Services

Reviews

We trust you're pleased with the work you've produced. But what if you want to get an honest, unbiased review? What if you'd like to get a sense of how marketable your masterpiece really is? Or what if you'd really like to have a publishing pro tell you what kinds of things you should consider changing before you submit your pride and joy to the slings and arrows (or praise and applause) of discerning reviewers?

Clarion Preview $79.00

Looking for an honest professional assessment of your work, without the up-front cost of a full-fledged review? The Clarion Preview service is just what you're looking for. Your work will be evaluated for everything from content and organization to cover and page design, all to give you an idea of how your book might do in the marketplace. So you'll have a chance to make any needed adjustments before submitting it for a full final review. (And when you do get that Clarion Review, you'll get a $50 discount.)

Service includes:

• A professional, detailed evaluation conducted by senior editorial staff or regular reviewer
• Review evaluates:
  • exterior and interior layout
  • proofing concerns
  • fiction: plot and dialogue coherence
  • non-fiction: organization and originality
  • competitiveness in marketplace, including packaging and pricing

What to submit:

• One printed copy of your book

After purchasing the service, Clarion will send you instructions on how to submit your file.

Clarion Review $305.00

Stop chasing after elusive review opportunities, and get yourself a sure thing. The Clarion Review delivers a professional-quality, 400-word review of your book, written by an experienced industry insider. You're free to use all or part of the review on your book cover, catalog copy, press releases or any marketing material you produce. And if you choose, it will be posted on the ForeWord magazine web site, and listed in all of the leading bookseller databases. Purchase the Clarion Preview service, and receive a $50 discount.

Service includes:

• A professionally written book review signed by the reviewer
• Objective evaluation
• 400 - 500 words long
• Your review placed in the following industry databases (with your permission):
  • Bowker's Books-In-Print online
  • Baker & Taylor's Titlesource 3
  • Ingram's iPage
  • ForeWord magazine web site

What to submit:

• One printed copy of your book

After purchasing the service, Clarion will send you instructions on how to submit your file.

Kirkus Review $400.00

Nielsen's Kirkus Reviews has been a leading online and print review service for 75 years. Now they've partnered with Lulu to make the Discoveries service - which offers unbiased reviews of self-published English-language books - available to you. Sign up and get a review of your book in one of the most respected, and widely read, trade magazines around. And then use all or part of it in your own promotional materials, from jacket blurbs to press releases.

Service includes:

• An impartial and honest review
• Review conducted by a Kirkus professional reviewer
• Your review placed in Kirkus Reviews and Kirkus Discoveries website (with your permission), where it can be viewed by a range of professionals in the publishing industry, including acquisition agents.

What to submit:

• Two printed copies of your book

After purchasing the service, Kirkus will send you instructions on how to submit your file.