Largest African-American Book Event in the South
FREE ADMISSION TO THE PUBLIC
FOR AUTHOR EXHIBITS/SEMINARS
October
25-27, 2018, 11th Anniversary - Houston, Texas
Venue:
Fallbrook Church - 12512 Walters Rd., Houston, TX 77014
The 2018 National Black Book Festival, to be held Oct. 25-27 in Houston, provides a variety of advertising opportunities for authors, publishers, entrepreneurs and corporations that may or may not be able to attend the actual event. The following advertising opportunities are available.
NOTE: Authors who are interested in year-round advertising for their books to reach book clubs, media, book reviewers, consumers, bookstores and libraries should review the options at Cushcity.com, sponsor of NBBF. All NBBF deposits and fees, including advertising fees, are non-refundable.
• Advertising in NBBF Newspaper
(Full-page, half-page or quarter-page ads available in color and
black-and-white). This newspaper is produced about a month before
the Festival and will be distributed to all educational institutions in
the Houston area, as well as at the Festival to all attendees.
Deadline for submission is Sept. 13, 2018.
View 2018 NBBF Newspaper here
Rates vary. Download ad rate sheet here.
•
NBBF Book Feature on Website - Your book will be featured on the
NBBF website's home page, front and center, for
two consecutive weeks. Feature includes
book cover, title, author name, and website link. This is a program that is available at any time.
AFTER
your payment is made, submit your book's info here:
https://goo.gl/25pFLh
Cost: $49.00
•
Social Media Book Boost
- Your book will receive four (4) social media posts on NBBF's
Facebook page (85,000+ fans) over the course of 4 to 6 weeks
(automatically tweets to 500+ NBBF Twitter followers). The promotion
will include a cover of your book and a link to your website and/or your
Amazon book page. This is a program that is available at any time.
AFTER
your payment is made, submit your book's info here:
https://goo.gl/25pFLh
Cost: $59.00
• Book Feature in ONE edition of National Black Book Festival News, a monthly
e-newsletter which is distributed to over 1,100 African-American book
clubs and 25,000 consumers via e-mail. The
deadline for the September 2018 edition is Sept. 13th. This is a program that is available
at any time.
• Supporting Author Link on the Festival website (for authors
who CANNOT attend), with link to the author's website or other online
location.
Link remains from time of purchase until October 31, 2018. Participating
authors automatically receive a link to their web site upon
registration. This is a program that is available at any time.
AFTER
your payment is made, submit your
book's info here:
https://goo.gl/EoxttE
Cost: $49.00
AFTER
your payment is made, submit your book's info here:
https://goo.gl/25pFLh
Cost: $49.00
• Featured Video of the Week - Provide a 30-second to five-minute
video that will be featured on the NBBF website's home page for one
week. Video must be uploaded to YouTube. Book trailers,
interviews, performances, etc. are permitted. Video must be
tasteful and contain no nudity or excessive profanity. This
advertising may occur anytime.
This is a program that is available at any time.
• On-Site Video Presentation - Provide a 30-second to
five-minute video that will be featured at the 2018 NBBF. The videos will
be shown on a HD screen in the main registration area during the
Festival and will be shown on a repeated loop. Book trailers,
interviews, performances, promotional videos, etc. are permitted. If authors
or vendors need videos produced, these can be done by Cushcity.com at a reasonable
cost; however, orders for videos to be created for the Festival
must be submitted by August 31, 2018 to be included in the video feed.
For authors/vendors who already have their videos, the deadline for
submission is October 18, 2018. Video must be
tasteful and contain no nudity or excessive profanity. (NBBF
reserves the right to reject any video it deems inappropriate for the
Festival's audience.) Video
presentations will be played on Friday and Saturday (Oct.
26-27, 2018) at the Festival.
AFTER
your payment is made, submit your
book's info here:
https://goo.gl/yyMw1P
Cost: $59.00
• Book Announcement Program - Provide two (2) copies of one of
your books. During one of the Festival special events, your book title, author's name
and genre will be announced from the podium and given away as a gift to
a Festival attendee. NOTE: Books are provided by author free
of charge and will not be returned. Once payment is made, books
must reach our office by October 22, 2018.
Cost:
$49.00
Cost: $189.00
• Gift
Bag Marketing Program (insert your flyer, brochure or
postcard in the Festival gift bags which will be distributed to 1,000
Festival attendees). Marketing item is provided by the author,
publisher or business. Once payment is made, insertion items must
reach our office by DEADLINE: October 18, 2018.
Cost: $99.00
http://www.nationalblackbookfestival.com/advertisingpacket.pdf
Advertising deadlines are listed above.
For more information, please contact us via e-mail at: info@nationalblackbookfestival.com
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