One face, current, with room around it so a designer can crop. The file is downloadable. A photo that only exists as a tiny image on the page is not a kit.
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A producer, a podcast, or a festival does not want a tour of the website. They want a photo they can print, a bio that fits the slot, the title of the book, and a person who answers. A media kit is that page. If the photo is ten years old, if the bio is only the long one, if the contact form sinks into a mailbox nobody checks, they move on to the next guest. We build the page they can finish in a minute.
What they steal
A usable photo is recent, in focus, and large enough for a program or a thumbnail. A crop from a dinner will not survive. We place the original, and a square crop, so nobody stretches your face to fit their template.
The bio comes in three lengths. Fifty words for a caption. About a hundred and fifty for a listing. The long one for the host who wants a paragraph. All three say the same facts. None of them invent a prize.
On the page
One face, current, with room around it so a designer can crop. The file is downloadable. A photo that only exists as a tiny image on the page is not a kit.
Short, medium, long. The short one can be pasted into a graphic. The long one is still a bio, not the memoir.
Cover, title, year, and where it is sold. Series order if there is one. A book that is not out yet is marked as forthcoming, with a date you believe.
An email a person reads, or a form that reaches that email. A second address for urgent booking if the first is you and you are on deadline.
What we need from you
Who it is for
They need the short bio, the pronunciation of your name if it is not obvious, and a note on what you can talk about for thirty minutes. The episode is about a conversation, not a reading of the jacket.
They need the large photo and the medium bio, and a line on which book is current. A wall of covers with no dates makes them pick the wrong one.
They need the long bio, the books, and whether you will travel. A kit that hides the city makes them write to ask what the page should have said.
Left off the kit
A booker can tell. A row of logos you cannot support is worse than a short, true page.
Before the page goes out
A PDF is useful for a person who wants to attach it. The page is what they open from a link. We do both when you need both. A PDF alone goes stale the day the next book is announced, and nobody remembers to replace the attachment.
No. We need a photograph you have the right to use. If you do not have one, say so. Designing around a placeholder face means doing the page twice.
Yes. A clear address, /press or /media, linked from the footer. It should not be the only way to buy the book, and the book page should not be the only way to find the photo.
You can. We set it so a new cover and a new date are a normal edit. If you want us to do that pass, it is a small job, named, not a standing mystery.
Send the photo and the facts
If the photo is the missing piece, tell us. The rest can be drafted while that is being taken. Call (833) 688-4166 or write [email protected].
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