(PRESS RELEASE) IBPA received the following press release via email and wanted to share it with our members. Please address questions directly to Patti Thorn at BlueInk Review. Contact: Patti Thorn, pt@blueinkreview.com (DENVER, Colorado) — In a landmark partnership, Booklist magazine will begin running a selection of BlueInk’s reviews of self-published titles in its October …

(BLOG POST) By James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief, Midwest Book Review — I’ve been a practicing book reviewer and a keenly interested observer of the publishing industry since the fall of 1976. My more than 30 years as a reviewer, monthly book review newsletter editor, radio and television producer of weekly book review programs, and Editor-in-Chief …

Patti Thorn discusses the 10 resolutions you cannot break for the success of your self-published title. IBPA is pleased to welcome Patti Thorn as our guest blogger. Patti will be speaking at IBPA Publishing University 2013 in Chicago April 26-27  – Session 701: Publishing 202: Fifty Shades of Curation: Why Reviews Matter 10 Non-Negotiable Resolutions …

By Florrie Binford Kichler The Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) respects the value of book reviews to the publisher, author and reader and urges independent publishers, self publishers and authors to ethically pursue both traditional and online reviews. IBPA rejects and deems unethical the practice of “sock puppet” reviews—bogus reviews by reviewers writing under false names …