💚We want to send new books that people can gift to a friend or family member. Perhaps you’re a teacher/parent/nurse/carer? We’re v.aware this Xmas will be hard for many & we want to help.
DM/email info
@literallypr
.com with age of recipient & address. No qs asked. Pls share.💚
Do you enjoy reading suspense? Are you at your happiest trying to work out 'whodunnit'? Do you like to read novels that are innovative such as epistolary fiction? If so, please get in touch. We're excited about a new project we're working on but can't say too much just yet...
Time for another booky
#competition
! RT, tag a mate & make sure you’re both following us to enter. We have a whopping 20 books to
#giveaway
- 1 to you & 1 to your friend!
#lockdown2021
sucks, we all know that, but
#booksmakeushappy
so it’s time to share the joy again! UK only!
I’m closing the LitPR office for a while to ensure the team & I get a much-needed break before 2021. It’s been an incredible year of highs & extreme lows. But as a team we are ending 2020 in a stronger position than we started, with amazing clients & so much to look forward to!
We did it! We’ve smashed the 6000 followers target over night! Thank you so much to EVERYONE who supports us and our author and publisher clients. Your help spreading the word about new books in 2021 will be hugely appreciated! Feeling very grateful this morning!
We are THE book marketing & author branding experts & we unashamedly LOVE books!
For of our
#REFRESHLITPR
Week we are running a giveaway day today!
Win a book bundle (open to anywhere in the world) by liking
@literallypr
, sharing this post & commenting below with
#REFRESHLITPR
!
Hello everyone in the
#WritingCommunity
! I’m a book PR and marketing specialist with 20 years experience in media & publishing. Next year I turn 40 & I’m going to start writing the book I’ve been thinking about for years. New year, new decade, new adventure!
We have a v.exciting opportunity for
#bookbloggers
re. a
#literaryfestival
incl the opportunity to interview authors, offer books & tickets as prizes, & we'd like to invite bloggers to join us at a future event! Please get in touch if you like the sound of this & want more info!
Tonight I held my 1st Xmas Party on Zoom & it was a success! Loads of positive feedback, friendly people & giggles. 2021 is LitPR's 10th year. I'm so proud of the books we've represented, the authors we've got to know & the team that we've become. Thank you for all your support!
I am aiming to reach 6000+ followers by 2021 to end the year on a high note. I’m giving away free books every 20-50 followers as a thank you (UK delivery only sorry)! Pls share & follow for
#books
#authors
#marketingtips
#authorchat
& more! One winner has already been confirmed.
Ending 2020 on a HIGH! LitPR has been awarded “Best Publishing PR Agency 2020” in the Southern Enterprise Awards 2020! We are over the moon that despite the challenges faced by authors, publishers and agencies like ours in this incredibly bizarre year we have risen to the top!
Will do 3 more
#giveaways
for next 30 people who follow as now just 30 away from 6000 target! It’s too exciting! I can’t believe we made it with a whole month still to go. Thank you everyone!! Watch this space... 3 books bundles ready to send out!
#FolloForFolloBack
#freebooks
Soooooo..... massive changes are happening at LitPR! After working with 400+ authors/books over the past decade we’ve decided to refresh, revamp... RELAUNCH! And of course we’re having a party to celebrate. DM us to get on the VIP guest list. It’s time to freshen things up!
RANT ALERT! How do you feel when you get asked to work for free? It’s happened to me twice today and honestly I feel more amazed by it today than I think I ever have! I have 20 years experience. I am 40 this year! It makes no sense & is so insulting! Do men get asked the same q??
#RefreshLitPR
Discover your Online Author Brand score with this fun new quiz from LitPR!
The higher the score, the stronger your online influence - the better you connect with potential target readers - the more doors will open to amazing opportunities!
We're expanding our
#bookreviewer
list for 2022-if you love getting new books before the shops, if you have a fave genre or if you're open to a bit of everything, pls email eleanorhopegibson
@literallypr
.com to register! You don't need a blog to review... just a love of books!
My 13 year old daughter Ellie helped me so much at the awards last night. Not just practically in respect of giving out trophies, chatting to guests and helping prep fruit for cocktails, but she kept me grounded and calm
#takeyourdaughtertoworkday
#proudmama
#workingmum
Win another book bundle for you AND a friend by tagging a fellow bookworm (UK only entries please) and using the hashtag
#REFRESHLITPR
! Make sure you're following us to enter!
Competition winners will be announced in an hour's time...
GO, GO, GO!
#competition
#giveaway
#books
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT! 📣
We have reopened our books for more wonderful book reviewers to join our TBR (The Book Review) Community. Application forms are available via the link in our profile/below.
We'd love to hear from you if you love reading and discovering new authors,
I may be 41 years old but I still find it incredible when people are rude to a member of my team and then wonder why we don’t want to work with them. Life is full of choices. We choose to work with kind people.
#ChooseKindness
#BeKind
Oh. My. Gosh. I am so in 💜 with the beautiful book that is
#BeingAmani
! So so so proud of this new
#YAFiction
, the first
@Hashtag_Blak
novel - an imprint created to raise up underrepresented writers! What a stunning cover! I was so happy opening this big box of books earlier!
We are so close to our goal of 6000 followers and we still have some great book bundles to give away to those retweeting, recommending us and following us! If you look book content on your Twitter feed you’re in the right place!
#follo4folloback
#WritingCommunity
#authors
#books
Good news I got a negative test result for Covid so it is just a horrible bug with similar symptoms! I am so relieved as I can now hug my children & leave my room! Thanks to everyone for your kind messages and thoughts x
A huge benefit of co-founding
@The_DBAwards
is I’m NEVER stuck for what to read next - literally have hundreds to choose from incl LitPR books, prospective clients,
@ServicesInk
&
@hashtag_press
books! As I’ve hurt my foot I’m going to see how many I can read today in the garden!
Oh what a night! Thank you to the 87 people who joined tonight's Literally PR Summer Media Party! It was so fun chatting books & what's happened over the past decade! Really grateful to every client (past, current & future), journalist, reviewer & blogger!
#RefreshLitPR
#FolloForFolloBack
On track to reach 6000+ followers by end of the year... and we’ve given away some fabulous book bundles helping spread the word about the amazing authors & publishers we’ve worked with in 2020. We’ll choose 2 more new followers at random to win this weekend!
It's time to hit the REFRESH button! Follow
#RefreshLitPR
over the next 10 days to be part of an exciting celebration. We're entering our 10th year of 400+ campaigns so it's a fitting time to REFRESH! Giveaways, reader & author events, the summer party & more coming your way!
Helen asked me to share on here that her & her husband & kids have covid so she’s not going to be available for a few days. Please email info
@literallypr
.com or contact another member of the team while she’s away recovering. She also asked me to thank you for your kind thoughts.
Thanks to everyone sending their love and support to Helen! The op yesterday went well and she’s safely home and recovering in bed awaiting results etc. She sends her gratitude to everyone for their kind messages & says she is happy that cannula is out 😂
I’m a single parent, I have two teenage daughters, I run LitPR and co-run multiple other businesses including a publishing house and book prize, my kids are unwell and 1-3 of us have all had a bug at some point over the past three and a half weeks. My eldest is still really
Win a book bundle by being the first person to share, comment with our hashtag
#REFRESHLitPR
and like this post... it's that simple!
If you're not first past the post, no worries!
We'll also pick at least 1 other winner at random later today from those who join in this post!
We are sooo excited here in the office! Today we've started planning the party bags to be sent to EVERYONE who signs up to our annual summer media party (as long as you're in the UK & you've added your address to the RSVP that is!)
#bookmarks
#chocolate
#books
#badges
#candles
Not 1, not 2 but 3 incredibly positive, lovely emails from authors today thanking me & my team at LitPR, for our hard work in promoting their books. It is always such a pleasure to help people who are responsive, collaborative, kind & passionate about their work! Thank you! 💜
Oooof I did it!!!!! Exhausted and unable to talk much more but it was worth it! Two busy and lovely days at YALC… DONE!!! So proud to be on the working group for this amazing, friendly, lovely event. A special shout out to Zoe, Kellie, Ali & Nikki on the
@yalc_uk
team 🍹🎉🤩📙
What a year! Thank you to all the journalists, bloggers, readers and of course the authors. We're switching off now and will see you in the new year with more fabulous books 🎄
An amazing first few days in the office despite the obvious...! We've secured 3 national newspapers for 3 different clients, a TV interview, 4 BBC radio interviews, 1 consumer magazine & an incredible blog tour begins later this month! And it's only Wednesday.
#BringItOn
Soooo this happened! LitPR are one of just 7 finalists in the prestigious Business Champions Awards’ SME of the year category. We have to present to a judging panel & then find out if we’ve won at a gala ceremony in London! Eeeek!
#BookPromo
#writingcommunity
Absolutely devastated that I won’t see my lovely family for Christmas and feel so awful for those who desperately wanted to spend time with loved ones and now can’t. Especially those in
#tier4
like me. Just so sad.
Exciting news! If you’re a freelancer, love books, love communicating with other people who love books, & love what we do... we’re looking to expand our team in Jan! Get in touch with your best pitch as to why you’re the perfect person to join the team & you’ll hear from me soon!
Anyone who follows us but also follows any form of racist group will be unfollowed. This White Working Class Writers Guild is racist & harmful. And sick. We want no part in it even “just” via followers of followers. Racism, abuse, harmful / hateful language will NOT be accepted.
One third of tickets for our
#BookishBash
#XmasParty
have “sold” (it’s free!) in just two hours. If you want a ticket please do reserve your space before it’s too late! Thank you everyone for supporting us! So much cool stuff planned already I can’t wait!
My heart breaks for
#SarahEverard
and her family & loved ones tonight. We should all be able to walk home without fear! Women constantly assess their route, change plans, worry about how to get home after a night out. We shouldn’t have to live in fear.
11 yrs ago I set up LitPR on my own & today I got the chance to sit in a fab room, enjoy food & ideas & plans with my team of six strong, fab women for the first time in years & I am so ridiculously proud right now!
#entrepreneurlife
#bookPR
#hottestdayoftheyear
#proudofus
#IWD2022
#WritingCommunity
In honour of
#InternationalWomensDay
, LitPR is hosting a FREE online conversation w/ 3 incredible authors, entrepreneurs & business women on smashing stereotypes & glass ceilings in business & publishing! Grab your ticket ASAP!
My incredible partner in crime has signed a 3-book, 6-figure deal w/ 1 of the big 5 publishers. The stuff of dreams! Always knew she could do it... from the 1st time I met her all those years ago. Consistency. Hard work. Persistency.
Congrats
@ABelloWrites
Who wants to win some books? We have 10 bundles of books to give away on Twitter this afternoon... keep your eyes on the prize folks! The giveaways are going to start very soon! And don't forget to enter the competition by subscribing to (win a Kindle!)
Got a big BBC interview request last night for one client and an international news channel TV request now for a live interview this afternoon... shows how important it is to have clients willing to be available and flexible during a PR campaign!
Send love, prayers and positive thoughts to my beautiful cat Bucky who is having another operation today! Poor thing is going through a rough time. Currently in waiting room of the vets 😞
Please watch UNREST if you have Netflix. I spent the morning with Jessica Taylor-Bearman yesterday who stars in that film & she is literally the most amazing woman I have met... Hashtag is publishing her book in July. — feeling determined
Really excited to have this piece in Harper’s Bazaar UK!
@BazaarUK
@literallypr
@hashtag_press
Yousra Imran: "When I was growing up, wearing lipstick was a brave thing to do"
#TheBIGIndieBookLaunch
Huge congratulations to each of the amazing 14 indie authors who launched their books last night! And to my wonderful LitPR team, all I can say is, THANK YOU. Thanks on behalf of our clients, new authors, all those launching last night & for all you do!
Happy Christmas to all our lovely clients, media and reviewer friends! We are so grateful to you all for your continued support in 2023 and wish you all health and happiness for 2024! We are celebrating with a Greek Christmas lunch 🎄❤️🎉 (6/8 of the LitPR ladies!)
Sending thanks to the wonderful
@macmillancancer
nurse who sat with me for a while today while waiting for my Dad in oncology. Her kindness will be remembered by me forever. I bought this bracelet to support them - the first step of many more to come I realise.
The sun is shining just in time for us today! Ellie & I are heading to London for
#TheDBAwards
and we are sooo excited to meet the shortlisted authors, congratulate them on their amazing
#diversebooks
& see the winners’ faces when they hear they’ve won!!!
Been working for five hours & it’s 11:24am. Done three meetings. All went very well. Three more to go! Treating myself to a walk after work before it gets dark as a reward for starting early and being so productive! Finally feel like I’m getting over Covid! How’s your day going?
Who's coming on Monday 7-8pm UK time for an 'in conversation with the winners of The Diverse Book Awards'? Tickets going fast (they're free): so grab yours to meet
@NotAgainBen
@skinofthesea
@KiaAbdullah
- crowned the 3 winners of
@The_DBAwards
last night!
My 9 yr old daughter is fast becoming an entrepreneur! I’m so proud! Her
#Christmas
#slime
trio is available on the website she set up by crowdfunding during the first
#lockdown
. She’s talking to me about marketing ideas this evening!
#chipofftheoldblock
Imagine your book being sold in supermarkets like this! It’s an incredible privilege reserved mostly for a few traditionally published
#books
. Why? Because the brands that publish them know exactly what they’re doing to produce & sell commercial books. It’s all about the brand!
OK, so this is the plan that has been niggling away in my head all day since I did the Facebook Live this morning. When this is all over & let's be real, it is going to pass even though it feels like total crap at the moment, I am going to organise a MASSIVE book launch party!
As we approach 8,500 followers on here we are going to offer a book (paperback in UK/Ireland) to 15 people chosen at random from our new followers until we reach 8.5k. You’ll be announced on this post if it’s you then you can DM your address over for your free book!
#giveaway
It's not even 10am and I've got a BBC interview request for one author, a double-page spread in a national secured for another, and three journalists have called in books to their homes for review... TODAY is going to be a GOOD day!
#writingcommunity
#bookPR
#bookmarketing
Incredibly excited & proud to confirm we've won an amazing award from biz mag
@SME__News
: “The UK is home to many marketing and PR companies, but few have showcased the client-centric and bespoke approach that Literally Public Relations delights in,”
And that's a wrap 2022! Thank you to every author, publisher & agent who entrusted their books to us to promote this year. Thanks to every reader, reviewer, bookseller, librarian, teacher et al who have read & shouted about our books. We are ending the year on a high! Over & out!
So proud of my amazing team, this week has been off the scale incredible! Massive radio interview secured that is going to be a huge boost for a book coming out in November, celebrity endorsements secured for another title, massive national newspaper & magazine deal for another!
What a wonderful, wonderful day! Signed two amazing new clients, one author, one publisher, who are serious about taking their
#bookmarketing
and
#booksales
to the next level with our help!
I am completely and utterly blown away by the incredible turnout and feedback from my workshops today. The first about
#authorbranding
was standing room only and we were told afterwards by quite a few authors that it was worth the ticket price to
@yalc_uk
just for that session -
Are you ready for a LitPR Christmas? 🎁✨
We’re very excited to share that we have some exciting Christmas posts coming up that will help you all you
#bookworms
to get into the festive spirit this year!
Keep your eyes peeled for our first special Christmas post coming out on
Back to work after a week's break to find out that LitPR has won a Southern Enterprise Award - Best Publishing PR Agency 2020 in the UK by SME News magazine. So proud of the amazing teamwork that has been going on during this crazy year. A big thank you to all our clients!
ANNOUNCEMENT / DATE FOR YOUR DIARY:
The LitPR Summer Media Party is BACK! We missed last year & we usually celebrate in a fancy bar in London. But needs must... & we need to celebrate! JOIN US!
13th July, 7pm
#writingcommunity
#author
#giveaways
#books
🥳
All of us at
@literallypr
would like to say a huge thank-you to all our Online Book Tour Reviewers that work with us on our many tours.
We have had a count up of all of the reviewers who take part and couldn't believe how many tours are regulars work with us on!
Tonight we celebrated the fourth Diverse Book Awards
@piccadillywaterstones
in London with 130+ guests. Helen, the director of LitPR, is also the co-founder of The DBAs with
@ABelloWrites
.
Together they have created such an inclusive, welcoming, relaxed and celebratory place
Tonight’s the night! We’ve never done a LitPR Christmas Party before & defo not on Zoom but the “2020 books & Netflix quiz” is ready, special guests are lined up & prizes ready to win from the very first minute of the hour-long event! And no one cares if you wear PJs & slippers!