Call for Entries! Free Editorial Feedback Contest!

October 1, 2012 by 2 Comments
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Do you have a manuscript? Do you need professional feedback? There are so many fabulous book blogs out there that are great for helping published authors get the word out. However, what if you’ve got a finished manuscript and need some solid advice about it before you move forward with querying agents or self publishing? We’re here to help! Our amazing and talented acquisitions editor friend, Hanna, has offered to give FREE feedback (in blog form) to one author, and we’ll be posting her review on our site! The good news? It’s free feedback! The other good news? It’s totally confidential at this stage–Hanna will give each submission a number (which will be shared with you, author), so you can… [read more]

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The Modern Author and the “Amateur” Book Review Bloggers

August 1, 2012 by 3 Comments
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Much has changed in the old fortress of publishing over the past twenty years (since the rise of the Internet and self-publishing). However, the biggest change we’ve seen in publishing isn’t the rise of eBooks, the evolution of self-publishing, or Amazon’s domination over traditional booksellers. It’s the fact that–regardless of where or how an author is published–the author has really become the book’s most reliable sales rep, marketing manager, publicity department, etc. Publishing nowadays requires AUTHORS to be the product, and the book sells based on how well the author performs. Every author needs to be active in both grassroots and large-scale marketing campaigns.  Goodreads.com is one of the most popular contemporary social media sites, and it’s centered solely around the… [read more]

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The 5 Principles to Book Reviews and Endorsements

April 27, 2012 by 2 Comments
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In the book world, reviews and endorsements are extremely important… Both official reviews and unofficial consumer reviews are vital to a book’s launch into the market. Readers are becoming more and more dependent on reviews of all kinds when choosing which books to buy, and bookstore buyers tend to look at a book without reviews as less professional—but, of course, it depends on how the reviews are handled. Below is a list of the five principles for review/endorsement submissions! 1. Don’t solely target traditional book reviewers and book bloggers, such as Kirkus Book Reviews, Publishers Weekly, or Bookslut.com.  These sources receive tons of submissions every week, and while a review from one of these places will speak highly for your book, it… [read more]

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