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The Best First Option
For many authors, self-publishing is the clear choice—not the last resort
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Indie Success: Writing off the Map
From indie to mainstream, Caribbean authors are finding readers—and landing publishing deals—in the U.S.
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Scouting Report: End of September 2020
In this roundup of the best-reviewed BookLife titles, we highlight a relationship story, a novel about renewal after divorce, and a suspense thriller.
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New Titles from Self-Publishers: End of September
Booksellers, publishers, librarians, and agents are encouraged to look at the 86 self-published titles below. Each appears with a list of retailers that are selling the book and a description provided by its author.
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Scouting Report: September 2020
In this roundup of the best-reviewed BookLife titles, we highlight a hockey-centered romance, a werewolf novel, and an apocalyptic survival story.
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Happy Travels
The author of a picture book tour of New York City shares her insights.
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Cover Redesign: 'Letters in a Trunk: A WWII Love Story' by indie author Daniel R. Mazza
This month, Michelle Argyle at Melissa Williams Design reimagines the cover of 'Letters in a Trunk: A WWII Love Story' by indie author Daniel R. Mazza.
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Indie Success: World of Wonder
A self-published photography collection features invigorating landscape images.
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The Big Indie Books of Fall 2020
A roundup of some of the best books from small presses and university presses due out this season.
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Cosmic Shifts
The founder of Gatekeeper Press weighs in on the state of indie publishing.
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Cover Redesign: 'Adventures in the Charter Trade' by David Bond
This month, Amanda Reid at Melissa Williams Design reimagines the cover of Adventures in the Charter Trade by indie author David Bond.
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First Lines: August 2020
Our monthly look at some of the best first lines by BookLife authors.
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Indie Scouting Report: August 2020
In this roundup of the best-reviewed BookLife titles, we highlight a supernatural romance, a satirical thriller, and a nautical journey.
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New Titles from Self-Publishers: August 2020
Booksellers, publishers, librarians, and agents are encouraged to look at the 97 self-published titles below. Each appears with a list of retailers that are selling the book and a description provided by its author.
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Indie Scouting Report: August 2020
In this roundup of the best-reviewed BookLife titles, we highlight a supernatural coming-of-age novel, a picture book about farts, and the first in a fantasy series.
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Slouching Toward Equity
Brooke Warner admonishes the publishing industry to act on its professed values.
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Indie Success: Touching the Depths
A collection of personal vignettes examines the quiet hilarity of 21st-century married life and art.
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First Lines: July 2020
Our monthly look at some of the best opening lines from BookLife authors
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Indie Success: Word by Word
The winner of the BookLife Prize Nonfiction Contest is a collaborative project as unique as its subjects—and contributors
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Scouting Report
In this roundup of the best-reviewed BookLife titles, we highlight a sci-fi mystery, a memoir of personal discovery, a Viking saga, and others.



