
(PDF) a host might ask you during an interview.
We compile this from your book.
WITS team member, Sarah Moore, is our author's assistant. She is in
charge of scheduling author interviews for our writing podcast and
creating the media pieces mentioned on this page. Her experience as
a blogger is highly sought after by authors who need quality content
written and posted to their blogs.
Sarah has experience in creating media kits that get the attention
authors need to promote their books to radio and TV stations. Ms.
Moore has written numerous high-quality bios, articles, and book
reviews. She writes the press releases for WITS podcast where her
public speaking experience is put to good use as one of the hosts
interviewing authors about their books.
As a former public high school teacher and academic advisor for
campus students at University of Maryland and Boston University as
well as a former research and writing instructor at Middle Tennessee State
University, Sarah is an excellent writer, editor, and proofreader
able to give comprehensive manuscript evaluations and book reviews.
