KB Book of the Day | KB Featured Book

[emilycasey]

I'm interested in hearing if there's been any recent success with BotD. Anyone want to share some info?

What I'm most interested in is: did you make up the $35?

[Beatriz]

Each day, KindleBoards features one book as our KB Book of the Day.

The book is displayed in a graphic at the top of the page throughout the site - not just on the home page, but on *every* forum page. On a typical day, the book is displayed about 50,000 times.

The graphic contains links for people to view/buy your book on Amazon. We will generally link to the Kindle edition of the book, but if you prefer, we can link to another edition such as a hardcover or paperback version.

In addition, the graphic displays an "open it!" link, which when clicked brings up your book's sample for reading. That link is displayed if the featured book has been enabled by Amazon for use with Kindle-For-The-Web.

Also, if you have a book thread in the Book Bazaar, we will sticky that thread. This keeps your book thread on the top of the first page of the Book Bazaar board, for as long as your book is the Book of the Day.

The cost for your book to be the KB Book of the Day is $35. You can sign up using the button at the bottom of any forum page. If you sign up for multiple days, the cost per day goes down.

We have quite a backlog for this and our next available dates are a few months out (May 2012). Books are featured on a first come, first served basis.

The KB Book of the Day graphic looks like this:



If you have questions or comments, please post them in this thread. If you've signed up, and have questions about your promotion, you can send an email to admin@kindleboards.com.

Thanks for being part of KindleBoards!


FAQ:

Who can sign up for this? Any author who is a member in good standing of KindleBoards.

How can I start? Just scroll down to the bottom of any forum page, where you'll see the Book of the Day button. Enter your title, author name, and ASIN, and click the button which will take you to a PayPal page for payment.

What's an ASIN? That's the 10-character identifier that Amazon uses to identify your book. You can see it in the "Product Details" area of your Amazon page. Example: the ASIN for the Kindle edition of "Half Broke Horses" is B002PMVQCW.

Can I arrange to have the promotion occur on a specific day? We will accommodate this on a first come, first serve basis. If we don't have a slot available on your requested day, we'll make it as close to that day as possible.

What books can be promoted? The book must be available on Amazon.com. We reserve the right to say "no, thank you" to books that, in our judgment, have covers or book titles that may offend.

Can I sign up for multiple days? Yes, you can sign up for a single day, or for multiple days, using the Book of the Day button at the bottom of any KindleBoards forum page.

Can I have my promotion run on consecutive days? We will accommodate this if possible; if not we'll make the days as close together as we can.

Is this worth the price? Here are some results showing the effect on Amazon bestseller ranking from recent books featured as the KB Book of the Day. Your experience may vary; there are no guarantees with advertising.

    

You can read what authors are saying about recent Book of the Day results here.

Well, then, how does KindleBoards traffic compare to other Kindle forums / book-promotion sites? We don't track other sites, but according to web analytics sites Alexa.org and Compete.com, KindleBoards is the web's most-visited independent Kindle website. The site has about 2 or 3 times the traffic of the next-most-visited independent Kindle sites, including blogs, forums, and review sites.

When will my book start to appear at the top of KindleBoards pages? After you sign up, you'll receive an email with the day (or days) that your book will be featured. The book will begin appearing at midnight Pacific Time on that day.

When will my book thread in the Book Bazaar be stickied? Generally, we will sticky your thread late in the evening (Pacific time) on the day before your featured day. It will remain up for at least 24 hours. For a short time it may overlap as a sticky thread with the prior Book of the Day or the next Book of the Day.

I want to do this but I don't have a PayPal account. That's okay - you can also pay using credit card (Visa, Mastercard, AmEx, Discover) or bank account. You'll see a "Don't have a PayPal account?" option after you click the Buy Now button.

My book isn't published yet. Can I still reserve a day for it to be featured? Yes, go ahead and sign up for your day, and just let us know that the title and ASIN will be coming later. Then you can email us with the title and ASIN once it's available.

I'm not interested in this. Will you still love me? Yes, we still love you.

I have paypal.  Can I try it for one day or do I have to sign for longer?  You said the price goes down after one day.  How much is it for 2 days?

[Betsy the Quilter]

Beatriz,

Yes, you can do it for one day only.  Go to the very bottom of the page to see the sign up.  There's a drop down menu that lists the prices.  One day is $35, two days is $65, three days is $95, so you save $5 for the second and third day.  You can get 7 days for $195, which is another $20 reduction over paying $35 for the first day and $30 for each subsequent day.

Betsy

[Beatriz]

Beatriz,

Yes, you can do it for one day only.  Go to the very bottom of the page to see the sign up.  There's a drop down menu that lists the prices.  One day is $35, two days is $65, three days is $95, so you save $5 for the second and third day.  You can get 7 days for $195, which is another $20 reduction over paying $35 for the first day and $30 for each subsequent day.

Betsy

Betsy, I bought a KB Book of the Day but I pressed buy now without putting the name of the book.  What do I do now?

[Harvey]

Betsy, I bought a KB Book of the Day but I pressed buy now without putting the name of the book.  What do I do now?

No problem, we will send you an e-mail with your scheduled date, and asking for any additional information we need at that time. You can expect that e-mail within 24 hours.

[Sophrosyne]

How far in advance are you running? For instance, if I bought either ad now, do you know about when they'd be running?

Thanks!

[intinst]

How far in advance are you running? For instance, if I bought either ad now, do you know about when they'd be running?

Thanks!

According to the ad at the bottom of every page, Banner ad April 2012 and Book of the day December 2012, unless there are cancellations in that time period.

[Sophrosyne]

Got it. It's under the Russian ads. Hey, am I the only one who has the bottom of their page written in Russian? Or does everyone else see that?

[Betsy the Quilter]

Got it. It's under the Russian ads. Hey, am I the only one who has the bottom of their page written in Russian? Or does everyone else see that?

Mine talks about furry Christians.   

Betsy

[Beatriz]

No problem, we will send you an e-mail with your scheduled date, and asking for any additional information we need at that time. You can expect that e-mail within 24 hours.

Great!  Thank you.

[intinst]

Got it. It's under the Russian ads. Hey, am I the only one who has the bottom of their page written in Russian? Or does everyone else see that?

Mine talks about furry Christians.  

Betsy

Ad blocker is a wonderful thing.

[Betsy the Quilter]

It is a wonderful thing.  (I'm assuming since I don't use it.) I don't normally notice them.  I guess I have an internal ad block, LOL!)

Betsy

[adanlerma]

if i sign up for a particular day, and would like a different book featured nearer the time of the ad, can i change my ad choice for which book to feature?

thanks!

[Harvey]

Yes, you can change the book you want to feature anytime before your ad date.

[adanlerma]

Yes, you can change the book you want to feature anytime before your ad date.

thanks so much harvey, that's really a pretty neat advertising feature, thanks again,

adan

[Harvey]

Wanted to give you all a heads up on some changes to BOTD that we're planning for 2013.

First, some background: Our bookings currently run ten months out into the future. I've been considering how to address this, because it's not ideal to have booked days falling so far out in the future. Authors often ask if there is any way their books could be featured earlier.

At one point I considered shutting down any new bookings; but many authors like to book ahead of time for future books that they are planning.

I also considered raising the price of the ad. When we started the KB Book of the Day (in October 2011), our site was getting 120,000 pageviews per day. We now get 175,000 pageviews on a typical day. But I feel that, even though the traffic is higher and the ad demand is high, the current price is fair - and I want to keep the price accessible for most authors.

So the changes we're planning, starting on January 1st, 2013, would be:

- Each day there will be *two* featured KB books. Each featured book will be displayed on a 50% random rotation on every page of our forum.

- We'll label the ad "KB Featured Book" instead of KB Book of the Day.

- The ads will continue to have the same look, with:
  - Display of book cover, title, author name, and price
  - "Read it!" link that opens a sample of the book in the browser
  - "Hover" feature that brings up a pop-up with additional book information
  - Clickthrough into the Amazon product page for your book
  - Your Book Bazaar thread gets stickied to the top of the Book Bazaar for 24 hours

Note: this change would not affect any Book of the Day orders received to date. We will continue run the single KB Book of the Day ad for all orders placed to date, through the end of the year. The changes would not go into effect until January 1, 2013.

I wanted to give you all a heads up about this, and also take this opportunity to thank you. I appreciate your participation in the site, and am grateful to those of you who choose to support the site by having your books featured by us.

-Harvey

[BTackitt]

I think that makes perfect sense (from a reader's POV) This site is only getting bigger, and I'm sure the hosting costs have risen in the past 3 years.

I know I look at the BOTD whenever there's a new one.

[Betsy the Quilter]

I think having it change will make it more eye-catching, and of course, Book Bazaar threads for Featured Books will continue to be pinned to the top of the Bazaar....

Betsy

[gaylewigg]

Many months ago I signed up and paid (?) to list my book TEA IS FOR TERROR on the KB Book of the day.  The dates were April 13th and April 18th.  Those dates are fast approaching and I'm embarrassed that I don't remember what I still need to do to insure that my ad will appear correctly.  Can you confirm that I will be featured on those two days and what, if anything, I need to do still to provide you with the the info you need.  I can't believe I didn't keep better records but in my defense it has been a long time and much water has run under the bridge since then.  Thank you so much of a response.
 

[Harvey]

Gayle, no problem - I'll check today and send you an email confirming those dates and that we have all we need. - Harvey

[Humphrey]

I've just signed up for the KB full banner ad for July for our new series of Travel ebooks.

How does it work? Do I need to get you the banner image?

Can i use an animated gif?

Also could the banner link through to the amazon author page for all the books rather than one book in particular?

many thanks
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