Tag Archives: Bookbrowse

Book Reviews, Revamped: Consumer Reviews

In 2007, we wrote about a new book publicity trend: ARC giveaway programs, in which publishers provide early copies of books to citizen reviewers through book sites or their own sites. Two years later, these programs have grown quite a bit. Details on a few: BookBrowse.com First Impressions Publisher’s fee: $750/promotion; members pay $30/year. Titles…Continue Reading

We Won! Publishers Learn That Everyone Loves (to Talk About) a Free Book

Just as a hunter sends a spray of buckshot into the forest, the book publicist can never be sure an ARC hits the right reviewer at the right time. As professional book reviews dwindle and higher-ups put pressure on publicists to “do something online,” a serendipitous moment has arrived when publisher, web, consumer, and reviewer…Continue Reading

Libre Digital: Friendly, But Not Too Friendly

NewsStand thinks it just might have come up with the peace pipe that Google and book publishers want to smoke. It’s LibreDigital, a new digital warehouse system that applies to books the digital content delivery technology NewsStand employs for periodicals. HarperCollins is already using the program as its main digitizer. As Craig Miller, General Manager…Continue Reading