April 19 , 2019

Scandals

This has been a very strange month in the publishing industry. If you haven't heard, down below the Mason-Dixon, Baltimore's mayor, Catherine Pugh,...

September 19 , 2018

Reviews redux

Last month, I took you on a tour of Fakespot, the online service that spots "fake" reviews. Many of you provided feedback and I am happy to report ...

It is so important to accumulate reviews for your books. As I have mentioned several times, we tend to use NetGalley for our fiction and Cision for...

September 19 , 2017

Hollywood anyone?

A couple of weeks ago, I was able to dedicate eleven consecutive days to the Press. During this time, I cooked up the imprints and thought a lot ab...

March 19 , 2017

What Is NetGalley?

Forgive me if I moved a little too quick on this topic. It became clear in recent weeks that many of you were confused about our change in process ...

February 19 , 2017

NetGalley Update

We've now had another month in NetGalley, building up an advanced readership. NetGalley promises about an 80% response rate from their readership. ...

January 19 , 2017

The Importance of Reviews

A couple of years ago, I did a study of the impact of reviews on our book sales. It turned out that books with at least one review -- even a bad on...

December 19 , 2016

NetGalley

NetGalley is the top online service for getting upcoming releases in front of reviewers all over the world. Publishers post ARCs (Advance Reader Co...