IBPA Develops Standards for Hybrid Publishers; Ask the Editor with Betty Sargent

[The BookLife Report: Self-publishing news, tips and trends for authors and readers.] [New York Rights Fair 2018]( The Report [IBPA Develops Standards for Hybrid Publishers]( With hybrid publishing on the rise, the IBPA developed a nine-point list of criteria defining what it means to be a reputable hybrid publisher. [more » »]( [Ask the Editor: Vivid Prose and the Five Senses]( Editor Betty Kelly Sargent answers writing questions submitted by readers. This month, she takes a look at creating vivid prose that will appeal to readers. [more » »]( [SparkPoint Acquires Shebooks]( Shebooks, which has released 75 digital titles to date, will become the e-book-only option for SparkPoint's She Writes Press. [more » »]( [Yiannopoulos Drops Lawsuit Against S&S]( In a very brief filing made in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Milo Yiannopoulos withdrew his lawsuit against his former publisher, Simon & Schuster. [more » »]( [Book Deals: Week of February 26, 2018]( This weekly column helps authors keep abreast of the latest book deals and industry trends. In this edition, Carl Safina sold The Nurture in Nature: How Animals Learn to Be Animals to Jack Macrae at Henry Holt. [more » »]( [Smashwords Bestseller List: December 2017]( Kristen Ashley's romance The Hookup tops the list of bestselling books on the Smashwords platform for the month of December. [more » »]( [PW KidsCast: A Conversation with Tomi Adeyemi]( Featured Reviews [The Painter’s Apprentice]( Laura Morelli. The Scriptorium, $19.99 trade paper (406p) ISBN 978-1-942778-92-9 Morelli’s second entry in the Venetian Artisans series is a Renaissance story rich in art and love, yet tempered by sacrifice and hard times during the bubonic plague’s siege of Venice in 1510. [more » »]( [Growing Gills]( Jessica Abel. Jessica Abel, $11.99 ISBN 978-1-5212-7787-4 Abel’s tone is straightforward and encouraging throughout as she promotes self-reflection and self-understanding as the keys to productivity. [more » »]( The Best of BookLife [Essential Elements of an Author Website]( A simple, easily searchable website is one of the most potent tools in the indie author’s marketing arsenal. [more » »]( [How to Make Book Giveaways Pay Off]( There are two main benefits to giveaways: wider awareness and reader reviews. [more » »]( For more about these and other great jobs, visit the new [PW JobZone]( now with resume hosting and more! - [Marketing Coordinator - Diversion Publishing Corp - New York](. - [Assistant Marketing Manager - Oxford University Press - New York](. - [Production Coordinator - The Quarto Group - Bellevue](. - [Editor - The Quarto Group - Bellevue](. - [Children's Reviews Editor - Publishers Weekly - New York](. Indie News Roundup [The Bookseller: How Can We Help Authors Reach More Readers?]( What does an author need to do to get discovered? [more » »]( [Forbes: How Self-Published Books Are Being Used to Launder Money]( Some authors who self-published via Amazon had their identities stolen and then used to launder money. [more » »]( [IndieReader: 'Change of Fortune' Tops IndieReader Bestseller List]( A look at the self-published books hitting IndieReader's weekly bestseller list. [more » »]( PW SELECT The following are this week's books from PW Select, Publishers Weekly's marketing program for indie authors. To sign up your book for PW Select, [click here](. [Land of Hidden Fires]( by Kirk Kjeldsen [A Simple Little Rule: The Golden Rule Rediscovered]( by Mike Ellerkamp [The Lion of the South]( by Jessica James [Peculiar Savage Beauty]( by Jessica McCann [The Blood King]( by Liz Long [Big Brother Book]( by William Hartley [Big Sister Book]( by William Hartley [Poetry in Pieces]( by Timothy John Bergel [Secret Whispers]( by Jacqui Hyde [The Rogue Revolutionist]( by Robert L. Blackburn [The Making of a Physician]( by Harry L. Graber, M.D. F.A.C.C. [Good Intentions—Bad Consequences]( by Phillip Nelson [It Dawned on Me]( by Kellse T. Krick [Justin's Pet]( by Clairmarie Field [2D Surgical Hospital]( by Lorna Griess [Learning and the Affective Approach]( by Acene Fleurmons [The Saint James Conspiracy]( by Jessica Murphy [The Boy Who Hated Christmas]( by Miriam Madison [Manhattan Alien]( by B.K. Mhatre [A Special Day for Aki]( by Bette Jackman LoBue [Nightmare]( by Robert E. Ford, Jr. [Deep Blue (The Pathway Series Book 1)]( by Kristy McCaffrey [Adriana Corderu: Quest for Freedom]( by David Michael Palladino [The Endora Murders: Heart's Home]( by Michelle J. Ciesielka [God Veresus the Idea of God]( by Thomas Richard Harry [Conned]( by Charity Parkerson [Deadly Highway]( by J. Stewart Willis [Retro TV Lover Presents All the Single Girls]( by Jeanine Furino [Suburban Gangsters]( by Michael P. Dineen [The Parabola of Discipleship for the Churched and Unchurched]( by Kendall Coleman [Heart of Dust]( by H. L. Moore [Words I Utter]( by Clyde Bernard Johnson [Light in Jerusalem: A Memoir]( by Stuart Perrin [The Love Fool]( by Lorenzo Petruzziello [Blood Moon: Diary of a Highland Massacre (Fate of the True Vampires Book 3)]( by Christine Church [Life Is So Precious]( by Alton Eugene Pete [Edger]( by David Beem [The Warramunga's War]( by Greg Kater [Crossroads and the Dominion of Four]( by C. Toni Graham [Ice Escape]( by Beatrice Hale [The Resolute Heart]( by Beatrice Hale [Capturing the Magic: A Photographic Celebration of the Disneyland Resort]( by Holly Wiencek [Wildflowers and Train Whistles: Stories of a Coal Mining Family]( by Lillian "Sissy Crone" Frazer [The Staff and the Sword]( by T.K. Kohl [Why Not Me: A Brave Journey with Cancer]( by Joseph C. Aurelia [Alphabet Soup]( by Anna Wright [Click here]( to see all the recent titles enrolled in PW Select, or [click here]( to sign up your book for the program. E-mail not displaying correctly? [View it in your browser.]( [PubTechConnect 2018 | Logos]( [Promote your self-published book for $149 - PW Select - click here.]( [BookWorks | The Self Publishers Association]( Services Spotlight [Production: Glass Spider Publishing]( If your business is book production—like the team at Glass Spider Publishing—a free advertisement on BookLife's Services Directory is a great way to grow your business. 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