Indie Book Reviewers Post Your Blog Link Here!

[Christy Pinheiro]

As an author and book reviewer myself, I've had a difficult time getting book reviews for my self-published books. Some reviewers are even downright rude about it. So I started an online list of reviewers that accept self-published books. The best of these is POD People and The Midwest Book Review, both of them are highly respected and the "Big Fish" in the self-publishing world. Neither accepts a fee to review. None of the reviewers on the list below are fee-charging.

So far I've spent about 80 hours (now) hundreds of hours putting this list together. Every reviewer on this list has agreed to accept (or focuses exclusively on) Self-Published Books. Contact me if you want to add a reviewer to the list. It has to be a reviewer that is currently accepting submissions.

http://www.stepbystepselfpublishing.net

Please post your blog link if you are willing to review indies and small press authors. I will contact you and you can also be included in the small press "yellow pages" that we are working on. I've uploaded the reviewer questions in a word doc. 

[Christy Pinheiro]

Thanks Keyona;

I added "Only Sexy Books Allowed" to the reviewer list. Thanks for contacting me. Snazzy blog name, too.

[Glen Alan Hamilton]

Just wanted to say thanks for posting this, Christy. Great list. I'll be sending my book out to a lot of them. Thanks for the help!

[Jessica Blankenhip]

I also love to review any types of books and would love to help anyone needing a review..
http://sewcraftable.blogspot.com

[Christy Pinheiro]

Hi Jessica; your blog is really cute. Do you want to give me your reviewer guidelines (do you accept e-books, and what genre, etc). A lot of people are pretty adamant about the genres they accept (for example, no horror, no erotica, etc) so please let me know and I will add you to the list here:

http://www.stepbystepselfpublishing.net/

Christy

[S. J. Reisner | Audrey Brice]

I read tons of Indie stuff. As a matter of fact I probably read as much (if not more) from self-published authors and micro/small press authors as I do books from traditional publishers. Quite frankly I'm bored with what the mainstream press is giving me. And trust me - the publishing industry as a whole is starting to sit up and take notice of that. Over 80% of all books being bought right now are from small presses and indie authors.

I've never had a problem getting reviews for my books. I usually just find reviewers who like to read what I write, ask if I can send a copy, and usually they're happy to get them. Of course I don't normally tell everyone my books are indie either and to be honest - most people can't tell my books are indie because they look, feel and read like anything you'd pick up at Barnes & Noble.

[Henry Brown]

First off: thanks for putting that list together!

Yes, finding bloggers to review my books has been like pulling teeth. I've published a military thriller and a pulpesque anthology of adventures in genres from historical to fantasy, but there are very few bloggers out there who specialize in the type of fiction I have in print so far. Those who do claim to be too busy to commit (probably true and I certainly understand). One actually agreed to take a look but when I asked him where/how I should send the file, he never wrote back.

I have had some author interviews on different blogs, and those have been fun. Also, I found a site called Book Connector which is similar to the list you've compiled, I think. A few bloggers I found there have agreed to review, even though they don't normally dabble in my genre(s). First one should post tomorrow, I think.

I've recently become a blogger myself. (http://twofistedblogger.blogspot.com/) I don't have much of a following yet, but would be willing to review other authors if their book falls between my literary horizons. No gay/lesbian, horror or chick-lit. Paper or digital (PDF, RTF, etc.--I don't have a dedicated ereader yet) is fine. I'm not gonna trash an indie author's book if I think it's bad (and there are lots of bad ones out there). I'll probably only post a review if I would give it 3 out of 5 stars or better. Now the established, tradpub "name" authors...I let them have it when they publish dreck. I figure they're solid enough to shrug off my little cyberdigs.

[Richard Sanders]

Christy--Many, many thanks for the hours, days, weeks, months you've put into this list and discussion. There's a place for you in Writers' Heaven.

[Brenda Youngerman]

I have had so much trouble getting reviews that I finally created a website dedicated to nothing but reviews. It is called Reviews4reviews.com. Authors you can sign up for free! Each title you put on the site is only $10.00. And that buys you a whole lot! We feature authors in a review the author segment every two weeks. We have a video trailer segment and we feature two book covers every month. The intention of the site was to have authors swap titles for reviewing purposes. Who better to review a book than another author?

Check us out! at http://reviews4reviews.com

[Michelle-IPBR]

Who better to review a book than another author?

A reader....just sayin'

[Brenda Youngerman]

I completely agree with you!
But sometimes the readers don't give the reviews.

[Susan Helene Gottfried]

True. But then, sometimes authors will ask for a blurb and that never happens, either. Life is busy. I'm grateful whenever I get a review, no matter who it's from.

[Edna Tollison]

Please add me, I will read and review anything that is Christian and in hard copy form, no ebooks nor loose copy.

Just email me at mamat2730(at)charter(dot)net and I will reply, my blog is http://edna-myfavoritethings.blogspot.com/ so check it out. I put my reviews on my blog and also on commerical sites if the books are listed.

I don't charge anything just the book.

Thanks