Greetings INscribers,

Hopefully you were all able to catch a glimpse of Monday's eclipse! Don't miss your chance for these great upcoming promotions.

• Important Changes to Proquest
• Upcoming Promos:
  • Kobo US Mammoth Mystery Sale (Due TODAY August 30)
• IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards
• Sign up for Marketing Services, Goodreads Deals, BookBub Deals, Daily Deals, or Kindle Unlimited!
• Tip of the Week: Conversion Tips: Retailer Mentions in Files

All the best,
Team INscribe

Important Changes to Proquest

Proquest alerted us that they do not accept the following file types:

• Fixed Format ePub 2.0 & 3.0
• Enhanced Fixed Format ePub 2.0 & 3.0
• Enhanced Reflowable ePub 2.0 & 3.0

Kobo US Mammoth Mystery Sale

A mystery sale is afoot! From September 14 - 18 (inclusive), Kobo US will be running a massive price promotion on mystery and thriller titles.

Dates: September 14 - 18 (inclusive)
Price Point: $4.99 & under (excluding free)
Due: Wednesday, August 30
Genre: Mystery content only. Please indicate sub-genre where possible. Kids & YA mystery/thriller titles are more than welcome.

Kobo will promote this sale as follows:

• Email support:
  • One dedicated email (Sept 15)
  • One feature spot in an email (Sept 17)
  • The email and feature spot will spotlight individual titles in the sale
• Homepage hero banner from September 14-18
• Kobo social support

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

IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards

It's that time of year again! Have you mailed in your books for the prestigious IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award™ program, which includes fifty-five categories recognizing excellence in book editorial and design? If not, there's still time.

The initial Call for Entries deadline is September 30, 2017. Don't delay! The IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award™ program is regarded as one of the highest national honors in independent and self-publishing. The Awards are unique in that entrants receive direct feedback on their submissions. The judging forms are returned to all publishers.

Publishers of print books with a copyright date of 2017 may enter the competition. Each entry is judged by three independent judges. Each judge will have either a design focus or an editorial focus. Most entries are assigned two editorial judges and one design judge. Some entries, however, like those in the “Interior Design” category, will be assigned only design judges and some entries, like those in the “Best New Voice” category, will be assigned only editorial judges.

To assist the judges and ensure they have enough time to review each book, there are two entry deadlines:

• September 30, 2017 (for books published in the first nine months of the year)
• December 15, 2017

Visit the IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award™ program website for further details.

Tip of the Week

Conversion Tips: Retailer Mentions in Files

Unless you are creating or sending retailer specific files, make sure you never use "rate this book on Amazon" or call out other retailers or third party sites. Many retailers will suppress titles that call out a competitor either in the metadata or front/back matter of your eBook files.

There are so many ways to ask readers to rate your books without mentioning any specific retailer: "...at your favorite eBookstore!" or "...wherever you buy eBooks!"

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