9-Month PR Partnership

The 9-Month PR Partnership is a robust collaborative program where we work alongside authors to promote their book and raise their profile.


This Program Includes:

  • Everything in the 6-Week Intensive for up to three semesters / cohorts

  • Everything in the 6-Month Strategy and Support Program

  • A personalized timeline to-do document built with a Press Shop PR publicist, covering the program’s duration

  • A private author platform mapping session with a Press Shop PR publicist

  • A complete book media pitch and media Q&A drafted and polished by the Press Shop PR team, plus email subject lines

  • Two media training / mock interview sessions with Book Publicity School team feedback, recorded for author review

  • A personalized post-program action plan

  • Three additional private strategy sessions with Leah Paulos (total of 5 sessions) 

  • Three additional private co-working sessions with a Press Shop PR publicist (total of 5 sessions). Meeting focus can be on media research and list building, website and/or social media consultation, tech tools, and support with other author priorities.

  • Three additional months of bi-weekly small-group office hours with Leah

Tuition: $8500 | Application here

*Faculty authors can often access university professional development or research funds for this program.

*This program offers expanded strategic guidance, personalized materials development, and a custom launch plan. Authors execute the outreach. We do not pitch on the author’s behalf.

Everything we teach at Book Publicity School is informed by our years leading high-profile campaigns at Press Shop PR.

This program is perfect for you if:

  • You’ve heard the horror stories of books getting no attention and want to make sure yours isn’t one of them

  • You want a customized easy-to-implement promotional plan to launch your book

  • You want help writing a knockout pitch and refining your press materials

  • You want access to an expert who can answer your questions about the publishing world and be a member of your team

  • You need strategies for using social media without losing your mind

  • You’d like feedback and guidance as you prepare for interviews

  • You’re ready to invest in your book’s success with sustained support and expertise at your side

Have questions? See our FAQ or email us

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“Leah's sharp intelligence enables her to figure out a book's structure and goal and align it with the relevant audience. You cannot do better than enlist Leah and her team on your side.”

—Jason Stanley, author of How Fascism Works (Random House)