cushcity.com

Reach Thousands of African-American Book Readers and/or Consumers at Affordable Rates!!
[PRICES FOR PROGRAMS ARE SHOWN IN GREEN]
To order a program, select the "Add to Cart" option underneath the program description or call 1-800-340-5454

Cushcity.com offers the following marketing/promotion programs for authors.  Once your payment is received, you will receive an immediate e-mail with instructions on your next step. All payments for marketing programs are nonrefundable after three (3) business days from the date the order was placed.

AFTER your payment is made, submit your book's info here: http://bit.ly/2TY4dpe

  • Video Vroom Marketing Program: new2.jpg (731 bytes)Accelerate views of your videos increasing public awareness of your book, film, or business venture. Money-back guarantee if 30-day viewing target is not met. Prices range from $129 to $299. Click here for details.
     

  • Black Authors Matter TV Ad Package:new2.jpg (731 bytes) Promote your book(s) via a Zoom interview live-streamed on the National Black Book Festival's Facebook page with 99,000+ followers. Only $179.00. Click here for details.
     

  • Triple Play: Promote your book via social media, e-mail and Cushcity's web site, all for one low rate of $159.00. The Triple Play program includes four separate posts on social media via Facebook and IG (reach 100K+), an e-blast to 200 African-American book clubs, and two weeks on Cushcity.com's home page linked to wherever you'd like it to go. [ONLY $159]

  • Social Media Power Campaign:  Add more followers and fans to your Facebook pages by utilizing our exciting new Social Media Power Campaign. We offer the combined sphere of influence of 99,000+ via social media to promote your book(s). The Social Media Power Campaign promotes your book via a sponsored ad for 30 days by posting it on our National Black Book Festival Facebook page. Because of the large amount of followers we have your post is guaranteed to garner at least 1K likes by the end of the 30-day campaign. [NOTE: Only ONE book or event can be promoted within this program. If an author has multiple books (or event coordinator has more than one event), each program must be ordered separately.]
     [ONLY $139 for a 30-day campaign]
     

  • Book Club Bulletin to 500+ Clubs:  Cushcity will customize an e-mail bulletin to 500+ African-American book clubs nationwide, featuring your book and requesting that they consider it for one of their book selections.  Bulletin includes book image, synopsis, author's contact info (phone and e-mail), link to author's web site and/or Facebook page.
    [$150 for one-time distribution OR add $20 for two distributions]

    $170 for two distributions to 500+ Clubs
     

  • Book Club Bulletin to 200+ Clubs:  Cushcity will customize an e-mail bulletin to 200+ African-American book clubs nationwide, featuring your book and requesting that they consider it for one of their book selections.  Bulletin includes book image, synopsis, author's contact info (phone and e-mail), link to author's web site and/or Facebook page.
    [$99 for one-time distribution OR add $20 for a two-time distribution]

    $119 for two distributions to 200+ Clubs

  • Hot New Books:  Home page prominence for two consecutive weeks with image of your book and link to your online destination.  Includes book cover, title, author name, price, and link. Designed for books released in the last 12 months.
     [$49.00 for two weeks]

  • National Black Book Festival - Book Feature on Website - Your book will be featured on the NBBF website's home page, front and center, for one week. Feature includes book cover, title, author name, and website link.
     [$49.00 for one week]

  • National Black Book Festival - October 23-25, 2025new2.jpg (731 bytes): Authors may register on the NBBF website. The event is hosted by Cushcity.com. Visit the Festival website for details: www.nationalblackbookfestival.com. Download the author vendor packet here:  http://www.nationalblackbookfestival.com/authors.pdf

  • Book Feature - National Black Book Festival News: This monthly e-newsletter is distributed to over 500+ African-American book clubs, 10K newsletter subscribers and consumers, and 10,000 authors via e-mail. Your book feature includes an image of your book, which is linked to your web site, Amazon.com page, Cushcity.com page, or wherever you would like the link to go. [$69.00 per book per edition]

  • Featured Video of the Week on National Black Book Festival Website: Provide a one- to five-minute video that will be featured on the NBBF web site's home page for one week. Video must be uploaded to YouTube. Book trailers, interviews, performances, etc. are permitted. Video must be tasteful and contain no nudity or excessive profanity. This advertising may be scheduled to occur at any time author desires, as long as the space is available. [$59.00 per video for one week]

Other advertising options for the National Black Book Festival are available online HERE.

AFTER your payment is made, submit your book's info here: http://bit.ly/2TY4dpe

We are here to service your specific needs and can design a promotional program to fit your budget.  Premium advertising space is generally sold out at least a month in advance, so call or e-mail today to discuss your advertising needs and reserve your space.

Cushcity.com offers the following additional comprehensive marketing services:
 
  • V.I.P. Marketing Programs:  Our V.I.P. marketing programs are designed to provide continuous promotion of your book(s) for eight months to one year. The programs are structured in a pay-as-you-go fashion with targeted milestones after a certain number of payments. This program fits just about any marketing budget for indie authors as well as boutique publishing houses.

    Our V.I.P. packages are comprised of three levels: Bronze, Gold and Platinum. See details HERE.

     

Toll-free marketing/author services line: 1-800-340-5454

Gwen Richardson
Email: grichardson@cushcity.com
Web Site Manager, Cushcity.com, Inc.

Cushcity.com's Market Success and Track Record

As a successful author, you know that writing and publishing your book was just the beginning.  Marketing your book and getting it in front of the right audience can be extremely challenging--and costly. Cushcity.com is here to help. We reach a worldwide audience of African-American consumers and readers and have been in business since December 1998. In addition, Cushcity.com:

  • Sponsors the annual National Black Book Festival in Houston, which will celebrate its 18th anniversary in 2025.

  • Co-founder, Gwen Richardson, has been twice-nominated for NAACP Image Awards for two of her books

  • Sponsors the weekly live-streamed, award-winning video podcast, Black Authors Matter TV, which celebrated its fourth anniversary in July 2024 and averages 5K viewers every week.

  • Has been featured in Essence, Ebony, Black Enterprise and Upscale magazines, as well as in the business section of The New York Times. Cushcity.com was also featured in a national radio and print ad campaign by the U.S. Postal Service for its success as a growing e-commerce enterprise.

  • Reaches an affluent African-American audience online that is 70% female, 66% college educated and with an average household income of $60,000+, AND best of all:

  • Cushcity.com has a variety of promotional programs that fit almost any budget. Our ad rates start at ONLY $49, depending upon the program you select.

Here are testimonials from satisfied authors:

"Having written four books, and done extensive internet marketing for all of my titles, Ms. Richardson and the Cushcity family provides REAL top notch Internet marketing and I am a witness that they deliver what they promise. Thank you Cushcity."
    --Jihad, Author of Street Life, Baby Girl, Riding Rhythm and MVP

"It is both wonderful and effective to use Cushcity.com to advertise!! On February 22 of this year my book Dark Things was ranked number 915,012 on Amazon. BUT after my wife and I advertised our book with you, it rose up to the ranking of 141,160!!  That's AWESOME!  Thanks for your true professionalism and all you do."
       --David Humphreys, Author of Dark Things

"As a new author, you can spend hundreds of dollars in travel, hotel and food doing book tours.  You may sell out of books, but you've still spent more in expenses than you took in. You were better off taking out a $500 marketing program with Cushcity.com for a month. . .I have learned that I generated more sales and got the word out on my book better by ad placing versus traveling all over town."
       --Joylynn Jossel (a/k/a E.N. Joy), Author of One Sunday At a Time and More Than I Can Bear

For more information about Cushcity.com and its co-founders, visit the following web links: