Submission Fee for Publishers Weekly Review Consideration

Beginning March 24, 2025, Publishers Weekly charges $25 for every book submitted for PW review consideration.

Book publishers who are PW site license subscribers do not pay the per submission fee. Site licenses are available to any book publisher, and pricing starts at $950. Anyone within, or working on behalf of, a book publisher with a site license can submit a title for review consideration without paying the $25 fee.

Frequently Asked Questions about Submission Fees for PW Review Consideration

What is it?
The reviews submission fee for PW review consideration is a $25 charge per title submitted to Publishers Weekly for review consideration. It helps offset a small percentage of the costs of processing the large number of titles submitted to PW each year.

Does paying $25 guarantee a review? In other words is this pay-for-play?
No. The fee has no influence on whether or not PW’s editors decide to review a book. PW editor's do not see how or whether a submission fee has been paid for a submitted book.

Has PW reviews consideration changed?
No. The decision to review a book remains completely at the discretion of PW’s reviews editors.

Is there a way for me to submit my book without paying the $25 fee?
Book publishers that have a PW site license subscription do not pay the processing fee. Site licenses are available to any book publisher, and pricing starts at $950. Anyone within a book publisher with a site license can submit a title for review consideration without paying the $25 fee.***

I work for a publisher with a site license. How do I submit without paying the fee?
GalleyTracker knows to not charge books from publishers with site licenses based on the PUBLISHER and IMPRINT selected on the submission form. Every publisher with a site license as well as their imprints are already entered into the GalleyTracker database, so when submitting a book, select the parent company/publisher and then the imprint. The fee will then be removed from the submission form. Do NOT enter a new publisher or imprint name; otherwise you will be charged the $25 fee.

If I am a publicist or consultant working for a book publisher who is a site license subscriber, can I submit books for them without paying the $25 fee?
Yes, you can submit a book from an imprint that is part of a book publisher with a site license without paying the $25 fee.

Can I get a bulk discount on $25 payments?
Yes, if you purchase them in groups of 10, you will receive a 10% discount. You can purchase groups of 10 when you are logged in to your GalleyTracker account, on the "Account Balance & Settings" page.

What happens when the number of submission credits I bulk purchased runs out?
Once your account has used up all of the discounted submission credits that you bulk purchased, it will be charged the regular $25 fee per submission. You may purchase additional groups of 10. If you are a book publisher you may also upgrade to a PW Site License subscription which provides unlimited submissions by your team members and others working on your behalf (e.g. publicists, contractors) and access to all of PW's premium content. Find out more about PW Site License access and benefits.

May I share these bulk-purchased credits?
Yes, you can share the submission credits you have bulk-purchased with other individual GalleyTracker account holders. You can connect, and disconnect, to them in your GalleyTracker account on the "Account Balance & Settings" page. This allows you to order in bulk for everyone in your office or department including outside publicists. The only way for someone to use your submission credits is if you connect with their GalleyTracker account. You can disconnect from them at any time.

What happens to any connected accounts if I have no remaining submission credits?
If your account has a balance of 0 submission credits, then any accounts you have connected to will have to pay the $25 fee themselves or from other connected accounts' submission credits.

How does someone I've connected with use my submission credits?
When they login to their GalleyTracker account, on their "Account Balance & Settings" page, they will see that you have connected your account to them. And when they go to submit a book for PW review consideration, they will have the option to use your connected credits to pay the submission fee.

What if I have shared by submission credits with an outside publicist who works for other publishers?
They do not have to use your submission credits when they submit a review. They can make their own payment, use their own prepaid submission credits, or use submission credits shared with them by other GalleyTracker accounts.

How do I disconnect from a GalleyTracker account with whom I was sharing credits?
When you're logged in to your GalleyTracker account, go to the same place where you connected with them: the "Account Balance & Settings" page. There you'll see a way to click on their account and disconnect it.

Does this change how I mail my book to PW for review consideration?
No. Before mailng or delivering a physical copy of any book to PW for review consideration, the book must be submitted via PW's GalleyTracker system. Any physical submission without a GalleyTracker ID number will be discarded.

Are there any other fees associated with Publishers Weekly reviews?
No. Beyond the submission fee for consideration, there are no other fees associated with Publishers Weekly reviews.

Can I pay the submission fee via check?
No. At this time we only accept payments via credit card.

Are books submitted for PW review consideration via BookLife subject to the processing fee?
Yes, they are.

Does the $25 submission fee apply to BookLife Reviews, which are different than PW reviews?
No, the submission fee does not apply to BookLife Reviews. BookLife Reviews are an entirely different process; BookLife Reviews are paid reviews.

My organization already has a PW Site License. How do I get access for book submissions?
If you have an active PW Site License and have not received notification regarding the change to the submission process, please contact service@publishersweekly.com so we can confirm your details with our circulation team.

If I have questions about submission fees for PW review consideration, whom should I contact?
- Questions about submission fees go to PW COO Carl Pritzkat.
- Questions about your specific GalleyTracker account go to service@publishersweekly.com.
- Questions about PW site licenses go to PW circulation director Mike Popalardo.
In the interest of maintaining editorial independence, please do NOT contact PW reviews editors about submission fees.

*** Not paying the submission fee only applies to those imprints owned by a book publisher that has the PW site license. PW reserves the right to limit the number of imprints covered by a book publisher's PW site license.