Please bear with me as I update this page!
I am just getting started but you will sometimes see an [E] before links I’ve experimented with. For my full analysis, simply click on the [E], which will take you to the corresponding blog post. My rating system for each experiment is as follows:
[E] = Recommended [E] = Use caution [E] = Not recommended [E] = Results not in
Now, there are number of ways to get feedback on your writing. Here’s the list:
Agents
Beta Readers
Book Fairs & Festivals
Book Stores
Cons
- Blars.org: Blars’ Con calendar of science fiction conventions in the L.A. area.
- EternalCon.com: Long Island’s comic con.
- WorldCon.org: World science fiction convention.
Communities
- Speculative Vision: Science fiction community with art, forum, arcade, library, and network.
Critique Groups
- SFNovelist.com: Dedicated to hard science fiction.
Customers
Editors
- Book-Editing.com: List of science fiction editors.
- EFA.org: List of science fiction editors.
- Wikipedia.org: List of science fiction editors.
Interviewers
Libraries
Publishers
Publicists
Reviewers
- 1Girl2ManyBooks.Wordpress.com: Independent blogger.
- Amazon’s Top Reviewers
- AMSDigitalPublishing.co.uk:
- AuthorMarketingIdeas.com: Read This! The Book Review Show
- Authors Reading
- AwesomeIndies.net: Free or paid services. Free must pre-qualify.
- Beauty-in-ruins.blogspot.com: Independent blogger.
- BewitchedBookworms.com: Free service. Paranormal and fantasy but no sci fi.
- BlueInkReview.com:
- BookListOnline.com:
- BookPage.com:
- BookReporter.com:
- Book Rooster.com:
- BookWorks.com:
- Doodles, Doodles, Everywhere:
- ForeWordReviews.com
- Indie Book Blog
- InkSpand.com:
- KateTilton.com:
- KindleObsessed.com
- KirkusReviews.com
- [E] MidwestBookReview.com: Paid service with long-standing reputation, founded in 1976. Indies welcome.
- PublishersWeekly.com: PW Select
- RaeLori.BlogSpot.com: Independent blogger.
- [E] ReadingDeals.com: Paid service promoting your book to their review club. Indies welcome.
- ReadingIsMyDrug.BlogSpot.ca:
- ReadioactiveBooks.com:
- RockinBookReviews.com:
- [E] SanFranciscoBookReview.com: Paid service founded in 2008. Indies welcome.
- SFRevu.com: Science fiction news, book reviews, and more.
- SLJ.com: School Library Journal
- SelfPublishingReview.com:
- StoryCartel.com:
- HBook.com: The Horn Book
- TheIndieBookshelf.com
- TheIndieView.com
- TheReviewHart.com:
- TheUSReview.com: The US Review of Books
And if that isn’t enough …
Reviewers (blog databases)
- Blog.BooksontheKnob.org:
- Blogmetrics.org: Not a great site but you can search on “book reviewers” and get their site rank to see if they have enough traffic to be worth pursuing.
- BlogNation.com:
- BlogTalkRadio.com: Book review podcasts.
- BookBloggerDirectory.Wordpress.com:
- BookBloggerList.com:
- BookLookBloggers.com: You can’t search on category (like sci fi), making the site useless. Maybe signing up gives more options. I didn’t bother.
- The Indie Book Blog Database:
- MandyBoles.com: Directory of book bloggers using Pinterest by Mandy Boles.
- StepbyStepSelfPublishing.net: Comprehensive list of active book bloggers.
I suggest not only visiting reviewer’s web sites to get a feel for what they’re looking for, but their Amazon.com, GoodReads, LibraryThing, and other social media accounts as well. You might be able to write something like: I really liked your review/I see you’re a fan of Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy on GoodReads. I think you’ll enjoy my book, ___ …
You can also try quid-pro-quo reviews with other authors but be careful there. Honesty, transparency, and integrity are key.
Searching Twitter using hashtags to find possible reviwers is an option. Try #bookreviews, #bookreviewer, #bookblogger.
Misc.
- Speculations: Formerly a place for science fiction, fantasy, and horror writers to increase their presence. New site currently under construction.