For authors & book launches
Your book deserves more than one launch week
Publicists cost $10-25K per campaign and stop when the contract ends. PitchIQ books your podcast tour, lands press and newsletter mentions, and keeps pitching new angles from your book for as long as you want readers.
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Your Bookability Score
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Strong fit for Authors shows. Here are matches whose listeners are your audience.
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The Creative Penn
Large · weekly · 93% fitJoanna Penn's audience is writers and indie authors actively marketing books.
Your angle: "the origin story behind your book"
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Writing Excuses
Large · weekly · 89% fitCraft-focused and guest-driven — a natural home for an author's origin story.
Your angle: "the origin story behind your book"
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Helping Writers Become Authors
Mid-size · engaged · 86% fitK.M. Weiland's listeners are exactly the readers and aspiring writers you want.
Your angle: "the origin story behind your book"
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The Self-Publishing Show
Large · active · 84% fitMark Dawson's show books authors talking real launch and marketing tactics.
Your angle: "the origin story behind your book"
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The Author Hour
Mid-size · niche · 81% fitLong-form author interviews built around the book's hook.
Your angle: "the origin story behind your book"
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Podcast tour
Twenty interviews, one profile
Match against shows whose listeners are your readers, pitch each host with a chapter-specific angle, and stack interviews into a rolling tour — the highest-converting book marketing there is.
Press & media queries
Be the cited expert
Reporters constantly need expert sources on the topics you literally wrote the book on. PitchIQ surfaces matching queries and drafts quotable responses that earn mentions — and backlinks.
Newsletter pitching
Reach readers where they read
Pitch curated and niche newsletters for features, excerpts, and reviews — often more book sales per placement than a major outlet.
Launch checklist & CRM
Run the campaign yourself, sanely
A stage-by-stage launch plan plus a CRM tracking every host, reporter, and newsletter editor — who's pitched, who replied, who needs a nudge.
Why authors choose PitchIQ
Self-published & traditionally published
Either way, publicity is mostly on you now. PitchIQ gives you the machinery publishers reserve for lead titles.
Angles, not blasts
The same book holds ten different interviews: the origin story, the contrarian chapter, the how-to. PitchIQ drafts per-show angles instead of one generic blast hosts ignore.
Evergreen, not expiring
A publicist's campaign ends; your podcast episodes and press mentions keep selling the book years later — and PitchIQ keeps booking them.
Author platform on autopilot
Every appearance grows the platform agents and publishers ask about — followers, list, and a press page that does the bragging for you.
Frequently asked questions
How is this different from hiring a book publicist?
A publicist runs a 3-month campaign for $10-25K, pitching from their inbox. PitchIQ gives you the same targeting, drafting, and follow-up system under your own name for software pricing — and it doesn't stop when the campaign ends.
My book launched last year. Is it too late?
No — podcasts don't care about pub dates the way trade press does. A strong angle from a backlist book books interviews just as well, and every appearance restarts the sales curve.
How many shows should I pitch for a launch?
A meaningful tour is 15-30 interviews over 8-12 weeks. PitchIQ's matching and follow-up automation make that volume manageable solo — most authors spend an hour or two a week reviewing drafts.
Can it help with newsletters and press, not just podcasts?
Yes — newsletter pitching and reporter source-query responses are built in, each with their own draft style. Fiction leans podcast + newsletter; nonfiction adds expert press quotes.
What's free to try?
Profile setup, show discovery, and pitch drafting are free. Paid plans add automated sending, follow-ups, and the full campaign CRM.
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