Author Services
As an author, your most important task is writing your next book because it is your best marketing tool. Let us help you get the word out about your books, so you can spend more writing.
Free Services
Book Spotlights/Cover RevealsSpotlight posts include cover, blurb, excerpt, book trailer, purchase/pre-order links, places author is found on the internet, and small cover & purchase link for up to three (3) past releases. Book must be longer than 12,000 words and have been released within the past three (3) - four (4) months or will release within the next six (6) months. Also includes up to four (4) days of of eight (8), sixteen (16), or twenty-four (24) tweets sent at least four (4), three (3), or two (2) times respectively per day for the post. Go to our Requests page for more information and the form.
Fee-based Services
Cover ads (Sidebar and top of every page)See our Advertising page for more info
Featured Post Service (appearance & promo) New for 2016
The Featured Post spot appears on every page in the sidebar under the top two sidebar ads and includes “Featured Post”, the title of the post (usually the book title and author name), a snippet from the post, and an approximate 241x340px sized cover. Great for additional promotional exposure when a title has been re-release or when sales need a boost. See our form & fees below for more info.
Coming Soon page (appearance & promo)
The Coming Soon page features titles currently available for pre-order at one (1) or more retailers. It includes the cover (if available), blurb and pre-order links. Tweets, posts to Google+, Tsū, and/or Pinterest are available for an additional fee. Quantity discounts are available. See our form & fees below for more info.
On Sale page (appearance & promo)
The On Sale page features titles currently available at a reduced price at one (1) or more retailers. This includes titles being offered free for a limited time. Includes the cover, blurb, sale price, date sale ends, purchase links, and a link to the author's Amazon page. Tweets, posts to Google+, Tsū, and/or Pinterest are available for an additional fee. Quantity discounts are available. See our form & fees below for more info.
Twitter Promo
Let Cover Reveals create promotional tweets for your book. We can create tweets from your story suitable for you to send and/or tweets we will create and send for you. The tweets will include the appropriate hashtag(s) to increase the reach of the message. Once created, you can use them on your other social media sites as well. We can also create & send tweets for special purposes, e.g. book signings, special appearances, Facebook or Tsu parties, chats, etc. See our form & fees below for more info.
If you have any additional questions, please use our email address CoverReveals followed by @gmail.com (phrased funny to thwart spammers :D ) or send a tweet to @CoverReveals to contact us with questions about our author services.
Coming Soon Pricing
Terms & Conditions:
- Must be a genre Cover Reveals accepts. See the genre question on the FAQ page and/or email us or send us a tweet to see if we feel it is appropriate for our audience.
- Title must be on pre-order at the publisher and/or retailer(s).
- If cover is not currently available, it should be sent as soon as it is available.
- If an ad is purchased for the Cover Reveals side bar or top, and the title is on pre-order, it will be listed on the Coming Soon page at no additional charge.
- A "Happy Release Day" tweet is included at no additional charge.
- All payments are via PayPal and in US$.
- A PayPal email address for payment purposes will be provided upon acceptance of form.
- To create enough enticing tweets, we may require more than just the blurb. It may be necessary to have a chapter or two (unedited is fine) sent to us.
- Appearance on the Cover Reveals Coming Soon page does not guarantee pre or post release sales, but it will increase views and awareness for your title.
- Your title will appear within 48 hours after acknowledgment of receipt of payment.
- We reserve the right to refuse any request/title for any reason.
- Books containing wet play (other than cum), BDSM with permanent scarring, and taboo sexual subjects are not accepted.
- All pricing is subject to change without prior notice.
- Incomplete forms will not be considered
- Disclosure: Upcoming releases by "superstar" authors may be featured without payment to help drive traffic to the site to increase visibility for the authors appearing on Cover Reveals.
- Disclosure: Cover Reveals is an affiliate for several retailers and is paid a very small commission (usually less than 50¢ for ebooks; for a 99¢ ebook we get 4¢-7¢) for all sales generated by the use of our unique ID added to the purchase/pre-order links. Depending upon the retailer, this allows us to provide you with a report of the number of times the links were used to view the title on the retailer's site.
- $5 to appear on the Coming Soon page per title for up to three (3) months.
- Optional $3/month for additional months after initial three (3) months to release day.
- Optional but strongly encouraged $5 to create & send five (5) - twelve (12) pre-order tweets several times over the week (7 days) prior to release day.
- Optional but recommended for maximum exposure $10 to send tweets several times a week from day title appears (up to three months). Also includes a Happy Release Day post to Google+ and Tsū as well as inclusion on the Cover Reveals' Pinterest Coming Soon Board
- Optional $3/month for additional months of tweeting after initial three (3) months
- Optional PayPal invoices are available upon request at an additional charge of 2.9% of total + $0.30 (min $1 charge).
Coming Soon Form
(Feel free to just copy into an email or attach as a .doc/.docx or .txt file or fill out the Google form at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1sUQ2W_WLdqazqyuohshD9c-RgN7gKzscuzx231EjFSE/viewform.)
Does your story contain wet play (other than cum), BDSM with permanent scarring, and/or taboo sexual subjects? We do not accept titles with any of this in them.
Title:
Series & book no.:
Author:
Author twitter handle:
Genre:
Content/Theme(s) (for example: vampires, zombies, shifters, spanking, D/s, BDSM, menage, M/M/F, M/F/M, F/F/M, F/M/F, spanking, mystery, military, humor, men in uniform, Fae, magic, time travel, post-apocalyptic, dystopian, futuristic, sports, Regency, suspense, medical, cowboys, aliens, steampunk, gargoyles, etc.):
Release Date:
Pre-Order Links—
Amazon:
ARe/Omnilit:
Smashwords:
Kobo:
B&N:
iBooks/iTunes:
Other:
Blurb (please make sure to proofread, it is going up as provided):
Cover art attached or link to cover art on Goodreads, publisher, or author website:
(minimum size 140x x 240h)
Services Requested:
Appear on Coming Soon page—up to 3 months (Y/N): Y
Create & Send Tweets for up to 7 days (Y/N):__
Send tweets for up to 3 months (Y/N):__
Appear for additional months (Y/N):__ #of add'l months:__
Send tweets for additional months (Y/N):__ #of add'l months:__
Send PayPal invoice (add'l fee) (Y/N):__
PayPal address to send invoice to:
Request submitted by (name):
Your relationship to the author:
Name on PayPal account:
Email questions should be sent to:
Email confirmation should be sent to:
Email form/form attachments us at CoverReveals followed by @gmail.com (phrased funny to thwart spammers :D ) and send a tweet to @CoverReveals to give us a heads up you've sent us something. Our emails tend to end up floating in cyberspace or in the "bad" folder many times. We don't want to miss your requests. :D
On Sale Pricing
Terms & Conditions:
- Must be a genre Cover Reveals accepts. See the genre question on the FAQ page and/or email us or send us a tweet to see if we feel it is appropriate for our audience.
- If an ad is purchased for the Cover Reveals side bar or top, and the title is on sale, it can be be listed on the On Sale page at no additional charge.
- All payments are via PayPal and in US$.
- A PayPal email address for payment purposes will be provided upon acceptance of form.
- To create enough enticing tweets, we may require more than just the blurb. It may be necessary to have a chapter or two sent to us.
- Appearance on the Cover Reveals On Sale page does not guarantee sales, but it will increase views and awareness for your title.
- Your title will appear within 24 hours after acknowledgment of receipt of payment.
- We reserve the right to refuse any request/title for any reason.
- Books containing wet play (other than cum), BDSM with permanent scarring, and taboo sexual subjects are not accepted.
- All pricing is subject to change without prior notice.
- Incomplete forms will not be considered
- Disclosure: Cover Reveals is an affiliate for several retailers and is paid a very small commission (usually less than 50¢ for ebooks; for a 99¢ ebook we get 4¢-7¢) for all sales generated by the use of our unique ID added to the purchase/pre-order links. Depending upon the retailer, this allows us to provide you with a report of the number of times the links were used to view the title on the retailer's site.
- $5 to appear on the On Sale page per title for up to month (1) month.
- Optional $3/month for additional months after initial one (1) month to sale end.
- Optional but strongly encouraged $5 to create & send five (5) - twelve (12) "on sale" tweets several times over the week (7 days) prior to sale end or sale end, whichever comes first.
- Optional but recommended for maximum exposure $10 to send tweets several times a week from day title appears (up to one month). Also includes an On Sale post to Google+ and Tsū.
- Optional $3/month for additional months of tweeting after initial one (1) month.
- Optional PayPal invoices are available upon request at an additional charge of 2.9% of total + $0.30.
Example 2: Your book will be on sale for 30 days. You decide you want it to appear and be tweeted about several times per week until sale end. Your cost will be: $20 ($5 to appear + $5 to create tweets & 1 wk of sending + $10 to have tweets sent several times every week until sale end plus posting to Google+ and Tsū.)
On Sale Form
(Feel free to just copy into an email or attach as a .doc/.docx or .txt file or fill out the Google form at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1XaLPlBmz1r4tzQrzls2jKqIM8qaRlrQ6S6dZntqq-yw/viewform.)
Does your story contain wet play (other than cum), BDSM with permanent scarring, and/or taboo sexual subjects? We do not accept titles with any of this in them.
Title:
Series & book no.:
Author:
Author's Amazon author page link:
Genre:
Content/Theme(s) (for example: vampires, zombies, shifters, spanking, D/s, BDSM, menage, M/M/F, M/F/M, F/F/M, F/M/F, spanking, mystery, military, humor, men in uniform, Fae, magic, time travel, post-apocalyptic, dystopian, futuristic, sports, Regency, suspense, medical, cowboys, aliens, steampunk, gargoyles, etc.):
Release Date:
Sale Price*:
*For kindle countdown sales, feel free to provide each sale price and the date that price is good through.
Date Sale begins:
Date Sale ends:
Purchase Links—
Amazon:
ARe/Omnilit:
Smashwords:
Kobo:
B&N:
iBooks/iTunes:
Other:
Blurb (please make sure to proofread, it is going up as provided):
Cover art attached or link to cover art on Goodreads, publisher, or author website:
(minimum size 140x x 240h)
Services Requested:
Appear on On Sale page—up to 1 month (Y/N): Y
Create & Send Tweets for up to 7 days (Y/N):__
Send tweets for up to 1 months (Y/N):__
Appear for additional months (Y/N):__ #of add'l months:__
Send tweets for additional months (Y/N):__ #of add'l months:__
Send PayPal invoice (add'l fee) (Y/N):__
Request submitted by (name):
Your relationship to the author:
Name on PayPal account:
Email questions should be sent to:
Email confirmation should be sent to:
Email form/form attachments to us at CoverReveals followed by @gmail.com (phrased funny to thwart spammers :D ) and send a tweet to @CoverReveals to give us a heads up you've sent us something. Our emails tend to end up floating in cyberspace or in the "bad" folder many times. We don't want to miss your requests. :D
Tweet Service Pricing
Terms & Conditions:
- Not all services are available for all genres.
- Young Adult (YA), New Adult* (NA), Children's and Erotica** titles are not eligible for tweeting from Cover Reveals. We will create the tweets for you but will not send the tweets for you from the Cover Reveals twitter account.
- Does not have to be a genre Cover Reveals accepts. See the genre question on the FAQ page if you want to see what Cover Reveals' audience is used to seeing and/or email us or send us a tweet to see if we feel it is appropriate for our audience.
- All payments are via PayPal and in US$.
- A PayPal email address for payment purposes will be provided upon acceptance of form.
- To create enough enticing tweets for your, we require blurb and an excerpt of at least 1000 words. It may be necessary to have a chapter or two (unedited is fine) sent to us.
- We may need to request a copy of the book if the extra tweets option is chosen to be able to find the best selection of tweets. If provided with a copy of the book, it will not be shared with anyone. In fact, if read instead of just scanning for tweets, we'll be happy to provide a review on Goodreads, Amazon and/or B&N. Formats excepted in order of preference: mobi, prc, epub, pdf, or doc.
- Purchase and use of this service for your book does not guarantee sales, but it will increase views and awareness for your title.
- Your initial tweets will appear within 72 hours after acknowledgment of receipt of payment.
- We reserve the right to refuse any request/title for any reason.
- Books containing wet play (other than cum), BDSM with permanent scarring, and taboo sexual subjects are not accepted.
- All pricing is subject to change without prior notice.
- Incomplete forms will not be considered
- Disclosure: Cover Reveals is an affiliate for several retailers and is paid a very small commission (usually less than 50¢ for ebooks; for a 99¢ ebook we get 4¢-7¢) for all sales generated by the use of our unique ID added to the purchase/pre-order links. Depending upon the retailer, this allows us to provide you with a report of the number of times the links were used to view the title on the retailer's site.
Pricing (à la carte) Introductory pricing:
- $5 to create five (5) - twelve (12) tweets. Does not include sending. Created for you to send.
- $10 to create & send five (5) - twelve (12) tweets several times over a week (7 days).
- $5 to create & send an additional five (5) - twelve (12) tweets several times over a week (7 days).
- $20 to create & send thirty-one (31) tweets, one tweet twice/day for thirty-one (31) days.
- $15 to send created tweets several times a week for up to two (2) months.
- $5/month for additional months of tweeting after initial two (2) months
- Optional PayPal invoices are available upon request at an additional charge of 2.9% of total + $0.30.
*Some titles classified as New Adult are not true NA. Is your New Adult classified title really NA?
- Is one of the main characters (hero or heroine) in your romance older than 21?
- Are the main characters in your urban fantasy, horror, or paranormal fiction book all over 18, out of high school, and not in college/university?
- Is your title a historical romance?
**Is your title misclassified as erotica when it is really erotic romance? Not sure the difference between erotic romance, erotica, and porn?
- Erotic Romance
- A romance that uses sex to enhance the story. Take the sex out of the story, the story just becomes a sweet romance instead.
- Erotica
- A story dependent upon the sex scenes to tell it. If you take the sex out of the story, does it fall apart or perhaps not make sense anymore? If yes, it is erotica. If not, it is erotic romance/fantasy/other genre.
- Porn
- A situational sex scene or set of situational sex scenes with no overall story line. Remove the sex and there is nothing left.
Tweet Services Form
(Feel free to just copy into an email or attach as a .doc/.docx or .txt file or fill out the Google form at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1dWZZfu9F-M--c-fzPxwJB4x95UM7TzDoEslBD3OZoUE/viewform.)
For book promo
Does your story contain wet play (other than cum), BDSM with permanent scarring, and/or taboo sexual subjects? We do not accept titles with any of this in them.
Title:
Series & book no.:
Author:
Genre:
Content/Theme(s) (for example: vampires, zombies, shifters, spanking, D/s, BDSM, menage, M/M/F, M/F/M, F/F/M, F/M/F, spanking, mystery, military, humor, men in uniform, Fae, magic, time travel, post-apocalyptic, dystopian, futuristic, sports, Regency, suspense, medical, cowboys, aliens, steampunk, gargoyles, etc.) Choose/add as many as apply:
Purchase Links—
Amazon:
ARe/Omnilit:
Smashwords:
Blurb:
Excerpt (minimum 1000 words):
Or would you rather send a copy of the book? (Y/N):__
If read wholly, do you want review posted? (Y/N):__
For special use tweets
Describe event/reason for tweets:
Dates of event/reason:
Services Requested:
- Create five (5) - twelve (12) tweets. Does not include sending. (Y/N):__
- Create & Send five (5) - twelve (12) tweets several times over a week (7 days). (Y/N):__
- Create & Send an additional five (5) - twelve (12) tweets several times over a week (7 days). (Y/N):__
- Create & Send thirty-one (31) tweets, one tweet twice/day for thirty-one (31) days. (Y/N):__
- Send created tweets several times a week for up to two (2) months. (Y/N):__
- Additional months of tweeting after initial two (2) months (Y/N):__ #of add'l months:__
- Send PayPal invoice (add'l fee) (Y/N):__
Dates requested to send tweets:
Request submitted by (name):
Your relationship to the author:
Name on PayPal account:
Email questions should be sent to:
Email confirmation should be sent to:
Email form/form attachments to us at CoverReveals followed by @gmail.com (phrased funny to thwart spammers :D ) and send a tweet to @CoverReveals to give us a heads up you've sent us something. Our emails tend to end up floating in cyberspace or in the "bad" folder many times. We don't want to miss your requests. :D
Featured Post Pricing
Terms & Conditions:
- To be a Featured Post, the book must have previously appeared in a post on Cover Reveals. If the original post is a dual, tri-, or quad- post, the first title appearing at the top of the post is the cover that will be shown. If the post is for more than 4 books, the cover may appear blurry and therefore is not the best candidate for a Featured Post ad.
- The length of service is either two (2) week or one (1) month increments.
- If the service term does not begin on a Sunday (for weekly terms) or the first of the month (for monthly terms), the length of service will be fourteen (14) consecutive days (for weekly terms) or thirty (30) consecutive days (for monthly terms).
- We will attempt to accommodate requests for certain dates, however, all requests are first come, first served.
- The normal post tweeting will continue as normal. Optional additional, more intense, tweeting is available for a fee.
- Payment via PayPal, the email address will be provided upon receipt of the form.
The original post should be reviewed to make sure the information is still valid. Many of the earlier posts didn’t include purchase and/or Goodreads links. If the post needs to be updated, send the information to be changed/added in an email to CoverRevealsRequests followed by @gmail.com. This should be done before the Featured Post Form is submitted.
- $15 US to appear as the Featured Post for two (2) weeks or fourteen (14) days.
- $27 to appear as the Featured Post for one (1) month or thirty (30) days.
- Optional Additional 2 week blocks, consecutive (if available) or not, are available for $10 each.
- Optional Additional months, consecutive (if available) or not, are available for $22 per additional month.
- Optional Full day tweeting of 12 tweets several days per week during the service term(s): $8 for 2 week blocks, $15 for month blocks.
- Optional PayPal invoices are available upon request at an additional charge of 2.9% of total + $0.30 (min $1 charge).
You will need the original post date to complete the form. You can easily find this by choosing your book title or name in the Reveals Categories dropdown box near the top of every page in the sidebar. The post date will be above the post on the left.
(Feel free to just copy into an email or attach as a .doc/.docx or .txt file or fill out the Google form at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/15vg9JvpNfhz3mcwBHc-7hUfijCRuBDti05zc6NE8Ep8/viewform.)
Book Title:
Author:
Author twitter handle:
Original Appearance on CR Date:
Does original post need to be revised?
Has an email been sent with needed revisions?
Date requested for term begin:
Alternative Begin Date if not first dates not available:
Date Additional terms to begin if not consecutive:
Services Requested:
Appear as Featured Post for 2 weeks/14 days @ $15 (Y/N):__
Appear as Featured Post for 1 month/30 days @$27 (Y/N):__
Number of additional 2 week blocks @ $10/2 wks:__
Number of additional months @ $22/month:__
Tweeting for 2 week blocks @ $8/2 wks:__
Tweeting for 1 month blocks @ $15/month:__
Send PayPal invoice (add'l fee) (Y/N):__
PayPal address to send invoice to if requested:____________________
Request submitted by (name):
Your relationship to the author:
Name on PayPal account:
Email questions should be sent to:
Email confirmation should be sent to:
Email form/form attachments us at CoverReveals followed by @gmail.com (phrased funny to thwart spammers :D ) and send a tweet to @CoverReveals to give us a heads up you've sent us something. Our emails tend to end up floating in cyberspace or in the "bad" folder many times. We don't want to miss your requests. :D
