Author Marketing Calendar
$79
Never wonder what to do next to market your book.
The 2026 Author Marketing Calendar gives you 365 book marketing ideas, reminders, opportunities, and important dates to help you organize your promotion and keep your book visible throughout the year.
Use it as your year-round source of inspiration for social media, outreach, events, seasonal promotions, industry opportunities, and more.
365 Days of Book Marketing Ideas and Opportunities
Successful book promotion takes consistency, but coming up with something useful to do every day can be challenging. The 2026 Author Marketing Calendar gives you a year's worth of ideas, reminders, dates, and opportunities to help keep your marketing moving.
Turn a Blank Marketing Calendar into 365 Opportunities
Open your calendar and find a practical marketing idea connected to that day, week, season, or publishing opportunity. Use the ideas that fit your book and goals, adapt others, and build a marketing routine that works for you.
You'll also find relevant Outskirts Press resources and services alongside many of the ideas when you'd like additional help putting them into action.
Ideas, Dates and Opportunities Throughout the Year
Each month combines different kinds of marketing activities so you can choose the opportunities that fit your book, audience, available time, and budget.
Find Reasons to Promote Your Book All Year
Book marketing doesn't have to stop after launch. The calendar helps you identify timely reasons to talk about your book and connect with readers throughout the year.
Want More Help Choosing and Using the Ideas?
The calendar works on its own, but optional enhancements can provide additional ideas, resources, and personalization.
Marketing Calendar Pro
Add genre-specific guides, sample outreach emails, genre-focused social media ideas, additional marketing tools, and discounts on 17 popular marketing services.
Explore Marketing Calendar ProMarketing Calendar Strategy Report
Have a Book Marketing Specialist review your book and calendar and identify 20 marketing ideas particularly relevant to your book, audience, and goals.
Explore the Strategy ReportGive Yourself a Year's Worth of Reasons to Market Your Book
Click Add to Cart to get the 2026 Author Marketing Calendar and start planning your book promotion throughout the year.