Greetings INscribers,

Don't miss our new Fall Webinar Series!

• Updated Metadata Sheet for New Retailers: Odilo & Kortext
• Fall Webinar Series
• Upcoming Promos:
  • Kobo Horror & Thriller Sale (Due October 9)
  • OverDrive Cooking, Food & Craft Sale (Due October 5)
  • Google Fall/Winter Promotions (see below for multiple due dates)
• IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards
• Sign up for Marketing Services, Goodreads Deals, BookBub Deals, Daily Deals, or Kindle Unlimited!

Updated Metadata Sheet for New Retailers: Odilo & Kortext

We have added Odilo and Kortext to our distribution! You can download the updated metadata sheet with the new retailer codes from our knowledge base here: Athena Import & Price Campaign Sheets.

We will be distributing all content starting next week to these two retailers.

If you do not wish to distribute to these retailers and did not request to opt out of these retailers, you MUST send updated metadata including these new retailers in your retailer opt-out column.

You can download your bulk metadata from your Athena catalog to do this more easily.

As a reminder, here is some more information about these new retailers:


Odilo

Odilo is an aggregated digital content platform. They allow publishers, content providers, authors and content owners to distribute their content to academic, public, special, school and consortia libraries all over the world. Currently used by more than 207 publishers, OdiloPlace is the platform of choice for those publishers that are looking to expand their reach into the library market.

Odilo's primary markets include Spain and Latin America; additional territories include Europe, Australia, US, CA, Russia, and the Middle East.

Odilo has 3 different models for customers, which have different payments:

• One User One Copy, perpetual - pays 50% of DLP
• Subscription - pays 50% of DLP per unit sold after 20% of book is consumed
• Pay Per Use - pays 20% of DLP for 21 Days

Kortext

Digital textbooks provide today’s student a unique learning experience. Kortext offers online and offline access to key textbooks from multiple publishers, combined with a set of tools that provide the user with functionality beyond anything a traditional textbook can offer.

Kortext pays INscribe/IPG 50% of sales

Fall Webinar Series - Hot Tips: Marketing Opportunities

Our next webinar will be this Friday, October 6 at 9:00 am PST / 12:00 pm EST:

While we all would like to join the upper echelons of wizardry with the likes of Gandalf the Great and Albus Dumbledore, not everyone can pull off a robe in public. However, you can become a marketing wizard and learn how to take advantage of the many marketing opportunities available to you.

Join two of our most magical Customer Service Representatives, Kim Lane and Alli Davis, on Friday and don't forget your robe!
 

Join from PC, Mac, iOS or Android:
https://meetings.ringcentral.com/j/3633870314 


Check out our Fall Webinar Calendar in our Help Desk Knowledge Base. We will have weekly reminders for you to register for our series. If you'd like to be added to our calendar for any webinar, please let us know by email [email protected] or placing a ticket at help.inscribedigital.com.

Kobo Horror & Thriller Promo

To scare things up this October, Kobo CA and US will be running a Horror & Thriller promotion from October 25 – 31 (inclusive). They’re looking for some spine-tingling titles promotionally priced at $4.99 & under (excluding free) for the duration of the sale.

Dates: October 25 – 31 (inclusive)
Price Point: $4.99 & under (excluding free)
Genres: horror and thriller genres only. YA also welcome.
Due: Monday, October 9
 
We will promote this sale as follows:

• Targeted email to each base
  • October 26 in CA
  • TBD in US
  • Email feature on October 29
• Homepage hero banner support
• Kobo social support

OverDrive: YUM! You Made That!? Get Readers Talking About Your Cooking & Craft Titles

OverDrive will be supporting a dedicated sale for Cooking, Food and Craft titles beginning mid-October - just in time to keep bellies full and hands busy throughout the holiday season!

Dates: Oct 16 - Nov 10
Due: Thursday, October 5

 Sale & Participation Details:

• Sale Period: Oct 16 - Nov 10
• Sale Discount: 25-50%

Google Play Fall/Winter Promotions

Google is currently soliciting nominations for Fall/Winter 2017 book promotions. Below, please find links for the following promotions. Click the links to submit directly to Google.

Make sure you also submit a price campaign sheet to [email protected] or help.inscribedigital.com!

• Google Play Cyber Week, 11/22-11/28  Huge deals on top titles of the year, all genres, adult, YA and kids. Nominations due 10/20.
• Google Play Holiday Romance Sale, 11/28-12/14  Sale on winter/holiday-themed romance titles. Nominations due 11/3.
• Google Play Holiday Deals, 11/28-12/21  Sale on top-selling winter/holiday-themed titles all genres, adult, YA and kids. Nominations due 11/3.
• Google Play Year-End Deals, 12/21-1/4 Huge deals on top-selling titles -- this is our chance to help our users fill up their new devices with the best content. All genres welcome across adult, YA and kids. Nominations due 11/13.

• All of your nominations are viewed by a Google Merchandiser, so please help us by keeping nominations to your strongest highlights and priorities, relevant to each promotion, preferably with no more than 4-5 titles.
• Please pay special attention to the dates and price points indicated (if applicable) when nominating titles.
• If possible, it’s best to use ISBNs 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:

• December 15, 2017

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

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