Promote your book with one of the most trusted brands in the publishing industry. The Xlibris Kirkus Discoveries Marketing Packages combine the Kirkus Discoveries Review Service, the Kirkus Catalog listing, and the highly successful Single, Targeted E-mail Marketing Campaign, to provide a marketing plan for your book that will truly optimize your sales.

Kirkus Discoveries Review Service

Have your book reviewed by one of the most trusted brands in the publishing industry. A credible book review as an indispensable tool for promoting and building awareness for your book, now with Xlibris and the Kirkus Discoveries Review service you can have your book recognized and discovered.

Standard Service – 8-10 week TAT
Express Service – 6 week TAT

Getting a book review is perhaps one of the most challenging tasks for any published author. A positive book review from a respected source can lend a great deal of credibility to your published work and have an immeasurable impact on your book sales.

Xlibris has formed an association with Kirkus Discoveries, a paid review service from the editors of Kirkus Reviews, to streamline the review process for our authors. Our Kirkus Discoveries Review service gives you the opportunity to have your title reviewed by one of the most prominent and respected book review publications in the publishing industry.

The review provides an honest, caveat-emptor evaluation, under the same impartial rubric, and in the same format and style as a traditional Kirkus review. Kirkus Discoveries posts these reviews on kirkusdiscoveries.com and the reviews are also eligible for inclusion in the Kirkus Discoveries monthly eNewsletter, which highlights the best submissions to the program at no extra cost. The eNewsletter goes to a targeted base of subscribers, including agents, editors and librarians.

How it Works:

That's all there is to it! If you receive a positive review, be sure to include a copy of it in your press kit and post it on your own Web site to maximize its exposure.

Frequently Asked Questions about Kirkus Discoveries Review Service

Kirkus Catalog Listing

Advertise your book in a catalog that is sent to the entire Kirkus subscriber base, that’s a total circulation of 2,500 purchasers. This 2,500 includes 95% of the U.S. libraries purchasing decision makers and 98% of all the major retailers purchasing decision makers.

Kirkus was founded in 1933, and in the time since it’s inception has become one of the most trusted names in the world of publishing and book retail. The Kirkus Catalog is sent to the entire Kirkus subscriber base, a total circulation of 2,500. What’s most important, is that this subscriber base includes almost all the purchasing decision makers in the U.S. library system and retailers market.

Don’t miss the opportunity to advertise your book to these key players in the publishing and book industry.

Each listing includes:

• Full color cover image of your book
• 60 to 250 word description
• Author name
• ISBN
• Publication date
• Book Cost

Solo Listing - includes: Image of book cover, 60 word description, author name, ISBN, publication date, and retail price. See a sample .

Double Listing - includes: Image of book cover, 120 word description, author name, ISBN, publication date, and retail price. See a sample .

Half-Page Listing - includes: Image of book cover, 250 word description, author name, ISBN, publication date, and retail price. See a sample .

How it Works:

That's how easy it is! If you really want to boost your book sales, you have to advertise your work to the right people. With Xlibris and the Kirkus Catalog, this is easier than ever before.

Single, Targeted E-mail Marketing Campaign

Wondering how to get the word out about your new book? Broadcast to thousands and even millions of book lovers and reading enthusiasts across the world over the information superhighway with our Opt-in Email Marketing Campaign.

The Opt-In Email Marketing Campaign is designed to allow you to reach out quickly and inexpensively to truly huge markets — hundreds of thousands or even millions of people. The service is a huge email broadcast, sent out to people who have opted-in to receive commercial marketing messages. These are people who are ready and waiting to hear from you. They can then easily click through to your own website, to Xlibris' bookstore, to Amazon or wherever else they choose.

With the exclusive single, targeted campaign you can select highly specific target audiences appropriate to your book. Provided that your book is ready for distribution, our talented creative team will write and design a custom email message for you, complete with

Compelling subject line

And remember, as with everything at Xlibris, you retain complete control. We will send you a draft for approval before we send it to your waiting audience.

How it Works:

The Kirkus Discoveries Marketing Packages —$2,599 to $9,999

 Just fill out the Order Form & author agreement and return it to Xlibris' Marketing Services Department. Our Marketing Consultants are available for free consultation by e-mail at marketing.consultants@xlibris.com or telephone at 1-888-795-4274.