Author Submission Form – Books By the Banks

The form below is your submission to take part in the 2024 Books By the Banks Festival. Please fill out all required fields, indicated by *. Note that we will ask for a headshot, as well as an image of your book’s cover. We accept images up to 10 MB, and of the following formats: .gif, jpg, jpeg, and .png. If you have trouble uploading your images, please contact authors@booksbythebanks.org. Thank you!

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Author Information

Author First Name*

Author Last Name*

Email address*

Author Phone *

Author Web Site

Author Bio *

Please-No more than 600 characters

Have you participcated in Books By the Banks before?*

Yes

What Year?

Panel Sessions?

Yes

*Some authors will be invited to participate in panel discussions or present author spotlight sessions. If selected, are you willing to participate? Note: Willingness to participate does not guarantee selection for a panel or author spotlight session. Yes No

Co-Author Last Name

Co-Author First Name

Publicist Name

Publicist Email

Publicist Phone

If Other Please fill out

Which Cincinnati neighborhood?

Book Information

Book Title*

Publication Date:*

Publisher*

ISBN*

Please submit a review copy of your book. You can mail a physical copy of your book to the following address: Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library, ATTN: Books by the Banks Author Team, 1130 Findlay Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45214. We are also able to accept digital review copies. Please submit a NetGalley, Edelweiss or other link to a digital copy below.

Link to Digital Copy of Book

Audience*

Adult

Teen

Children

Please Choose a Genre*

Please select the genre of your book

Other Genre

Backlist Titles

Backlist Title Note: In most cases, Books by the Banks will only carry an author’s newest title at the festival. In some cases we will carry backlist titles for selected authors. Decisions on which titles to carry are made by festival staff and are not subject to review.

Images

Upload Book Cover

Please upload an image of your book cover

Upload Author Headshot

Please upload a photgraph of yourself. Photos must be jpg, gif, png only.

This field should be left blank

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