Authors work hard to write, publish, promote, and champion their books. We know because we work with authors every day through Black Château, Books That Make You, and The BookFest. We also know how important it is for authors to recognize legitimate opportunities when they arrive in their inbox.
That is why we created Curated Author Opportunities, a dedicated way to share official, exclusive offers with authors in our trusted literary community.
These opportunities may include book promotion campaigns, listicle placements, media interviews, review programs, award-related promotions, VIP book signings, events, publicity offers, and other ways for authors to gain visibility through our brands.
Who Receives Curated Author Opportunities?
Curated Author Opportunities are reserved for authors and literary professionals who have a connection to Black Château, Books That Make You, The BookFest, or related programs.
You may receive these emails if you or your book have been part of our literary community through:
- Recognition in The BookFest Awards
- Speaking or contributing to The BookFest programming
- Working with Black Château as an author, client, collaborator, or professional contact
- Being interviewed on the Books That Make You show
- Participating in a Books That Make You event, book review opportunity, or campaign
- Connecting with our team through publishing, publicity, media, or literary events
Exclusivity matters because these opportunities are intended for authors, books, and literary professionals connected to our trusted network. We also take care to review requests from those who wish to receive Curated Author Opportunities. This helps protect the integrity of the list, reduce bot traffic and fraudulent signups, and ensure these offers are shared with the people they are meant to serve.
By presenting these offers under the Curated Author Opportunities name, we hope to make it easier for you to recognize legitimate communications from our team and avoid the growing wave of questionable author solicitations.
What Kinds of Offers Are Included?
Curated Author Opportunities may include a range of visibility-focused offers for authors and books. These can include:
Listicle Visibility Campaigns
Professionally written themed book features promoted through digital advertising, with campaign reports provided after completion. These campaigns are tied to reader trends and seasonal interests to help books be discovered when readers are looking for what to read next.
BookFest-Related Offers
Notices for speaker calls, opportunities to share ideas for BookFest programming, and other special offers connected to The BookFest family of programs.
VIP Book Signings and Events
Select opportunities for authors to sign books at celebrity gifting suites, literary events, and other high-profile gatherings.
Book Review and Newsletter Opportunities
Exclusive offers for editorial reviews, special placements and promotions in the Webby Award-winning Books That Make You newsletter.
Media Interviews and PR Packages
Opportunities to pursue interviews, media placements, podcast appearances, and other publicity services.
Every offer is designed to support author visibility in a professional, thoughtful way through the Black Château Enterprises family of brands.
Why We Created Curated Author Opportunities
Authors are often approached with book promotion offers, and not all are created with professionalism, transparency, or a clear understanding of the publishing industry.
Curated Author Opportunities are different. They are created by the people behind Black Château Enterprises and supported by established platforms and brands built over time through real relationships, publishing experience, and literary industry strategy.
These emails come from our established literary brands and are designed to help authors quickly identify official offers from our team.
When you receive a Curated Author Opportunities email, you are hearing from people who understand books, publishing, publicity, and the work it authentically takes to bring a book into the world — not from someone outside the literary industry prompting a chatbot.
Additionally, we are clear about what each opportunity includes, have a track record of results, explain who each opportunity is best suited for, and keep it real. We are transparent about pricing and expectations. When approval is required, we review books, authors, and projects for suitability.
How to Recognize an Official Curated Author Opportunities Email
Official Curated Author Opportunities emails will come from a Black Château email address. They will not come from a Gmail or generic email address.
For more on how to spot legitimate email addresses and reduce your exposure to AI scammers, read Is That Email Really from Black Château, The BookFest, or Books That Make You? article.
Curated Author Opportunities emails are clearly branded, identify the offer, include relevant details, and direct you to official brand pages, order pages, forms, or direct contact with our team.
How to Receive Curated Author Opportunities
If you are a BookFest Award winner, have participated in The BookFest, have a professional relationship with Black Château Enterprises or Books That Make You, or have been identified as a trusted literary contact, you may already be receiving Curated Author Opportunities.
If you believe your book, author brand, or literary work may be a fit, you may request consideration to be added to the list.
Keeping These Opportunities Curated
Requests to receive Curated Author Opportunities may be reviewed to help protect the integrity of the list and ensure these offers are shared with authors and literary professionals connected to our trusted community.
Some individual opportunities may also have approval requirements. Depending on the offer, we may consider factors such as book quality, cover presentation, professional standards, genre fit, author branding, event suitability, and overall alignment with the specific campaign, promotion, or opportunity.
This helps maintain the integrity of each offer and ensures that campaigns, events, and promotions remain relevant, professional, and appropriate for the audiences they are designed to reach.
Helping Authors Be Seen
At the heart of Curated Author Opportunities is a simple idea: authors deserve professional, legitimate, creative, and credible ways to help their books be seen.
Whether the offer is a listicle campaign, media opportunity, review program, VIP signing, or another promotional feature, our goal is to connect authors with visibility opportunities that make sense for their books and their goals.
We are proud to share these official offers with the authors who are part of our literary community.
