Destination Partnership Opportunities 2026

The new media leader in literary travel & culture

A global community of readers who travel differently
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1000 Libraries

A brand in its biggest phase of expansion

Founded in Melbourne, Australia to celebrate libraries, bookshops, and bookish culture — now a global movement that AAP (Tier 1 Australian Media) calls "the world's largest online community of book-lovers." We're entering our biggest growth phase yet, and opening a limited number of founding destination partnerships.

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Newsletter subscribers
+800 every week
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Social followers
+5,000 every month
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Votes in the 2025
1000 Libraries Awards
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Of profits fund
global literacy

A social enterprise — every partnership helps put books in the hands of readers worldwide.

What We Stand For

Libraries, bookstores, physical books and analog culture — worth protecting in a digital age

Mission

Celebrate literary culture and travel — and help the libraries and bookstores at its heart thrive.

Aesthetic

Warm, editorial, literary, analog. A point of view our audience trusts and returns to, week after week.

Trust

Editorial credibility, not influencer hype. Readers opt in to be guided — and they act on it.

Already in the Headlines
"Global literary tourism initiative." — ABN News
"Global community of book lovers curating literary travel guides." — CNA
"Championing libraries & bookstores in an age of screens." — The Straits Times
Featured & broadcast on national television
The Morning Show interview
The Morning Show · National TV
ABC News interview
ABC News · National TV
9 News interview
9 News · National TV
Also featured in CNBC, Time Out, International Traveller, MSN & Yahoo.

Our founder & Editor-in-Chief is an international speaker, author, and educator in literary lifestyle, literacy, media publishing and social media, who regularly appears on national TV, radio and print — most recently in Tatler for their Power & Purpose series. The 1000 Libraries Awards 2025 drew 200,000 votes across six continents — and the destinations we crown become global news. Tourism bodies already engage with and amplify our coverage.

Our Global Network

The world's largest online promoter of bookstores & libraries

We're in direct contact with hundreds of bookshops, libraries, and literary destinations across the globe — the relationships, the access, and the audience already in place. When we feature a place, its story travels.

We've already featured 100s of literary destinations
Across 6 continents and 50+ countries — from libraries, bookshops, book cafés, book hotels, book markets & even entire booktowns
1000libraries Akihabara, Tokyo
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Libraries & Bookstores You Can Spend the Night In
432,826 views
1000libraries The Corner Bookstore, NYC
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The Most Beautiful Bookstores in NYC
607,837 views
1000libraries Cuesta de Moyano, Madrid
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A Book Lover's Guide to Madrid
214,939 views
The Audience — Social Reach

Reach that moves — millions of views a month

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followers across Instagram, Facebook & Threads — growing +5,000 every month
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Top travel post · all time
607K
Top travel post · 30 days
498K
Bookish lifestyle · 30 days
423K
Bookish news · 30 days
78% women  ·  core ages 25–44  ·  top countries US, Australia, UK  ·  literary & slow-living content consistently breaks 250K–500K views
The Audience — Newsletter

100,000+ readers who open, click, and act

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Average open rate — against a ~22% all-industry and ~30% media-sector benchmark. Flagship editorial sends regularly exceed 50%.
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Subscribers · editorial + magazine
+800
New subscribers every week
50%+
Open rate on flagship sends
27K
Book buyers — not just readers
78% women Core ages 25–54 US 36% Australia 10% UK 8% Highly engaged · high-intent travellers
What a Partnership Delivers

Our readers travel because of books

They plan trips around bookshops, libraries, and literary landmarks. It's the highest book-intent literary travel audience reachable in one place — and they act, not just watch. Above-benchmark open rates. Reader-voted awards. Book purchases. Real engagement, not passive impressions.

Why Us & You

A feature readers want to read — not an ad they skip

A Book Lover's Guide to Edinburgh
1000 Libraries · Feature
A Book Lover's Guide to
Your City

Editorial, not advertorial

We feature your destination's libraries, bookshops, literary cafés, and landmarks in our own voice, from reputable travel writers — the voice readers trust and travel on.

A story your stakeholders can tell

This isn't just media spend — it's helping preserve literary culture, libraries, and bookshops in an age of screens. A cultural-good narrative ministers and boards can stand behind.

Evergreen value

A beautifully designed destination guide keeps working long after the campaign ends — hosted, shareable, discoverable, and continuously distributed.

Partnership Packages

Three ways to partner with us

Single Campaign
per campaign
Availability · Open
  • One sponsored article in the 1000 Libraries voice
  • Dedicated newsletter feature
  • 3-piece social campaign (1 reel, 1 carousel, 1 story)
  • Evergreen hosting
Recommended
Seasonal Partnership
per season
Availability · 2 left
  • Three campaigns across a season (3 months)
  • Newsletter presenting sponsorship for the period
  • Full social distribution
  • Priority editorial placement
Annual Destination Partner
per year
Availability · By application
  • Full-year programme
  • Category exclusivity
  • Custom multi-feature series
  • Full cross-channel distribution

Inaugural 2026 Destination Partners receive founding-partner terms — limited availability.

Let's Talk

Let's put your destination on every book lover's map

Every partnership helps promote your literary richness. Come grow with us as a founding partner.

Book a call
Vinny Phan, Founder  ·  partnerships@1000libraries.com  ·  1000libraries.com
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