A Celebration of Small Press and Self-Published Books
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.
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.
USER NOT FOUND by Felicity Fenton is an unpretentious and quick-witted exploration of the author’s journey into understanding social media and out of a life that abuses it. Check out what Joe Walters of Independent Book Review has to say about this chapbook from Future Tense Books.
Author A.A. Weiss shines in this intelligent, introspective new travel-memoir from Everytime Press. Find out why Independent Book Review’s Jaylynn Korrell fell in love with Lenin’s Asylum.
Philip Kenney knocks it out of the park with his nonfiction book THE WRITER’S CRUCIBLE. Find out why R. Read of Independent Book Review gives it FIVE STARS.
★★★★★ Eats of Eden: A Foodoir (Alternating Current Press) is a brilliant essay collection by Tabitha Blankenbiller. Independent Book Review’s Liam Anthony calls it a “must read for readers who are also writers.”
★★★★★ I, Dragonfly: A Memoir of Recovery and Flight by author Kerrie Baldwin receives five glowing stars from Independent Book Review’s staff writer Helen Barnes. This inspirational eating-disorder recovery memoir is captivating and readable.
★★★★ Adversity Defeated, like its author, is a certified success. Check out our latest review of Marc Hoberman’s hilarious inspirational memoir about epilepsy and everyday life.