License the Book & Shores Atlas: Partner Pins, Embeds and Custom Maps

Book & Shores Atlas · Partners

License the Atlas

Go There. Read It.

Why the Atlas? A Launch Pin costs less than one book-newsletter spot, and it never expires, so your book keeps meeting readers who explore its place. Every pin has its own sourced page, built for AI search tools to find and cite. Made for publishers, authors, artists and illustrators, festivals, libraries and tourism boards.

71Pins

79Books

26Countries

3Reading routes

Three ways in

Launch Pin

For presses, authors, artists and illustrators

$100 per title, once

What you get

A pin at the book's stated setting. The pin card shows the cover, the setting line, the cited source, and print and ebook links
A listing on that place's own Atlas page and in the plain-text list of every pin
The pin stays on the map after launch. It doesn't expire
A link-preview card for sharing, and one post on X
Labeled "Partner pin" with your name on the card and the place page

Sample Atlas pin card: The Disappearers by Marlon James, set in Kingston, Jamaica — A pin card on the Atlas

See an example: Learning from Savannah, pinned on Savannah

Ask about a pin

Regional Atlas

For tourism boards and libraries

$400 per year

What you get

A custom map of the books set in your city or region, built for you to embed on your own site. We agree the delivery date when you sign
One reading route of 5 to 8 stops for your visitors or patrons
Kept current for 12 months as new pins are added
Credit and a link back to you

Example routeNational Book Awards 2026 →

Ask about an embed

Partner Map

For festivals and programs

from $750 first year included, then $150/yr

What you get

A custom map for your festival lineup, reading program, exhibition or anniversary
Built for you: its own page on bookandshores.com with the map, a numbered route and a stop list
Its own link-preview card
Your logo and colors on the page
Hosted and updated for the first year, then $150 a year

See an example: the Booker Prize 2026 route, 5 stops

Plan a map

What it does

Type any city, country or region and see the books set there.
Each pin opens a card with the cover, the setting and the source for it, plus print and ebook links.
When a book names a region instead of an address, a dashed ring shows the area, so nothing is overstated.
Reading routes link stops in order: Weekly Reads, the National Book Awards 2026 and the Booker Prize 2026.
Works on phones, and every pin is also listed in plain text below the map.

Open the Atlas →

Why put a book on the map

Readers look for books by place. Each place on the Atlas gets its own plain page, "Books set in Savannah, Georgia", written so search engines and AI answer tools can read it and cite it.
A pin doesn't expire. Most print sales come from backlist books, about 70% in the US (Circana BookScan). A pin keeps a book findable long after launch season.
Every pin is sourced. The setting is cited from the book, its publisher or a major review, and partner pins are labeled. That's what makes a pin worth trusting and worth citing.
Place brings people. A route through the settings of a festival lineup or a region's books gives readers somewhere to go, and gives the place its books.

Who it's for

University, small, indie and art-book presses: a sourced pin for each new title, linked back to your catalog page. A Regional Atlas for a state or city list.
Authors, including debut and self-published: a Launch Pin. If the book or its own description names the place, it can be pinned. A pin is not a review, and our takes are never for sale.
Artists and illustrators: a Launch Pin for an illustrated or art book set somewhere real, credited by name. A Partner Map for a show or a series.
Literary festivals and organizations: a Partner Map of your lineup's settings, with its own page and route.
Libraries and tourism boards: a Regional Atlas of the books set in your place.

The rules stay the same

We only pin what we can verify. A partner pin needs the same source as any other pin: the book, its publisher or a major review naming the place.

Partner pins and maps are always marked as partner work. Our takes on books are never for sale.

Questions, or a place you would like mapped? Write to readme@bookandshores.com.