Need a Review? Well, don't miss this!
In the endless quest of attracting attention to a work, authors soon find one of the best ways to start to draw readers is with reviews - for better or worse -- but where should the fresh young author, lost in a myriad of websites, start?
Well, many independent authors find their way naturally to one of (what I consider) the Grande Dames of reviewing websites, Midwest Book Review. "Established in 1976, the Midwest Book Review" with James A. Cox as Editor-in-Chief "… publishes several monthly publications for community and academic library systems."
And when it comes to reviews, MBR: "gives priority consideration to small press publishers, self-published authors, academic presses" and "generates an average of 490 book reviews each month" as well as also maintaining a generous listing of additional book reviewers located at: http://midwestbookreview.com/links/othr_rev.htm
But don't just stop there.
While researching your options, make sure you check out BookConnector.com, owned by Paul Petrucci, author of Prodigal Logic.
This free handy-dandy site let's you punch in your books' details and poof, you'll be presented with a list of sites and organizations that might just be what you're looking for!
From the site: "BookConnector connects authors and publishers with people and resources that promote your manuscript. Our site is all about making connections to reduce the time and energy that writers, publicists and publishers spend reaching services in cyberspace."
So, now that you're armed with that information, what are you waiting for?
Well, many independent authors find their way naturally to one of (what I consider) the Grande Dames of reviewing websites, Midwest Book Review. "Established in 1976, the Midwest Book Review" with James A. Cox as Editor-in-Chief "… publishes several monthly publications for community and academic library systems."
And when it comes to reviews, MBR: "gives priority consideration to small press publishers, self-published authors, academic presses" and "generates an average of 490 book reviews each month" as well as also maintaining a generous listing of additional book reviewers located at: http://midwestbookreview.com/links/othr_rev.htm
But don't just stop there.
While researching your options, make sure you check out BookConnector.com, owned by Paul Petrucci, author of Prodigal Logic.
This free handy-dandy site let's you punch in your books' details and poof, you'll be presented with a list of sites and organizations that might just be what you're looking for!
From the site: "BookConnector connects authors and publishers with people and resources that promote your manuscript. Our site is all about making connections to reduce the time and energy that writers, publicists and publishers spend reaching services in cyberspace."
So, now that you're armed with that information, what are you waiting for?
posted by dehanna at 6:58 PM
1 Comments:
Awesome! Finding places to do reviews is an overwhelming task (I speak from experience). Then there's always the question of whether they do pre-publication reviews (such as Publishers Weekly) and require galleys or advance copies, or if they do post-publication reviews, meaning they don't want the book until it's already available to the public.
If you ever run across a table or spreadsheet that boils it all down to who/what/where/when, let us know! (I won't have to recreate the wheel.)
Thanks for posting this!
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