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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.
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Post-pandemic Publishing for Indie Authors
Indie authors are well positioned to survive and thrive in the post-pandemic publishing landscape
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Cover Redesign: 'Starting Your Book' by Naomi Rose
This month, Michelle Argyle at Melissa Williams Design reimagines the cover of Starting Your Book by Naomi Rose. To submit a book for a free cover redesign, email us at booklifeeditor@booklife.com.
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New Titles from Self-Publishers
Booksellers, publishers, librarians, and agents are encouraged to look at the 149 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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First Lines: June 2020
Our monthly look at some of the best first lines by BookLife authors.
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Scouting Report: June 2020
In this roundup of the best-reviewed BookLife titles, we highlight an author’s memoir of Bob Dylan, a family chronicle, a recollection of mental illness, and others.
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The Gift of Time and Space
For some writers, the pandemic means more freedom to work
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Book Cover Redesign: 'Theories on the Fitz and What They Reveal About the Politics of Disaster'
This month, Michelle Argyle at Melissa Williams Design reimagines the cover of 'Five Theories on the Fitz and What They Reveal About the Politics of Disaster' by Wendolyn R. Goerl.
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Indie Success: Raising Voices, Finding Opportunities
After more than 30 years, the publishers of 'Just Us Books' continue to innovate and inspire.
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Author Tim Westover Wins the U.S. Selfies Book Award
Indie author Tim Westover has won the first-ever Selfies U.S. Book Award for 'The Winter Sisters,' as announced during a virtual ceremony at the American Library Association’s annual conference on June 24.
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Facing the ‘Hard Truth’: An Indie Reading List
Here at BookLife, we’ve compiled our own list of titles from self-published authors that address systemic racism and police brutality; explore African American history; or that otherwise reflect the diverse lived experiences of black individuals in America.
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