Publishing Partners

The Value of getAbstract for Authors and Publisher

getAbstract is the most direct and effective way to market business books to business people.

getAbstract works together with small, medium and enterprise-sized companies and recommends selected titles to their (combined) 10 million plus employees. Every week, we deliver thousands of book recommendations to these millions of business professionals, directly to their in-boxes.

Since getAbstract recommends only outstanding titles, you are guaranteed a positive marketing effect. To encourage spontaneous purchases – getAbstract’s book recommendations are linked to Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk. getAbstract’s subscribers purchase an average of six business books per year (as opposed to two books per year for non-subscribing corporate executives).

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Books purchased in past year due to getAbstract summaries

We regularly present your titles to our client base of professionals using the following tools:

• Weekly recommendations emailed to subscribers according to their self-defined areas of interest.
• Promotion on company intranets as “Book of the Week,” “Book of the Month” or as part of a suggested reading list.
• Ongoing representation on our website.

Are you a self-published author looking to achieve greater exposure for your work? By partnering with getAbstract, selected authors will benefit from our push email recommendations exposing these new titles to audiences hungry for fresh ideas that expand their intellectual horizons.

Rigorous Selection Criteria

More than 10,000 business books are published each year. We start delving into them by working with our publishing partners to screen upcoming titles, and to request books and information thereby enabling us to evaluate several thousand titles. We seek the highest-quality, most relevant publications across a comprehensive spectrum of business interests.

Partnerships - Our publishing partners send us regular updates on future titles as well as their latest catalogues. We also attend book fairs in Europe and North America to keep up-to-date on new releases of relevant business books.

Range - We consider all books that are relevant to business, from sales and marketing to strategy and management to career and personal development.

Rigorous Selection - If a book passes the initial screening, we give it a preliminary read. We use a rigorous peer-review process to assign a 1-10 rating to each book. We base our ratings on three criteria:

• Applicability – How easily can you apply the book’s ideas to your daily business operations?
• Innovation – Are the book’s ideas new, or does the book offer new perspectives on existing ideas?
• Style – How clear, savvy and concise is the book?

We select business books that provide practical relevance, a high degree of innovation and style. We award marks for fresh thinking, readability and a hands-on approach. We deduct marks for jargon, hackneyed ideas and overly academic concepts. To ensure the quality and relevance of our content, only books that earn an overall rating of five or higher pass our initial rigorous selection and are then considered for a summary. Once we have selected a title for the getAbstract library, we start securing the rights holder’s permission to create a summary. We do this for each and every title.

What Authors and Publishers Say About getAbstract

getAbstract’s media partnerships place your titles in front of millions of businesspeople.

Our close cooperation with more than 650 international publishing partners, as well as our continuous screening of several thousand business titles every year, has made getAbstract the undisputed authority in the field of compressed business knowledge.
Consequently, several prestigious media outlets – including The Washington Post, Shanghai Daily, Forbes Mexico, Revista Líderes and Vedomosti – have asked getAbstract to supply reviews and ranking lists of business books for publication within their magazines and newspapers.

getAbstract enjoys a strong relationship with each of our publishing partners, whose commitment to us is a testament to the success and efficacy of our approach to book marketing. Our publishing partners demonstrate their satisfaction with us by continuing to use our unique marketing method. Our circle of partners grows each year as more publishers recognize the value that getAbstract brings to their marketing strategies.

Additionally, many authors contact getAbstract directly; they appreciate that getAbstract offers an outstanding marketing platform for their publications.

If you are interested in becoming a publishing partner and in taking advantage of our global marketing services, at no cost to you, please contact us:

getAbstract AG
Alpenquai 12
6005 Luzern
Switzerland
Or email us at: arnhild.walz-rasilier@getabstract.com

getAbstract is just as passionate about writing and publishing as you are. We consider only the best, most relevant books.

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The Publishing Partners of getAbstract make no representations or warranties as to the accuracy of any information contained in their material promoted on this website, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. In no event shall the Publishing Partners of getAbstract have any liability to any party for special, incidential, tort or consequential damages arising out of or in connection with their material promoted on this website, even if they have been advised of the possibility of such damages.