Advertising Rates
Northwest Book Lovers Consumer Site
NWBookLovers.org is PNBA’s public blog, featuring all things literary in the Northwest. Indie customers choose NWBL for reviews, author interviews, behind-the-scenes looks at NW indie stores and what their booksellers are reading and recommending. The site hosts the weekly Pacific Northwest Independent Bestseller List and a five-state roster of independent bookstores.
Ads must be JPG or GIF format. Maximum file size is 8MB.
“Buy the book” links must benefit PNBA member bookstores via Bookshop, IndieBound, or a specific PNBA member store. For questions regarding this policy, contact PNBA. Footnotes E-Newsletter Advertising
Our monthly e-newsletter, Footnotes, is emailed to approximately 400 member booksellers plus member publishers, distributors, librarians and industry friends as well as 100 regional media contacts. Total reach is 900+. Back issues (with original ads) are archived on our website.
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.
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.
Virtual Author and Publisher Events
Editor, marketing, or rep picks; author presentations or Q & A. Book an hour long presentation with PNBA. All events receive calendar and newsletter listing, a dedicated event invitation and reminder, as well as member social media promotion. PNBA will also schedule a Bookseller Blast e-flyer promotion for the book and/or event at no additional cost. Client must provide the Blast assets. You host the event and PNBA provides promotional package, $400 PNBA provides event host and promotional package, $500 (This option will not be available for the winter 2023 season) Super-Eight Indie Regional Banner
Your banner ad appears simultaneously on the front page of the websites of eight regional independent bookselling associations (PNBA, MBA, GLiBA, NEIBA, NAIBA, SIBA, CALIBA, MPBA). Estimated 5,000+ impressions to members. -One week run, Tues - Mon. -Booking requests require a 10-day minimum lead. Materials due seven days before run starts Specs: 440 x 125 ppi and 125 x 440 ppi (horizontaal and vertical versions required) jpg, gif. png. 250k max file size. $1000 PNBA Mailing List Rental
Our member bookstore list is available as a set of self-stick labels. The labels are arranged in zip-code order and sold for one-time use. Labels may not be reproduced and may only be used once. We do not sell the email addresses of our members. *Purchases by a member may not be sent to a non-member Member Bookstores mailing address (150 stores)
Labels - Member Price: $75 Non-Member Price: $125 A Mailing List Contract is available on our website or by contacting Larry.
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Holiday Catalog
PNBA produces 750,000 physical Give Books holiday catalogs to be distributed locally by our member stores throughout the Northwest during November and December as well as a digital version featured on NW indie store sites, PNBA.org and NWBookLovers.org. Catalog titles are additionally boosted across a series of five indie customer aimed newsletters reaching more than 100,000 store subscribers.
PNBA produces 750,000 physical Give Books holiday catalogs to be distributed locally by our member stores throughout the Northwest during November and December as well as a digital version featured on NW indie store sites, PNBA.org and NWBookLovers.org. Catalog titles are additionally boosted across a series of five indie customer aimed newsletters reaching more than 100,000 store subscribers.
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- The Great Summer Reading Guide is a completely free, turn-key marketing opportunity for indie bookstores.
- Promotional emails direct to 400,000+ indie bookstore customers across 17 northwestern, western, and mountain states.
- Two e-mail newsletters filled with books direct your customers to Great Summer Reading Guide mini-site shopping pages featuring the full GSRG collection.
- Each email showcases nine Top of the Stacks featured books and links directly to store branded GSRG mini-sites, featuring an additional array of Face Out titles—live all summer long!
- Store branded mini-sites include e-commerce integrated “MORE INFO” and “BUY NOW” buttons for every title.
- Participating bookstores have access to Great Summer Reading Guide branded marketing assets.
- Shopping Pages and all of the titles are promoted throughout the summer by bookstores via websites, emails and social media.
- Extremely cost effective consumer advertising, just a fraction of a penny per impression!
Fall Tradeshow Advertising
Our Fall Tradeshow offers 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. Stuff-It book bags stuffed with flyers are handed to attendees as they enter the show floor and the BuzzBooks contests attracts 150 bookseller participants. For deadlines or more information, see our full list of
Fall Tradeshow Ad Opportunities.
Our Fall Tradeshow offers 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. Stuff-It book bags stuffed with flyers are handed to attendees as they enter the show floor and the BuzzBooks contests attracts 150 bookseller participants. For deadlines or more information, see our full list of
Fall Tradeshow Ad Opportunities.
Custom Advertising & Sponsorship Packages
Save money and time by combining menu items from this rate sheet to create your own package to fill your specific promotional needs at a discount. We are happy to customize packages resulting in savings up to 50%. Contact Brian for more info.
Save money and time by combining menu items from this rate sheet to create your own package to fill your specific promotional needs at a discount. We are happy to customize packages resulting in savings up to 50%. Contact Brian for more info.