If you’re a reader, and not just the kind of person who occasionally picks up a book but the person who always has a book nearby, you’ve heard this: reviews help authors. It’s why authors recruit advance readers, pay literary publications like Publishers Weekly, and why services like NetGalley* exist. And if you’re just aContinue reading “You’ve heard it, but have you acted on it? Support authors via reviews, a how-to”
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NetGalley: A Starving Artist Resource for the Latest Books
If you are a writer and/or author, you have a duty to stay current. Just like any profession, the writer must know what is happening in the industry. Common advice points toward Amazon for information on trends, genres and even as a source to show what covers sell. And, of course, writers should read allContinue reading “NetGalley: A Starving Artist Resource for the Latest Books”
Reviewing Shannon Gonyou’s Since Sinai
At Parisian Phoenix, we believe in supporting other authors, other publishers and other artists. To that extent, publisher Angel Ackerman participates as a reader and reviewers on NetGalley and shares what she is reading on Goodreads and social media. The publishing world presents a lot of “us” (as small independent publishers or independent booksellers orContinue reading “Reviewing Shannon Gonyou’s Since Sinai”
Exploring Bookshop.org and supporting our authors, a review of Tiffani Velez’s The Search
Last week, we set up an affiliate link with Bookshop.org, an organization that supports independent booksellers. Here in the Lehigh Valley, we have two great independent bookstores, Book & Puppet Company in downtown Easton and Let’s Play Books in Emmaus. The concept is brilliant. Readers can order their books online and designate their favorite retailerContinue reading “Exploring Bookshop.org and supporting our authors, a review of Tiffani Velez’s The Search”
End of May update and all the fun: new novelette, podcasts and book reviews
Greetings friends and readers, it’s Angel, founder and publisher of Parisian Phoenix Publishers. The independent publisher environment is brutal as a start-up because online algorithms, social media, and the book selling market create so much noise that independent authors and publishers remain invisible without a lot of work, support and creativity. Our own results andContinue reading “End of May update and all the fun: new novelette, podcasts and book reviews”
NetGalley adventures: reviewing Russell Mardell’s The Knock-Knock Man
Parisian Phoenix is a member of the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) and as such, I attended a webinar yesterday on NetGalley. NetGalley connects authors and publishers to reviewers, librarians and booksellers to increase the visibility of books. As a reader, I recently signed up to review ARCs (advanced reader copies for review purposes) andContinue reading “NetGalley adventures: reviewing Russell Mardell’s The Knock-Knock Man”
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