Pitching Midcoast Maine Media: Author Essentials Bundle

Everything a Maine author needs to pitch newspapers, magazines, and local media in Midcoast 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:

Midcoast Maine Media Directory (Google Sheets)

Contacts for newspapers, magazines, blogs, and community outlets in the Midcoast region (roughly from Brunswick to to Belfast/Searsport). Editable, organized, with a section for Author's Notes.

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.

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.
Great for authors prefer a physical tracker to online spreadsheets.

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.