Answers to your frequently asked questions about Book Award Pro
Book Award Pro
Answers to your frequently asked questions about Book Award Pro
Authors love the support and service they receive from our team, and we love supporting them on their accolade journeys. That’s why we’ve put together the answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about Book Award Pro:
1. What is an Award or Review Match?
An Award Match or Review Match is an accolade opportunity for which your book is eligible based on its unique characteristics. Matching is an ongoing process that will provide your book with curated review and award opportunities to consider. You can expect to receive new Award and Review Matches every week.
2. What is a targeted Award or Review?
After you receive your Award and Review Matches, how do you decide which one(s) are best? With Target AI, you can make the most strategic and valuable accolade decision for your book. A Targeted Award or Review is the single best opportunity out of all your Matches.
Included on the Pro plan, the Target AI feature analyzes millions of award and review data points, alongside the unique elements of your book, to determine the best opportunity for you right now.
3. What is Story Marketing?
Story marketing is a modern, author-friendly approach to book marketing. It combines awards and reviews with social media to ignite continued interest in your book, reach new audiences, and maintain a long-term relationship with your readers.
The Story Marketing feature from Book Award Pro creates social media posts about your book’s award and review progress (including captions and images) that you can easily share across all major social media platforms.
Story Marketing is available on the Pro plan. It does all the heavy lifting for you, allowing you to implement a new marketing strategy in just a few clicks.
4. How many reviews and awards do you enter for me each month?
You will see dozens of new review and award opportunities for your book every month. After finding great accolade opportunities, Book Award Pro can automatically enter your book for reviews and awards every month, or you can manage your own entries manually.
Automatic monthly entries (for reviews, awards, or both) is an optional upgrade that can be added to any of our plans.
- When selecting service for your book, you have the option to choose automatic monthly entries. With that upgrade, your book will be automatically entered for its best review and award opportunities every month. You can also select if you want your book automatically entered for reviews, awards, or both.
- Or, you can choose to do review and award entries yourself. To do your own entries for accolades, you would visit the accolade organization's website, research their entry process, and manually complete your book's entry.
If you would like to have your book professionally entered by Book Award Pro, but do not want it done automatically every month, you also have the option to purchase one-off entries. A Boost is a one-time purchase to have Book Award Pro completely handle a review or award entry for you.
Any time Book Award Pro handles your entries (automatic monthly, or one-time), we manage the process completely and track your book's progress all the way to the finish line.
5. Can I add multiple books to Book Award Pro?
Absolutely! You can add as many books as you like to your Book Award Pro account.
Many authors publish several books, and Book Award Pro can help you maximize the success of your entire literary journey.
6. How many books are covered by a Book Award Pro plan?
We believe every book is unique and deserves individual attention. Therefore, you will select a separate service plan for each book on your account.
You can add as many books as you like to your Book Award Pro account. Each book will have its own service plan, and you have the flexibility to cancel or switch plans at any time.
This means you can select different plans that are specifically tailored to each of your books.
7. How much are accolade entry fees?
Entry fees are not charged by Book Award Pro but by the award or review organization themselves. You will find that 99% of awards and reviews have an entry fee, and the industry average entry fee is $89 USD.
An entry fee has nothing to do with legitimacy. Even the "famous" accolades like the Pulitzer Prize or Kirkus Reviews have entry fees.
Book Award Pro can professionally enter your book for accolades, or you can manage your own entries manually.
- When Book Award Pro handles your review and/or award entries, entry fees are included in the cost of our service. We pay the entry fee to the accolade organization on your behalf.
- If you choose to do your own entries for reviews and/or awards, you would pay any entry fees directly with the accolade organization.
8. Does my book have to be published to win awards and get reviews?
No!
Our services work for every kind of author and every kind of book, including pre-publication or unpublished ones.
Getting reviews and winning awards pre-publication is a great way to amplify your book launch and marketing. Many authors join Book Award Pro prior to their book being published, and many of their books gain accolades before they even hit the shelves.
Match AI technology will ensure your book is only matched for legitimate accolades that are eligible specifically for your book's stage. Book Award Pro is for every kind of author and every kind of book, in every stage.
9. Are there accolades for nonfiction and fiction books?
Yes!
Book Award Pro is for every kind of author and every kind of book. We haven’t met a book we can’t match. In fact, that’s our guarantee.
If for any reason, Book Award Pro can not find any accolades that are fitting for your book, we will refund 100% of your money. It’s that simple.
10. Are there reviews and awards for my book's genre?
Yes!
Book Award Pro operates the world's largest database of legitimate reviews and awards.
No matter your genre or sub-genre, our Match AI technology ensures your book will see dozens of new review and award opportunities every month - all fitting for your specific book.
11. Are there accolades for books or authors outside of the USA?
Yes!
Authors from around the world have used Book Award Pro to grow their success. Far and wide, we'd love the opportunity to help you become an acclaimed, award-winning author.
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