Author Spotlight Package

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PBW Featured Author

Elevate Your Work. Expand Your Reach. Be Featured.

The PBW Featured Author placement highlights authors whose voices, stories, and perspectives deserve intentional visibility.

This is a time-based homepage feature designed to support book launches, ongoing promotions, and author visibility — presented within the PBW editorial platform and shared with our engaged community.

What Is a PBW Featured Author?

A PBW Featured Author placement provides prominent homepage visibility on PBW for a limited time, paired with curated editorial content and social promotion.

This placement is ideal for authors who want their work showcased in a focused, professional, and trusted media environment.

Who This Is For

PBW Featured Author placements are ideal for:

  • Authors with new or upcoming book releases

  • Self-published and traditionally published writers

  • Memoirists, nonfiction, and thought-leadership authors

  • Authors seeking expanded digital visibility

  • Writers aligned with the PBW mission and audience

Featured Author Packages

📚 Featured Author — $397

Our core homepage placement.

Includes:

  • Homepage Featured Author placement for 30 days

  • Dedicated Featured Author profile page

  • One PBW social media feature

  • Author photo and book cover display

  • Website or book link

  • Inclusion in the PBW archive

📚 Featured Author Plus — $597

For authors actively promoting their work.

Includes:

  • Everything in the Featured Author package

  • Two separate PBW social media features

  • Quote or excerpt graphic

  • Optional CTA (book launch, preorder, or event)

  • Priority scheduling

📚 Featured Author Premier — $897+

For launches and high-visibility campaigns.

Includes:

  • Homepage placement for 30 days

  • Pinned social feature (7 days)

  • Optional branded game or quiz mention

  • Email highlight (when available)

  • Premier placement scheduling

Why Be a PBW Featured Author?

  • Prime homepage placement within PBW

  • Exposure to an engaged and growing audience

  • Professional editorial presentation

  • Shareable digital recognition assets

  • Alignment with the PBW brand and mission

Featured Author placements are limited to maintain quality and visibility.

How It Works

  1. Submit a Featured Author application

  2. Our editorial team reviews submissions

  3. Approved applicants receive confirmation and invoicing

  4. Your Featured Author placement is scheduled and published

Apply to Be a PBW Featured Author

If your work aligns with PBW’s values and audience, we invite you to apply.

[Apply for Featured Author Placement]

Editorial Note

PBW reserves the right to decline applications that do not align with our editorial standards, audience, or mission.

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Many PBW Featured Authors also choose a permanent PBW Spotlight Feature.

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