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Podcast: Inside Independent Publishing (with IBPA)
Episode: All about book reviews, with guest Michelle Schingler of Foreword Reviews
Description: Topics include:
The role of a managing editor.
The mission of Foreword Reviews.
How the decision to review a book is made: quality, pub date, topic, availability (and even cover design).
The importance of reviews to publishers.
Things that publishers do wrong that makes it hard for them to get their book reviewed. (Hint: check your pub date!)
Trends in indie publishing.
Paid (Clarion) vs. unpaid reviews: what’s the difference?
Other Foreword activities: rights fairs and trade shows, including ALA, Bologna, China.
Foreword themes this year: LGBTQ, Cooking, Crafting, University Press, Diversity, Climate Change.
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