Comments on: Author and Book Media Kit Components – What Should You Include?

By: Jenn Greenleaf

Jenn Greenleaf — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:55:29 +0000

Thank you for this information! I’m in the beginning stages of book marketing, and have plans to set up an author website. You’re certainly pointing me in the right direction, and I appreciate that!

By: Jennifer Mattern

Jennifer Mattern — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:52:33 +0000

A media kit is specifically for members of the media. It will often contain more detailed information than basic “about” content on a website. You should also have more thorough contact information (email address and phone as a bare minimum – authors might want to setup a free online number that can be forwarded to their home or mobile line if they don’t work in an office, so they don’t have to give out those numbers directly).

The media kit should give the media what they’ll need – FAQs so they don’t have to contact you to ask basic things, high resolution photos they have permission to use if they publish a story about your or your book, etc. Their needs are a little bit different than those of the general public. Even if you already have most of this information on-site, it’s a good idea to setup a press page linking to all of it from one location to make their lives easier.

By: Anthony James Barnett - author

Anthony James Barnett - author — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:43:12 +0000

I’m not certain what the difference is between a media kit and a website.

I seem to have most of the things you talk about included in my web. Have I done this wrong? Should I have made the information as a seperate issue?

Thanks for the blog post.

Anthony

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