Getting published is a long game. The writers who arrive at their launch day with momentum are the ones who started building their reader community long before the book was finished.
I Turn Pages gives you the tools to do that now, before you have a book to sell. Events are one of the most powerful ways to get started.
Every event you create on I Turn Pages puts you in front of readers who are already here because they love books and want to discover new voices.
Unlike social media, where your posts compete with everything else in a crowded feed, I Turn Pages is a dedicated reading community. Your event reaches readers who are actively looking for their next favourite author and their next bookish experience.
Writer Events are a great way to build your platform and grow your community on I Turn Pages.
Running events regularly keeps your writer profile active, builds your reputation within the community, and gives readers a reason to follow you, engage with you, and come back.
Most importantly, it builds your reader list before you need it. By the time you are ready to query or launch, you already have an audience waiting eagerly for your book.
There is a small cost for adding events, but they can be showcased to the entire community and all visitors. You manage the enrolments, message participants directly from your event page, and download a CSV to build a subscriber list of readers who want to follow your journey to publication.
Writer Event and Community Ideas
I Turn Pages features a full range of writer events designed around the way readers and writers actually connect before a book exists.
Writer Event Ideas
- Beta Reader Open Call — Find dedicated genre readers to give feedback on your manuscript before it goes to an agent, editor, or self-publishing pipeline.
- First Chapter Road-Test — Share your opening chapter with readers who love your genre and get honest, crowd-sourced feedback on what is working and what needs another pass.
- Cover Concept Poll — Share two or three cover directions with your community and let readers tell you which one would make them pick it up. This is mostly for writers who are approaching independent publishing options.
- Work-in-Progress Teaser — Share a scene or excerpt to gauge reader appetite and start building a following before the manuscript is finished.
- Writer Q&A — Let readers get to know the person behind the story. Answer questions about your writing process, your characters, your genre, and what inspired the book you are writing.
- Character Reveal — Introduce a key character from your WIP, including backstory, traits, and a sample scene, and invite readers to respond.
- World-Building Showcase — For fantasy, sci-fi, and speculative fiction writers, share the rules, lore, and world-building that underpin your story and invite readers into it. Add bonus materials to really hook them in.
- Title or Tagline Poll — Crowdsource a decision. Let your community vote on your working title or help you land on the right tagline.
- Review Requests — When your manuscript is ready for advance readers, use I Turn Pages to find genre-specific readers willing to write a review in exchange for an early copy. This is called Advanced Reader Copies, and known as an ARC.
- Short Story Giveaway — Share stand-alone fiction to introduce readers to your writing style and keep your profile active between drafts.
- Cross-Promotion Event — Team up with other writers in your genre to reach each other's audiences and grow your reader list together.