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Check out Salò Press - an independent micro-publisher focusing on poetry & prose of an experimental / weird / surreal / cerebral nature.
You can submit your small press book for free to the Every Writer's Resource book promotions mailing list.
Check out the Poets & Writers' Literary Events Calendar and other source of guidance for creative writers.
Consider submitting short fiction or poetry to The London Magazine, England’s oldest literary periodical.
The Pomegranate London is a biannual printed art and literary magazine looking for short stories, poems and essays on artists.
Popshot is an illustrated literary magazine that publishes short stories, flash fiction, and poetry from the literary new blood. The magazine is published quarterly.
Find literary agencies and publishers in the UK and Ireland, plus solid advice on Writers&Artists.
Consider submitting your poetry or prose for publication in The Frogmore Papers.
Consider submitting to The Interpreter's House - an independent poetry journal that seeks to provide a platform and welcoming home to the best in new writing.
Consider submitting works of fiction or non-fiction to Granta magazine - a home to writing for new voices.
Check the resources of the Authors' Guild to help build your career in writing.
Consider joining a mentorship program that matches emerging writers with established authors.
Join writing communities like Reedsy Discovery. Consider submitting your book to their reviewers.
Collect "blurbs," which are short quotes of praise from well-known people, and use them on your cover to add credibility.
Consider getting your manuscript reviewed by Kirkus' indie review for the chance to get noticed by agents and publishers.
Submit your fiction or narrative nonfiction book to BookBrowse for the opportunity to receive a free review and feature.
Booklist is a magazine for librarians. Apply to be a Booklist reviewer and get a byline in their print and online editions.
Three months prior to publication, submit your book for review by Publishers Weekly.
PORT, the award-winning magazine of the British Society Of Magazine Editors, welcomes submissions of non-fiction, fiction and poetry.
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Independent narrators and authors can pair up through Amazon’s ACX platform to create audiobooks.
Submit your essay for publication to the European Review of Books magazine.
Create a profile at Matchmaker.fm and become a guest to the 70,000 podcasters on the platform.
Consider attending the Writer's Digest Annual Conference for a pitch session with leading literary agents.
Business book authors can pitch for guest articles and submit a book excerpt with Insider.
Consider a news distribution announcing your nonfiction business book launch with Newsfile, as it will get placements in top-tier finance outlets such as Bloomberg.
Project Brazen launched a platform for "Fearless Storytelling", immersive, audio-forward podcasting and on-the-ground documentaries. Pitch your book for a featured project with the platform.
Use #bookstagram to find book lovers on Instagram. Offer them your book for review. Join TikTok for authors at #BookTok.
Indie authors: Build a community by writing essays and delivering them via newsletters through Substack.
London Review of Books magazine has become Europe’s leading magazine of books and ideas.
Aspiring writers, editors, and publishing professionals should get the AP Stylebook as the official language style guide reference.
If you're a children's book author, get in contact with local kids playroom locations and offer to read your book for storytime.
Find alternative venues to bookstores for book signings and appearances to grow your audience and the option to sell books.
If you're looking for expert sources to add use cases for your nonfiction book, you can find them with this toolbox from the Society of Professional Journalists.
Are you a journalist looking to write a book about foreign affairs? Join the Hostwriter network to bring cross-border journalistic projects to life.
Enquire a book listing with NetGalley. Journalists on the platform regularly send reading requests to review your book.
For promoting sci-fi stories, you may want to use images and videos from Nasa, which are generally not copyrighted.
Once your book is published, claim it with an author profile on Goodreads. The platform lets you do giveaway competition to start the interaction with their readers.
When you consider self-publishing, Kindle Direct Publishing is still the best way to go. Run a free, 5-day e-book promotion for the launch to get your first book reviews in.
The Big 5 traditional publishers of the U.S. are (1) Hachette Book Group (2) HarperCollins (3) Macmillan Publishers (4) Penguin Random House (5) Simon and Schuster. They only accept submissions by literary agents.
AALA is the leading association for professional literary agents in the United States. Find an agent by their specialty and send them a query for your book submission.
When writing dialogue, get inspired by this accumulation of alternatives by Owlcation for the wording "he said /she said /they said."
Are you a romantic novelist or write nonfiction about love topics? Take your chances to raise your author profile by submitting an essay for the Modern Love section of The New York Times.
The best chance for a successful novel release is to publish a short story of your story in a well-respected media outlet first. Hand in your fiction short story submission to The New Yorker.
Follow and submit your book to the Literary Review, a lively, intelligent literary magazine for people who love to read.
Follow and consider contributing to INQUE - a beautiful annual literary magazine dedicated to extraordinary new writing.
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