The BookTrail – How it works
The BookTrail – How it works
The BookTrail, ie this site, is something for readers, authors and publishers alike. Its aim is to help promote books from all kinds of authors at any stage of their careers, and champion books from publishers big and small.
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Reason behind the site – reading has saved me in more ways than one. Both parents read to me often. When dad died early, books ended up saving me. Speech therapy followed and reading therapy. Books, words and the worlds they create were at the heart of that.
TheBookTrail is in memory of my father. Earliest memories of him are reading, him spinning a globe and telling me we were off to a far distant land that night. Me in my jim jams, tucked up in a warm blanket, my dad’s arms around me. Mum later took me to the library and showed me books which would ‘cheer me up when I am sad’, help me remember my dad and connect me to him as books connect readers wherever they are. That is one heck of a memory to follow you through life. But it has, and it still does.
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As I grew up, I wanted to stay connected to my dad in every way possible. He loved Around the World in 80 Days and we would read the children’s version. This book led me to want to travel and learn French like Passepartout. I combined our love of books, travel and language and travelled around the world like this myself for years. Later, this became TheBookTrail.
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Host maps of locations within a book.
Find a book like ‘The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown’ and find the trail of locations so you can go to Paris and travel around the places mentioned in the book. This helps you to visualise the book so much better and if you go in real life, it’s such a magical way of further connecting to the book.
Example of a trail – the map and list of locations below:
A novel way of promoting a book
New books are added every day and stay on the site. Currently there are thousands on there and so authors have the chance to revisit their book and have a constant map and travel guide link they can use for promotion. Feel free to RT or link back to your book or the books you love!
Readers can connect with a book in new way
Whether you are a visual reader or not, seeing where a book is set and wondering where a character lives etc can really ramp up the reading experience! The site also has movie locations if a book is filmed for TV, houses associated with authors, literary sites of all descriptions but it’s the fictional crime scenes that get the most interest! haha
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A book community
The site connects with readers and writers every day. Readers ask about locations, travel tips, how to find something connected to authors and more and I love it! I love sharing the book love so keep the questions coming!
This community is amazing. SO many people contribute to this site now. THANK YOU!!!!
It’s SO EASY to submit a book:
Submitting a book to the site has never been easier:
Go to https://www.thebooktrail.com/share-your-trail/
There is a template to fill in and send back via the same page. This is the quickest way of getting a book on the site. No need to worry about techy bit and map issues – all taken care of!
Locations
Place (place, street, city, country) – what happens in that place
EG
Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code
Louvre museum, rue de rivoli, Paris, France – Where the book opens
Happy BookTrailing everyone and thank you so so much for making this site, the huge success and book community it is and the book world it is part of!
It wouldn’t be possible without you.
Susan x
