Publishers and authors of any catalog size can submit titles to NetGalley for distribution to its network of book reviewers, ranging from some of the more long - standing trusted
names in book reviews, down to a local book blogger.
Ask them for what you want (i.e., «I would love to have your testimonial and a five - star rating next to
your name in my book reviews.»)
Not exact matches
Bloom's own
review of Wieseltier's
book,
in the New York Times, is revealing
in this connection: «One parts from Wieseltier with gratitude, but confirmed
in a conviction he does not share, which is that the God of Akiba [ben Joseph], and of all the orthodoxies, always exacts too steep a price for the Sanctification of His
name.»
(You may recognize her
name from her recent
book When God Talks Back, which Peter Berger
reviewed in our April issue.)
(You may recognize her
name from her recent
book When God Talks Back, which Peter Berger
reviewed in....
Stephen L. Carter's God's
Name in Vain
reviewed by Brent Staples, New York Times
Book Review, November 25, 2000.
«Conspiratorial theories of history are easy to create once you are prepared to ignore the realities on the ground, or regard those who do take them into account as part of the conspiracy too,» writes Ronald Radosh
in a
review of a new
book called American Betrayal, by a conservative writer
named Diana West.
Publishers Weekly (starred
review):»... Dividing the
book into sections
named after sacraments, Evans begins by contemplating,
in lyrical prose, the theological significance of each sacrament's key ingredient (water, bread, ash, etc.).
The Public Square The Guardian, a British paper, has a man
in Washington
named Martin Walker and he
reviews two
books on the Clarence Thomas - Anita Hill controversy.
It's been out for a few months now, so you might have caught some
reviews (here, here, and here to
name a few... and oh my - Melissa made the hoodie, which combines zipper and jersey, which pretty much makes her a goddess
in my
book).
These are some
reviews of the features released
in 2005 that have generated the most discussion and interest among film critics and / or the Batman begins making a
name for himself just as the flamboyant Joker takes over the Mafia
in director Tim Burton's adaptation of the comic
book.
That's the only way
reviews have ever worked for a mainstream audience, be it as part of the captive audience for weekly
reviews as part of a newscast, as a column
in a popular magazine or newspaper, on its own as
in shows like Siskel & Ebert At The Movies, or even
in print — Leonard Maltin, another beloved film critic and film historian, established his
name writing a
book of capsule
reviews.
When participants were asked to
name a piece of research that had been useful
in the past year, they most frequently
named books (36 %), followed by research or policy reports (29 %) and peer -
reviewed journal articles (23 %).
The novel was a semifinalist
in the 2011 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest, the spring 2013 winner of the ForeWord Firsts contest sponsored by ForeWord
Reviews, and was just
named a literary fiction category semi-finalist
in the Kindle
Book Review's 2014 Kindle
Book Awards.
I see a lot of people, even well - known people
in the
book marketing industry, that will offer other things
in exchange for a
review, like «I'll put your
name in a raffle for this prize if you post a
review.»
If you see my
name on a
book or blog
review, a promotional Tweet, a shared or reblogged post, you can rest assured I believe
in what I'm sharing / promoting.
In just a few short months, Wool has made appearances on the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists, and it's a No. 1 bestseller on Amazon, where it was also
named winner of Kindle
Book Review's Best Indie
Book of 2012.
That way, you can use the endorsers»
names on your
book cover and
in all your pre-release
book review requests and marketing materials.
Put yourself
in a position where, when you do contact them to request a
book review, they already know your
name and are already at least somewhat familiar with you.
In the course of editing the manuscript, most copyeditors will also produce a style sheet for the book listing the correct spellings of any unusual names, the proper format for each element in the manuscript, and any other usage or style guidelines that will be useful to other people reviewing the book farther down the production lin
In the course of editing the manuscript, most copyeditors will also produce a style sheet for the
book listing the correct spellings of any unusual
names, the proper format for each element
in the manuscript, and any other usage or style guidelines that will be useful to other people reviewing the book farther down the production lin
in the manuscript, and any other usage or style guidelines that will be useful to other people
reviewing the
book farther down the production line.
As Tony Kuehn writes
in his BookPage
review, «This
book is a living, breathing testament to Evison's singular talent for creating portraits of people who may be fictional, but nevertheless are so vital that one is certain their
names must be
in a historic register somewhere.»
Her 2005
book Incompleteness: The Proof and Paradox of Kurt Gödel, was featured
in articles
in The New Yorker and The New York Times, received numerous favorable
reviews, and was
named one of the best
books of the year by Discover magazine, the Chicago Tribune, and the New York Sun.
Now, reviewers who live
in the same household can not leave
reviews for the same product; a married couple who both enjoyed the same
book will not be able to leave a
review in each of their
names, even with separate accounts.
Jeff & Shirley Lawrence published their
book, Hollywood Be Thy
Name in 2006 with Outskirts Press, and, like most of our authors, enjoyed the experience so much they gave us a glowing
review:
You are not required to provide acknowledgement for the editing
in your published work but if you'd like to, you would include the Editor's
name and not «Portland
Book Review.»
When Nobody Dies was published by Random House NZ
in 2004, the
book attracted positive
reviews, with The New Zealand Herald
naming it one of the top five thrillers of the year, while the New Zealand Listener headlined their
review «Is Zirk van den Berg the best thriller writer
in New Zealand?»
By typing
in related keywords, titles to similar
books and author
names for authors who wrote
books like mine, I was able to find the contact information for 600 people who
reviewed books similar to 1,000 Creative Writing Prompts, Volume 2.
I have a
review (that I did not respond to... the reviewer obviously was someone who a) had not read my
book and b) was ignorant enough to post a
review anyway)
in which someone calls me horrible
names for the way I described treating my autistic son
in my non-fiction
book.
Since you seem to think it's okay to talk about your opinions regarding authors
in book reviews, would it then be okay if I found out your last
name and for me to go to my blog and share with the world that you're a prostitute and pregnant with your fathers child?
In her piece, Katherine references (but does not link to in order to avoid helping the blogger with traffic to her site, as Good e-Reader likewise will not) an article that circulated almost virally last weekend, a piece that named thirty prominent, best - selling self - published authors; while specifically targeting author Melissa Foster, who is now pursuing legal action against the blogger, the post by someone who claims to have spent two years «working undercover» at Fiverr names authors Hugh Howey, Blake Crouch, Amanda Hocking, and several others as those who purchased bulk book review
In her piece, Katherine references (but does not link to
in order to avoid helping the blogger with traffic to her site, as Good e-Reader likewise will not) an article that circulated almost virally last weekend, a piece that named thirty prominent, best - selling self - published authors; while specifically targeting author Melissa Foster, who is now pursuing legal action against the blogger, the post by someone who claims to have spent two years «working undercover» at Fiverr names authors Hugh Howey, Blake Crouch, Amanda Hocking, and several others as those who purchased bulk book review
in order to avoid helping the blogger with traffic to her site, as Good e-Reader likewise will not) an article that circulated almost virally last weekend, a piece that
named thirty prominent, best - selling self - published authors; while specifically targeting author Melissa Foster, who is now pursuing legal action against the blogger, the post by someone who claims to have spent two years «working undercover» at Fiverr
names authors Hugh Howey, Blake Crouch, Amanda Hocking, and several others as those who purchased bulk
book reviews.
In fact you should create a list (or database) that includes the user
name, the reviewers real
name IF available, the
name of the
book reviewed, a tidbit about what the reviewer liked or didn't like, and their email address.
Foreword
Reviews named Crave a finalist
in the Indiefab
Book of the Year 2015 competition
in the autobiography / memoir category.
I won't
name names, mostly because I've checked out so many
book review sites since April that I've twisted them all up
in my brain like a rubberband ball.
Search the Web for Blog
Book Reviews Type the name of the book + «review» in goo
Book Reviews Type the
name of the
book + «review» in goo
book + «
review»
in google.
While 22 % of respondents do,
in fact, judge a
book by it's cover, we also learned that the familiarity of the author's
name and customer
reviews contributed heavily to the decision to purchase a
book.
On the young adult fantasy side, THE BURNING SKY,
book 1 of the Elemental Trilogy, was a finalist for the 2014 RITA ® Award for Best Paranormal Romance, the 2014 Pick for Tayshas State Reading List (Texas), has received a starred
review from Publishers Weekly and been
named to the Autumn ’13 Kids» Indie Next List.On the historical mystery side, her brand - new A STUDY
IN SCARLET WOMEN, releases October 18th, 2016 (available for preorder) and has already received critical acclaim:
If you leave a
review on any of the 3 Peachville High Demons
books, send me an email at sarracannon (at) gmail.com with your
name and address, and I will mail you a signed Demons bookmark and a temporary demon tattoo, just like the one Harper wears
in the
books!
If, as she argues, unpublished writers are unpublished because their writing stinks, why
in god's
name is she defying her own logic and
reviewing self - published
books?
Julie Danielson is a regular contributor to Kirkus
Reviews, and
in her blog, Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast, she has featured and / or interviewed hundreds of top
names in picture
books.
Even if I were a
book reviewer, would I be inclined to
review a
book from an author who didn't even mention me by
name in his pitch?
Published to rave
reviews in the United Kingdom and
named a Richard & Judy
Book Club selection — the only work of nonfiction on the 2008 list — Blood River is the harrowing and audacious story of Tim Butcher's journey
in the Congo and his retracing of renowned explorer H. M. Stanley's famous 1874 expedition
in which he mapped the Congo River.
Over the weekend, the New York Times posted an article that profiled one company
in particular, as well as discussed well - known self - published author John Locke's own use of some 300 paid
book reviews to boost
name recognition and sales, a practice Locke himself does not take issue with.
It wasn't
reviews Rick, my
book isn't even OUT yet, it was something i'd said
in return to you — that was posted to me by someone who may just be their trolle - tte, and she may not be i don't know (I'm not posting
names)-- I just know that STGRB is rolling around
in the same drama that the trolls create.
In fact, I never remembered their
names during the course of the
book, I had to look them up for purposes of writing this
review.
A Map of Home was published
in half a dozen languages & won a Hopwood Award, an Arab - American
Book Award, and was
named one of the best novels of 2008 by the Barnes and Noble
Review.
Now only does it allow you to put your
name and
book title
in front of thousands of new people every day, but every
review you write is linked to your customer profile (so if you haven't taken advantage of your customer profile to market your
book, do that now at: www.amazon.com/gp/pdp).
* «A Hologram for the King» by Dave Eggars, published by his imprint McSweeney's, was the first indie
book reviewed in the Times (it was also recently
names by the Times as one of the «10 Best
Books of 2012»).
Yes, I left that poor asterisk hanging and will correct momentarily, but it was Dave Eggars for «A Hologram for the King», pubbed by his imprint McSweeney's that was the first indie
reviewed in the Times (it was also recently
names by the Times as one of the 10 Best
Books of 2012).
I immediately plugged
in the
name of an author I know with «
book review» into a Google search and the top result was so specifically focused to my target audience: a publication catering to Jews
in Philadelphia!
A publishing company
name coming across as professional and not screaming «self - published» really only matters if someone is interested
in getting
reviews from sources that normally don't
review self - published
books.