Responsibilities
- Tour strategy and event targets
- Venue, travel and run-of-show coordination
- Guest, bookseller and attendee follow-up
Your book team · Book tour & event manager
Plan launch appearances, venues, logistics and follow-up around the book’s audience.
A clear brief protects the author and the professional: define the contribution, evidence, deliverables, schedule, attribution, rights and book access before work begins.
Typical milestones
- Event calendar approved
- Logistics confirmed
- Tour reporting complete
Book permissions
Launch plan, approved media assets and event details
Only grant the chapters, files and actions needed for the agreed scope. Access can be reviewed or revoked from My Book Team.
What this role does not own
- Guaranteeing attendance
- Securing press coverage unless scoped
- Acting as the author’s literary representative
When to bring them in
- Events serve a defined audience or business goal
- Books and approved event assets will be available
- Travel, venue and fulfillment responsibilities are clear
Questions worth asking
- How do you qualify venues and forecast costs?
- Who owns travel, stock, sales and attendee data?
- What is the cancellation and contingency plan?
A prompt you can adapt
Plan [tour/events] for [book] in [markets/dates]. Coordinate venues, travel, inventory, run-of-show and follow-up; define budget, owners, cancellation rules and success measures.
Replace bracketed fields with project facts. Agree scope, rights, attribution, fees and permissions separately before work begins.
Turn the role into a clear book brief.
Compare evidence, describe the work, agree milestones and keep progress beside the manuscript.