Book Club Recommended Reads Featured Author

As a book author, you need to find ways to get in front of as many readers as possible to maximize your effort (and help you get back to writing!). Of the about twenty different book marketing efforts you can do, most help you sell one book at a time. Visiting book clubs, however, gives you far greater impact that will continue to benefit you long into the future.

With a single 1-hour book club visit, you will:

• Sell 5-10 copies of your book
• Develop a personal relationship with the book club members
• Enjoy long-lasting benefit from their having spent private time with you (they will recommend your book to others, like/follow you on social media, and buy your future books).

Of the many ways you can get in front of readers (check out our comprehensive list in, “The Book Marketing List You Need to Market Your Book“), nothing comes close to the impact spending an hour with a book club has in terms of exponentially growing your brand, visibility, and sales.

*Need further convincing on the power of visiting book clubs? Read this: “Why Book Clubs Matter to Authors.”

Being on Our One Lit Place Book Club Recommended Reads Seasonal Featured Author List instantly gets your name and book in front of a new audience of book lovers. It’s an effective one-stop shop!

What Comes With Being a Featured Author on the Book Club Recommended Reads List:

*A new list is created for each season (Fall, Winter, Spring, and Summer) around the featured authors’ genres.

• Your name, book title, images, and links to your website will be placed on the One Lit Place website on a designated page “Book Club Recommended Reads“
• Your name, book title, images, and links to your website will be included in our newsletter (2,400 subscribers) at the beginning of that season
• The full Book Club Recommended Reads list will be posted on all of our social media channels
  • Instagram (800+), Facebook (1K+), LinkedIn, and X (1,800+)
• You and your book will be highlighted in 1 social media post on all of our social media channels
• (Optional) if you make a promo video of yourself explaining to book clubs why you’d like to join them, we will share that as a second social media post
• Get a comprehensive tip sheet containing where to source and pitch book clubs, how to create a reader guide, marketing materials, and social media posts, and what to do to create author videos that captivate readers and help you connect to the best book clubs.

Benefits of Being a Featured Author on the Book Club Recommended Reads List

• Our writers’ center is a highly regarded boutique business that specializes in providing custom writing services to all writers (check out our 5.0- star rating on Google here with over 70 reviews).
  Aligning with us shows the reading public that you are a writer of note and have been vetted and approved by an organization that takes writers’ craft, art, and practice seriously.
• A link to your website from ours supports your SEO (back links from reputable sites to your site increases your ranking in web searches)
• Tapping into new audiences or other organizations’ audiences is a fantastic way to increase your reputation, visibility, and sales.
• Personal recommendations: Book clubs are a one-stop opportunity to sell a number of copies and to develop a personal relationship with the members. People who read love to share books they’ve enjoyed and by by extension, authors with whom they’ve connected (it’s currency to say you’ve spoken with the author of a book!) Personal recommendations always bring about other opportunities for sales and engagement.
• Online Reviews: if you feel it is appropriate, you may ask the book club members to review your book on Amazon and Goodreads. New 5-star reviews are highly beneficial for increasing your book’s ranking and visibility on these platforms.
• Social sharing: sharing our posts with your audience on social media, in your own newsletter, in a video, or through any other means is a valuable way of letting your audience know you’re available to connect!

Book Club Recommended Reads Featured Author Terms

• When you become a featured author on the Book Club Recommended Reads Featured Author list, you must commit to making yourself available (virtually or in person) to book clubs interested in hosting you (within reason) for that season. If you are unavailable for a specific requested date, you agree to find a mutually feasible alternative so you may attend. If a book club contacts you outside of your list’s designated season, it is at your discretion to attend.
• You agree to practice good visiting-writer etiquette regarding connecting with the book club to make arrangements, showing up on time and prepared for questions, and following up afterwards with a thank you. *You may ask the book club to leave your book reviews on Amazon or Goodreads if you feel it is appropriate.
• It is suggested that you offer the book club a small discount on your books, where possible
• It is suggested that you offer a “Book Club Reader Guide,” which is a prepared list of talking points relating to your book. This guide gives the book club an anchor conversation to follow and you the opportunity to prepare what you’ll speak to regarding the book’s themes, characters, and plot; your writing process; your publication journey; and etc.

To see an example Book Club Reader Guide, SIGN UP HERE to receive the guide from Thea Sutton’s The Women of Blackmouth Street.

Thea is one of our excellent writing coaches and editors, and she has created a wonderful book club reader guide you can use as a model for your book.

Please note: while we make every effort to promote you and your book, One Lit Place is not affiliated with any book clubs and does not guarantee that you will be invited to any book club during your time as featured author.