May 4, 2026
Authors need to vet review services the same way they vet editors
A recognizable review brand is not enough. Authors should screen the outlet, the process, and the review itself.
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March 26, 2025
Intersections: Short Stories From Rideshare Passengers by Andrew Spink
Book Summary: Nobody lies to their Uber driver. The anonymity functions like a truth serum, putting everyone’s raw and unfiltered selves on full display. But it is in those rideshare [...]
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June 6, 2024
Born in Space: Unlocking Destiny by Jeremy Clift
About the Book: Seven infants, conceived artificially aboard a rotating space habitat as an experiment to populate the solar system. A fugitive mother anointed as an alien Priestess, determined to [..
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June 5, 2024
Part 14: Interview with Authors of "Fenix and the Firework Fliers: A Dance-It-Out Creative Movement Story"
Introducing “Fenix and the Firework Fliers” by Once Upon a Dance, Christine Herbert and Scott Partridge Embark on a thrilling adventure with Fenix, a brave firefly, determined to aid Bolt, [...]
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May 31, 2024
Tree Pose by Susan Rogers & John Roosen
About the Book: Escape to Tasmania they said … But what was supposed to be a dream for Ric Peters and Elaina Williams has turned into a nightmare. The Devil’s [...]
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February 13, 2024
Running with Grace: A Wall Street Insider’s Path to True Leadership, a Purposeful Life, and Joy in the Face of Adversity by Lori Van Dusen
About the Book: Nothing about Lori Van Dusen's childhood indicated she'd become one of the nation's top independent financial advisors. She was born prematurely on the wrong side of the [...]
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December 26, 2023
Tick
Book Summary: In a moment of desperation, Brad Hughes made an impassioned promise to God, but when should his responsibilities end? This question plagues Brad, a widower and owner of [...]
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July 17, 2023
The Girls Are Good
Set in the competitive world of gymnastics, Ilaria Bernardini’s The Girls Are Good is a dark tale of the toxic effect of secret keeping and telling young girls that their [...]
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July 17, 2023
Flourishing on the Edge of Faith: Seven Practices for a New We
Have you ever found yourself doubting the efficiency of prayer? Many Christians have found themselves questioning their beliefs and faith as a result of their past experiences. It gets worse [...]
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July 17, 2023
Delaware Before the Railroads: A Diamond Among the States
Delaware Before the Railroads documents the history of the State of Delaware from 1638-1832. Before 1832, business owners had to ship goods to Philadelphia via water since the roads were [...]
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July 14, 2023
I Love It When You Lie: A suspense novel
I Love It When You Lie follows the story of three sisters, June, Clementine, and Tara, after the death of their beloved grandmother. Over the course of three days, we [...]
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July 14, 2023
Delicious Monsters
Daisy can see ghosts. Most of the time, she can ignore them and go on with her life. When her boyfriend suddenly dumps her, and her mother inherits a mansion, [...]
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July 14, 2023
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel: The Lost Stories Collection
Get to know more about Scott’s beloved characters in this stunning collection of short stories. Each story is set during a different time period (ranging from 500 BCE to 2005) [...]
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July 13, 2023
Tree Whispers (Child’s Play Library)
When you walk in the park or stroll through the forest, do you ever imagine the trees whispering to each other or even to you? Do you ever wonder if [...]
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July 13, 2023
The GutSMART Protocol: Revitalize Your Health, Boost Your Energy, and Lose Weight in Just 14 Days with Your Personalized Gut-Healing Plan
The GutSmart Protocol is a book that almost everyone would find useful. In it, Author Vincent Pedre, MD explains the many diseases and symptoms that can be caused by an [...]
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July 13, 2023
My Last Innocent Year: A Novel
Isabel Rosen, a senior at Wilder College in 1998, wants to be a writer but isn’t sure if she has the goods. When she makes it into a prestigious workshop, [...]
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July 12, 2023
Elephants Remember
In Elephants Remember, author and illustrator Jennifer O’Connell writes of Lawrence Anthony’s remarkable journey to save a herd of wild elephants from imminent death. When Lawrence received that initi
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July 12, 2023
That Fat Cat Who Changed His Ways
A lazy fat cat might be cute to look at but not when it refuses to do its job and chase the mice away. This book, with a story that [...]
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July 12, 2023
What Are You?
This book is about celebrating what makes an individual unique and different, and teaches children that other children might have their own differences, uniqueness and more. Even though at the [...]
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July 7, 2023
PAPER War – The Dawn of AI
The year is 2040. Transportation, including planes, trains, automobiles, and ships, both cargo and passenger ones, are all controlled by self-driving software called Gaius, an artificial intelligence
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July 7, 2023
A Walk to the End of the Earth
In A Walk to the End of the Earth, Jeffrey Kendall describes how his desire to be closer to God prompted him to travel the El Camino de Santiago on [...]
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July 7, 2023
The Coach’s Way: The Art and Practice of Powerful Coaching in Any Field
Prolific author Eric Maisel offers sound advice and food for thought through The Coach’s Way, a dynamic guide designed for business and personal coaches of various experience levels. The work [...]
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July 6, 2023
Tenmile
Sissy, daughter of the town doctor, often helps her father as he ministers to the people of Tenmile, a poor mining town in Colorado. At age thirteen, sometimes this work [...]
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July 6, 2023
Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage
On April 19, 1993, the FBI had exhausted their patience with the Branch Davidians after a nearly three-month standoff. A breach had been ordered to get the men, women, and [...]
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July 6, 2023
How To Write a Novel in 20 Pies: Sweet and Savory Tips for the Writing Life
So you think you have a novel in you just waiting to be written. This book may be just what you need to either help you get there or dissuade [...]
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July 5, 2023
Home Away From Home
Every summer, Mia and her mom visit Mia’s grandma in tiny Stone Harbor, Maine. This year Mia is going by herself. Her parents had divorced, and Mom and her boyfriend, [...]
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July 5, 2023
Fatty Fatty Boom Boom: A Memoir of Food, Fat, and Family
Rabia Chaudry’s memoir Fatty Fatty Boom Boom is as much about food, love, and family as it is about the social, cultural, and physical pressures on women to look and [...]
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July 5, 2023
The Liars of Nature and the Nature of Liars: Cheating and Deception in the Living World
Liars of Nature and the Nature of Liars is a captivating book for evolutionary science nerds and philosophers alike. Unveiling his biology, psychology, and economics research, Lixing Sun takes a [...]
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June 30, 2023
Grace Needs Space!: (A Graphic Novel)
Grace Mendez is really looking forward to flying to the Moon to visit her mom, Kendra! Grace already has many things she wants to do, but her mom is always [...]
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June 30, 2023
Hungry Ghost
No one knows Valerie Chu’s secret. For the longest time, Valerie’s mother has always been watching what Valerie eats, and telling her to lose weight, no matter what. You have [...]
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June 30, 2023
Mapmakers and the Enchanted Mountain: (A Graphic Novel)
Alidade, a Mapmaker, is headed to the mountain village to bring back Harmony and other Memris. Lewis and Blue accompany him along his adventure to the mountains, and they meet [...]
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June 28, 2023
A Match in the Making (The Matchmakers)
Jen Turano has written many historical romances, and her latest is the start of a new series, presumably about matchmakers falling in love. At least, I hope that’s the case [...]
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June 28, 2023
Southern Inspired: More Than 100 Delicious Dishes from My American Table to Yours
In Southern Inspired, Chef Jernard Wells tweaks some of his favorite recipes to make them all his own. Throughout the book, you will find a host of classic dishes, such [...]
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June 28, 2023
Mystery, Crime, Thriller / Misfire (2) (The Kate Downey Medical Mystery Series)
Tammy Euliano is the master of the medical thriller. In Misfire, anesthesiologist Kate Downey leads the way as a new medical implant from Kadence meant to act as both a [...]
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June 26, 2023
The Home Café: Creative Recipes for Espresso, Matcha, Tea and Coffee Drinks
I don’t think I have ever been so excited to try so many recipes out from a cookbook. And this isn’t even really a cookbook! It’s a coffee and tea [...]
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June 26, 2023
Gemination: Hear No More
At the start of what promises to be an exciting new series, Melsa M Manton presents us with Leyla Stone, the pseudonym of an operative for Sedition, a shadowy organization [...]
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June 26, 2023
Rough Justice
Callie James and Cash Logan are no strangers to dangerous situations. In Rough Justice, a young woman named Sara is getting ready to immigrate to the United States from France. [...]
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June 18, 2023
The Dawn of AI (Paperwar) by Ryan LeKodak
Book Summary: One malfunction… Millions dead… The search for answers begins… In the year 2040, the world's transportation is dominated by a highly advanced artificial intelligence system. However, thi
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June 8, 2023
Holding On and Not Giving Up On Self
Having retired from the military after serving for twenty-one years with the US Army and then securing a good civilian job, Dee Bryant has written Holding On and Not Giving [...]
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June 8, 2023
Queen of Thieves: A Novel
Alice Diamond is the Queen of Thieves. She’s got a nice little racket going in post-World War II London. Her all-female gang of “hoisters” are expert shoplifters, which means Alice [...]
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Self-Publish a Book in 10 Steps by Hank Quense
About the Book: Self-publishing a book is difficult. This book simplifies it by breaking down a self-publishing and marketing project into 10 steps. This step-by-step process will get your book [...]
Continue Reading →May 8, 2023
Ms. Pretty Rickey The Street Sweeper by Bryneen Gary
Book Summary: Ms. Pretty Rickey: The Street Sweeper is a Force to Be Reckoned with, Infamous Poetry about Chief Officials, Freedom from War, Dirty Money, Narcotics Anonymous, World Affairs and [...]
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April 14, 2023
My Expansion by Nancy Manet
Story Summary Big Bear thinks they know how things are supposed to be for the cub: Don’t run too fast. Don’t get your feet wet. Do what the “good” bears [...]
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May 14, 2022
Home Beyond Hell by Karen Yakey
Book Summary: Captain Ethan Evans has been running from his for two years. Europe is a big place. He and his outlaw army of ex-soldiers are good at surviving, but [...]
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