An Author Spotlight is a permanent editorial feature on I Turn Pages, written about you and your book, and published to an audience of genre readers actively looking for their next read.
What You Get
Here are just some benefits for published authors who want to reach new readers in their genre.
- Your Author Spotlight lives permanently on I Turn Pages, indexed and discoverable long after your book launch week is over. Unlike a social media post, it does not disappear into a feed. Readers finding your genre months from now will find you too.
- Your Author Spotlight tells your story — your book, your influences, your writing life — in a format readers trust. It sits alongside spotlights on established authors in your genre, which is exactly the company your book should be keeping.
- Your Author Spotlight links to your author profile, which features your books, your stream and shows the community you are building.
- Your Author Spotlight features a similar book tag which will help readers to find you in other areas of the community.
How It Works
Submit:
- Your author biography of around 100 words. Write it in the third person as one would for a back cover or press kit.
- Your answers to three to five questions of your choice about your writing process, your influences, and what you want readers to take from your book.
- A high-resolution author photograph and the same for your book cover image.
- A similar book we can tag.
Your Spotlight goes live on a scheduled publication date, promoted across I Turn Pages channels on that day. It remains live and discoverable, and you can follow it to ensure it shows on your author stream.
You can include a book already published, or to be published within the next few months. If you are booking a slot long in advance, you can add the published date to the claim form after you place your order.
Optional Extras
Story Bible: A summary of your main hero and villain who appear in your opening pages, your world's rules, character traits, and key lore, around 1,000 words. Keep it punchy — this is a teaser, not a reference document. Readers can use it to orient themselves in your story world, and it attracts more comments and feedback.
It must be provided in a PDF and to quality standards, otherwise it will be rejected.
If you don't have a Story Bible, we can create one for you. A Story Bible Starter gives you one front page image and your text styled in your genre's theme, and a Story Bible Plus gives you an image for each section.
Availability
When the Author Spotlight slots are full, there won't be any slots to order until the slots become available for the next year!
Pricing
Author Spotlight — £150