Literary magazines (eg. Peasant Magazine) sometimes do a "Call for Submissions" in which they are looking for authors to submit their short stories, flash fiction, novellas and sometimes even pulp fiction length novels for publication in their magazine/journal.
In the case of "Arcane Tomes", which is more of a website pretending to be a bookstore (or is it a bookstore which links to other websites for purchasing options?), we are looking for indie fantasy authors to submit their books so that the authors of those books can then get free advertising in our online bookstore (of sorts).
We are looking for authors who write in all branches and subgenres of fantasy, including but not limited to:
We haven't received any Romantasy or Spicy Fantasy submissions yet, but we will. Those two subgenres are very popular. Likewise we are also looking for Science Fantasy submissions, Horror Fantasy, Grimdark Fantasy, etc. If it is a subgenre that has Fantasy in the name, we want it listed here.
The only real issue is that we only accept submissions from Indie Fantasy Authors. Traditional published authors who already have their books in brick-and-mortar bookstores need not apply.
Our goal is to provide an easy way for readers to browse their favourite subgenres and easily connect with indie authors that they've never heard of before.
What You Get
Submitting your book(s) nets you:
- Your book(s) gets listed on our Bookshelf.
- One free post in our Updates section.
- Your book(s) will be listed in various subgenre categories, and in the future additional bookshelves dedicated to specific subgenres of fantasy.
And you can always submit more books later. You don't have to submit all your books at once. In fact, there are benefits to only submitting 1 to 3 books at a time, because you will get multiple posts in the updates section if you spread them out a bit.
How to Submit
Email peasantmagazine@gmail.com with the following:
- Description(s) of your book(s).
- About the Author biography.
- Low resolution images of your book covers, preferably 200 pixels in width.
That's it. We will take care of the rest and notify you when your book has been added to our Bookshelf section.
Marketing Notes
ArcaneTomes.org was registered on August 8th and five days later it is already placing 28th place on a Google search for the keywords arcane tomes. Obviously we can do better than that, which is why we will be unleashing our volunteer SEO marketing guru to help boost the website and asking authors to help promote ArcaneTomes.org on social media, blogs, etc.
We also want ArcaneTomes.org to rank for the keywords online fantasy bookstore and online fantasy bookshop. We're not in the top 100 for those keywords yet, but that is a long term goal. There's a reason we put those keywords in the title.
We will be periodically checking the rankings for those keywords to see how well the marketing is going. Every little bit helps.
Updates:
August 14th - ArcaneTomes.org is now ranking 25th place for the key words arcane tomes. Up 3 places from a day earlier.
August 21st - ArcaneTomes.org is now ranking 20th place for the key words arcane tomes. Up 5 places from a week earlier.
August 28th - ArcaneTomes.org is now ranking 18th place for the key words arcane tomes. Up 2 places from a week earlier. (Note: Exact ranking may vary upon the individual. We also checked on a cellphone, and ArcaneTomes.org placed 16th for the same keywords, thus showing there is sometimes a rankings discrepancy based upon the user.)
Additional Notes:
August 28th - We have decided to add some extra target key words.
online fantasy bookstore
online fantasy bookshop
indie fantasy bookstore
indie fantasy bookshop
indie fantasy books