Why Gather.com Is a Great Place to Market Your Book 

Think of Gather as the MySpace for grown-ups, especially due to its focus on writing, authors, and those who like to read. Formed with the aim of helping people connect around their passions, Gather is a great platform to launch your book and interact with readers. Gather shares portions of their advertising revenue through their Gather Points system, which provides an added bonus for authors who become actively involved in the site.

Gather also has a strong relationship with American Public Media, leading it to have one of the most highly educated and mature user bases in the social networking world. People who are interested in your book or its subject matter on Gather will be more than happy to help connect you with others.

Marketing your book on Gather works in two ways:

  1. We contact targeted Gather members who, based on their profiles, are already interested in the topics and themes of your book. We introduce you and engage them in dialogue about your book and their interests in similar subjects. We also add them as connections in order to build a list of people you can interact with now and in the future.
  2. The profile we build for you, coupled with the articles we post to generate interest in you and your book, allow thousands of Gather users browsing articles and reading online to find your page and contact you. Gather is a great place to establish yourself as an experienced writer, and to share that with other readers and writers.

Most active Gather users are 30 to 55 years old, thus, we only market books on Gather that we believe will be well-received by that demographic.

Cost:    $399

What you get:

  1. A profile created for you
  2. Page built with your book information
  3. Links to your site and/or Amazon
  4. 500 personalized messages to Gather.com members
  5. 1 hour training session to teach you how to effectively communicate with members of Gather.com
  6. Monthly maintenance packages available where we continue to build your friends list, run promotions for your book, etc. on Friendster.

We also offer package pricing should you want us to build you a profile on all seven of the social networking sites we work with. Click here to learn more

For more information about this service, contact Rosey Cashman rosey@millcitypress.net or 612-455-2294, ext. 204.