WHY SUBMIT YOUR BOOK TO CATHOLICREADS.COM
If you are writing novels with a Catholic or Christian theme or backdrop, you may want to consider submitting the book to CatholicReads.com for review. They have a list of over 600 people who are signed up as already interested in Catholic books and Christian books. This is a niche market and one that may be a good fit for your novel.
SUBMISSION RULES:
- Book is priced at 50% off or less
- Must be on a combination: ebook & paperback or Paperback and Hardcover
- Sale period is minimum of 24 hours and maximum of 2 weeks
- It can be on any online store or on your own website
- Books don’t have to be religious, but they need to be Christian and Catholic friendly.
- You can submit more than one book at a time.
- If it is part of a series, you need to request that they review the first book.
- If they don’t agree to review your book on the first submission, they are not likely to review any other books by the author. (Pretty harsh???)
WHAT DOES CATHOLICREADS.COM DO FOR THE AUTHOR?
Once they review and accept your book, they will send the book in one fo their emails that they send to the list of over 600 Catholic and Christian-friendly book readers. This will lead to book sales, and/or author recognition.
Submission is easy, although it can be a little time consuming and it is best to know the rules and steps of submission which I am going over here for your review and convenience.
HOW TO ACTUALLY SUBMIT THE BOOK:
1. You need to go to their reviewers page (the about page on the website) and pick the person you think would most enjoy your book and jot down their name(s). In other words, if you have a romance novel, you probably wouldn’t want a science fiction fan to be the one to read and review your book.
2. Email readcatholic@gmail.com with the submission line: “Submission: Book Title”.
3. DO NOT ATTACH YOUR BOOK TO THE EMAIL. They will ask for it later in the process.
WHAT TO INCLUDE IN THE EMAIL:
1. Name of Book
2. Book Blurb (You may want to choose your longer book blurb to give the reviewer a little more information that would convince them that your book would be a good read and a good fit for their reader base.)
3. Why you think it would be a good fit for the Catholic Reads audience.
4. List of the themes explored in your book. (Confession, sin, annulment, abortion, etc.)
5. If you think this book would be particularly fit for a specific reviewer on
our team, let us know. (Choose a person you think is a good fit for your book. The reviewers are on the About Page of the website.)
6. If your novel is part of a series, you need to mention that as well.
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER SUBMISSION?
They will contact you with a request for the book once the submission has reached the top of their list. You can email and ask what number your submission is on the list.
Once your book passes that process, then you will be contacted about submitting the copy of the book, AFTER the vetting process.
WHERE IN THE MARKETING PROCESS IS CATHOLICREADS.COM?
Because you will be offering the book for a reduced amount, it should be before you join Kindle Unlimited and you may decide to run this the minute you get it back from the proofreader and it is ready for final publication. This could be the first thing after the Proofreader is finished, as you are making the changes to the book as there is a waiting period.