Publisher Guide to Review Media
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 those listed below.
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. For more information about these book review media, 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.
Click here for 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: Brad Hooper, Adult Books Editor
Booklist/American Library Association
50 E. Huron
Chicago, IL 60611
For more information, see their Procedures for Submitting Review Materials.
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. They tend to be extremely friendly to SPD titles. Books can be submitted to them for review at:
Rain Taxi Editors
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 also has an excellent track record when it comes to reviewing small press titles. Send titles to:
Boston Review
c/o Managing Editor
E53-407 MIT
Cambridge MA 02139
Or visit them on the web at www.bostonreview.net.