FAQ for Authors and Publishers

There are many advantages to readers being able to choose the level of heat, violence, and other content. We’ve found that there are many great books offered for every content rating, but too often readers find their enjoyment of a book halted because of unexpected scenes, or content that doesn’t live up to their expectation. …

Every time you submit a book for a promotion, we save it on the "My Books" tab in your account. That way, if you would like to submit the book in the future, all you need to do is click on the book to submit it, instead of copying and pasting all your book information. …

We will send your discounted, content-rated book deal to our subscribers on the first day of your promotion with us. Often readers will save our emails a day or two before purchasing. We promote our books on social media, and we also have thousands of site visitors who browse our books. As we grow, we …

Think of our content ratings like movie ratings. Generally, to compared to a movie rating, All Ages is equal to a G rating,  So if you have swearing or violence, that really isn't the right level for your book. Mild is similar to a "mild" PG. Both Moderate and Moderate+ will be somewhere around a PG or …

When you submit a book on Book Cave, you certify on your honor that you have submitted an accurate rating. That means if you are submitting as a publisher, you must have someone submit the book who has actually read it. We do double check as well as possible the profanity, and we have had …

We feel that like with race, sexual orientation shouldn’t mean you need a separate genre.

If your book has religious elements, please choose either the Religious and Inspirational or Christian Fiction when submitting a book for promotion, even if it also falls in another genre. Our editors have the option of adding another genre to books, but books with a religious element need to be classified as such. A religious …

For our retailer promotions, adult, YA, and teen books, the story itself (not including front and back matter) should be at least 170 pages long. We prefer books that are in the 250-500 page range. We will promote novellas of 100-169 pages if they are discounted to free. These need to be real novellas, not short stories with multiple sample …

We promote series, but not serials. The difference is that in a series there is some kind of satisfying closure in the novel, even though more novels may be needed to tie every thread. Serials are basically pieces from one novel that have been divided into different segments.

Star ratings definitely affect our decision about whether or not to feature your book. But you can change that. For instance, if you have low ratings that say you have a lot of typos, you can have your book edited again and then post on the description that the book has been recently re-edited. Also, …

For our retailer promotions, we do not allow extra spacing between paragraphs. Our goal is reader satisfaction, and having a extra space between regular paragraphs (not headings) is not standard formatting, and it can be distracting to many readers. There is a simple way to tell if you have spacing after your paragraphs. Go to Amazon …

You can leave your promotion date adjustable. Discount your book more for the promotion. If your book is low on reviews, wait until you have received more reviews on your book. Check out other covers in your genre to see if your cover is as good or better. Ask others to give their opinion on …

Some common submission problems for our retailer deals may include: Promotion frequency (we've recently promoted this same book days) Typographical/grammatical errors (including missing/extraneous commas, punctuation, excessive -ly adverbs, or other obvious writing flaws) Improper em dash/en dash formation Does not meet minimum length requirements (YA and Adult books must be at least 170 pages for …

No. If you submit a book while it is on pre-order, for a promotion date after it is released, we will wait to review the book until it is released.

If the first book is currently free on retailers, or we have recently promoted the first book, we will consider subsequent titles for our retailer deals.

If you are an author with several other highly rated books with a large number of reviews, we may consider your newer title that doesn't yet have a lot of reviews. However, we must be able to see inside the book, so if we can't, we won't advertise it. We are looking into having an option to advertise brand …

Book Cave does not accept poetry for our retailer promotions. There are also more specific genres that are currently combined with others. These will separate and expand in the future to reflect what our readership is looking for. More development is in the works. Note: You can put any book into our magnet program on …

Absolutely. Our author pages went live in July 2017. You can now put in your books, bio, status, receive and answer comments. Readers will be able to follow you, and you'll be able to send out new releases to them. You can fill out your free author profile here.

A subscriber or reader magnet is where you choose an ebook or sample to give readers in exchange for them joining your newsletter list. Readers have a no-risk chance to learn about you as an author and you gain the opportunity to sell them future books. You can upload your magnet on the My Magnets tab …

Login into MailerLite, then select Integrations on the account menu. For smaller screens, the account menu is the 3 horizontal bars on the top right corner. The Integrations page will have many different options. The one we want is the top one, Developer API. Click the "Use" button on that option. Your API Key will …

Login into ConvertKit, then select Account settings on the account menu. For smaller screens, the account menu is the 3 horizontal bars on the top right corner. Your API Key will be on this page.  

Creating an Author Page is a straightforward process. The first step is to log into Book Cave, then select My Profiles from the Account menu. Create the Profile Type your author (or pen) name into the field and click the "Add new profile" button. The profile will be added to the dashboard in draft mode. …