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 Advertising Rates

Northwest Book Lovers

NWBookLovers.org is PNBA’s public blog, featuring all things literary in the Northwest. Each day, readers choose NWBL for reviews, author interviews, behind-the-scenes looks at NW indie stores and what their booksellers are reading and recommending.
Top Banner - front page
600w x 150h
7 days
$225
Skyscraper - front page
160w x 600h
7 days
$150
NW Condo - front page
160w x 200h
7 days
$60
Five-Ad Package
Includes one banner
12 month package exp.
$600
Ten-Ad Package
Includes three banners
12 month package exp.
$1,100
NW Condo - front page_
160w x 200h
30 days
$180
Ads must be JPG or GIF format. Maximum file size is 8MB.

“Buy the book” links must include an indie choice, such as IndieBound or any PNBA member store. For questions regarding this policy, contact PNBA.

Northwest New Title Preview

Target distribution of free review copies of forthcoming books. Send ARCs or galleys directly to bookstore buyers in the Northwest through PNBA’s Northwest New Title Preview. For $150, PNBA will include your book in an e-mail listing of new and regional titles with jacket art, blurb, and a linked email address of your contact person who will respond to bookseller requests.  
  
Contact Larry or download the sign-up form.

• Spring titles to be listed January 18, 2016; payment and materials deadline Jan. 8, 2016

• Summer titles to be listed May 2, 2016; payment and materials deadline Apr 22, 2016

• Fall/Winter titles to be listed September 12, 2016; payment and materials deadline September 2, 2016




Bookseller Blast

Send a sellsheet, offer or promotion straight to the desktop of 300 booksellers and 80 NW media contacts (optional). ARCs, finished samples, contests—reach these booksellers and they’ll work for you and your book. For a sample Blast, contact Brian.

$250         • Bookseller E-flyer                   Flyer featuring ARC offers, promotional links, contests, giveaways.
                    (Finished)                                 PNBA drops your finished flyer into color-matched template.

$325         • Bookseller E-flyer                   Author/Small Press version, includes flyer production.
                    (Production Provided)           You provide images, copy, links to designer. PNBA adds to color-matched template
.

                                                                      600 ppi wide, unlimited height jpg or gif flyer, one link
                                                                      (additional links available in added footer).
Max file.


Footnotes E-Newsletter Advertising

Our monthly e-newsletter, Footnotes, is emailed to approximately 600 member bookstores, publishers, distributors and friends in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Alaska. Back issues (with original ads) are archived on our website.
TopBanner
600pW x 125 - 150pH
$250
Skyscraper
140pW x 500 - 560pH
$200
Insertion Banner
440pW x 125 - 230pH
$175
NW Condo
140pW x 160 - 200pH
$75
Your ad image should be a .jpg or animated gif file. Please provide one link (no Amazon). Ads should be emailed to: Brian. Newsletter ad materials are due by the 7th of each month.

Tradeshow Program and Show Floor Advertising

Our fall tradeshow offers many opportunities for advertising and promotional participation on the show floor. The online show program will be available to view by the first week of September, six weeks prior to the show. Physical programs will be distributed to attendees at the show. "Stuffed" book bags are handed to attendees as they enter the show floor. The BuzzBooks contests attracts 150 bookseller participants on the floor. For deadlines for the Show Program or Stuff-Its contact Larry.

**BuzzBooks program runs Education Day through day one on the show floor.

Inside Front Cover
 7.25W x 9.75H
$800
1/2 Page Inside
7.25W x 4.75H
$350
Inside Back Cover
7.25W x 9.75H
$750
1/4 Page Inside
 3.50W x 4.75H
$225
Outside 1/2 Back Cover
7.25W x 4.75H
$450
BuzzBooks **
Marketing Pkg.
$300
Full Page Inside
7.25W x 9.75H
$650
Book Bag Stuffer *
8.5W x 11 H max.
$125



**What’s all the buzz about? If you think you have the new BuzzBook of the season, contact Brian.
*Bag stuffer flyers exceeding 8.5 x 11 single sheets will be placed on the Free Table.

PNBA Mailing List Rental

The direct mail list is available in two formats, self-stick labels or Excel file.
1) Self-stick labels are arranged in zip-code order and sold for one-time use. We ask that you sign a contract, agreeing to these terms.     

     Labels may not be reproduced and may only be used once.
2) Excel format, for your permanent and repeated use.
    *Purchases by a member may not be sent to a non-member


Member Bookstores mailing address (115)

Labels - Member Price:                $50
               Non-Member Price:       $75
Excel -   Member Price:                $200
               Non-Member Price:      $250
E-mail  for store mgr./owner & staff
(280)


Excel -   Member Price:                $300
               Non-Member Price:       $350



Combo mailing address & email

Excel -   Member Price:                $400
               Non-Member Price:       $450

A Mailing List Contract is available on our website or by contacting Larry.

Advertising & Sponsorship Packages

Save money and time by committing to year-round support of PNBA. Select one of our advertising and sponsorship packages and, with one payment—at a deep discount—you get year-round connection to the independent bookstores of the Northwest. We're happy to customize packages to the advertising needs of your company. Contact Brian for more info.


Title Wave Promotional Package

A steady promotional build-up, finishing with a big impact. Start pre-publication with the booksellers, finish with their customers upon the book’s release. Works equally as well for an existing book our booksellers and their customers should know about.

1: Bookseller Blast 
2: Bookseller Ad
3: Customer Ad
E-flyer to 300 booksellers (ARC offer, etc.)
Skyscraper, Footnotes member e-newsletter
Banner, NW Book Lovers consumer blog
                                                          Title Wave Package total:

$250 value
$200 value
$225 value
$450

The New Release: $450 ($960 value)

Our sampler. You get six hits of exposure with our booksellers for half the price. This is a great introductory package for a small or medium-sized press looking to expand its visibility in the Northwest.

• skyscraper or insertion banner ads in two different issues of Footnotes ($400 value)
• one listing in Northwest New Title Preview, our galley distribution program, which we offer three times a year ($150 value: you   choose January, May or August edition)
• one black and white quarter-page ad in the Fall Show Program ($225 value)
• one Stuff-it at the fall show ($125 value)
• one "NW Condo" ad, 5 days, on Northwest Book Lovers blog ($60 value)


The Bestseller: $2,000 ($4,100 value)

• Footnotes newsletter advertising, 6x per year (6 x $200 = $1,200 value)
• Member e-Handbook banner ad for full year ($1,200 value)
• Full-page black and white ad in fall show program ($700 value)
• Fall Show sponsorship ($1,000 value: promoted at one premium event and in print in the show program and everywhere we
   promote the fall show, including the August and September editions of Footnotes)


The Classic: $4,000 ($7,500 value)

• Footnotes newsletter advertising, 12x per year (12 x $200 = $2,400 value)
• Member e-Handbook banner ad for full year ($1,200 value)
• Full-page black and white ad in fall show physical and online program ($700 value)
• Fall Show sponsorship ($2,500 value: promoted at specified premium event, show floor entrance, registration and on our website,
show program and everywhere we promote the fall show, including pre-show edition of Footnotes)
• BuzzBooks participation at fall show* ($300 value: BuzzBooks is our popular fall show scavenger hunt. Participating booksellers   must talk each BuzzBooks rep to get a card punched and enter it into a drawing to win cash prizes.) *Wholesalers receive   comparable offer; contact PNBA
• one listing in Northwest New Title Preview, our galley distribution program, which we offer three times a year ($150 value: you   choose January, May or August edition)
• one Bookseller Blast ($250 value: The Bookseller Blast is an E-flyer sent to 300 booksellers.)
* Individual items may be swapped or modified to fit your needs!



Holiday Catalog

PNBA produces nearly one million Holiday Books guides to be distributed locally by our member stores throughout the Northwest during November and December. E-version featured on store sites, PNBA.org and NWBookLovers.org.


Regular Interior
1 image, 25 works
$2,200
*Regional Regular Interior
1 image, 25 words
$1,600
Back Cover
2.75’ x 10.5’ space
$4,500


Double Feature (related titles)
shaded display box, 2 images, 50 words
$3,300
*Regional Double Feature
shaded display box, 2 images, 50 words
$2,600
**Custom Spots
extra images or copy, series, related, etc.

Front Cover
cover display + interior feature, 50 words
$3,500
*Regional Front Cover
cover display + interior feature, 50 words
$2,900
NWBookLovers Skyscraper
with any catalog ad; see NWBL specs above
$100


*To qualify for the Regional Rate, contact Brian. Regional spots are generally offered to independent publishers in PNBA’s    member region: 
            AK, ID, MT, OR, WA, and BC.
**To propose a custom feature, contact Brian.
Holiday Catalog

Fall Trade Show

Book Awards

Rural Library Project

Footnotes Archive

Links/Resources
Members Only:

Member Handbook

Board Documents

Contact PNBA:

Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association
338 West 11th Ave. #108
Eugene, OR 97401

Phone: 541-683-4363

Fax:       541-683-3910

[email protected]
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