Each year the Reading Tub™ showcases lots of new authors and authors with new books. Do you fit this bill?
To Become a
Featured Author requires a minimum $150 contribution. We do a lot of work to promote you and, in return for this service, we ask that you support us. Your donation helps us help children learn to read. Remember: if they can't read, who will buy your book?
The Interview Schedule 2010
February 2010
Elizabeth Burns, co-author Pop Goes the Library and blogger @ A Chair, A Fireplace, and a Tea Cozy
Cathy Puett Miller, the Literacy Ambassador(r)
May 2010
Valerie J. Patterson, author of
Blue, a middle-grade novel
June 2010
Martine Groeneveld, author
Mommy, Draw Stars on My Tummy
We have openings available in July, August, September and October! Sign up for our Showcase today! Contact us - it's easy!
Author Showcase Packages
The
Standard Author Showcase Package includes these features:
- We create two pages on our Web site for you: a bio page that features you and includes images of your book covers; and a separate page with the interview.
- We add your name - and links to our interview - on every page on the Reading Tub™ Web site. You are highlighted in our Current Feature list for 90 days, and then you are listed in our Showcase Archive.
- We link your interview to our profile of your book. That link remains active forever.
- We introduce you and your books to the world through The Wash Rag, our quarterly newsletter.
- We create a dedicated post just for you on our blog.
- We announce your interview on Twitter (twitter.com/readingtub) and on our Facebook Group Page
- Upon request, we also provide a Press Release template you can use to publish a press release announcing your selection as a Featured Author.
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Premier Author Package requires a $300 donation. It includes all of the features above and covers licensing permission to use the interview in your promotional material beyond a Web Site/URL reference.
We can work with you on timing. If you have a book coming out in the spring, then we can arrange a feature around the time the book is released. Read our schedule to meet some of the authors who have already signed on.
Read on to Learn More ...
Becoming a featured author is quite simple. If you have published a book for kids ages 0 to 13, then we'd love the chance to share YOUR story with our registered readers and Web site visitors. Just send us an
E-mail with answers to the following questions.
Is your book in the Tub? We like to share the story-behind-the-story with our readers, so we want to make sure we've read your book and have a profile before we set up an interview. If your book isn't in the Tub™, we'll be happy to take the request. Keep reading …
Is your book available for free? The Reading Tub™ is a public charity. We do not purchase books for review. You must be willing to donate a copy to the Tub. Click here to learn how donating your book can help you.
Do you have a Web site?
To be considered for the featured author program, you must have a Web site that readers can visit and you must agree to promote the Reading Tub™ on that site for at least six months. Please provide a link to your site in your Email.
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