Hi friends! In the wake of all the saddening events surrounding Fantastic Flying Book Tours and the upsetting things they’ve done, I’ve decided to recommend some book tour websites as great alternatives!
Hear Our Voices Book Tours!
I haven’t personally worked with them, but I’ve heard fantastic things from people who have done their tours. One of my favorite things about this book tour group is that they focus on getting OwnVoices books in the hands of OwnVoices readers! For example, in their one of their recent signups for The Blazewrath Games, they state that they’re specifically looking for people who identify as Puerto Rican. I adore this company, because not only are marginalized authors getting their book out into the world, but POC and minority readers are getting to share their thoughts on books that directly reflect them.
MTMC Tours!
This is run by Paper Fury and The Reader and The Chef over on Instagram. They don’t have a ton of tours, but the ones they do have are excellent. Most are international (Cait @ Paper Fury lives in Australia and Melissa @ The Reader and The Chef is Mexican*) and I did a tour with them before! They’re well organized and very kind. I would highly recommend checking them out!
*earlier, i stated that she was australian, which she is not, my deepest apologies for this error on my part💜
Storygram Tours!
This is definitely Instagram-focused* but I know a lot of bloggers also have bookstagram accounts, so I thought it was worth mentioning! They have tours for a lot of popular upcoming books, but also underhyped sequels and debuts. This is a great option for people who like to focus on Instagram!
*i’m uh…not as consistent with insta as i wish *cough cough*
Caffeine Book Tours!
I haven’t personally worked with this company yet, but this is another case of hearing how the person who runs it is super kind and sweet, and wants to foster a healthy environment in this aspect of the book world. This is also run by a POC, and priority is given to OwnVoices readers for the specific book, and to international readers!! Again, I am all for supporting and prioritizing minority influencers/readers while helping authors and publishers!
That’s it! I hope this was helpful in some way hehe. See you guys!
What a great list to have put together – thank you Kaya! I’m too busy to participate in book tours at this moment but I will definitely bear these lovely and diverse organisers in mind for the future 📚❤️ X x x
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You’re welcome! I’m glad it was helpful! And yay, I wish you the happiest of reading💜
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What a great list! I have heard a lot of good things about these ones. Storygram always has pretty photos in Instagram, ha.
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Thank you!💜 yesss, they have gorgeous photos!!
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This is a wonderful list! I’ve participated in Caffeine Book Tours and I absolutely love them!
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Thank you!💜 Really??? Ahh, I’m so happy to hear that!!
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This is a really helpful list Kaya! I’ve only ever participated in one tour, but it was really fun and I want to do more. I’ll definitely be checking out the ones that you talked about 🙂
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I’m glad!! I hope you have good experiences with all of them💜
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Excellent article Kaya! I have asked to be part of mtmc tours but so far no luck 🙂
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Thank you! Awww, I’m sorry, I hope you can be a part of it very soon💜
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I signed up for HOV and Cafffeine book tours this past month! I’m already part of special things for both which I never thought would happen!!
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Ahhh really??? That’s awesome! I can’t wait to see your posts with them💜
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I have no idea what book tours are… but I am willing to check them out because I am in LOVE with those photos. Ahhhhhhh they’re beautiful I love
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Oh! So a book tour company basically gets a certain amount of ARCS or e-ARCS or finished copies from the publisher, and the company will then have bloggers/reviewers/bookstagrammers sign up to read the book and post on a certain date! That can be anything from a review, to a playlist, to an interview! And IKR!
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Thanks for this informative post, Kaya!
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You’re welcome, I hope it was helpful!💜
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