In this issue: Memorial Day / Spring Webinar Tech Series / KEP / Q3 Kindle Deals / Kobo Promotions / OverDrive Nonfiction Sale / Google Summer Sale
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Memorial Day & Limited Support

The INscribe and IPG offices will be closed in observance of Memorial Day on Monday, May 28th. We will resume normal work times on Tuesday, May 29th.

If you have any urgent matters during the holiday, please place a ticket and choose "Urgent" priority at help.inscribedigital.com or email help@inscribedigital.com with "URGENT" in the subject line. We will address all urgent matters as soon as we return to the office.

Additionally, the annual BookExpo will take place May 30th - June 1st. Please note, support will be limited during this time. We will be giving priority to urgent tickets, so you may experience longer resolution times for lower priority tickets. We appreciate your patience! 

Spring Webinar Tech Series


Our next webinar will be TOMORROW, Friday May 25th, at 9:00 am PST / 12:00 pm EST:

BookBub: How to Make it Work for You 
hosted by Kelly Peterson
 
Join from PC, Mac, iOS or Android: https://meetings.ringcentral.com/j/5593629078
Or Telephone:    Dial: +1 (773) 231 9226  
Meeting ID: 559 362 9078    
International numbers available: https://meetings.ringcentral.com/teleconference   

Check out our Spring Webinar Calendar in our Help Desk Knowledge Base. We'll also send weekly reminders for you to register for the series. If you'd like to be added to our calendar for any webinar, please let us know by email help@inscribedigital.com or placing a ticket at help.inscribedigital.com.

KEP and New Metadata Sheet


Kindle Enterprise Publishing (KEP), Amazon's platform designed for larger independent publishers, is now live in Athena. Please download the new Bulk Metadata sheet which includes KEP from our resources page here

Publishers can choose to be entirely in KEP or P2K, no exceptions. You cannot split your catalog between P2K and KEP, as we've done in the past. This is a new requirement from Amazon. As a result, you MUST notify us if you want to start sending to KEP. We will be blocking publishers from KEP going forward to ensure that content is not inadvertently sent, jeopardizing your P2K account. You will need to be unblocked before adding KEP to your retailers.

Q3 Kindle Deals

Quarterly Kindle Deals and Marketing nominations for Q3(July/August/September) 2018 are now being accepted through Tuesday, May 29th. Nominations sent in after Tuesday, May 29th will not be eligible for July deals but will be processed for consideration later in the quarter.

Download and complete the form below, and submit to help@inscribedigital.com or attach in a ticket to help.inscribedigital.com.

Please disregard the Publisher QQ Code column. This will be completed by INscribe before we submit these to Amazon.

KDD and KMD nominations for Q3 need to be submitted by:

·         5/29 for July KDD and KMD titles
·         7/2 for August KDD and KMD titles
·         8/1 for September KDD and KMD titles

Kindle Deals Calendar:
July

  • 7/1 Bio & Mem
  • 7/15 Page to Screen
  • 7/29 Book Club Picks
  • 7/TBD Prime Day KDD
  • KBD: TBD Prime Day week -4/+2
August
  • 8/5 Top KDDs to date
  • 8/19 NYT Bestsellers
  • 8/26 Nonfiction
  • KBD: Back to School/Education/Business
September
  • 9/2 Labor Day
  • 9/16 Amazon Charts
  • 9/30 Wish List Reads
  • KBD: Cookbooks and Recipes
Download Amazon Nomination Form

OverDrive's 2018 Adult Nonfiction

It’s already time for OverDrive's next sale! This July they're setting aside the frothy reads and diving into something serious - their adult nonfiction sale. Please note, you must nominate a minimum of 15 titles.

Dates: July 1st - July 31st
Discount: 25 - 50%
Genre: All genres (titles must be Adult Nonfiction)
Due: Wednesday June 20th

 

OverDrive's Adult Nonfiction

Kobo ANZ Book Club Price Promo

Kobo has another promotion in the works, their 'Book Club' price promotion! Occurring in both Australia and New Zealand.

Dates: June 22 – June 25 (Inclusive)
Price Point: $4.99 & under (excluding free)
Genre: Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Nonfiction, Kids & Teens, Sci Fi & Fantasy
Due: Wednesday June 6th

If you plan to submit more than 10 titles, please include your submissions on the price campaign sheet, so long as you note which promotions and categories you're submitting for. You can email your Price Campaign / Submissions to help@inscribedigital.com.

Kobo ANZ Book Club Promo

Kobo ANZ: Mother's Day

Just in case you haven’t got your fill of royals yet, it’s time to select terrific titles for the Queen’s Birthday sale! Please see below for further details on Kobo's upcoming Queen’s birthday price promotion, occurring in both Australia and New Zealand from May 10-17 (inclusive).

Dates: June 8 – June 11 (Inclusive)
Price Point: $4.99 & under (excluding free)
Genre: All genres
Due: Wednesday May 30th

If you plan to submit more than 10 titles, please include your submissions on the price campaign sheet, so long as you note which promotions and categories you're submitting for. You can email your Price Campaign / Submissions to help@inscribedigital.com.

Kobo ANZ: Mother's Day

Kobo CA & US: First in Series Sale

To help their customers kick off the summer months, Kobo CA + US will be running the First in Series Sale, from June 6 - June 13 (inclusive). This sale will exclusively feature first-in-series titles, promotionally priced at $3.99 & under (excluding free).

Dates: June 6 - June 13
Price Point: $3.99 & under (excluding free)
Genre: Titles from all genres
Due: Friday May 25th

If you plan to submit more than 10 titles, please include your submissions on the price campaign sheet, so long as you note which promotions and categories you're submitting for. You can email your Price Campaign / Submissions to help@inscribedigital.com.

Kobo CA & US: First in Series

Google Play Summer Sale

Google Play will be running a Summer Sale collection featuring top-selling new releases and great backlist titles on sale. Please submit your best-discounted titles for this promotion.

Dates: June 28 - July 12
Price Point: $5 and under
Genre: Adult, YA and Children's titles across all genres
Due: Friday, June 15th

Please use Google's direct form to nominate titles for consideration. They are only accepting a maximum of five submissions per publisher, so please be sure to nominate your most relevant titles.

You will receive confirmation from INscribe if your title is chosen for this promotion.

Google Summer Sale
Submit titles for ongoing marketing opportunities below!

Look at the Marketing Calendar for upcoming due dates.
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Kelly Peterson
Director, Client Services

kelly@inscribedigital.com
415.489.1468
For any escalated question/issues, and retailer management/marketing concerns.     

Alli Davis
Client Services Representative, International & Academic

adavis@inscribedigital.com
415.489.2690
Alli is your client representative. Please contact her for your client questions and needs.

Ana Szaky
Client Services Representative, Children's

aszaky@inscribedigital.com
415.489.7512
Ana is your client representative. Please contact her for your client questions and needs.

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