Every quarter, The Reading Tub™ showcases new authors and authors with new books. Do you fit this bill?
To Become a
Featured Author requires a minimum $150 contribution. We do a lot of work to promote you and, in return for this service, we ask that you support us. Your donation helps us help children learn to read. Remember: if they can't read, who will buy your book?
The Interview Schedule 2010
Yes, it's here already! Sign up today for our Winter 2010 because slots are going fast.
Martine Groeneveld, author
Mommy, Draw Stars on My Tummy
Valerie J. Patterson, author of
Blue, a middle-grade novel
The 2009 Schedule
Fall 2009 (October 2009)
Rana D'Orio, author of What Does It Mean To Be Global?
Rana DiOrio, author of What Does It Mean To Be Global?
B.P. James, author of Land of the Left Sock
Amanda Litz, author of The Traveler's Trunk: Pirate Treasure"
Peggy H. Williams, author of Friends in the Meadow: Birds
Sign up for Fall 2009 today! The Last Slot could be yours Contact us - it's easy!
Summer 2009 (July/August 2009)
Fiona Ingram, author of The Secret of the Sacred Scarab
Cathy Bollinger, award-winning songwriter and music therapist.
Blog Team for Booklights, the bloggers and educators who launched the PBS Parents blog
Spring 2009 (April 2009)
Debbie Dadey, author/co-author of more than 140 books for children, including The Worst Name in Third Grade, The Swamp Monster in Third Grade series and The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids series
Robert J. McCarty, author of Planet of the Dogs
Corey Rosen Schwartz, author of Hop! Plop!
Michelle Shilling, author I Can't Want To
Laurel Snyder, author Any Which Wall, Up and Down Scratchy Mountains, The Myth of the Simple Machines and Inside the Slidy Diner.
Winter 2009 (February 2009)
Mark Dennis, author Song for a Summer Night
Craig T. Feigh, author Little Bit and Big Byte
Robert Z. Hicks, author Tommie Turtle's Secret
Andrew Smith, author Ghost Medicine
Author Showcase Packages
The
Standard Author Showcase Package includes these features:
- We create two pages on our Web site for you: a bio page that features you and includes images of your book covers; and a separate page with the interview.
- We add your name - and links to our interview - on every page on the Reading Tub™ Web site. You are highlighted in our Current Feature list for 90 days, and then you are listed in our Showcase Archive.
- We link your interview to our profile of your book. That link remains active forever.
- We introduce you and your books to the world through The Wash Rag, our quarterly newsletter, sent to Registered readers and posted on our blog.
- We write and publish a press release announcing your selection as a Featured Author.
- We advertise your upcoming participation on this page at least one quarter in advance, building anticipation of your interview.
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Premier Author Package requires a $300 donation. It includes all of the features above and covers licensing permission to use the interview in your promotional material beyond a Web Site/URL reference.
We can work with you on timing. For example, if you have a book coming out in the spring, then we can arrange a feature for the Winter or Spring quarters. Read our schedule to meet some of the authors who have already signed on.
Read on to Learn More ...
Becoming a featured author is quite simple. If you have published a book for kids ages 0 to 13, then we'd love the chance to share YOUR story with our registered readers and Web site visitors. Just send us an
E-mail with answers to the following questions.
Is your book in the Tub? We like to share the story-behind-the-story with our readers, so we want to make sure we've read your book and have a profile before we set up an interview. If your book isn't in the Tub™, we'll be happy to take the request. Keep reading …
Is your book available for free? The Reading Tub™ is a public charity. We do not purchase books for review. You must be willing to donate a copy to the Tub. Click here to learn how donating your book can help you.
Do you have a Web site?
To be considered for the featured author program, you must have a Web site that readers can visit and you must agree to promote the Reading Tub™ on that site for at least six months. Please provide a link to your site in your Email.
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