In this issue: Failed Distribution Reports / Kobo Promo / Hoopla Promos / OverDrive Promos / B&T Promos / Google Promos

Greetings INscribers,

Hope everyone is enjoying the summer!

New Retailers: Failed Distribution Errors
Upcoming Promos:
- Kobo Summer Bundle (Due TOMORROW, July 20)
- Hoopla September Editorial Features (Due August 11)
- OverDrive Back-to-School Sale (Due August 4)
- Baker & Taylor September Themed Promotions (Due August 11)
- Google Play Summer & Fall Promotions (see below for due dates)
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Tip of the Week: Metadata Best Practices

All the best,
Team INscribe

New Retailers: Failed Distribution Errors

You may have noticed a lot of DIMF errors to the new retailers we've added: EPIC!, bookshout!, Bookish, eBooks.com, and Freading. You may disregard these errors, as our team is already working to resolve them.

If you have any additional questions, please place a ticket at help.inscribedigital.com, or email [email protected].

Kobo Summer Bundles Sales

From August 9 – 16, 2017 (inclusive), Kobo CA and US will be running a summer bundles promotion. They’re looking for titles across all genres promotionally priced at $9.99 & under (excluding free) for the duration of the sale.

Dates: August 9 - 16
Price Point: $9.99 & under
Due: EOD Thursday, July 20
Categories: Bundles/omnibus collections only

What is a bundle?
Kobo is looking for collections of eBooks sold as a single eBook. These could be an entire series packaged together, a collection of works by same author, a collection of novellas, a genre collection with various authors, etc. They are not accepting individual titles.

Kobo’s support for this sale is as follows:

Dedicated email to each base
- August 9 in CA
- August TBC in US
Email feature on August 13 in CA & US
Homepage hero banner in CA & US for duration of sale

Please assume that all nominations are accepted for the promotion unless otherwise notified. INscribe will manage the discounting for your submissions.

Nominate: Kobo Summer Bundles

Hoopla September Editorial Features

We are accepting nominations for Hoopla's September Editorial Featured Promotions!

Due: Friday, August 11

Week 1 -September 4

Library Card Signup Month
Classical Music Month
Film Festival Favourites (CA)
Religion & Spirituality

Week 2 - September 11

Hispanic Heritage Month (9/15-10/15)
Meditation

Week 3 - September 18

Batman Day (9/23)
Polaris Music Awards 9/18 (CA)
Biopics Memoir, Biography
National Yoga Month

Week 4 - September 25

Banned Books Week (9/24-9/30)
Time Management
Children’s Music
Best of hoopla: Musicals

Nominate: Hoopla September Editorial Features

OverDrive Back-to-School Sale

Whether you focus on beginning basics or complex reads, bring out the best of your catalog with OverDrive's annual Back to School Sale event. Because it's never too late to hit the books, this year Back to School isn't just for kids and teachers. OverDrive is expanding the sale to include an Adult / Continuing Education category.

Date: August 14 - September 30
Discount: 25-30%
Due: Friday, August 4

Categories:

Picture Books
Beginning Reader
Chapter Books
Comics / Graphic Novels
YA / Teen Reads
Test Prep & Study Guides
Professional Development
Adult / Continuing Education

Nominate: OverDrive Back-to-School Sale

Baker & Taylor September Themed Promotions

Baker & Taylor's Quick Axis is a weekly collection development spotlight email for libraries who use B&T's Axis 360 digital lending platform. Submit titles to be considered for themed promotions or discount promotions.

Due: Friday, August 11

Categories:

Translation Month
Read an eBook Day (September 16)

Nominate: B&T September Promotions

Google Play Summer & Fall Promotions

Google is currently soliciting nominations for Summer and Fall 2017 book promotions. Below, please find links to the submission forms for the following promotions:

Back-to-School (8/17-9/7): Highlight top children's books to get ready for back-to-school season (deals not required, but welcome) (Due July 27)
September Deals (8/31-9/14): Big, global, cross-vertical promotion, featuring top titles on sale (adult, YA, and children's books included) (Due August 3)

Please keep the following in mind when submitting:

Nominate your strongest highlights and priorities, relevant to each promotion, no more than 4-5 titles per category.
Make sure you use ISBNs for your submissions.

Reminder: These links are submissions directly to Google Play. Please send a price campaign to [email protected] once you nominate your titles. This is essential to make sure your titles are discounted in time for the promotions.

Submit titles for ongoing marketing opportunities below!

Check out the Marketing Calendar for upcoming due dates.