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Scouting Report: August 2021
In this month’s roundup of the best-reviewed BookLife titles, we highlight a biblical mystery, a space colonization adventure, and much more.
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The Hurdles of Finding an Agent
The author of a rock ‘n’ roll primer for kids seeks—and finds—representation.
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When Persistence Pays: PW Talks with Shannon Bradley-Colleary
A screenwriter, author, and wittily confessional writer reaches “to the stars”
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Indie Spotlight
In this edition of Indie Spotlight, our monthly thematic roundup of BookLife titles, we’re celebrating works of fiction about striking out for the unknown and poetry about love, loss, and identity.
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First Lines: July 2021
This month, we’ve got horses, a treatise on accepting death, a medical memoir, and much more.
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A Work in Progress, Parts 1 and 2
An author gives an account of an unusual novel development process
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Scouting Report: July 2021
In this roundup of the best-reviewed BookLife titles, we highlight a supernatural horror story, an art theft mystery, and more.
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Putting the Self in Self-Publishing
How much you should go into your book?
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A Star Is Born: PW Talks with Mimi Matthews
A Victorian romance achieves “a realistic—yet still swoonworthy—happily-ever-after”.
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New Titles from Self-Publishers: June 2021
Booksellers, publishers, librarians, and agents are encouraged to look at the 112 self-published titles gathered. Each appears with a list of retailers that are selling the book and a description provided by its author.
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Indie Spotlight: End of June 2021
In our monthly thematic roundup of BookLife titles, we’re celebrating thrillers, mysteries, and true crime books by indie authors.
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Cover Redesign: 'Sidelined: The Draft' by Bianca Williams
This month, Michelle Argyle at Melissa Williams Design reimagines the cover of 'Sidelined: The Draft' by Bianca Williams.
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Examining a Singular Bond
T.E. Creus’s Our Pets and Us provides a history of animal domestication, from the Paleolithic period to the present.
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Indie Community: Reading Books by Their Covers
A marketing and branding specialist looks at trending cover designs.
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First Lines: June 2021
Our monthly look at some of the best first lines by BookLife authors.
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Grow Your Writing Inspiration
An author and therapist explores how to stay creatively motivated.
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New Titles from Self-Publishers: End of May 2021
Booksellers, publishers, librarians, and agents are encouraged to look at the 79 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 Spotlight: End of May 2021
In this edition of our monthly thematic roundup of BookLife titles, we’re celebrating memoirs and autobiographies by indie authors.
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Cover Redesign: 'Monk on a River: Quest for the Blue Dorje' by Edward Horner.
This month, Michelle Argyle at Melissa Williams Design reimagines the cover of 'Monk on a River: Quest for the Blue Dorje' by Edward Horner.
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A Once-Silenced Voice Speaks Out
Sabreet Kang Rajeev won the 2020 BookLife Prize in Nonfiction by writing the book she needed to read.