Indie Scouting Report; This Week's Book Deals

[The BookLife Report: Self-publishing news, tips and trends for authors and readers.] [Advertise Your New Titles to Book Buyers During BookExpo]( The Report [Indie Scouting Report: April 2018]( A rundown of the best-reviewed self-published titles from BookLife authors. [more » »]( [Book Deals: Week of May 7, 2018]( This weekly column helps authors keep abreast of the latest book deals and industry trends. In this edition, Lauren Wein at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt bought Kate Davies’s debut, In at the Deep End. [more » »]( [The BookLife Prize Is Now Accepting Submissions]( Authors can now submit unpublished or self-published novels and memoirs to the third annual BookLife Prize. All entrants receive a critical assessment written by a reviewer from Publishers Weekly. [SUBMIT YOUR BOOK TODAY! » »]( [BookLife Talks with Shani Major]( The author of Meme Is the New Mean talks to BookLife about cyberbullying, suicide, and the dark side of social media. (Sponsored) [more » »]( [PW LitCast: A Conversation with Humphrey Hawksley]( Featured Reviews [Mean Men]( Mark Lipton. Voussoir, $16.95 (288p) ISBN 978-0-9986130-2-4 Amid a chorus of women’s voices sounding the #MeToo movement, Lipton, a New School management professor, issues a detailed, methodical, and scathing critique of male behavior at its worst. [more » »]( [Brynnde]( M. Pepper Langlinais. CreateSpace, $2.99 e-book (200p) ASIN B01NAYDN6F Great characters and crackling banter keep the plot moving, and the slowly building romance will please fans of the genre. [more » »]( The Best of BookLife [DIY: Crowdfunding 101]( While crowdfunding isn’t for every author, it can be an essential tool for the right project. [more » »]( [The Indie Authors' Business Guide]( A look at the pros and cons of incorporation for indie authors. 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[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](. [End It by the Gun]( by Kenechukwu Obi [In Service of His Master]( by Balbir Singh Ragi [The Ancient Sacred Tree: Birthing a Hero]( by Dawnette Brenner [World Peace: World Peace Celebration]( by Salomon Mpouma [The Way Home: Discovering the Path to Your Truth, Nature and Inner Treasures]( by Vlada Zapesotsky [Relentless]( by Dennis OKeefe [God Is Good]( by Steven Rosner [The Camel's Back]( by Brian Christopher Shea [God and Man: Love on the Rocks]( by Steven Rosner [Ada: Solstice Volition]( by Michael J. Fleming [39 Drawings]( by Jason Innocent [Humdinger]( by Michael A. Malpass [The Execution of Jesus the Christ]( by Mark J. Kubala, MD, FAANS, FACS [The Book of Psychological Truths]( by R. Duncan Wallace, MD [The Husbandman]( by David Rosenfeld [Prosper Up!]( by Larry Snow [True Power of You]( by Marios Skarvellis [Unpredictable Journey]( by Ernlé W.D. Young [A Bridge Named Susan]( by Sharon Chase Hoseley [Kiwi on the Camino]( by Vivianne Flintoff [Constitutional Renaissance]( by Richard Monts [Peregrinations]( by Dr. Thomas E. Davis [Early Brain Sprouts from States to Traits]( by Meena Chintapalli, M.D. F.A.A.P. [A Silent Cry]( by Mike Adams [The Poet]( by Stephanie Harris [Where Is My Home?]( by Joan Romney Groves [Rachael's Point]( by R. I. King [Blessings of a Mother to a Son]( by Kamal Krishna Laha [A Piece of Glass]( by R. Chauncey [Esmeralda's Web]( by J.R. Gonzalez [Lyfe]( by Poetre [Basketball Is in My Blood]( by Martin Groveman [Blue Bloods]( by Fannie Adams and Rolland Taylor [Pathways of Personal Power]( by Marge the Angel Lady [Religion in Medicine Volume II]( by John Dawson [A Woman’s Journal: Personal and Professional]( by Constance Colon-Jones [Flying Saucers]( by Emil Venere [A Simple Little Rule: The Golden Rule Rediscovered]( by Mike Ellerkamp [Red Sunset Drive: A Ghost and a Cop Series]( by Jan Walters [Grammar for Writers]( by C. Beth Burch [The Transition, Initiated by Copernicus and Galileo, from Religion to Science]( by Lawrence Wood [From Beaton's to Beach Haven]( by William Fortenbaugh [Warriors and Fools: How America's Leaders Lost the Vietnam War and Why It Still Matters]( by Harry Rothmann [California's Girl: Life on the Beach]( by Tamara Warren [Making It]( by Francesca Garnett and Lisa Bankoff [A Yorkie's Tale: Lessons from a Life Well-Lived]( by David Heaney [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.]( [Sign up to the Tip Sheet Newsletter for FREE]( [The BookLife Prize - Enter Now]( [BookWorks | The Self Publishers Association]( Services Spotlight [Web Design: Moons Stardust Designs]( If your business is web design—like the team at Moons Stardust Designs—a free advertisement on BookLife's Services Directory is a great way to grow your business. 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