Romance Novel Finally Breaks The Post’s ‘No Self-Published Books’ Rule

Romance Novel Finally Breaks The Post’s ‘No Self-Published Books’ Rule

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The Washington Post, like many other highly influential book platforms, has always adopted a hands-off policy regarding self-published books. That has now changed with Serving Pleasure, an erotic romance which won a place on The Post's "best of" list for romance.

Does this mean self-published books have finally earned respectability? Probably not. The Washington Post is owned by Amazon, which - it won't shock you to know - published Serving Pleasure.

It would not be at all unreasonable to assume that perhaps a little suggestion was whispered in the reviewer's ear.

(The lady doth protest too much, methinks. Read on.)

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Romance finally breaks The Post’s ‘No Self-Published Books’ rule

By Ron Charles, Washington Post, November 24

It was bound to happen sooner or later: For the first time ever, a self-published book appears on one of The Washington Post’s best-of-the-year lists.

The distinction — bestowed on Alisha Rai’s erotic novel “Serving Pleasure” — marks a small but telling milestone. Long scorned as the “vanity press,” self-publishing now draws hundreds-of-thousands of hopeful authors. The vast majority of the books sell very few copies, but each year produces another rockstar — a EL James or a Hugh Howey — whose stratospheric success fuels more dreams and brings more legitimacy to the platform.

“Serving Pleasure” appears on The Post’s list of the year’s best romance fiction, one of several genre lists in Book World’s Best Books of 2015 package. Rai, who works as a lawyer by day, released “Serving Pleasure” through CreateSpace, Amazon’s independent publishing platform. (Amazon founder and chief executive Jeffrey P. Bezos owns The Washington Post.)

Our romance reviewer, Sarah MacLean, didn’t think she was doing anything particularly radical by including a self-published book.

Read the rest of this article HERE.

Self-Publishing Success: The Little Rabbit That Could

Self-Publishing Success: The Little Rabbit That Could

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Carl-Johan Forssen Ehrlin, the most famous author you have never heard of, has been making the news recently. His children's book, The Rabbit Who Wants To Fall Asleep, has been touted as an overnight success after it hit #1 on Amazon's bestseller list with seemingly no promotion.

How did Ehrlin's self-published Rabbit manage to garner the top position on Amazon? There was some speculation that he may have gamed the system by having everyone he knew purchase copies simultaneously (this has been done before) - but 20,000 copies? 

The mystery of how Ehrlin won such spectacular success - including a 7-figure advance from Random House - is finally revealed. Publisher's Weekly has conducted an interview with Ehrlin in which the author revealed how his book became a bestseller - step by step.

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A Self-Published Sleeper: Author of 'The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep' Speaks

By Claire Kirch | Oct 07, 2015, Publisher's Weekly

"Initially, Ehrlin focused on selling Rabbit at seminars he conducted before various groups and the classes he taught at Jonkoping University. The word-of-mouth praise that effort drove, he said, resulted in people talking about the book to the press. This, he said, propelled sales of the book in Sweden. After Rabbit became a bestseller in Sweden, Ehrlin decided to solicit “friends and their friends” to assist him in translating the book into approximately half a dozen languages so that it could reach a wider audience.

After the various translated editions were self-published in 2014, through Amazon’s CreateSpace imprint, the U.K. edition, Ehrlin said, received “the most attention.” This, he assumes, is attributed to the the fact that he gave away e-book editions of the title via Facebook.

"I did some ads there saying the book existed and [people] could try it for free and see if they liked it or not."

Ehrlin thinks that the people who downloaded the free e-books must have recommended the title to their friends, and those friends then sought out the print edition. “There was a correlation there” between the growing number of free downloads and sales of the print book," he noted. “Then the snowball started rolling, I think. There was a lot of word of mouth.”

Read the rest of this article HERE.

10 Awards for Self-Published Books

10 Awards for Self-Published Books

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Among the dozens of awards for self-published books, there aren't many that are worth winning. The majority of self-published book awards don't confer any benefit to the author, other than a seal that winners often must pay for. And many of these contests are run by media groups that use them as a way to drum up business.

That being said, there are a few contests that are not only prestigious, but offer considerable prizes to the winners, either in terms of cash or publicity. I have listed 10 of the most worthwhile below.

With two exceptions all of these contests charge a fee, although in most cases the fees are reasonable (under $100).

While cash awards are always appreciated, as is the publicity generated by awards ceremonies, these benefits are fleeting. Before you enter any contest, make sure you have a long-term plan in place - just in case you win. How will you make good use of your award? Will you order gold seals to affix to your book cover (if it is in print)? Do you have a press release in place to announce your prize to local media? How about researching opportunities for talks given by an "award-winning author"? Even if you don't think you stand a chance of getting an award, when it comes to marketing and promotion, it is always a good idea to plan ahead.
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Axiom Awards. Authors and publishers throughout North America and overseas publishers who publish English-language business books with a 2014-2016 copyright or that were released between June 2014 and December 2015, and that are intended for the American market may enter. Print-On-Demand and other independent authors are welcome to enter their books themselves. Genre: Business books. Entry fee: $85 per title, per category, until October 24. $95 from October 25-December 12. Deadline: December 12, 2015.

The Benjamin Franklin Awards are administered by the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) with help from over 150 book publishing professionals including librarians, bookstore owners, reviewers, designers, publicity managers, and editors. The Benjamin Franklin Awards are unique in that all entrants receive direct feedback on their entries. The actual judging forms are returned to all participating publishers. Indie publishers and self-published authors are invited to enter the next competition for books with a copyright date of 2015. Genre: Any. Prize: Announcement to major trade journals (including Publishers Weekly and Book Business), to select public libraries, through all IBPA social media channels, including Facebook, Twitter, the IBPA Blog. Entry fee: IBPA member – $95 per title, per category. Non-IBPA member – $225 for first title, which includes one year’s membership in IBPA; $95 per title, per category for second and subsequent entries. Deadlines: FIRST CALL—SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 - Primarily for titles published January 1 – August 31, 2015: SECOND CALL— DECEMBER 15, 2015 - Primarily for titles published September 1 – December 31, 2015.

The Book Designer: Monthly e-Book Cover Design Awards. Aside from the fact that there is no fee for this contest, an additional reason to enter is that Joel Friedlander's site gets a substantial amount of traffic. Genre: Any Indie book cover. Entry fee: None. Deadline: Revolving.

Eric Hoffer Award. The Eric Hoffer Book Award is one of the largest international book awards for small, academic, and independent presses. Anyone (including the author) can submit one or more books for the Eric Hoffer Award. Printed, e-books, and chapbooks are accepted. Genre: Any. Prize: $2,000 grand prize and various category honors and press type distinctions, as well as the winners of the Montaigne Medal, da Vinci Eye, and First Horizon Award. The book awards are covered independently by the US Review of Books. Entry fee: $55 (chapbooks $40). Deadline: January 21st of the award year.

IACP Cookbook Awards Details to be announced on September 14, 2015.

Independent Publisher Book Awards. All independent publishers are eligible, ranging from self-published authors to major university presses. About 2,400 publishers participate in the Awards each year, from every U.S. state, Canada, and English-speaking countries overseas around the world. The 2015 IPPY Awards attracted 5,700 total entries; winners came from 45 U.S. states plus the District of Columbia, six Canadian provinces, and ten countries overseas. Genre: Any. Prize: IPPY Award entrants have four ways to win: the National, Regional, E-Book and Outstanding Books of the Year (which all entrants are considered for with no extra fee). Award winners are headlined on Independent Publisher, and are featured prominently in articles in their monthly newsletter, which goes out to over 15,000 subscribers worldwide, many of whom are agents, buyers, and librarians. Entry fee: $75.00 per category. Deadline: February 27, 2016.

The Next Generation Indie Book Awards. Not-for-Profit book awards program for indie authors and independent publishers. In its ninth year of operation, the Next Generation Indie Book Awards was established to recognize and honor the most exceptional independently published books in over 70 different categories, for the year, and is presented by Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group (www.IBPPG.com) in cooperation with Marilyn Allen of Allen O'Shea Literary Agency. Open to all indie publishers including independent publishers (small, medium or otherwise), university presses, self-published authors, e-book authors, seasoned authors and even first time authors based in the U.S., Canada or internationally who have a book written in English and released in 2014, 2015 or 2016 or with a 2014, 2015 or 2016 copyright date. Genre: Any. Prizes:

• $1,500 Cash Prize and trophy awarded to the best Fiction Book
• $1,500 Cash Prize and trophy awarded to the best Non-Fiction Book
• $750 Cash Prize and trophy awarded to the second best Fiction Book
• $750 Cash Prize and trophy awarded to the second best Non-Fiction Book
• $500 Cash Prize and trophy awarded to the third best Fiction Book
• $500 Cash Prize and trophy awarded to the third best Non-Fiction Book
• $100 Cash Prize and a Gold Medal awarded to the winner of each of the 70 categories
• Finalist Medals will be awarded to up to five finalists in each of the 70 categories

Entry fee:  Early Bird Special Entry Fee is $75 and includes the entry of one title in two categories. On October 1, 2015 the price to enter two categories increases by $50. Deadline: February 12, 2016.

Shelf Unbound. Shelf Unbound book review magazine reaches more than 125,000 readers in the U.S. and in 65 other countries around the globe. Genre: Any. Prize: The author of the book named as the Best Independently Published book will receive $500, a year's worth of full-page ads in Shelf Unbound, and editorial coverage in the December/January 2016 issue of Shelf Unbound. Five finalists will receive editorial coverage in the December/January 2016 issue of Shelf Unbound. More than 100 books deemed by the editors as "notable" entries in the competition will also be featured in the December/January 2016 issue. Entry fee: $40 per title. Deadline: October 1, 2015.

Spark Award. Sponsored by the Society for Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Genre: Children's book. Prize: The winner and honor recipients will receive: a Spark seal to display on their book;  commemorative plaque; the opportunity to have their book featured and autographed at an SCBWI conference of their choosing during the year the award is won, featured in the SCBWI online bookstore and publicized through SCBWI social networking sites. The winners will also get the opportunity to attend any conference of their choice tuition free (other than for extras such as critiques and intensives). Entry fee: No fee. Deadline: December 1, 2015 for books published in the 2015 calendar year. Do not enter before September 15, 2015.

Writer’s Digest is holding its 3rd Annual Self-Published e-Book Awards–a competition that spotlights today’s self-published works and honors self-published authors. Prizes: One Grand Prize winner will receive:

• $5,000 in cash
• A feature article about you and your book for the May/June 2016 issue of Writer’s Digest
• Winner’s name on the cover of Writer’s Digest magazine (subscriber issues)
• A paid trip to the ever-popular Writer’s Digest Conference!
• 30-minute platform & marketing consultation with Chuck Sambuchino, author of Create Your Writer Platform
• $200 worth of Writer’s Digest books
• One year Subscription (new or renewal) to Writer’s Digest magazine

One First Prize winner in each category will receive:

• $1,000 in cash
• Promotion in the May/June 2016 issue of Writer’s Digest
• $100 worth of Writer’s Digest books
• One year Subscription (new or renewal) to Writer’s Digest magazine

Entry fee: First entry—$110. Each additional entry—$85. Deadline: September 21, 2015

What Is the Best Price for Your Novel?

What Is the Best Price for Your Novel?

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If you are self-publishing, setting a price for your novel can be daunting.

Do you set the price as low as possible in order to garner the most readers, or do you set a higher price in hopes that you will make some money for your labors? And if you do set a higher price in hopes of gaining an income, what price is reasonable?

In this highly informative Huffington Post article, "Setting the Price for Your Novel -- What You Need to Know," Kristen Houghton lays out exactly how to price your novel.

She also talks about discounts, how retail prices are calculated and a lot of other factors that can affect the price of a book. As an all-round introduction to the topic, this article can't be beat.

If you want to know which price gets the best performance in terms of maximizing readers and sales (ebooks only), Written Word Media has done a great analysis.

According to Written Word, if your only goal is to maximize the number of readers you acquire:

• $0.99 is the most effective price point.
• $1.99 is not far behind.

If your only goal is to maximize revenue on the day of a promotion:

• Price your book at $4.99.

You will acquire far fewer readers, but generate the most revenue. And if you want to achieve both goals

• but want to acquire new readers more than maximize revenue, go for $1.99.
• but want to maximize revenue more than you want to acquire new readers, price your book at $2.99.

There is no simple formula for how to price your book in both print and electronic form, but between these two articles, you should get a good idea of how pricing works.
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Setting the Price for Your Novel -- What You Need to Know

By Kristen Houghton

Think you know all about publishing your book? The writing, the edits, etc., sure. But there's more. Do you know how to price your novel so it will sell well? This isn't about publicity, this is about the actual book price seen by your readers. There's a whole new world out there for authors and we need to be on top of all the "my book" related parts of publishing. Careful pricing is one of the keys to success.

One of the most important aspects with which an author must deal is the aspect of dollars and cents; in other words the selling price of your book and the profit you will make. If you are traditionally published, no worries; your publisher will determine the retail price of your print novel as well as your ebook version. Publishers will tell you the price point of your book and you're pretty much set.

However if you're going the route of a boutique publishing house of which you are a partner, or you are self-publishing, you need to know the publishing basics. The number one basic is how to do retail pricing. It isn't complicated; it is simple math. The retail price is achieved through an appraisal of your book's target audience and factors in the competitive price at which books in the same genre are selling. A simple example is if you're a romance writer and a competitor's print book of a similar length and size is priced at $9.95. You can feel secure in pricing your own at the same price.

The second basic is knowing how to actually arrive at the retail price. That figure should be at least 2.5 times the single-copy printing cost. This allows for a reasonable margin that will cover book-related costs and your profits after trade discounts are factored in. The retail price also helps establish the net sales payment amount. That's the amount you, the author, make from each sale. To make a nice profit per sale, and staying competitive, you price your book at $12.95.

But, there are some other things to consider when you set the price for your book. Remember the word discounts? Here's how it relates to the retail price.

Find out more about how to price your book HERE.

Authors Guild Raises Doubts About Amazon's New Pay-Per-Page Policy

Authors Guild Raises Doubts About Amazon's New Pay-Per-Page Policy

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With the recent announcement that it will begin paying Kindle Unlimited authors by pages read, rather than borrows, Amazon has set off a spate of commentary, from Fortune to a satirical jab by the Telegraph.

According to the Guardian, self-published authors may see a drop in KU revenue to as little as $.006 per page read, prompting some speculation as to whether Amazon intended to cut back on short works by this maneuver.

Nobody has ever paid authors by the number of pages read. Authors have been paid by pages written, especially when their works are serialized, and they have been paid by the word. But the idea of paying an author for the number of pages a reader actually reads is unprecedented.

There is no comparison to be made in the history of authorship. (Not even pricing books by how much they weigh, or by how large they are.)

The confusion Amazon has generated is apparent in the Authors Guild statement below. In it, the Guild raises a number of questions, largely having to do with logistics (What counts as a page read?), and implications for authors (Will they have to generate cliff hangers? and the eternal, Will quality suffer?)

None of these critiques of a system in which reader attention span determines the economic success of an author addresses the underlying problem with this scheme.

It monitors readers in ways that are highly intrusive.

How much I read of a book, or which pages I read of a book, is none of Amazon's business. Not only should Amazon keep its nose out of my reading habits, it should not draw any conclusions from them. I often read nonfiction books piecemeal. Sometimes, I read works of fiction in snippets. (Short stories, poetry collections.) Should a writer get paid less if he or she wrote only one short story or poem that touched my heart? What if that poem were "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"? If I didn't read any other poem in that collection, would it mean Robert Frost was less beloved in my eyes? Would it make him less well known to the reading public than someone who had written a book of dirty limericks (of which I guarantee every single page would be turned)?

You betcha. And, as a consequence of paying authors via this bizarre system (especially if it catches on) careers will be hampered, talent will go unrewarded, and readers will be served continual crowd-sourced pap - all under the banner of "books readers want to read."

Once again, publishers (in this case Amazon) not only determine what authors get paid, but what readers should like. But unlike industry manipulation of bestseller lists, fixed reviews, and well-placed hype, this is an invasion of privacy with no benefit to either readers or authors.
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From the Authors Guild:

Starting July 1, Amazon will pay royalties to its indie authors based on the number of pages users actually read, rather than the number of times the book is “borrowed.” In its announcement, Amazon touted its unilateral amendment to its terms for self-published e-books enrolled in its Kindle Unlimited (KU) and Kindle Owners’ Lending Library (KOLL) e-lending services. The change, Amazon said, is a response to authors’ complaints about the unfairness of its current single rate for all books, regardless of length. Writers of longer works will stand to benefit, provided those books are read in full, but it could slash the earnings of entire classes of authors, such as poets and children’s book writers, whose works tend to have fewer pages. The new regime leaves intact Amazon’s unfortunate practice of paying indie authors out of an opaque royalty pool, which pits self-published authors against one another in a zero-sum scramble for readers. With a finite amount of money to go around each month, one author’s gain is another’s loss.

The royalty adjustment comes almost a year after Amazon launched Kindle Unlimited, an e-book subscription service where readers pay $9.99 a month for access to hundreds of thousands of titles, most of which are self-published by members of Amazon’s KDP Select program. KDP Select authors, who are automatically enrolled in both KU and KOLL, agree to make their e-books available exclusively through Kindle platforms, preventing these indie authors from exploring other revenue streams as long as they are enrolled in Select. Authors may, however, drop out of KDP Select by contacting Amazon with the ASIN of the book they would like to remove, according to the announcement.

Under its outgoing royalty structure, Amazon pays a fee for each book “borrowed,” provided at least 10% of the book is read. The fee is the same for short story–length books as it is for a 500-page novel. Some writers quickly learned how to game the system and flooded Kindle Unlimited with excerpts and shorter works, even publishing books in chapters, since once a reader crosses the 10% “borrow” threshold the author earns the same no matter how long or complex the book is. While there are any number of other possible solutions to the problem, Amazon’s solution is to pay per page read. This represents an entirely new way of thinking about compensation for authors.

Exactly how this will impact books in the long run is hard to know, but it undoubtedly will affect KDP Select authors’ writing and the ability of some of these authors to make a living. For now, many questions remain to be answered. Will authors enrolled in the program feel compelled to write longer books? Will they feel the need to make sure every page has a compelling detail or cliffhanger? Will there be more padding (to make a book longer) or less (so every page is read)? If books do get padded, will readers start reading differently and skipping more? What happens to the long works of nonfiction that might take years to write and add greatly to our society’s knowledge base, but are rarely read in full by the lay reader? Will skimmed pages count? How long does a reader have to spend on a page for it to count as “read”? What data will Amazon share with authors and publishers? Will the data it gathers (most likely kept close) give it even greater dominance in indie publishing? Will it share any of its reading statistics with writers to help them have more pages read? Will they eventually foist this payment method on publishers, starting with the smaller ones who have little to no negotiating power?

At first glance, it appear that tying royalties to pages read will only incentivize authors to produce books that compel readers to keep reading. It’s not so clear whether that will result in better books. What is clear is that Amazon’s contracts with its indie authors are non-negotiable terms of use that Amazon can change at any time and which become binding on its authors within 30 days of their posting. Since its Kindle Select terms require exclusivity, this unilateral change in the royalty structure has the potential to disrupt the livelihoods of KDP Select authors with little to no warning. Even with Amazon’s monthly tinkering with the royalty pool, under its per-borrow scheme authors in recent months could at least count on a rate of somewhere between $1.33 and $1.40 per borrow. Writers of children’s books, particularly books for young children, will necessarily see that rate go down significantly.

Announced just weeks before it takes effect, the change is a reminder of Amazon’s power not only vis-à-vis traditional publishers and authors, but also among those self-published authors who have often been the e-tailer’s most vocal apologists. It’s never been more clear that indie authors who publish with KDP Select are dependent on Amazon’s business decisions, including how much money to distribute via the monthly royalty pool.

This is also a sad reminder that traditional publishers—whose unsavory contract terms we’re focusing on as part of our Fair Contract Initiative—aren’t the only ones who offer writers take-it-or-leave-it publishing contracts.

In additional Amazon news, the retailer has come to terms with Penguin Random House, the last of the Big Five publishers to negotiate e-book terms with Amazon after the expiration of the consent decree resulting from the U.S. v. Apple e-book pricing litigation. Neither side disclosed the nature of those terms or what pricing model (wholesale or agency) will govern under the terms of the new agreement.

Vook Becomes Self-Publishing Platform

Vook Becomes Self-Publishing Platform

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Amazon may be in for some competition from Vook.

Vook (founded in 2009) publishes digital books that combine text, video, links to the internet and social media. Vook’s publishing platform is used by the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Fast Company, and Thought Catalog. It has partnered with NBC Universal and Perseus Books, Charles River Editors and ABC News to produce ebooks that are distributed through Amazon, iBooks, Barnes & Noble, Google, Kobo, and Blio.

With its contacts in major media, and its expansion into worldwide distribution, Vook may offer a serious challenge to Amazon, Smashwords, and Book Baby. It is hoping to attract Indie authors by offering 100% royalties, and a free self-publishing platform.
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Vook Pivots, Becomes Self-Pub Platform Pronoun

By Calvin Reid, May 19, 2015: Publisher's Weekly


After a year of acquisitions that included the online literary boutique Byliner and the e-book data analysis engine Booklr, e-book creator Vook has relaunched itself as Pronoun. The new company is a soup-to-nuts self-publishing platform comprising the combined technological tools of Byliner, Booklr and Vook. Declaring itself “a new model for authors,” Pronoun offers its services free of charge and gives authors a 100% royalty rate.

“Pronoun is committed to changing the publishing model by making it open, and by making it free,” said Josh Brody, Pronoun CEO. Brody said the new platform is the culmination of “a year of acquisitions and building a new team,” that will offer “a new kind of platform that empowers authors.”

Vook launched in 2009 as an e-book and interactive content production company. Vook has distributed over 6,000 titles via all the major e-book retailers. Booklr, a data analysis company, tracks millions of e-book sales around the world for individual authprs and major houses. And Byliner, an online literary imprint and e-book store, published original and backlist titles by bestselling authors such as Nick Horney and Jodi Poult.

Pronoun chief product officer Ben Zhuk said: “Our mission at Pronoun is to put authors first by building free digital tools that help them find and reach their audience for the lifetime of their books, not just at launch.”

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Indie Authors Get 7-Figure Deal for Self-Published Series

Indie Authors Get 7-Figure Deal for Self-Published Series

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I am always interested in self-publishing success stories, because "How did they do it?" is the first question every Indie author asks.

I'd love to be able to answer that question, but each case is different. Sometimes, authors "get lucky" and their first book takes off. In most cases, however, it's a long hard climb.

Jasinda Wilder is a case in point. Before signing up with Berkley Books, Wilder had self-published 28 ebooks. If you look back at her history, you'll notice that she did two things: 1) She identified her market and followed the trends, and 2) She wrote like blazes, churning out one book after another, until she built a following. (It also helped that she was writing in a genre that has 30 million dedicated readers.)

Meredith Wild essentially employed the same strategy: She chose a popular genre, and produced a series. That's what publishers like, because that's what readers like. (It's called "brand loyalty" in the marketing biz.)

So, here is the (very qualified) answer to "How did they do it?" If you are a genre writer, whether you self-publish or go the traditional route (or both), producing a series is the main ingredient in the recipe for success. (Also, in case you haven't noticed, sex sells.)

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Two self-published successes sign with major publishers

LA Times

Like E.L. James before her, Meredith Wild has successfully sold her sexy romance novels on her own; the Hacker Series, about a savvy young businesswoman and the billionaire she falls for, has already made bestseller lists. And like James, Wild has left self-publishing behind to sign with a major publisher.

Forever, the romance imprint of Grand Central, will republish Wild's "Hardwired," "Hardpressed," "Hardline" and "Hard Limit" as e-books April 7, followed by trade paperback editions May 12. Until now, the books, which have sold 1.2 million copies digitally, have only been available in print via print-on-demand.

The upcoming fifth book in the series, "Hard Love," will be published by Forever simultaneously as an e-book and in paperback Sept. 15.

"The past two years have been an incredible whirlwind experience for me, and I'm thrilled that this partnership will allow me to devote more of my time to writing," Wild said in a release.

Meanwhile, self-published romance star Jasinda Wilder, whose sales of 28 e-books and novellas have topped 2 million, has signed with Berkley Books. Wilder will get a reported seven-figure sum for her new trilogy, which will launch with "Madame X" in November.

Read more HERE.

First Bookstore Dedicated to Self-Published Authors Opens in Florida

First Bookstore Dedicated to Self-Published Authors Opens in Florida

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This is an idea whose time has come: A brick-and-mortar bookstore for self-published authors.

Essentially, it's a coop. Each writer pitches in enough per month to pay for rent and overhead. How cool is that? I'd like to see this model in other parts of the country where tourists gather. (Or where people are still accustomed to reading print.)

Take a look at the Gulf Coast Bookstore's website. It's inspiring.

(And you know what else a few dedicated self-published authors could do? Form a cooperative publishing company. We really need to stop going it alone.)

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First Bookstore Dedicated to Self-Published Authors Opens in Florida

By Judith Rosen, Publishers Weekly

Frustrated by a lack of opportunity to display and sell their work, self-published children’s author and illustrator Patti Brassard Jefferson and history author Timothy Jacobs decided to create a bookstore of their own, Gulf Coast Bookstore, and to only sell books by indie authors.

“It’s just hard to compete with Stephen King or Dan Brown in a mega-bookstore that has tens of thousands of books for sale,” says Jacobs.

Although Jacobs came up with the idea for a bookstore that would showcase indie authors a few years ago, he and Jefferson didn’t act on it until recently. When a space became available in downtown Fort Myers, Fla., last month, the store came together quickly. On April 1, the pair held a soft opening for Gulf Coast; the grand opening followed on April 10.

Gulf Coast operates very differently from a traditional bookstore chain or independent. Self-published authors rent shelf space for three months for $60, plus a $15 set-up fee, close to what they might spend to exhibit a single title at a day-long book fair. They also handle stocking and restocking. In return, the authors receive 100% of every sale rather than 40% from a bookstore that sells their books on consignment.

The reason Jefferson and Jacobs can afford to give authors such a high percentage of sales is that they are operating what Jacobs describes as “pretty much a self-sufficiently run bookstore.” Butterfly Estates handles sales and credit-card processing and runs a weekly sales report. “If we had to do this as a standalone on our own,” adds Jefferson, “we’d have to have staff and pay for utilities.”

Jefferson and Jacobs rearrange inventory every two weeks to keep the space fresh. There is no curation of authors. According to Jefferson, the only criteria is “they have to be local.” She and Jacobs also cap the number of titles in any particular genre the store carries at six. Children’s books filled up first for the initial inventory. Other areas represented include education, fantasy, local history, and memoir.

Each writer—currently there are 37 with another 16 authors to be added on May 1—can display 10 copies of a single title or up to 10 titles with one copy each. Authors can also place bookmarks, business cards, or brochures about their work on shelves.

Read more HERE.

Shattering the Glass Ceiling: Women Authors Predominate in Self-Publishing

Shattering the Glass Ceiling: Women Authors Predominate in Self-Publishing

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A recent survey conducted by FicShelf found that while men still dominate the traditional book industry, among self-published writers women are publishing and selling more.

FicShelf found that 67% of top-ranking titles were written by women on platforms such as Blurb, Wattpad, CreateSpace and Smashwords. Compare that figure to the top 100 traditionally published titles on Amazon, 61% of which are written by men.

When FicShelf focused on novels, the results were even more skewed: of 134 fiction titles, 109, or 81%, were by women, 11 were by men, and 14 were unknown.

“The scale of the discrepancy shows that women writers aren’t being treated equally in traditional publishing,” said the author Roz Morris. “We’re usually pigeonholed into obviously feminine genres such as chick-lit and romance, but not generally allowed to be complex artistes, to write the unusual books that break new ground. These figures show a huge vote of confidence for the writer in charge of their artistic destiny – and indicate that the literary world should take more notice of what women writers are publishing.”

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Self-publishing lets women break book industry's glass ceiling, survey finds

The Guardian, March 6, 2015

If a woman writing fiction needs “money and a room of her own”, as Virginia Woolf suggested, writers at the beginning of the 21st century should perhaps insist the room comes with an internet connection, after a new study has found that the proportion of self-published bestsellers written by women is almost twice as large as in traditional publishing.

The DIY sector of the books market is currently booming, both in terms of numbers of books created, and numbers bought. In 2013, Nielsen Book found that 18m self-published books were purchased by UK readers, up 79% on 2012, while according to Bowker, there were over 458,000 titles self-published in the US in 2013, up 17% on 2012 and 437% on 2008.

Read the rest of this enlightening article HERE.

Top Self-Published Genres in 2014

Top Self-Published Genres in 2014

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As usual, Romance dominated Smashword's bestseller list for 2014.

Of the top 25 bestselling novels, 16 were Romance. Four were historical fiction, which appears to be making a comeback, and six were YA, which did well everywhere last year.

The mean price was $2.99.

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From Publishers Weekly: 

Also dominating the annual list were series. According to Smashwords Founder Mark Coker, 21 of 25 books on the list are by series writers, and all the authors have at least one series starter priced at "perma-free."

"We've been advocating this strategy for six years," Coker says. "It works. We introduced enhanced series metadata capabilities in late 2013, and this set the stage for some strong series performance in 2014."

List from Publishers Weekly.

Rank	Title	Author	Genre	Price
1	Broken Silence	Natasha Preston	Romance	$2.99
2	Mud and Gold (Promises to Keep: Book 2)	Shayne Parkinson	Fiction	$2.99
3	Settling the Account (Promises to Keep: Book 3)	Shayne Parkinson	Fiction	$2.99
4	Betrayed: Book Two - The Road to Redemption	Nicky Charles	Paranormal Romance	$2.99
5	A Second Chance	Shayne Parkinson	Fiction	$2.99
6	Enjoying the Chase	Kirsty Moseley	Romance	$2.99
7	Drawn 2 - Redemption (Damien)	Lilliana Anderson	Romance	$3.99
8	Heller's Regret	JD Nixon	Mystery	$2.99
9	Fable	Chanda Hahn	YA Fiction	$3.99
10	Reign	Chanda Hahn	YA Fiction	$3.99
11	A Sweet Life Boxed Set	Various Authors	Romance	$2.99
12	Tall, Silent and Lethal	R.L. Mathewson	Paranormal Romance	$2.99
13	Saving Angel	Brenda Kennedy	Romance	$2.99
14	Pride Over Pity	Kailyn Lowry	Memoir	$9.99
15	Storm Shells	GJ Walker-Smith	YA Romance	$3.99
16	Second Hearts	GJ Walker-Smith	YA Romance	$3.99
17	The Will	Kristen Ashley	Romance	$3.99
18	The Silver Siren	Chanda Hahn	YA Fiction	$3.99
19	All For This	Lexi Ryan	Romance	$3.99
20	Daisy's War	Shayne Parkinson	Fiction	$2.99
21	Poles Apart	Kirsty Moseley	Romance	$2.99
22	Secret North	GJ Walker-Smith	YA Fiction	$3.99
23	Deacon	Kristen Ashley	Romance	$3.99
24	Four Score (Gypsy Brothers, #4)	Lili Saint Germain	Romance	$2.99
25	Unconditional	Melody Grace	Romance	$4.99

Fantasy and Sci-fi Reviewers Accepting Self-Published Authors

Fantasy and Sci-fi Reviewers Accepting Self-Published Authors

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From Worth 1000 website

Below is a list of 269 online book reviewers who accept self-published work in speculative fiction (scifi, fantasy, horror, paranormal). I've gleaned these reviewers from Book Blogs, SFF websites, and various blogrolls, and have looked at each one of them personally to verify that they are up and running and are happy to accept requests from Indie writers.

Do please read their review requirements carefully. Each reviewer has his or her unique preferences, and you need to respect them. (For example, if the reviewer asks to be queried first, don't send your book.)

As with all websites and blogs, policies can change. But as of this writing, all the reviewers listed are open to submissions.

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How to Get Reviews for Your Self-Published Book

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Top 12 Sites for Finding Reviewers

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Review Site	Review Policy, Site and/or Contact Info	Venues	Accepted Formats	Genres
2 Book Lovers Reviews Greg	http://www.2bookloversreviews.com/review-requests.html Online form	Website	Not specified	Zombies and swords
A Bottomless Book Bag	http://abottomlessbookbag.com/review-policy/	Website, Goodreads, Amazon	Print only	YA/teen fiction (fantasy, dystopian, retelling/fairy tale) Adult (Fantasy)
Addicted Readers Does interviews	http://addictreaders.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_6.html Vannah1028@verizon.net	Website, Goodreads, Amazon	Print and ebooks	Fantasy, Scifi, Dystopian Prefers YA
A Fantasy Reader	http://afantasyreader.blogspot.com/ No review policy afantasyreader at gmail dot com	Website, Goodreads	Not specified	Fantasy and sometimes scifi
Alexia's Books and Such Terri	http://www.alexia561.blogspot.com/p/review-policy.html#.VL1_-UfF-ro	Website	Not specified	Urban fantasy
Amethyst Bookwyrm Reviews	http://amethystbookwyrm.blogspot.co.uk/p/ review-policy.html amethystbookwyrm@ gmail.com	Website, Amazon UK, Goodreads	Print and digital (preferably kindle)	Fantasy Paranormal Dystopia Steampunk (Prefers YA)
Avid Reader Musings	http://www.avidreadermusings.com/ review-policy-rating-system/ avidreaderjl@ gmail.com	Website, Goodreads	Print and digital (preferably epub)	Dystopia (MG, YA, NA)
Bookwraiths Wendell	http://bookwraiths.com/review-policy/ bookwraiths@gmail.com	Website, Goodreads, Amazon	Print and ebooks	Fantasy, Science Fiction, Alternative History, Historical Fiction, Young Adult, Steampunk
Beauty in Ruins	http://beauty-in-ruins.blogspot.com/p/review-policy.html Online form	Website	Print and epub format	Epic fantasy, horror, science fiction, thrillers, and adventure tales
Best Science Fiction Stories Rusty	http://bestsciencefictionstories.com/contact-us/	Website	Not specified	Scifi stories
Bitten by Books Also does interviews It is not clear whether this site charges for reviews.	http://bittenbybooks.com/about/ Online form (contact us)	Website	Not specified	Speculative fiction (see individual reviewers)
Bitches With Books	http://bitcheswithbooks.com/reviews/review-policy/	Website	Print but prefers electronic files	Fantasy, Dystopian, some sci-fi
Books on the Knob	http://blog.booksontheknob.org/subscribe-about-contact/authors-read-this	Website	Prefers electronic files	Fantasy and Science fiction (especially Post-Apocalyptic and Military SF)
Books Without Any Pictures	http://bookswithoutanypictures.com/policies-and-contact/	Website Goodreads Amazon (on request)	Prefers print, will accept Kindle	Fantasy, sci-fi, horror, erotica, and historical fiction. Some YA (Likes Russia)
Boats Against the Current Laura	http://boatsagainstthecurrent.net/?page_id=3 boatsagainstthecurrent@ outlook.com	Website	Not specified	Will review anything
Bookathon Freak UK	http://bookathonfreak.blogspot.co.uk/p/review-policy.html Naina181@ hotmail.co.uk	Website, Goodreads, elsewhere on request	Print and ebooks	Fantasy, scifi, and other genres
Bookkins Corina, Erasmo, Grace, Heather	http://www.bookkins.com/review-policy/	Website, Goodreads, Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble	Not specified	Scifi and fantasy (see individual reviewers for preferences)
Booklover Book Reviews Australia 8000 views per month	http://www.bookloverbookreviews.com/ policies bookwordlover@ gmail.com	Website, Twitter, Google+, Facebook	Not specified	Selected Science Fiction, Dystopian
Book Crazy Reviews Rachel	http://bookcrazyreviews.com/review-policy/ http://bookcrazyreviews.com/contact-me/ Rachel@ BookCrazyReviews.com	Website	Print and Kindle	Fantasy
Books That Hook Jennifer and Misty	http://booksthathook.com/review-requests/ (Jennifer) jenschaper@ yahoo.com (Misty) mstygee@ yahoo.com	Website, Pinterest, Bloglovin, GoodReads	Not specified	Fantasy, Scifi
BookThing Grete UK	http://www.bookthing.co.uk/about/ grete @bookthing.co.uk	Website	Not specified	Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Urban Fantasy
Buried Under Books Lelia Taylor	http://cncbooksblog.wordpress.com/review-policy/ cncbooks1 @gmail.com	Website, Worlds of Fantasy, Goodreads Barnes & Noble	Print, Nook, PDF Does not accept books that are available only on Amazon	Science fiction, fantasy & horror
By the Book Reviews Meagan	http://www.bythebookreviews.com/ meagan@ teenscene.com	Website Goodreads	Not specified	All Genres
Charlotte's Library	http://charlotteslibrary.blogspot.com/ charlotteslibrary at gmail dot com	Website	Print only	MG and YA fantasy, scifi
Canadian Book Addict Chantale Canada	http://canadianbookaddict.blogspot.ca/p/about-me.html CanadianBookAddict@ gmail.com	Website	Not specified	All genres
Chick With Books	http://chickwithbooks.blogspot.com/p/contact-me.html suzannelevin@me.com	Website	Not specified	Any fiction
Chapters, Pages, Words Lily	http://chapterspageswords.blogspot.com/ p/contact-me.html booksmakemenervous @gmail.com	Website	Not specified	YA, sci-fi, fantasy
*Damien Walter Writes reviews for The Guardian and SFX magazine Will do a critique of your book for a fee	http://damiengwalter.com/review-guidelines/ damiengwalter@gmail.com	Website	EPUB or MOBI preferred	Scifi, Fantasy
Edi's Book Lighthouse	http://edisbooklighthouse.blogspot.com/p/about-blog-contact-review-infos.html edisbooklighthouse@gmail.com	Website	Print and digital, prefers epub files	Scifi and fantasy
Fang Freakingtastic Reviews	http://fangfreakintasticreviews.com/ review-policy/ fangfreakintastic @gmail.com	Website, Goodreads, and Amazon	Not specified	Paranormal, Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy, and Horror
Fantasy Review Barn	http://www.fantasyreviewbarn.com/submitting/ nathan AT fantasyreviewbarn DOT com	Website, Goodreads, Amazon (by request)	Not specified	Speculative fiction
Fantasy Book Critic Also does interviews	http://fantasybookcritic.blogspot.com /p/contact-us.html fantasybookcriticblog @gmail.com	Website	Not specified	Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror, YA/Children’s Books and other Speculative Fiction
From the TBR Pile	http://fromthetbrpile.blogspot.com/2015/01/dreaming-of-book-hop.html fromthetbrpile@gmail.com	Website	Not specified	Fantasy, scifi, most fiction genres
Getting Your Read On	http://gettingyourreadonaimeebrown.blogspot.com /p/review-policy.html brandonaimee(at)gmail(dot)com	Website Goodreads Amazon	Prefers mobi files	Any clean fiction (no sex or swearing)
Home Love Books	http://www.homelovebooks.com/request- review/ Online form	Website Goodreads Amazon	Not specified	Urban fantasy, paranormal romance
Hellnotes	http://hellnotes.com/contact-us Online form	Website	Print and electronic	Horror-related Scifi and Dark Fantasy
Insane About Books Michele	http://www.insaneaboutbooks.blogspot.com/p/contact-me.html insaneaboutbooks at gmail dot com	Website	Kindle	YA Paranormal Dystopia
Into the Hall of Books Asheley	http://www.intothehallofbooks.com/p/review-policy.html asheley.tart @gmail.com	Website	Kindle	Fantasy, sci-fi, dystopian, paranormal
Intoxicated by Books	http://intoxicatedbybooks.blogspot.com/p/promotion-policyrequest-form.html authorlaceyleigh@ gmail.com	Website Goodreads Amazon	Print, PDF and ebooks	Steampunk
Juniper Grove Jaidis	http://www.junipergrove.net/review-policy-ratings/	Website Goodreads Amazon	Print and ebooks	Fantasy
King of the Nerds!	https://kingofthenerds.wordpress.com/about-aka-send-me-free-stuff/ michaelferrante83 AT yahoo DOT com	Website	Not specified	Fantasy, Scifi
Literary Meanderings Sarah	http://www.literaryme.net/p/review-policy-rating-legend.html sarahbookish@gmail.com	Website Goodreads Amazon	Published books, ARCs, and ebooks (PDF or Kindle edition preferred, but any format is fine	YA/NA Paranormal, Urban Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Dystopia
Mad Hatter Reads	http://madhatterreads.com/review-policy/ madhatterreads@gmail.com	Website Goodreads Amazon	Print, ebooks, and PDFs	Paranormal Romance Urban Fantasy Fantasy Young Adult
Miss Little Book Addict YA House of Books	http://misslittlebookaddictya.blogspot.com/p/review-policy.html imagikari90 (at) gmail (dot) com	Website Goodreads	Not specified	Paranormal Fantasy Some Steampunk Light Sci-Fi Urban Fantasy
Only the Best Science Fiction & Fantasy	http://onlythebestscifi.blogspot.com/p/contact-us.html	Website	Not specified	Scifi and Fantasy
Once Upon a Twilight Reviews books in Spanish as well	http://www.onceuponatwilight.com/p/review-policy.html yara@onceuponatwilight.com	Website, Goodreads, Facebook, Twitter, Amazon and Barnes & Noble	All formats	Paranormal Dystopian Fantasy High Fantasy Dark Fantasy Contemporary Romance Romance Historical Romance Short Stories Suspense Mystery Thrillers Steampunk Chick Lit Time Travel Science Fiction
Pink Fluffy Hearts 4 reviewers	http://pinkfluffyhearts.blogspot.com/p/ policies.html	Website	Print and ebooks	Fantasy (YA) (See preferences of individual reviewers)
Ramblings on Readings	http://www.ramblingsonreadings.com/review-policy/ Online form	Website, Goodreads, Twitter, Amazon, B&N	Print and ebooks	Most YA and NA genres
Rampant Readers Also does interviews	http://rampantreaders.com/review/review-policy rampantreaders @yahoo.com	Website Goodreads and elsewhere	eBooks and eARCs compatible for Kindle, Nook, and iBooks	All YA and NA genres Family friendly
Reading Reality	http://www.readingreality.net/review-policy/ marlene @readingreality.net	Website Goodreads Amazon	Prefers digital	Paranormal Science Fiction Fantasy Urban Fantasy Science Fiction Sword and Sorcery Steampunk Space Opera Epic Fantasy Historic Mystery Futuristic Romance Time Travel Military SF
Readers in Wonderland	http://readerswonderland.com/review-requests/ General requests: readerswonderland@gmail.com Specific requests: Alise: alise@readerswonderland.com Bec: bec@readerswonderland.com	Website Edelweiss, unless requested from NetGalley Amazon Pinterest Goodreads Facebook Twitter Google Plus Tumblr	Print and Kindle	YA and NA: Dystopia Fantasy Romance
SF Book Reviews	https://sfbook.com/contact-us.htm	Website only	Print and ebooks	Science Fiction, Fantasy, Speculative Fiction
Shadowhawk's Shade India	https://sonsofcorax.wordpress.com/reviewing-policies/ abhinavjain87 at gmail dot com	Website, Goodreads, Founding Fields, Amazon (on request)	PDF, mobi, or epub	Short Stories and Novellas only: Science Fiction – Space Opera, Military Fiction and Near-Future only. NO post-apocalyptic fiction. Fantasy – Epic/High Fantasy, Urban Fantasy and Military Fantasy only. NO romance-heavy fiction.
Sher A. Hart Also does interviews	http://www.sherahart.net/policies/ Uses a review queue system	Website	Not specified	Children's and YA, scifi and fantasy. Must be family friendly
Speculative Book Review	http://speculativebookreview.blogspot.com/p/ contact.html speculativebookreview @gmail.com (See individual reviewers.)	Website	Print and Kindle	Speculative fiction
The Babbling Reader Raquel	http://thebabblingreader.blogspot.ca/p/policies.html thebabblingreader @gmail.com	Website Goodreads Amazon	Prefers Kindle	YA Dystopian
The Bookish Outsider	http://bookishoutsider.blogspot.com/p/giveaways-policy_12.html bookishoutsider@gmail.com	Website	Print PDFs Mobi files	Science Fiction Fantasy Urban Fantasy Horror Paranormal Romance Dystopian Steampunk Fairy Tales/Retellings
The Reading Cave Also does interviews	http://readingcave.blogspot.com/p/review-policy.html readingcave@gmail.com	Website	Print and ebooks	YA ONLY! Paranormal Paranormal Romance Urban fantasy Dystopian Steampunk
The Reading Nook	http://www.bookrookreviews.com/review-policy.html See contact page for online form and emails	Website	ARCs/Galleys Finished copies E-Galleys	YA fiction (all genres) Scifi
The Ranting Dragon	http://www.rantingdragon.com/ranting-dragon/submissions-2/ Online form	Website	Not specified	Fantasy
The Shadow Realm	http://xtheshadowrealmx.blogspot.com/p/policy-for-reviews.html (See individual reviewers for preferences)	Website, Amazon, Goodreads	Print Ebooks	Paranormal, Dystopian, Contemporary, Thriller, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, and Sci-fi
The Tattered Scroll	jmcunnigham@gmail.com	Website	Ebooks	Fantasy
Unshelfish Melinda	http://unshelfish.org/review-policycontact/	Website, Amazon, GoodReads, LibraryThing, Barnes & Noble, and Shelfari	Print and ebooks	Considers all genres
*Upcoming4.ME This is a really cool literary magazine.	http://upcoming4.me/friends/contact-us info @ upcoming4 . me	Website	Prefers print but will accept ebooks	Fantasy and scifi
Watcha Reading	http://karinaswatchareading.blogspot.com /p/reviews.html karina_romano@ymail.com	Website	ARCs, Finished copies, Kindle	Paranormal Romance Fantasy Dystopian High Fantasy (Novels that contain romantic elements are more likely to be accepted.)
JC's Book Haven Jaclyn	http://jcbookhaven.blogspot.com/p/review-policy.html jaclynrcanada @gmail.com	Website, Goodreads and Amazon	Print and ebooks	Urban Fantasy Paranormal Dystopia Horror Science Fiction
Kimberly Faye Reads	http://www.kimberlyfayereads.com/ review-policy/ Online form	Website, Goodreads, Amazon and Barnes & Noble	Print and mobi files	Science Fiction, Fantasy
Kindles and Wine	http://kindlesandwine.com/review-policy/ reviews@ kindlesandwine.com	Website	Print and ebooks	Most fiction genres
Wag the Fox	http://waggingthefox.blogspot.com/p/my-review-policy.html therabidfox @gmail.com	Website	Not specified	Dark Fiction only
Nerds of a Feather, Flock Together	http://www.nerds-feather.com/p/book-reviews-policy.html nerdsfeather.theg@gmail.com	Website	Not specified	Science fiction and fantasy
Novel Tea	http://noveltea.org/policies/ dldevault@gmail.com (Diana) mkbrister91@gmail.com (Maggie)	Website Goodreads Amazon	Not specified	Fantasy Paranormal Science Fiction Horror
On Starships and Dragonwings Anya	http://www.onstarshipsanddragonwings.com/about/ onstarshipsanddragonwings(at)gmail(dot)com	Website	Not specified	Science fiction and fantasy
SF Crowsnest	You can post your press release here: http://sfcrowsnest.net/index.php?board=10.0 Send queries to Geoff gfwillmetts-2 (.a.t.) hotmail.co.uk	Website	Not specified	Science fiction
Tea and Book	http://teaandbook-shauni.blogspot.com/p/policies-for-requested-reviews.html TeaandBook@yahoo.com	Tea and Books Shaunispeaks Juggling Teens (If the book is YA) Goodreads Amazon	Print and ebooks	Fantasy Young Adult
The Founding Fields	http://thefoundingfields.com/contact-us/ Online form	Website	Ebook files	Scifi and fantasy
Oh! The Books!	http://www.ohthebooks.com/contact-us/review-policies/ Online form	Website Goodreads	Print and ebooks	Fantasy (epic, high, urban, light, any!) Science Fiction Paranormal End-of-the-world scenarios (dystopia, post-apocalypse, pre-apocalypse) Steampunk Historical Mythology
Dab of Darkness Does interviews	http://dabofdarkness.com/About/ nrlymrtl @gmail.com	Website	Prefers audiobooks. Likes the smell of print. Will take ebooks if pressed.	Science fiction, fantasy,
Wands and Worlds	http://blog1.wandsandworlds.com/p/blog-review-policy.html sruth @wandsandworlds.com	Website	Not specified	Middle-grade fantasy & science fiction YA fantasy & science fiction
YA Fantasy Book Junkie	http://yafantasybookjunkie.blogspot.com/p/contact-me_18.html yafantasybookjunkie@gmail.com	Website Goodreads Facebook Amazon	Not specified	YA Fantasy: Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, Paranormal Romance and Dystopia
ABC Book Nerd	http://abcbooknerd.wordpress.com/review-policy/ embeeg@gmail.com	Website	Not specified	YA fantasy, Paranormal
A Book Lover's Review Trini Has not posted since Sept 2014	http://www.abook-loversreview.com/p/ review-policy.html abookloversreview@ gmail.com	Website	Print and ebooks	YA, Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Romance, Science Fiction, Steampunk, Dystopian
Ali's Bookshelf Review	http://alisbookshelfreviews.blogspot.com /p/review-and-contest-policies.html alisbookshelf@ yahoo.com  or Online Form	Table Cell	Print and ebooks	Young adult, middle grade, paranormal romance, science fiction, fantasy
Between the Covers	http://creative-whimsy.blogspot.com/p/ request-reviews.html alexdwhitehall@ gmail.com	Website	Not specified	M/M and trans* romance fantasy, BDSM, contemporary, paranormal, and sci fi  (if it doesn't get too focused on SPACE)
Bloody Bookaholic	http://bloodybookaholic.blogspot.com/ 2009/06/contact.html bloodybookaholic@ hotmail.com	Website	Not specified	YA supernatural, paranormal, or Urban Fantasy
Booked and Loaded See individual reviewers for preferences	http://bookedandloaded.com/review-inquiry/ Online form	Website	Not specified	Urban Fantasy, Sci Fi, Paranormal Romance, Steampunk, Paranormal, and Horror
Book Whore Diaries	http://thebookwhorediaries.blogspot.com/ p/review-policy.html thebookwhorediaries@ gmail.com	Website, Barnes and Noble, Goodreads	Print and ebooks	YA and NA: Paranormal Dystopia Books with happy endings Urban Fantasy Fairy tale retellings Greek myth retellings
Book Pleasures Norm Goldman	http://www.bookpleasures.com/ websitepublisher/ bookpleasures@ gmail.com	Website	Print	All genres
Bibliofreak Matthew Selwyn	http://www.bibliofreak.net/p/review-policy.html bibliofreakblog@ gmail.com	Website	Print and ebooks	All genres
Breaking Books Laura	http://thebreakingbooks.wordpress.com /about/ thebreakingbooks@ gmail.com	Website Goodreads	Not specified	YA, NA, dystopian fantasy/ science-fiction
C9C Reviews	http://www.c9creviews.com/review-policy-submission-guidelines athompson@c9creviews.com	Website, Goodreads, Amazon (US and UK), Barnes&Noble	Print and ebooks	SciFi (space)
Dalene’s Book Reviews Has not posted since November 2014	http://dalenesbookreviews.blogspot.com /p/review-requests-i-am-currently.html Use form on Contact page	Website, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Goodreads	Print and ebooks	Epic Fantasy Paranormal Fantasy Urban Fantasy Dark Fantasy Fantasy Paranormal Romance Horror Sci-Fi Dystopia YA and MG
Literati Literature Lovers	http://literatiliteraturelovers.com/contact-us/ for-authors/ Online form	Website, Amazon, B&N, Goodreads	Print and ebooks	Steampunk, urban fantasy, science fiction, YA, NA, fantasy and horror
Live, Read and Breathe	http://livereadbreathe.blogspot.ca/p/review-policy.html dlaurencampbell@ gmail.com	Website, Goodreads and Amazon	Prefers ebooks	YA Paranormal Romance Urban Fantasy Adult Paranormal Romance
LovLivLife Chas and Jen	http://www.lovlivlifereviews.com/p /policies.html lovlivlifereviews@gmail.com	Website, Twitter, Amazon, B&N, Goodreads, Netgalley, Smashwords, Publisher's Site	Not specified	Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Romance
Lovely Reads	http://serenityslovelyreads.blogspot.com /p/review-policy.html itslovelysheild@yahoo.com	Website	Not specified	Paranormal, Fantasy
Me and Reading Inga	http://www.ingasilberg.com/p releases-and-tours.html inga.kupp@gmail.com	Website	Print and ebooks	Paranormal and Fantasy
Ms Bookish Reviews Belle	http://msbookish.com/review-policy/ msbookishreviews@ gmail.com	Website Goodreads	Prefers ebooks	Fantasies, urban fantasies and science fiction
Night Owl Reviews Only reviews books published on Amazon in the last 30 days	http://www.nightowlreviews.com/V5/Pages/ Articles/Review-Request Online form	Website	PDF files	Science Fiction, Fantasy & Urban Fantasy
Bad Bird Reads Jennifer Bielman	http://badbirdreads.com/review-policy/ readingurbanfantasy@ yahoo.com	Website Goodreads Amazon	ARCs, print copies, and ebooks	Urban Fantasy
100 Reading It All Melissa	http://www.readingitall.blogspot.com/p /review-policy.html spdrs_bb_mama@ yahoo.com	Website, Goodreads and Amazon	ARCs, print copies, and ebooks	Paranormal Romance Sci-Fi Dystopian Horror Fantasy
Seeing Night Reviews Kristen	http://seeingnight.blogspot.com/p/review-giveaway-policies.html seeingnightreviews@gmail.com	Website	ARCs, digital galleys/ARCs, mobi or PDF	Urban fantasy, paranormal  romance,  science fiction  fantasy  horror,  new adult and young adult  in similar categories
That’s What I’m Talking About	http://twimom227.com/review-policy wimom227@gmail.com	Website	Not specified	Paranormal romance   urban fantasy sci-fi (depending on reviewer)
The Author Visits Veena Kashyap	http://www.theauthorvisits.com/for-readers/ Online form	Website, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Goodreads and NetGalley (if applicable)	Print and electronic	Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, YA Paranormal, YA Romance, YA Fantasy, YA Dystopian, Science Fiction, Fantasy
The Caffeinated Diva	http://thecaffeinateddivareads.multifacetedmama.com/?page_id=1443 Online form	Website, Goodreads, Shelfari LibraryThing, Amazon Barnes & Noble	Not specified	Paranormal Romance/ Fantasy Horror/Occult Urban Fantasy Dystopian Fantasy/ Science Fiction
Tink's Place Dottie Taylor	http://myblog2point0.blogspot.com/p/ review-policy.html Contact form	Website, Goodreads, Facebook, B&N	Not specified	YA: Paranormal Romance Urban Fantasy Fantasy Science Fiction
Worlds in Ink	http://worldsinink.blogspot.com/p/review-policy.html crusaderofchaos@gmail.com	Website	Print and epub files	Science fiction, fantasy, horror
Perusing Bookshelves Kat	http://perusingbookshelves.weebly.com/ review-policy.html Online form or katerrific27@gmail.com	Website, Goodreads	Print and ebooks	YA NA Dystopian and Fantasy
Arya The Fan Girl Arya D.	http://aryathefangirl.wordpress.com/policies/ arya.fangirl@gmail.com	Website, Goodreads, Amazon	Not specified	Science Fiction, Fantasy, Paranormal, Horror
Of Books and Other Things Christina	http://ofbooksandotherthings. Use contact form wordpress.com/about/	Website, Goodreads	Not specified	Will read anything interesting
Avid Reviews Monica	http://avidfantasyreviews.wordpress.com /about/ mrmileti@gmail.com	Website	Not specified	Sci-Fi, Epic Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, and “Grim Dark.”
Lord Humungosaur's Library Joel Andrada Jr. Philippines	http://wackylibrary.blogspot.com/p/ personal.html andradajoeljr@gmail.com	Website	Not specified	YA: Sci-Fi, Fantasy
The Biblioholic Diaries Annie	http://biblioholicdiaries.wordpress.com/ about-2/ windchild@gmail.com and online form	Website, Goodreads	Not specified	Fantasy
The Story Feary Rita UK Note: Very prompt	http://thestoryfeary.blogspot.co.uk/p/my-review-policy.html rituxy99@gmail.com	Website	Not specified	Horror
Lost Braincell's Bookish Blog Anna Weimer	http://www.lostbraincell.com/about-me.html	Website	Not specified	YA, fantasy, scifi
The Bibliophile Chronicles Nicole	http://thebibliophilechronicles.com/ review-policy thebiliophilechronicles @outlook.com (You may have difficulty getting through)	Website, Goodreads, Amazon	Print and Kindle	Fantasy, science fiction, and YA
The Reader's Hollow Erin	http://www.thereadershollow.com/review-policy.html Online form	Website, Goodreads, Amazon	Not specified	Horror, Paranormal, Urban Fantasy, Science Fiction, Low Fantasy, High Fantasy, Space Opera, NA, YA, Dark, Dystopia
Reading Bifrost Savannah	http://www.readingbifrost.com/?page_id=12 Online form	Website Twitter, Amazon, Goodreads, Shelfari, and Librarything	Print and ebooks	Sci-fi, Fantasy, Horror
Mallory Heart Reviews Mallory Anne-Marie Forbes	http://archiestandwoodsreviewsandwritings. blogspot.com/ No Review Policy archie.standwood.author @gmail.com	Website, Goodreads, Amazon, Barnes & Noble	Not specified	Horror Science Fiction Occult Fantasy Speculative Fiction
With Her Nose Stuck in a Book Clarissa Marie	http://quirkyladybookworm.wordpress.com/ review-policy/ Form on Contact page	Website, Goodreads	ARCs	Most fiction, no erotica
Book Stop Corner Aditi	http://bookstopcorner.blogspot.com/ aditi3991saha@gmail.com	Website Goodreads	Not specified	Fantasy
BYO Book Amy Coles	http://byobook.weebly.com/ byobookac @gmail.com	Website Goodreads	Not specified	Dystopian Fantasy Paranormal Romance Sci Fi Young Adult
The Perks of Being a Book Girl Grace	http://theperksofbeingabookgirl. wordpress.com/review-policy/ graciebrianna16 @gmail.com	Website Goodreads Amazon on request)	Print and ebooks	YA, NA Dystopia Science fiction General fantasy High fantasy Paranormal Mythology Post Apocalyptic
The Book Bitch Shauna Also posts daily deals	http://thebookbitch.com/about/review-policy/ shauna @thebookbitch.com	Website Goodreads Amazon and elsewhere (by request)	Prefers ARCs	Paranormal Romance Urban Fantasy
Angel’s Guilty  Pleasures Angela	http://angelsguiltypleasures.com/review-policy/ Online form on contact page	Website Goodreads Amazon and elsewhere	Not specified	Paranormal, Paranormal Romance, Fantasy, Fantasy Romance, Science Fiction, Science Fiction Romance, Urban Fantasy, Erotic, Adult, Angels, Demons, Fae, Shapeshifters, Vampires, & Magic
The Book Trotter Kristin	http://thebooktrotter.blogspot.com/ thebooktrotter@gmail.com	Website	Not specified	Fantasy, children's
Shattered Hearts Reviews Kenzi	http://shatteredheartsreviews.com/policies/ kenzi.granger1 @gmail.com	Website Goodreads Amazon	Print and ebooks	SOME Paranormal SOME Urban Fantasy SOME Dystopian
Reading in the Tardis Marcilia	http://www.readinginthetardis.com/policy/ Contact form	Website Goodreads	ARCs, ebooks, audiobooks	Scifi and fantasy
LadyA, Literature Junkie Extraordinaire	http://www.ladyaliteraturejunkieextraordinaire. blogspot.com/p/review-policy.html LadyA-LiteratureJunkieExtraordinaire @hotmail.com	Website	Print and ebooks	Reviews all genres
Kristy's Brain Food Kristy	http://kristysbrainfood.com/book-review-request/ Online form	Website, Goodreads, Amazon, Barnes & Noble	Not specified	Paranormal, scifi, fantasy
To Each Their Own Reviews Chelsea	http://www.toeachtheirownreviews.com/ tetroreviews @gmail.com	Website, Goodreads, Amazon	Print and ebooks	Scifi and fantasy
Mindful Musings	http://www.mindful-musings.com/2009/08/book-review-policy.html mindfulmusings @live.com	Website, Goodreads	Not specified	Young Adult and Middle Grade; Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Romance (depending on the level of romance), Science Fiction, Dystopian
Bibliophilic Book Blog Star	http://www.bibliophilicbookblog.com /2008/04/policies.html starfire0507 @gmail.com	Website, Goodreads, Amazon, B&N	Print and ebooks	Urban/Paranormal Fantasy Paranormal Romance YA Paranormal/Fantasy Dark Fantasy Fantasy Science Fiction LGBT Fiction/Fantasy/ Romance/Paranormal Thriller Horror YA
The Eclectic Reader Teddyree Australia	http://teddyree-theeclecticreader.blogspot.com/p/review-policy.html teddyree @optusnet.com.au	Website, Goodreads	ARCs	Reviews a wide range of genres
Princess Bookie Cindy Also does interviews	http://www.princessbookie.com/2009 /11/cindys-review-policy.html princessbookiecindy @gmail.com	Website	Not specified	Reviews a wide range of genres in YA fiction only
Space and Sorcery Maddalena Italy	https://spaceandsorcery.wordpress.com/review-guidelines/ maddalena @spaceandsorcery.com	Website	Digital files	Science Fiction, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Horror
Triskele Reviews	https://triskelereviews.wordpress.com/policy/ Online form	Website	Digital files	Horror No scifi
Opinions of a Wolf Amanda Only open to review requests November and December of each year. Indie authors only!	https://opinionsofawolf.wordpress.com/reviews-rating-system/ https://docs.google.com/forms/d/10-3Sjno86bZYEgv3XFWLxgc5VMgmT_UU_ hrKP87Z7tY/viewform	Website, GoodReads, LibraryThing, and Amazon	Not specified	Horror, scifi, urban fantasy
Gothic Moms	http://gothicmoms.blogspot.com/p/review-queries.html nightmistress88@gmail.com	Website	Not specified	Paranormal only
The Book Tart Does new releases Does interviews	http://thebooktart.com/contact-me/ queenoftarts at thebooktart dot com	Website	Not specified	Fantasy, science fiction and YA
The Gal in the Blue Mask	http://the-gal-in-the-blue-mask.blogspot.com/p/hyde-n-seek-editing.html hyde.n.seek.editing@gmail.com	Website	Ebooks	Science fiction, horror, and fantasy
Taking it One Book at a Time	http://takingitonebookatatime.blogspot.com/p/review-policy.html takingitonebookatatime@yahoo.com	Website Goodreads Amazon	Bound Books ARCs/Galleys eBooks (Mobi, PDF, HTML)	Paranormal Romance YA (Any) Paranormal (in general) Urban Fantasy SciFi/Fantasy YA Paranormal Fantasy
Happy Tails and Tales	http://happytailsandtales.blogspot.com/p/review-request-rating-system-and.html magluvsya03@yahoo.com	Website	Not specified	Fantasy/paranormal
Review From Here	http://reviewfromhere.com/review-policy/ tgleichner(at)gmail(dot)com	Website	Print and ebooks	Science fiction, horror, anything paranormal
Kindle Obsessed Misty Baker	http://www.kindleobsessed.com/review-request/ Online Form	Website	Not specified	"zombie obsessed, Dystopian junkie"
The New Podler Review of Books Temporarily closed for submissions, but will re-open in March	http://thenewpodlerreviews.blogspot.com /p/submission-guidelines.html	Website & GoodReads (Amazon & Smashwords by request)	Print and ebooks	Speculative fiction
Dee's Reads	http://diamondlovestoread.blogspot.com /p/review-submissions_22.html diamondnazaneen @gmail.com	Website GoodReads Amazon	Print and ebooks	Young Adult Middle-Grade Fiction (ages 8-12+) Comics/Graphic Novels Fantasy (includes witches, wizards, magic, vampires) Paranormal Romance
The Book Tales Jee Ann	http://thebooktales.com/review-guidelines/ Online form admin@thebooktales.com	Website	.pdf, .doc, .docx, .epub., and mobi	Urban Fantasy High or Epic Fantasy Sci-Fi Paranormal Romance Horror/Gothic Steampunk Speculative/Weird
Literary Picks	https://literarypicks.wordpress.com/review-policies/ literarypicks@gmail.com Send query first	Website GoodReads Amazon Librarything	Not specified	All genres of fiction
The Scary Reviews David	http://thescaryreviews.com/about/ dwspell1 @gmail.com	Website	Not specified	Horror Scifi Fantasy Dark Fiction
The Horror Bookshelf Rich	http://thehorrorbookshelf.com/review-policy/ thehorrorbookshelf@gmail.com	Website	Not specified	Horror Scifi Thrillers
vvb32 Reads	http://vvb32reads.blogspot.com/2009/ 02/review-policy.html vvb32@yahoo.com	Website	Not specified	Steampunk, Eclectic tastes
Larissa & Friends Bookish Life	http://www.larissaslife.com/p/review-policy.html larissa@larissaslife.com	Website	Ebooks and print	Fantasy YA with Paranormal elements Urban Fantasy Dark Fantasy Goth Fantasy SteamPunk Supernatural Fiction Paranormal Romance Paranormal Erotica
Oh, for the Hook of a Book Erin	https://hookofabook.wordpress.com/accepting-books-for-review/ hookofabook@hotmail.com	Website	Print	Paranormal, Fantasy
Readers Live a Thousand Lives	http://www.readerslive1000lives.com/p/review-policy.html readerslive1000lives(at)yahoo(dot)com	Website GoodReads Amazon	Ebooks and print PDF	Paranormal Paranormal Romance Dystopian Urban Fantasy Fantasy Science Fiction
Stuck in YA Books	http://lovesbooksreviews.blogspot.com/p/review-policy.html amandapedulla21@hotmail.com	Website	Ebooks and print PDF	Paranormal Fantasy Sci-Fi Dystopian Urban-Fantasy
Quinn's Book Nook	http://quinnsbooknook.com/book-rating-system/ quinnsbooknook(at)gmail(dot)com	Website	Print and Kindle	Fantasy, paranormal, urban fantasy. No science fiction or dystopian novels
Curling up by the Fire Stephanie	http://curlingupbythefire.blogspot.com/2010/01/my-review-policy.html icewoman at gmail dot com	Website	Print and Kobo (epub)	Fantasy, Science Fiction, Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Romance
Truth About Books	http://truthaboutbooksbyafae.weebly.com/review-policies.html bookreviews_byafae @yahoo.com	Website, Amazon, Goodreads, Shelfari, Goodreads	Mobi files only	Paranormal romances, paranormal/supernatural, science fiction, horror, urban fantasy, steam-punk, fantasy, dystopian fiction
Bookishhh Maryam Singapore	http://leodinzlyandra.blogspot.com/ thatdinzlygirl@gmail.com	Website, Amazon, Goodreads	ARCs, finished copies, and e-books, preferably Kindle format	YA and NA fiction: Fantasy Fairy tale/myth retellings Paranormal Gothic horror/romance Dystopia
Books A Blog Gabi	http://www.booksablog.com/contact-2/ mohrerg@gmail.com	Website	Any format but prefers print	YA fantasy and paranormal
Paul (Audiobook Reviewer) Audiobooks only	http://audiobookreviewer.com/review-policy/ paul [at] audiobookreviewer [dot] com	Website Goodreads Amazon Audible Barnes & Noble LibraryThing Audiobook Jukebox	Audiobooks only	Post Apocalyptic Zombie Apocalypse Horror Fantasy Sci-Fi
Stephanie's Book Reviews	http://stephaniesbookreviews.weebly.com/ Form on right column	Website	Not specified	Fantasy, science fiction, horror
Surrounded by Words Molly	http://surroundedbywords.com/review-policy/policy/ http://surroundedbywords.com /review-policy/review-requests/	Website Goodreads elsewhere on request	Not specified	Urban fantasy, paranormal, sci-fi/fantasy
Don't Judge a Book by Its Cover Emily	http://dontjudgeread.blogspot.ca/p/ request.html Form on Requests page	Website Amazon, Goodreads B&N	Prefers PDF	Fantasy, Paranormal, Science Fiction,
Dearest Jam Jamma	http://dearestjam.com/review-policy/ and form on policy page	Website	Print, ebooks and/or audiobooks	All genres
The Commoner's Book Reviews David	http://thecommonersbooks.com/ review-policy/ thecommonersbooks@gmail.com	Website Amazon, Goodreads and other sites on request	Prefers print, will accept ebooks	YA, New Adult, Fiction (genres not specified)
Boundless Reviews	http://www.boundlessbookreviews.com/#!faq/clje Contact form: http://www.boundlessbookreviews.com /#!submissions/c1vcu	Website Amazon, Goodreads	Kindle file though Kindle Unlimited, or PDFs	Paranormal, Urban Fantasy, Horror, Scifi Romance
Readers+Writers Journal	http://readerswritersjournal.com/submit-book-for-review/ Online form	Website	Not specified	All genres
Mia in Narnia	http://miainnarnia.blogspot.co.uk /p/review-policy.html MiainNarnia@ hotmail.com	Website	Prefers print, but will accept ebooks	YA fantasy and sci-fi
Charles Reads	http://charlesreads.com/review-requests/ Online form	Website, Goodreads, LibraryThing, Amazon, and Booklikes	Kindle and PDF	Accepts all genres
Books Over Sleep Sarah	http://www.booksoversleep.com/ sarahjeancanning(at)gmail(dot)com	Website Goodreads Amazon	Not specified	Sci-fi, fantasy, with romance elements
Sherna's Bookworm Diary Sherna	http://shernasbookwormdiary.blogspot.com/p/review-policy.html mrsbane027@gmail.com	Website Goodreads	Print, and ebooks	YA and NA, any genre as long as it includes romance
Weezled Caitlin	https://weezled.wordpress.com/about/ Contact page	Website	Not specified	Science Fiction Steampunk Fantasy Urban Fantasy
Reading, Writing, and What Not Danielle	http://pixiescanread.blogspot.com/p/reviewing-rules.html pixiescanread@gmail.com	Website Goodreads and elsewhere on request	Not specified	Paranormal romance, fantasy and sci-fi
Bedazzled by Books Sue Australia	https://bedazzledbybooks.wordpress.com/review-policy/ bedazzled @internode.on.net	Website Goodreads Amazon	Kindle and print	YA in these genres: dystopia post apocalyptic paranormal/ supernatural fantasy science fiction
Confessions of a Bookaholic Emily UK	http://emily-confessionsofabookaholic.blogspot.com/p/review-policy.html emily.confessionsofabookaholic@gmail.com	Website Goodreads Amazon (on request)	Prefers print	Dystopia/Sci-Fi Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy
Literary-ly Obsessed Cody	http://literary-lyobsessed.blogspot.com/p/review-policy_10.html codyleighduffy@gmail.com	Website Goodreads elswhere (on request)	Not specified	YA&NA Fantasy Dystopian Science Fiction Paranormal
One Book Two Nell Ivana	https://onebooktwo.wordpress.com/get-reviewed/ nellie32015@gmail.com	Website Amazon and elsewhere (on request), Goodreads	Prefers mobi files for Kindle	Urban fantasy, Science Fiction, and Fantasy (See individual reviewer)
Flower to the Rain Melody	https://flowertotherain.wordpress.com /review-policy/ bookbirdey@gmail.com	Website	Epub, PDF formats, print	Science Fiction, and Fantasy
A Wondrous Bookshelf Anna	https://awondrousbookshelf.wordpress.com/review-policy-and-rating/ awondrousbookshelf@gmail.com	Website	Print, e-books/kindle as well as audiobook files	Fantasy
Castles Made of Books Morgan	http://castlesmadeofbooks.blogspot.com/p/review-policy.html morgan_kirk@icloud.com	Website Amazon, Goodreads	Print and ebooks	YA, Fantasy/ Sci-Fi (Dark Fantasy, High Fantasy, Mythology; really any subgenre will do), Paranormal Romance, & Dystopian
My So-Called Book Reviews Jennifer	http://mysocalledbookreviews.blogspot.com/p /review-policy.html jladuca76@gmail.com	Website Goodreads, Amazon, Twitter, Book Movement, Pinterest, LinkedIn	Prefers ebooks	Fantasy, urban fantasy, paranormal
A Universe in Words Juli	http://www.universeinwords.blogspot.com /p/my-favourite-books.html logisch.he@gmail.com	Website	Not specified	Science Fiction, and Fantasy
Amia Booklover Amia Philippines	http://amiabooklover.blogspot.com /p/review-request.html Online form	Website	Not specified	Fantasy, Sci-fi and Horror
Auggie Talk Auggie and Tori	http://www.auggietalk.com/p/auggie-talk-review-schedule-and-contact.html AuggieTalk@gmail.com williamstorilynn@gmail.com	Website	Not specified	Paranormal Fantasy Young Adult Science Fiction Steampunk
Little Pink Crayon Casey	http://www.littlepinkcrayon.com/review-policy/ Online request form	Website Goodreads, Tumblr, Twitter (a link to review) & Amazon	Print and ebooks	Fantasy Science Fiction YA (specifically Fantasy & Romance)
Alpha Fan Girl April	http://www.alphafangirl.com/reviewpolicy/ alphafangirlreviews@gmail.com	Website	Print, epub, PDF	Young Adult Paranormal Romance Science Fiction & Futuristic Romance Urban Fantasy Dystopian & Post Apocalyptic Paranormal & Fantasy Graphic Novels
Bookish Dame Mickaylia	http://bookishdame.blogspot.com/p/review-policy.html macwalker43@gmail.com	Website	ARCs, Finished copies (Paperback/ Hardback), eBook and Audio books	Fantasy, Dystopian, Sci-Fi
Chasing Faerytales Mishma	http://chasingfaerytales.blogspot.com/p/review-requests.html mishmanixon@yahoo.com	Website	Print and Kindle	Urban Fantasy, Paranormal
Holly's Book Corner Holly UK	http://hollysbookcorner.blogspot.co.uk /p/review-policy.html Online form	Website Goodreads	Print	Fantasy
A Modern Girl's Bookshelf Britnee	http://www.amoderngirlsbookshelf.com /p/for-publicists.html bmmeiser @gmail.com	Website	Not specified	Fantasy
The Literary Hedonist Rosie	http://www.literaryhedonist.com/p/ policy.html Contact page	Website Goodreads	Print	Fantasy Paranormal
The Wordsmithe Shantella Also does blog tours, author interviews, cover reveals, giveaway	https://thewordsmithe.wordpress.com /review-policy/ Sbenson64@gmail.com	Website Goodreads Amazon	Kindle PDF Physical copies	Paranormal Romance Dystopian Science Fiction Paranormal Urban Fantasy
Amid the Imginary Anela	https://amidtheimaginary.wordpress.com/about/review-policy/ amidtheimaginary@gmail.com	Website	Kindle PDF Word	Science-Fiction, Fantasy, Paranormal, Dystopian
A Girl Between the Pages Fiona Phillippines	http://agirlbetweenthepages.blogspot.com /p/review-policy.html fiona.pardo@yahoo.com	Website Goodreads, Facebook, Twitter and elsewhere on request	Print PDF or .epub format	Young Adult, occasionally New Adult, Dystopia, Science Fiction (especially if it involves time travel and alternate realities), Fantasy (anything except vampires), Mythology Retellings, Fairy Tale Retellings, Paranormal Romance
Bea's Book Nook	http://beasbooknook.blogspot.com/ p/giveaway-privacy-policies.html beasbooknook @gmail.com	Website	Print or Kindle	Fantasy, urban fantasy, the occasional sci fi, toddler and preschool books, and MG and YA books that are some form of speculative fiction
Behind Closed Covers	http://behindclosedcovers.blogspot.com /p/review-policy.html behindclosedcovers@gmail.com	Website	Print and ebooks	YA and NA. Specifically: fantasy, sci-fi, paranormal
Bella's Shelf	http://bellasshelf.com/policies-3/ Online form	Website	Print and ebooks audio	YA, dystopian, paranormal, graphic novels, para-romance, light sci-fi & fantasy
Literogo Katherine	https://literogo.wordpress.com/review-policy/ katherineldkirk@gmail dot com	Website	ebooks	Fantasy Science fiction Short story collections
Book Briefs Michelle	http://bookbriefs.net/review-policy/ Michelle.Bookbriefs@gmail.com	Website Amazon Goodreads	Print and Kindle	Paranormal Romance Mythology (this is my favorite!) Dystopian Urban Fantasy /Fantasy Mystery
Book Liaison Also does interviews	http://www.bookliaison.net/p/ review-policycontact-us.html bookliaison(AT)yahoo(DOT)com	Website Amazon Goodreads	Print and Kindle	Paranormal Romance Urban Fantasy Fantasy/ Science Fiction Romance
Book Mood Reviews Gemma	http://bookmoodreviews.com/ about/review-policy/ bookmood81@yahoo.co.uk	Website	Not specified	Paranormal Romance Steampunk Urban Fantasy Fantasy (No YA)
Book Attic	http://wordnerddb.blogspot.com/p /review-policies.html bugiemak at gmail.com	Website	Not specified	YA scifi and fantasy
The Bookish Outsider Fi UK	http://bookishoutsider.blogspot.com /p/giveaways-policy_12.html bookishoutsider@gmail.com	Website	Print and ebooks	Adult/YA Science Fiction Fantasy Urban Fantasy Horror Paranormal Dystopian Steampunk Fairy Tales/Retellings Mythology
Books Over Bros Shaunna	http://booksoverbros.com/review-policy/ booksoverbros@hotmail.com	Website	Print and ebooks	YA NA Dystopia Fantasy
Bound 4 Escape Dawn	http://bound4escape.com/review-policies/ sleepygirl2@yahoo.com	Website, Goodreads, Amazon	Not specified	Accepts every genre except self-help
Brooke Blogs Brooke	http://www.brookeblogs.com/book-review-requests/ Online form	Website	Print and kindle	Fantasy, science fiction, paranormal, dystopian
Canadian Book Addict Chantale	http://canadianbookaddict.blogspot.ca /p/review-policy.html CanadianBookAddict@gmail.com	Website	Print and ebooks	Accepts every genre except religious
Coffee and Characters	http://www.coffeeandcharacters.com /blog/policies/ CoffeeAndCharacters (at) gmail (dot) com	Website	Print and kindle	Urban Fantasy and Paranormal Romance some Sci-Fi, Dystopia
Crazy Four Books Brenda	http://crazyfourbooks.blogspot.com/ brendem7@comcast.net	Website Goodreads, Amazon, Kobo, and B&N	Not specified	Paranormal romances and urban fantasy
Dab of Darkness Susan Does interviews	http://dabofdarkness.com/About/ nrlymrtl@gmail.com	Website	Prefers audio, will read print and ebooks	Science fiction, fantasy, dystopian, sci-fi romance, paranormal erotica, urban fantasy
Darkness Beckons	http://www.darknessbeckons.com/review-policy/ Online form	Website Goodreads, Amazon, Kobo, and B&N Indie View	Hardback, paperback, Kindle, Epub, and pdf	Horror is the most important genre, dystopian, apocalyptic, science fiction, paranormal, fantasy, horror, dark fantasy, modern fantasy, graphic novels, slipstream, weird and bizarro. Bizarro children’s books are acceptable. Young adult and new adult as long as in also falls into a previously mentioned genre. Novels and novellas please.
DJ's Book Corner	http://www.djsbookcorner.com/p/djs-review-policy.html diantha@djsbookcorner.com	Website Goodreads, Amazon	Print and Kindle	Paranormal Romance Fantasy Comic Books/Graphic Novels Steampunk
Donovan's Literary Services Diane Donovan Professional reviewer	http://donovansliteraryservices.com/how-to-get-reviewed.html donovan@sonic.net	Website Midwest Review	ARCs and ebooks	Accepts all genres
Doodles Doodles Everywhere Aparna India	http://gopaintbrush.blogspot.com/p/review-policy-how-i-review-i-prefer-to.html doodlesdoodleseverywhere @gmail.com	Website	Print and Kindle	Dystopian Sci-fi Paranormal Fantasy Horror Graphic novels Manga
Emeraldfire's Bookmark Mareena	http://rubyandthetwins.blogspot.com /p/emeraldfires-bookmark-review-policy.html emeraldfiresbookmark(at) mail.com or rubyandthetwins(at)gmail.com	Website, Shelfari, Goodreads, Librarything, Amazon  and Barnes and Noble	Hardcovers, paperbacks and ebooks in pdf, epub and Mobi formats	Light sci-fi, Epic Fantasy, Paranormal Romance, Horror (please no zombies, although vampires or werewolves-type horror is okay)
Every Free Chance Books Several reviewers	http://everyfreechance.com/about-me-this-blog/efc-policies everyfreechance@gmail.com	Website Goodreads, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, The Book Depository, Smashwords, and NetGalley	Print and ebooks	Accepts all genres
Bibliosanctum Several reviewers	http://bibliosanctum.com/about/ bibliosanctum(at)gmail(dot)com	Website Goodreads and elsewhere on request	All formats	Speculative fiction
Fiction Fare	http://www.fictionfare.com/disclaimer-and-policies/ Contact Us form	Website Goodreads Amazon	Print and ebooks	YA Dystopian, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Paranormal
For the Love of Bookends	http://loveofbookends.blogspot.com /p/review-requests.html loveofbookends@gmail.com	Website	Not specified	Urban fantasy
Fundinmental	http://www.fundinmental.com/ my-review-policies/#.VaqANPlViko sherryfundin69 at netscape dot net	Website Goodreads	Not specified	Dystopian, paranormal, fantasy, horror, sci-fi
Fuonlyknew Laura	http://fuonlyknew.com/about/ laurathomas61@att.net	Website	Print and Kindle	Horror, dystopian, paranormal, fantasy, science fiction
Girls With Books Does interviews	http://girlswithbook.blogspot.com/p/our-review-policy.html?m=1 girlswithbooks@hotmail.com	Website	Print	Paranormal, dystopian
Her Book Thoughts Paula Philippines	http://herbookthoughts.reads-it.com/?page_id=120	Website	Print and ebooks	YA Fantasy and Paranormal
Home Is Where the Wine Is	http://homeiswherethewineis.com/?page_id=114 blogstuff@ homeiswherethewineis.com	Website Goodreads Amazon	Print and ebooks	Paranormal
In This World of Books	http://abookaholicread.blogspot.com /p/review-policy.html lillyc.mai@gmail.com sexybooks4me@gmail.com	Website	Print and ebooks	YA fantasy, YA sci-fi
Jael's Reviews	http://jaelsreviews.blogspot.com/p/review-policies.html jaelsreviews [at] gmail.com	Website Goodreads Amazon Librarything	Not specified	Paranormal, Sci-fi, Zombies, Dystopian
J. R.'s Book Reviews	https://jrsbookreviews.wordpress.com /policies/ wheatley_jan@hotmail.com	Website Amazon, B&N, Goodreads, NetGalley	Not specified	YA, sci-fi, and fantasy
Lilac Reviews	http://www.lilacreviews.com/reviews/ ReviewRequest (at) Lilacreviews.com	Website Amazon	Print and ebooks	Science Fiction, Fantasy
Literary Classics Also gives awards	http://www.literaryclassics.org/ About_Our_Book_Reviews.html Online form	Website Amazon, B&N	Print and ebooks	Children's and YA only
Lola's Reviews Netherlands	http://lolasreviews.com/review-policy/ lolabookreviews(at)gmail(dot)com	Website Goodreads Amazon B&N on request	ebooks	Fantasy Urban fantasy Science-Fiction Paranormal Romance
Lulu Reads	http://lulureads.blogspot.com/p/review-policy.html startingonchaptereight @gmail.com	Website	Print and ebooks	Dystopian, paranormal, fantasy, graphic novels
Luxury Reading	http://luxuryreading.com/review-policy/ vera@luxuryreading.com	Website Amazon, LibraryThing, GoodReads, Shelfari, and other retail and social media sites	Print and ebooks	Accepts all genres
Making It Happen Cara	http://moonangel23.blogspot.com/p/about-me.html makingithappenblog at gmail dot com	Website Goodreads, Amazon, Barnes and Noble and iTunes	ebooks	Romance (paranormal, sci-fi), paranormal, fantasy
Manda-rae Reads a Lot	http://www.manda-rae-reads.com/p/about.html manda-rae(at)manda-rae-reads(dot)com	Website	Not specified	Paranormal Fantasy Paranormal Romance Urban Fantasy Historical Fantasy Dystopian
Manic Mama of 3 Becca	https://manicmamaof3.wordpress.com/ rwilson0720@yahoo.com	Website	Not specified	Fantasy
Michael Sci-fi Fan	http://www.michaelscifan.us/review-policy-and-review-information/ Online form	Website Goodreads, Amazon Audible	Print and ebooks	Science fiction, fantasy, dystopia
Mom with a Reading Problem Lillian	http://www.momwithareadingproblem.com /review-policy-faq/ momwithareadingproblem@gmail.com	Website Goodreads, Amazon and elsewhere on request	Print and ebooks	Young adult, dystopias, fantasy-specifically urban fantasy, sci-fi
Mrs Mommy Booknerd's Book Reviews	http://mrsmommybooknerd.blogspot.com /p/review-guidelines.html mrsmommybooknerdsbookreviews @gmail.com	Website Goodreads, Amazon and elsewhere on request	Print and ebooks	Science Fiction & Fantasy
Musings of a Wallflower Khulood Abu Dhabi	http://www.musingsofawallflower.com/ review-policy/ ksuwaidi[at]gmail[dot]com	Website	Print and ebooks	All fiction
My Book Musings	http://mybookmusings.blogspot.com /p/reviewrating-policy.html mybookmusings[@]gmail[dot]com	Website Goodreads	Print and ebooks	Fantasy
My Overstuffed Bookshelf	http://myoverstuffedbookshelf.com/sample-page/ djsfoxylady@gmail.com	Website Goodreads Amazon	Print and ebooks	Paranormal Young Adult Urban Fantasy
Nicely Phrased Adrienne & Emma	http://nicelyphrasedbookblog.com/about-us/review-policy/ nicelyphrasedbookblog @gmail.com	Website Goodreads Amazon	Print and ebooks	YA Fantasy YA Paranormal
Let's Talk about Books, Baby Shonna	http://letstalkbooksbaby.blogspot.com/p/review-policy.html shonnakaldwell @gmail.com	Website Amazon, Smashwords (if applicable), B&N, Goodreads, Twitter, FB and Patreon	Print and ebooks	Paranormal romance, paranormal/ supernatural, science fiction, horror, urban fantasy, fantasy, dystopian fiction
Reader Girls	http://www.readergirlsblog.com/p/review-policy.html readergirlsblog@gmail.com	Website Amazon Barnes & Noble Goodreads Library Thing	Print and ebooks	In New Adult: all. In YA: paranormal, fantasy, high/urban fantasy, steampunk, dystopian, futuristic
Reading Away the Days Megan UK Also does interviews	http://readingawaythedays.blogspot.co.uk /p/reviewgiveaway-policy.html readingawaythedays @yahoo.co.uk	Website	Print and ebooks	YA books: all genres Adult books/ New Adult: Paranormal Romance Fantasy
S. J. Pierce	http://sjpiercebooks.blogspot.com/p/book-review-policy.html sjpierce82@yahoo.com	Website Goodreads, Amazon, Barnes and Noble	Print, PDF, and ebooks	Dystopian, science fiction, paranormal, fantasy, horror
Sahar's Reviews	http://www.saharsreviews.com/about/ saharsblog (at) gmail (dot) com	Website Goodreads, Amazon, Blog Critics Tumblr	Print and ebooks	Paranormal
Star Shadow Blog	http://www.starshadowblog.com /p/polices.html starshadow.blog@gmail.com	Website, Goodreads, Amazon, Librarything	Print and ebooks	Dystopian, scifi and post-apocalypic
Stephanie's Book Reports	http://www.stephaniesbookreports.com /review-requests/ Online form	Website	Print and ebooks	Accepts most genres
Taraxacum Reads in English and German	http://reiseblogxd.blogspot.de /p/contact-review-policy.html taaraxacum @gmail.com	Website Goodreads, Amazon, Facebook, LovelyBooks	Print and ebooks	Fantasy, Paranormal, Dystopia, Sci-Fi, Graphic Novels
Tic Toc	http://www.wrighton-time.blogspot.com/p/review-policy.html lesliewrightauthor@gmail.com	Website Amazon, Blog Critics and The Romance Reviews	Print and ebooks	Scifi, Paranormal and other genres
TMBA Corbett Tries to Write	http://www.tmbacorbett.com/p/ submissions.html Contact page	Website Goodreads	Print and ebooks	Dystopian Fantasy Paranormal
To Each Their Own Reviews	http://www.toeachtheirownreviews.com/ tetroreviews@gmail.com	Website Goodreads Amazon	Print and ebooks	Scifi
Universal Creativity Inc.	https://universalcreativityinc14.wordpress.com /free-book-reviews-for-authors/ Online form	Website	Not specified	Science fiction, paranormal, fantasy, fairy tales, horror
Walkerputsche Book Blog	https://walkerputsche.wordpress.com /about/catherine-rose-putsche-books/ walkerputsche@hotmail.com	Website	Not specified	Sci-Fi
Words We Heart	https://wordsweheart.wordpress.com /review-policy/ wordsweheart@gmail.com	Website Goodreads, Tumblr, and Twitter Amazon, Barnes and Noble	Print and ebooks	YA and MG: Fantasy Paranormal Science Fiction Dystopia Mythology Fairy Tale retellings
Woven Magic Molly	https://mollymortensen.wordpress.com /ratings-and-policies/ wovenmagicbooks@gmail.com	Website	Not specified	Fantasy Science Fiction
The Book Boomlet Enrica	http://thebookboomlet.blogspot.ca/p/review-policy.html enrica@videotron.ca	Website Goodreads Amazon	Print and ebooks	YA, MG, Adult Fantasy Mythology and Fairy Tale retellings Paranormal
Jeri's Book Attic	http://jeri-ryan.wix.com/jerisbookattic#!who-we-are/c24vq Contact form (right column)	Website	Print and ebooks	Paranormal Science Fiction
Sharon the Librarian	http://sstwriting.blogspot.com/ (Right column) bookbabe76@gmail,com	Website	Not specified	Accepts most genres
We're All Bookish Here Laquesha	http://www.wereallbookishhere. blogspot.com/ laqueshabailey@outlook.com	Website	Not specified	YA Fantasy, Paranormal and Dystopian, Paranormal Romance.
My Bookish Dreams Pauline	https://mybookishdreams.wordpress.com /review-policy/ mybookishdreams@gmail.com	Website	Print and ebooks	Science Fiction Fantasy Horror
Views And Reviews Tracy Australia	http://tracymjoyce.blogspot.com.au/p/about-tracy-m-joyce.html Contact form on right column	Website	Not specified	Speculative fiction
Live, Love, Laugh Reviews	https://livelaughandlovebooks. wordpress.com/review-policy/ livelaughandlovebooks@gmail.com	Website Goodreads	Not specified	Fantasy Dystopian Apocalypse
Astounding Books	https://astoundingbooks.wordpress.com/about /about-astounding-books/ AstoundingBooks@comcast.net	Website	Epub, print	Speculative fiction
Girl Plus Book	http://girlplusbook.com/review-requests-policy/ girlplusbook@gmail.com	Website	Ebook, print	YA, SciFi, Fantasy, Dystopian, and Paranormal
Dave's Book Blog	http://davelahn.com/review-policy/ Use contact page	Website GoodReads, and Amazon (upon request)	Prefers mobi files for Kindle	Sci-fi, Fantasy, Dystopian
That Girl Reads	http://thatgirlreads.blogspot.com/p/review-policy_24.html TGReads@gmail,com	Website GoodReads, and Amazon	Bound Books ARC's (Advanced Reading Copies) Digital Galleys Audio Books	Paranormal Romance Urban Fantasy Horror
Turn the Page	http://espinolaeditor.blogspot.com/p/review-policycontact-me.html espinola720(@)gmail (DOT)com	Website	Print and ebooks	Science fiction, fantasy, dystopia, graphic novels, steampunk, supernatural/paranormal
The Scattered Worlds Mosaic Don Sakers	http://donsakers.com/drupal6/node/2813 donsakers (at) gmail.com	Print magazine, and online at analogsf.com	Print and ebooks	Science fiction and related nonfiction
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