We offer a variety of effective advertising options to reach the booksellers throughout our nine-state region. Our website receives nearly 30,000 visits per year and 60,000 page views, where you can advertise to the industry or the general public. Our dedicated title emails go to the owners, management, and staff at our 200 member bookstores. Our weekly Heartland Indie Bestseller List goes to more than 1,500 recipients throughout the industry.
Follow this link to see the advertising options through the Heartland Fall Forum this October in Minneapolis, including the trade show program.
Please email Carrie Obry at carrie@midwestbooksellers.org indicating which options you’re interested in. No need to fill out a form — we’ll invoice you.
List of Member Stores
An Excel file of our member stores is given to our members any time at no charge. For non-members, the cost of our member store list is $250.
Dedicated title email blast to member stores
- Create an image for us to distribute via Constant Contact to our full bookstore membership. Most publishers choose to focus on just one title in these emails. $150 each. Specs: Create a 600 x 800 jpg advertising your book. Supply a link for us to embed in the file, tell us what subject line to use, and let us know which day/time you prefer the email to be sent. For an example of a recent well-designed title blast image, click here.)
Banner ad on our website
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Vertical Skyscraper Banner Ad = $425/month
160 px x 600 px
This vertical skyscraper banner is the same size used in Shelf Awareness. See sample at right. -
Narrow Vertical Skyscraper Banner Ad = $350/month
120 px x 600 px -
Vertical Short Banner Ad = $250/month
160 px x 240 px - Narrow Vertical Short Banner Ad = $200/month
120 px x 240 px
Banner ad on the weekly Heartland Indie Bestseller List
Every Wednesday, the bestseller list is delivered via Constant Contact to our full membership of 1,500+ people, including booksellers and book industry professionals.
- Vertical Skyscraper Banner Ad
160 px x 600 px
1 week = $150 / 2 weeks = $250 / 1 month = $425
- Vertical Short Banner Ad
160 px x 240 px
1 week = $80 / 2 weeks = $140 / 1 month = $250
