Publishers are invited to submit their titles for consideration in the 2025 – 2026 Booksellers Summer Reading Guide.
The Booksellers Summer Reading Guide is a print + digital, nationwide book marketing that is distributed through bookshops across the country and works in partnership with a strong and dynamic digital campaign beginning on October 13 (after Bookshop Day), running through to the end of January. Our digital marketing runs across multiple online channels including carousels, banners and promotions on the BookHub home page, EDMs, social media spotlights, bookseller reviews and promoted posts on social media.
This year the SRG will be a 16 page, colour A4, print run of c.100,000 copies, an additional 30,000 of an 8 page quarto NZ catalogue (NZG) for The Listener and a 20,000 8 page A5 Kids Reading Guide (KRG).
In store, for the first time this year, alongside their own branded catalogues, booksellers will be able to own-brand their own digital resources for email, web and social media, increasing the reach of the SRG and KRG curation even further to their own audiences.
Submitting a title for considerationin the guide is free. Submissions will be reviewed by booksellers across New Zealand to determine the final selection included in the SRG.
Timeline
| Friday 30 May | Submissions open |
| Friday 20 June | Submission period closes |
| 20 June – 11 July | Title selection process |
| Mon 14 July | Title selections confirmed to publishers |
| Tue 15 July | Title selection distributed to members for ordering |
| Sat 19 July | Advance proof presented to booksellers at conference |
| Thu 8 Aug | First proof presented to publishers |
| Thu 21 Aug | Final sign-off from publishers |
| 1-8 October | Delivery to stores |
| 12 October | Bookshop Day: SRG & KRG Carousels live on BookHub |
| 17 October | SRG & KRG Digital Campaign begins |
| Late November | NZG Insert in NZ Listener |
We’re committed to ensuring the best possible advertising and promotion for your titles through Aotearoa New Zealand’s excellent bookshops and influential digital channels. Booksellers provides the best omni-channel nationwide book marketing which means your titles not only feature in bookshop displays and handsells, but in traditional and digital media including newspapers, magazines, social media, emails, ecommerce sites (BookHub and our online member stores) and even podcasts. We are here to drive traffic to bookstores both instore and online, to increase book sales, and to reach new audiences.
Please contact us for rates, submission instructions, and marketing reach.
Booksellers looking to order the SRG should visit Members Resources
More information on marketing with Booksellers Aotearoa NZ
Last year’s Summer Reading Guide, Aotearoa NZ Guide and Summer Kids Reading Guide,
