Review Outlets
Good reviews can help the sales of your books enormously.
Below are listed a few places that have reviewed SPD
titles in the past. If you send review copies to only
six places, we suggest:
Most magazines prefer to review books before publication,
and you should make every effort to send your earliest
copies of your books to these sources. These include
Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Foreword and Booklist.
Reviews in these magazines can noticably boost sales
to bookstores and libraries. For more information about
these magazines, please link to them directly.
Publishers
Weekly
Publisher's Weekly has extensive guidelines
for sending review copies, but it is worth the trouble
to read them carefully. At the same time, a review in
PW is probably your best chance to see a real jump in
sales. Please review the PW guidelines and send in a
review copy.
See Publishers Weekly's FORECAST
SUBMISSIONS GUIDELINES.
Submit galleys ONCE ONLY to the appropriate Forecasts
Editor or Department:
- Fiction: Fiction Forecasts (address below)
- Nonfiction: Nonfiction Forecasts (address
below)
- Poetry: Craig Teicher (address below)
Mailing address:
360 Park Avenue South
New York, NY 10010
Library
Journal
Library Journal prefers to receive materials three to four months
in advance of publication date. They will accept galleys, page proofs, or manuscripts,
and they are a highly desirable location to place a review. Please see their
BOOK
REVIEW GUIDELINES for more information.
Address all materials to:
Book Review Editor
Library Journal
245 W. 17th Street
New York, NY 10011
Booklist
BookList is the American Library Association's
review journal, and a highly desirable location to place
a review. Send review copies to the following address:
ATTN: Bonnie Smothers, Adult Books Editor
Booklist/American Library Association
50 E. Huron
Chicago, IL 60611
For more information, see their Procedures
for Submitting Review Materials
Foreword
Magazine
Foreword Magazine is dedicated exclusively
to independent presses. It is a prepublication journal,
so materials should be sent three to four months in
advance of publication date to beconsidered for review
or mention. Galleys, page proofs, or manuscripts are
suitable materials to send. ForeWord generallyavoids
reviewing books later than date of publication.When
submitting materials, please include the following information:
Author, title; name, address, and telephone number ofpublisher;
date of publication; price; number of pages; and ISBN
number. Please indicate whether any illustrations, an
index, orbibliography will be included; also include
a brief description of the book, its intended audience,
and information on the author'sbackground.Send all material
to the following address:
Book Review Editor
Alex Moore
129 ¸ East Front Street
Traverse City, MI 49684
For more information, see their Review
Submission Guidelines
Rain Taxi
Review of Books
Rain Taxi Review of Books is a quarterly publication
featuring reviews of literary fiction, poetry, and nonfiction,
with an emphasis on works that push the boundaries of
language, narrative, and genre. Books can be submitted
to them for review at:
PO Box 3840
Minneapolis, MN 55403
Or check them out on the web at www.raintaxi.com
Boston
Review
According to its masthead, "Boston Review
is a left-center-of-gravity magazine of ideas: a magazine
that aims to expand political debate, shift the cultural
assumptions that frame that debate, and create greater
space for political initiative guided by egalitarian,
radically democratic, and culturally pluralist values."
It is also has an excellent track record when it comes
to reviewing small press titles. Send titles to:
Boston Review
c/o Joshua J. Friedman, Managing Editor
E53-407 MIT
Cambridge MA 02139
Or visit them on the web at www.bostonreview.mit.edu
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