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It is designed to expose self-published ebooks to more readers via public libraries. Distribution through SELF-e is royalty free, which means authors do not earn royalties though this platform. SELF-e is best viewed as a marketing tool to build a readership. If your ebooks are already generating satisfactory royalties from library sales via other channels, then SELF-e might not be a good fit for you. Many libraries buy the entire collection. Getting a review into one of these magazines will provide you with maximum exposure. Accepts print and audio submissions.

Walk into your local library and ask them to order your book. While you're at it, offer to do a reading. Helpful resources Read these articles! If you are self-publishing, or even if you are being published traditionally, public events such as talks, book signings, and readings are a must. Nothing creates more fans than your physical presence. People want to sit in an audience and hear you speak.

They want to crowd around you afterwards, asking you to sign copies of your book. They want to shake your hand, ask you questions, give you their first born child. Okay, maybe that's taking it a bit too far. But you get the picture. Simply scheduling a talk or a signing is not enough. Like everything else you do to promote your book, your author event will have to be advertised. You will, of course, send out a press release to the local papers. But what about all the people who only know you virtually?

That group is important as well. Before you do anything else, create a hashtag and use it on every tweet that concerns your book - including author events. Keep your hashtag short and memorable. Event pages are easy to set up on Facebook. Your event page should include information about the event when and where. You can post photos, invite guests, and best of all keep track of who is interested. Make sure people can leave comments and post on your page. Remember to put links to your home page on Facebook, as well as sales links, in the details section.

Here is a helpful article: Live coverage of events is exciting! If your friends are attending the event, ask them tweet during the event using your event hashtag. Enlist a friend to photograph the event and post images. Let Facebook friends and twitter followers know in advance when live coverage is taking place. There are all kinds of groups for writers: Promotions are allowed in many of these groups, not just for book releases but for events.

The advantage to promoting your events on groups is reach especially Facebook. If you have a smartphone you can make a short clip a teaser to promote your event. For example, you can do some "man on the street" interviews with people who are going friends, family. You can even use a free animation maker like PowToon to make a cartoon! Post these videos on Twitter, Facebook, and anywhere else you have an account. Bring a sign-up sheet to your event. Everyone who shows up is a potential fan! Even if the event is hosted by a bookstore, they may run out.

If the event is hosted by a restaurant I've had restaurant venues , a sporting goods store, a library, or anyplace else not likely to have a stack of your books on hand - bring lots! Have a good time. I love talking to people who've read my books. The best part is that they love talking to me, too!

For more info on book tours see: Arranging Your Own Book Tour. There are hundreds of individual bloggers who are more than happy to review self-published books. See "Additional Resources" below. There are also many platforms that specialize in advertising and promoting those genres.

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This list includes only those sites that publish reviews of self-published books. There are more sites for traditionally published books. They all offer reviews for free, the only exception being RT Book Reviews. Some accept books for review, while others accept freelance reviews, in which case someone - not the author - would have to submit a review. The advantage of a book review site, as opposed to a blog, is traffic. Most blogs can't compete with well trafficked review sites for the simple reason that most review sites rely on more than one reviewer.

Even blogs with two or three reviewers can't compete. This allows review sites to cover more books, which, in turn, attracts more traffic. Fantasy and Sci-fi Reviewers Accepting Self-Published Authors A list of online book reviewers who accept self-published work in speculative fiction scifi, fantasy, horror, paranormal.

Top 20 Sites for Finding Reviewers These are the best sites for finding reviewers in any genre. Reviews normally cover new works, they will not reject a review because its subject has been available for a while. SF Reader SFReader offers reviews on any book, anthology or magazine that has a speculative element all flavors of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. They prefer traditionally published print books, but will accept Kindle format.

Fantasy Book Review This popular site reviews fantasy books only. They get a large amount of submissions per month, so a review is not guaranteed. They review 1 in 50 submissions. All books are read, reviewed, categorized and awarded a rating between 0 and These ratings then determine who and what appears in the list of the Top Fantasy Books.

At time of writing the number of books that have been read and reviewed stands at well over 1, They accept review queries from publishers large, small and independent as well as self-published authors. Both print and electronic formats are accepted. Lightspeed Magazine Lightspeed is a well known science fiction and fantasy magazine.

Science Fiction and Fantasy World Authors and publishers can fill out a request for a review on their contact form. This site gets quite a bit of traffic. Their list of interviews, reviews, articles, and guest posts is extensive. They also publish anthologies. Feel free to rant if the subject deserves it, but make sure the justification for the rant is self-evident. If something sucks, say it sucks, but tell us why.

If something is wonderful, say it's wonderful, but tell us why. Give a frame of reference. The areas they cover are scifi, fantasy, horror, steampunk, computers, anime, manga, games, RPGs, toys, models, science, futurism, films, TV. The Future Fire The Future Fire accepts both freelance reviewers and suggestions for titles to review. You can submit a new release or a reduced price for your ebook. It's still a good place to send information about your book release.

The hardest task faced by self-published authors is promotion. Self-published authors don't have the resources of large, or even small, publishers. Nor do they have the marketing networks that every publisher relies on to create "buzz" for upcoming books. If you are self-publishing, you are going to have to do all that work yourself.

Fortunately, there are plenty of places for you to promote your book for free. Hundreds of online reviewers are happy to receive a book in exchange for an honest review, and many post their reviews on multiple platforms. There are also numerous sites that publish interviews with authors, as well as places to post your cover reveal and excerpts. The resources below will help you on your way to effective marketing and promotion. I suggest that before you begin promoting your book, you look at these lists and sites and make a list of your own of the various types of promotion you'd like to do, and then find the sites that provide what you are looking for.

Keep careful track of where you have promoted your book, and don't forget to evaluate the results! For all of my articles on self-publishing, including resources for promoting your book, marketing, getting reviews, setting up your author website and more see: Digital Pubbing 's list of tools to find readers and reviewers is conveniently broken down into categories reviews, advertising, interviews, etc. Build Book Buzz 's handout is a substantial collection of resources that will help you find media outlets, reader review sites, and online review sites for your book.

You must have a book cover before you can upload a chapter. Detailed instructions are on the site. Fill out the form to have your book posted, and tweeted. Readers are given thirty days to read the book. Some of these may be temporarily closed to submissions. Book Talk also offers paid promotion. Reviews are also offered - both free and paid.

The experience of disability, especially when it comes later in life, can be profoundly unsettling. It launches a person into a new world, a new reality, one that seeks expression.

I speak from experience, having written all of my books after I became disabled. If you are a writer with a disability of any kind, whether congenital or acquired, there are some magazines that would love to publish your writing - whether it focuses on your own experience, or is simply something you would like to say. These magazines accept fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, essays, novel and memoir excerpts, reviews, drama, and, in some cases, artwork. Some of these magazines are paying markets. I have included non-paying markets as well, as this is such a small niche.

There are no fees to submit. However nonfiction, academic, and similar articles profiles, interviews, opinion pieces do have to relate to disability in some way. Payment is upon publication. This publication expresses the experience of disability from the perspective of individuals, families, friends, healthcare professionals, educators and others. We accept the work of writers with and without disabilities; however the work of a writer without a disability must focus on some aspect of disability. The criteria for good writing apply: Writers should avoid using offensive language and always put the person before the disability.

Electronic submissions should be sent as an attachment when submitted both on the website and within an email. While it gives preference to the work of writers with disability, it seeks the well-crafted work of any writer that makes a contribution to the field. Though Wordgathering focuses primarily on poetry, they also accept literary essays, short fiction, drama, art and books for review. Their aim is to give voice to the emerging genre of disability literature. They seek work related to disability or by writers with disabilities. Wordgathering is also very interested in reviewing books of poetry, fiction, memoir and drama by writers with disabilities, as well as books in disability studies related to literature.

It captures the essence of the Portland and it refreshes my longing to return. The opening paragraphs of both Solitaire and Waiting for a Latte stand out like a painting in my mind. The description of the winter and the rains that Portland is known for are but two little things Jaan Seunnasepp uses to accurately and artistically capture the feel of the city.

He uses this language throughout this collection to weave together a blanket that you can wrap yourself in. In reading Solitaire , I was especially enchanted by a scene in which the narrator takes refuge in a bar. Not only does Jaan capture the mood of the scene perfectly, but he uses the mood almost as a character itself which allows the story to come full circle in a very pleasing way. Solitaire is my favorite piece in this volume, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I have. It spoke to me. I could relate to it. Waiting for a Latte is the perfect fare for someone hungry to eat at the buffet of witty cynicism.

It sounds like a great idea! A Quiet Courage considers and publishes microfiction and poetry that is words or less in length.

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