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Book Review: A People’s Guide to Publishing

A PEOPLE’S GUIDE TO PUBLISHING by Joe Biel is an intensely readable guidebook to starting and sustaining a book business from the ground up. Check out what Joe Walters of Independent Book Review thinks of this nonfiction title from Microcosm Publishing.

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10 Literary Organizations Promoting Writing Centers, Classes, and Community

“10 Literary Organizations with Writing Centers, Classes, and Community” is a resource for writers of all experience levels across the country. With organizations in far-off places like California and Boston, this Independent Book Review blog post might be just the thing to get you involved.

by IndieBookView May 7, 2019 0

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Book Review: Learn to Swim

LEARN TO SWIM by Joseph Haeger is quiet and heartfelt nonfiction about loyalty, friendship, and letting go. Check out what Joe Walters has to say in his latest IBR book review of this University of Hell Press title.

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Book Review: The Not Wives

THE NOT WIVES by Carley Moore is a terrific literary novel about what it means to belong to yourself while trying to be a part of something bigger. Check out what Jaylynn Korrell of Independent Book Review has to say about this Feminist Press title.

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It’s Our Birthday, and We’ll Blog if We Want To

On April 29th, 2018 Independent Book Review was born. Today, it turns one-year-old, and Joe Walters has something to say about it.

by IndieBookView April 25, 2019 0

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Book Review: The Blighted City

THE BLIGHTED CITY by Scott Kaelen is a dark epic fantasy that takes you on a haunting voyage. Check out what Joshua Ryan Bligh has to say in “Book Review: The Blighted City,” his first review at Independent Book Review.

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5 Tips for Self-Editing for Fiction Writers

Finishing your novel is only the beginning. Check out what you can do before beta readers and editors in IBR’s latest, “5 Tips for Self-Editing for Fiction Writers” written by Holly Tri.

by IndieBookView April 18, 2019 1

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Book Review: I Don’t Think of You (Until I Do)

I DON’T THINK OF YOU (UNTIL I DO) by Tatiana Ryckman is a heartbreakingly honest excavation of longing, modern romances. Check out what Joe Walters of Independent Book Review has to say in his latest review.

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Book Review: Psychopomps

PSYCHOPOMPS by Alex Difrancesco is a truly superb LGBTQ+ essay collection about what it means to become and be your authentic self. Check out what Liam Anthony of Independent Book Review has to say about this 2019 Accomplices title.

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Book Review: Farewell Olympus

FAREWELL OLYMPUS by Jack Messenger is an intelligent, often funny literary mystery novel with a tight plot and complex characters. Check out what Helen Barnes of Independent Book Review has to say in her latest indie book review.

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Independent Book Review wants to help you discover your next favorite book—and to help the authors who are writing them. Books that you’ve just got to hear about are being published by small presses and self-publishers every day, but they’re rarely on the shelves of your local bookstore. Why? Because they weren’t published by the Big Five. And you know what? We think that kind of sucks.

In April 2018, we started IBR to encourage our audience to put their trust in small press and self-published books and to feel great about reading the lesser-known authors who aren’t always getting the attention they deserve.

We publish only good reviews at IBR, despite reading many more of them, so that you can trust each new publication as a recommendation from our team. In addition to publishing reviews, blog posts, interviews, and more, we also offer literary services to help authors improve their unpublished books and to help them get their published ones into the hands of more readers.

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