Bedside Reading® is the world leader in placing books
by the bedside in luxury and boutique hotels,
 initially launched in 2002 in The Hamptons. We've 
expanded throughout the USA in 2017 and now in 2020, we're going global.

Introducing Bedside Reading on the download

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Book Candy for Every Guest
Offering our 5-star & boutique hotel partners
a collection of curated downloadable complimentary
​DIGITAL books/audiobooks
 to enhance the guest experience or meeting (on or off-site)

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Bedside Reading® On the Download ​

A New Way for ForbesBooks Authors

​to Be Discovered

​Build Reader Loyalty

​Build Your Brand and Fan Base
Expand Your Audience, Great Visibility

Example of on the download  Book Launch Collection

Can you imagine the power of 10 five-star & boutique hotels all promoting your book to their databases and/or on their in-room TVs and/or tablets? Their newsletters? On their Websites? Their Apps?

Bedside Reading on the Acqualina Resort & Residences App

Bedside Reading on the Acqualina Resort & Residences App - Vivid Vision

It can happen! For example: This Summer the Estates at Acqualina Residences promoted our authors' books to their residents and subscribers via their newsletter three times to a database of 25,000 subscribers. Results:  9,775 people opened the email and viewed the promoted book

The on the download Program

Bedside Reading program: on the download featured at the Conrad New York Downtown

Example of potential partnership

Bedside Reading on the download

• Will place one ForbesBooks author (digital books only - ebooks/audiobooks) in 10 hotels for a minimum of one month
• Include your author's book as part of our curated collection of six- eight digital books offered to influential travelers who frequent our hotel partners.
• The books will also be shared with their residents as well as event & meeting planners
• Our hotels promote all of our books in a number of ways: Via hotel database, showcased on their in-room TVs, tablets, newsletters, magazines and/or apps
• Each book will be showcased on our hotels' landing page (example: bedsidereading.com/conrad). Books will be offered on Glose.com. This allows  each guest the ability to select and read the book on Glose.com's browser. 

Rate: $2000/month- one book- 10 hotels
Additional Options:

• Become our Partner!  We can offer you one "ForbesBooks" branded spot each month. Choose the author you want to promote, we will do the rest. We will make sure that your brand, "ForbesBooks" logo will be integrated (example to the left) and into all of our promotions, online, offline, print, etc. 
• ForbesBooks and author will be Included all media outreach- online & print
• Fully produced Podcast by Thriveloud.com the podcast usually gets 15,000 downloads each month
• Includes outreach to virtual meetings for potential speaking engagements
• Change the book monthly or let us keep promoting the same author
• Rate: $3000/month

In addition, Bedside Reading on the download will:

• Offer your physical book to Bauer Media's various paid media giveaway opportunities as part of our decade-long relationship with Woman's World & First for Women magazines online and in print (10 million media impressions monthly)
• Feature Forbesbooks in our monthly newsletter 
• Promote your author's book on our social media platforms

Mandarin Oriental New York

Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills

Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows

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The Fine Print

Interested? Please apply here

• Who Qualifies? Bestsellers, Award-Winners and books that have earned 5-star reviews on Amazon

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• We are looking for all Genres: Fiction, Business, Memoirs, Children's, Mindfulness/Wellbeing, Classics, & more!   

  

• Current books are preferred, however, we will accept "must-read" business books! We want people to discover great books!

 

• ​Your book will be delivered via glose.com

• Podcast Inclusion: Authors will be included in Lou Diamond's "Authors That Thrive" Podcast and will be promoted via ThriveLoud.com and have a permanent home in our own author podcast library available 24/7

 

• Potential Media Opportunities - We love our authors and we are always proud to brag about them to the media! 

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• And we encourage our hotel partners to do the same via their social media platforms

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Upgrade Easily with À La Carte Offerings
Additional Author Options

Tim Tigner, Danielle Girard, Jane Ubell-Meyer, Matt Coyle, at Fairmont Miramar, Santa Monica

• For Speakers. Let us open up doors! We will be reaching out to virtual meeting planners/event planners looking for speakers. Does your author qualify?
• We can design a literary event via Zoom or live at hotels (when it is safe)
• Hotel Business Book Clubs - Imagine a Forbesbooks book club!
• Promote a branded edition of your author's book to corporate meetings and conferences
• Ask us about custom social media promotion and content

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Word on the Street
Bedside Reading in the Media

As Seen In...

Hotel Partners
Bedside Reading® A Unique Guest Amenity Since 2017

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​Testimonials

​Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows

Bedside Reading has been our partner for over two years. We love the program, our guests love the program and most importantly this is one of our most talked about amenities. Jane is an innovator and continues to pave the way, bringing us exciting programs."
​Rebecca Huetter
​Director of Marketing & Sales, Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows

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Conrad New York Downtown

We have been working with Jane and Bedside Reading for the last few years, and when COVID-19 flooded New York, Jane remained a solid and supportive partner. Not only has she evolved the Bedside Reading program at the hotel into a digital experience, she has provided us with access to countless authors who produced invaluable content for our social media platforms. Thanks to Bedside Reading and Jane, our robust social media strategy offered guests exclusive and unique content that out followers engaged with and loved. The evolution of our partnership with Bedside Reading is a testament to the strong leadership of Jane, tremendous network of the company and fantastic media and marketing support Bedside Reading offers."
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Marlene Poynder
General Manager, Conrad New York Downtown

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Acqualina Resort & Residences

The Bedside Reading Program has proven very successful at Acqualina. Guests truly enjoy the literature provided and it is a wonderful amenity to further enhance their experience."  
Alexandra Wensley
Director of Sales & Marketing, Acqualina Resort & Residences

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​Testimonial in the Times of Covid:

Ora Nadrich, author Live True

I love working with Jane Ubell-Meyer at Bedside Reading!  Even when everything came to a screeching halt with Covid-19, and hotels were closed, Jane continued to find creative, unique, even sexy ways to promote her authors, and make us feel that our books were reaching people, even if it was virtually. And, the magazine she put together featuring our books is gorgeous! Here’s to Jane, and our excitement for when we can be together again with books in our hands, poolside."

Ora Nadrich
​May 2020

Hank Phillippi Ryan - Launch of Podcast program placement on in-room TV's at Commonwealth Boston

Hank Phillippi Ryan at Book Party at James New York Soho

XXXXX You are the Janest!"
Hank Phillippi Ryan
​January 2020

Cocktail Book Party for Keel Burgin at Fairmont Miramar, Santa Monica

You are SUCH a GEM!! Jane is a visionary. From the moment I chatted with her on the phone to the several events we have under our belt together now she never ceases to surprise me with her marketing prowess, fierce love of her authors and her absolute get it done nature. I took a leap of faith with Bedside Reading and it had paid off ten-fold. I believe in Jane's ingenuity, she doesn't just take on the words in a book, she takes on the author and she truly cares. I will promote all of my books through Bedside Reading, Jane has made me a lifer."

Keele Burgin
​​May 2019
Little A
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FAQs

Q: How many books are in the full collection?
​​A minimum of six books that will be changed bi-monthly.

Q: Can you share what titles are on that list now?
​The list will be available by August 18th (our soft launch date).

Q: Do guests have access to the collection at any given time or only the titles of the month?
Yes, guests can access the selection of books and the complete podcast library 24/7 during a designated period. Some books may only be available for a specific time period.  Once the book has been downloaded, it stays with the reader forever.

Q: How long will my book be available to hotel guests?
When we launch, the current plan is to have books available for a minimum of 1 month.  As we progress we will determine if we should be offering new books monthly. Each author will be kept up-to-date as to how the program progresses.

Q: Can you share which categories are on your curated list?
Fiction, Non-Fiction, Business, Memoirs, Children's, Mindfulness/Wellness, Classics and more!

Q: With which publishers do you work?
We have been working with mainstream publishers (Simon & Schuster, Penguin Random House, Hachette, etc.) since 2002 plus independents. We are not exclusive to any one publisher which enables us to be selective and to choose great books.

Q: How will I know if my book is accepted?
The first step is to apply, then we will schedule a call and we will discuss the options.

Q: What is the fee structure for the program?
Please reach out to us for additional information:  
​Info@BedsideReading.com

Apply Here to Get On The Download

Bedside Reading 845 Canal Street 3rd Floor Stamford CT 06902 
​Jane Ubell-Meyer 917.848.3353  |  Lisa Rosenstein 917.887.6554