Pitching Portland Maine Media: Author Essentials Bundle

Everything a Maine author needs to pitch newspapers, magazines, and local media in Portland Maine — in one powerful toolkit.

If you’re launching a book or ready to pitch an event and need help promoting it, this bundle saves you hours of research and gives you ready-to-use customizable templates created by a long-time Maine journalist and author with decades of local experience.

What's included:

Pitching Newspapers & Magazines: Do’s & Don’ts Checklist & Sample Email Template

A simple, essential best-practices guide and a sample customizable email that shows authors exactly how to introduce themselves and their book to journalists.

Portland Maine Media Directory (Google Sheets)

Portland is the center of statewide media outlets. This directory provides contacts for newspapers, magazines, blogs, and community outlets in the Portland and southern Maine region. Editable, organized, with a section for Author's Notes.

Book Event or Launch Template

A customizable Canva book launch or event template that can be downloaded as a flyer or used online.

Customizable Author One-Pager

A customizable Canva template designed to help authors quickly create a beautiful, industry-standard one-pager that’s perfect for media kits, bookstore pitches, events, press outreach, or social media promotion.

Bonus: Local Media Pitch Tracker

Track every pitch, follow-up, response, and note in one place in a physical print out.
Download to use as a paper document or as an online spreadsheet.

Note: This bundle uses Google sheets and Canva; so you must have a Gmail account and a free Canva account (www.canva.com) in order to access it. Each product comes with instructions.

These resources do not guarantee media coverage. They provide accurate contact information, an example pitch structure, and best practices based on current newsroom constraints.