Do you have a current, new, or upcoming romance book? Would you like Love Bites to review your book? If so, please send an email to lovebites_romancereviews@yahoo.com with your name, email address, author's name, title of book(s), publication date, and whether the book is in electronic or print form.
If your book is in electronic form, either attach the file or enclose the code or other necessary information to obtain a free download.
If your book is in print form, you will be given the address of where to send your galleys, ARCs, or finished book(s).
There's always a demand for reputable book reviews, though the majority of review sites accept very few--if any--books from small publishers, new publishers, electronic publishers, POD, and self-published authors. At Love Bites we feel this is mistake, but a good way for us to help out those "smaller voices."
Check out these stats that are posted at bookmarket.com:
L. Frank Baum self-published at least some of the books in the Wizard of Oz series.
Amanda Brown used First Books to publish her first novel Legally Blonde as a print-on-demand book. Her self-published book was made into a movie starring Reese Witherspoon. A year and a half after the movie was made, Plume published her book, with an additional chapter on what's next for Elle Woods.
Laura Corn self-published 101 Nights of Grrreat Sex and several other books. She sold 100,000 copies of 237 Intimate Questions Every Woman Should Ask a Man from the trunk of her car. Total sales for 101 Nights was 525,000 copies as of March 1999.
When Kathleen Dexter self-published her fairy tale love story, Fifth Life of the Catwoman, it was chosen as a BookSense 76 pick. The book was then sold to Berkley where it once more became a BookSense 76 pick.
French novelist Alexandre Dumas, author of such swashbuckling romances as The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, self-published some of his first books.
Greg Godek sold more than 750,000 copies of his 1001 Ways to Be Romantic before selling the rights to Sourcebooks Trade. His book has sold more than 1.9 million copies thus far and has spawned a series of related titles.
After self-publishing her novel Illegal Affairs, Shelia Dansby Harvey sold rights to that novel plus another to Kensington Books with help from agent Elaine Koster.
This was just a tiny sample of very successful authors who first went the self-publishing, small publishing or POD route.
At Love Bites we feel that there are many gems just waiting to be found and we want the world to know about you!
We look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely, the staff of Love Bites.