Celebrating Your Stories: A Look Back at 2024 📚

As the year draws to a close, we wanted to take a moment to reflect—not just on what Written Word Media has accomplished, but more importantly, on the incredible stories, milestones, and grit we’ve seen from YOU, our author community.

2024 has been a year of challenges and triumphs for authors. The publishing world continues to evolve, bringing new opportunities alongside obstacles. Whether you navigated shifting algorithms, tackled your first book launch, or balanced writing with life’s many curveballs, we’ve seen your determination shine. 

Writing is not just an art; it’s an act of bravery. And this year, you proved (again) just how resilient and inspiring authors can be 💪 .

Here’s what 2024 looked like for you, our author community:

✨ Stories told, worlds created: Thousands of books were launched into the hands of eager readers this year. Your stories made readers laugh, cry, escape, and connect.

🏆 Goals achieved: We saw many of you hit personal milestones—whether it was completing that long-dreamed-of trilogy, earning a bestseller badge, or simply finishing that first draft (no small feat!).

🎤 Community built: This year, authors came together stronger than ever. From attending conferences like NINC, 20Books Vegas, and Self-Publishing Show Live (SPS) to online forums and local meetups, you created a network of shared knowledge and encouragement.

How We Partnered with You in 2024

This year, we took huge strides in our mission to help you connect with your ideal readers and make marketing simple.

Here are a few highlights:

🌟 Building bigger audiences for you: We partnered with RetireHub and Bookclubs to open up completely new audiences of readers for authors. These partnerships help us connect your books with genre-loving readers you might not reach otherwise.

🔗 Empowering you with direct links: We introduced the ability to include direct links to your author store in our Freebooksy, Bargain Booksy, and Red Feather Romance newsletters. By connecting readers directly to your personal storefront—alongside traditional retail links—we’re giving you more control over your audience and your sales. This update came straight from your feedback, and we’re thrilled to help you connect with readers on your own terms.

🤝 Adding promo partners to save you time and money: We’ve teamed up with seven promo sites (from Hello Books to Book Barbarian) making it easier than ever to quickly build promo stacks and include multiple platforms in your marketing efforts. These new partnerships allowed us to create 80 (yes, eighty!) new Promo Stacks this year to help you share your titles with more readers. 

🎉 Expanding Subscriber Surge Giveaways (SSG): In 2024, we expanded our Subscriber Surge Giveaways, helping more authors grow their email lists with engaged, genre-specific readers. Directly connecting with readers is one of the most important ways to build a sustainable author career, and SSG gives you the tools to foster that connection and keep readers coming back for more.

🚀 Revolutionizing Book Launches with NewInBooks!: We completely revamped our NewInBooks Book Launch Packages to provide authors with a more tailored experience. From one-on-one access to dedicated book launch specialists to expertly crafted promotional strategies, we’ve designed these packages to deliver not just better results, but the right results. Whether it’s driving sales, generating buzz, or reaching the top of your category, NewInBooks has everything you need to launch your book like a pro.

Everything we’ve done this year has been driven by a simple goal: to help you spend less time on marketing logistics and more time doing what you love—writing great books.

Looking ahead to 2025…

As we close out the year, we’re doubling down on our mission to be your one-stop shop for book marketing. We want to make it easy and accessible for authors at all stages of their writing careers to connect with readers.

Expect to see more partnerships, expanded tools, and services designed to make marketing seamless, effective, and even a little fun (yes, fun!). We believe every author deserves a shot at building an audience, and in 2025, we’ll continue working hard to make that happen.

But for now, let’s take a moment to celebrate everything you’ve accomplished this year. YOU are the heart of the Written Word Media community, and we’re so proud to be part of your journey.

Thank you for trusting us with your books and for inspiring us every day with your creativity and perseverance. We can’t wait to see what you’ll create in 2025.