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Inkandescent PR: Author Package

Let us promote you and your book: PR specialist and author Hope Katz Gibbs, owner of InkandescentPR, joined forces with Jeff in 2025 to shine even more light on the authors featured at Elaine’s Literary Salon.

Who: If you have published a book or know someone who has, schedule your Elaine’s Literary Salon event by sending Hope an email.

When: Jeff conducts the interviews several times each week

• Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday evenings: 6-9 pm (interview is 7-8 pm)
• Saturday, Sunday Brunch: 12-3 pm (interview is 1-2 pm)

What: PR Package includes pre-event and post-interview production of your interview

Once we nail down the date and time, I’ll add your bio and book to the website so our viewers can see that you are speaking. Please send that to our PR director, hope@hopegibbs.com, founder of InkandescentPR.com.

Packages:

PR and Production Package: For just $500, InkandescentPR will promote your author event!

We love to spread the word about the amazing books and careers of our authors. As the publicist for Elaine’s Literary Salon, Hope’s job is to help raise the visibility of our Authors. Here’s what she’ll do for you:

• Pre-event promotion: Let us blast out the news about your big day and attract more attendees!
  • We’ll post your Author Event on Eventbrite: Here’s an example of one we recently hosted: eventbrite.com
  • We’ll create a captivating flyer featuring you, your book, and the details of your event, which will be displayed around the restaurant, the bar, and outside of Elaine’s to attract even more interest
  • We’ll include you in our elite group of Authors: You’ll be featured on elainesliterarysalon.com/category/authors and on our PR site: inkandescent.us/our-authors
• Post-event outreach: The Inkandescent channels get more than 1 milllion hits/month and reach 50K+ connections on social media. We are excited to spread the word about you and your book to our followers!
  • Podcast production and promotion: Your interview will be professionally produced by our experienced Inkandescent team as a podcast that is featured on the homepage of InkandescentRadio.com, and also blasts out on our literary salon channels on Spotify, Apple, and iHeart Radio.
  • Video production and promotion: The interview will also be produced as a video for Inkandescent.tv and featured on the homepage of our Literary Salon playlist: www.tinyurl.com/elainestv
  • Magazine column: We’ll feature you on Jeff’s column on Hope’s business magazine: beinkandescent.com/columnists/elaines-literary-salon
  • Ladies get even more PR: You’ll also be featured on Hope’s women’s magazine, InkandescentWomen.com
• Benefits: Inkandescent’s websites get more than 1.5 million hits/month, and we will push out your work to our 50K+ social media contacts. Plus, our show on Spotify hit #1 for literary salons in 2026, and we are #3 on Apple Podcasts.

Cost: This $2,500 PR package is only $500 for our Authors!

Let’s get started! Call Hope to get the PR started! Cell: 703-346-6975

We’ll see you at Elaine’s! — Host Jeffrey James Higgins + PR Director Hope Katz Gibbs, ElainesLiterarySalon.com