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Book newspaper reviewers are a collection of reviewers throughout the nation
who will accept your books. They will review them, and if accepted, create a
review for you and publish it in a regional, semi major, or major newspaper.
Adweek Directories, 1515
Broadway, New York, NY 10036
The Yellow Book Leadership
Directories
Directories of media, associations, law
firms.
104 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10011 Tel: (212)
627-4140
http://www.leadershipdirectories.com/
has media and industry news.
Book
Links: Connecting Books, Librarys, and Classrooms -
American
Library Association, 50 E. Huron Street, Chicago, IL
60611-2729;
312-944-6780; 800-545-2433; Fax: 312-337-6787.
Email:
ltillotson@ala.org ltillotson@ala.org.
Web:
http://www.ala.org/BookLinks.
Laura Tillotson, Editor. This magazine
is designed for
teachers, librarians, library media specialists,
booksellers,
parents, and other adults interested in connecting
children
with books. It publishes bibliographies (book roundups),
author
profiles, and other articles.
Booklist, American Library Association,
50 E. Huron Street, Chicago, IL
60611-2729; 312-944-6780;
800-545-2433; Fax: 312-337-6787. Email:
bsmothers@ala.org bsmothers@ala.org. Web:
http://www.ala.org/. Published
twice monthly. Brad Hooper is the book
review editor of adult
books, Ilene Cooper of children's books, Hazel
Rochman of YA
books, Sue-Ellen Beauregard of media, and Mary Ellen
Quinn of
reference books (Reference Books Bulletin). Of the 30,000
adult
books they receive each year, they review about 4,000.
Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook
121 Chalon Rd.,
New Providence, NJ 07974
Tel: (888) 269-5372 Fax:
(908) 771-7704 E-mail: info@bowker.com
Web site: http://www.bowker.com/ http://www.bowker.com/
Burrelle's
Media Directory
Burrelle's Information Systems,
75 E.
Northfield Rd., Livingston, NJ 07039 Tel: (800)
631-1160
Marketers Guide to Media
Christian Science Monitor, One Norway Street,
Boston MA 02115;
617-450-2000; Fax: 617-450-7575. Ron Charles,
Book Editor
(617-450-2462). Email: charlesr@csmonitor.com
charlesr@csmonitor.com.
Web: http://www.csmonitor.com/.
Horn
Book Magazine, 56 Roland Street #200, Boston, MA
02129;
617-628-0225; 800-325-1170, ext. 4; Fax: 617-628-0882.
Email:
magazine@hbook.com magazine@hbook.com. Roger
Sutton, Editor;
Email: roger@hbook.com roger@hbook.com. For
submissions
information, go to: http://www.hbook.com/booksubmissions.html.
Choice,
100 Riverview Center, Middletown, CT 06457; 860-347-6933;
Fax:
860-704-0465. Email: submissions@ala-choice.org
submissions@ala-choice.org.
Web:
http://www.ala.org/acrl/choice.
Published by the Association of
College and Research Libraries,
they publish nearly 7,000 reviews per
year (about 25% of the
books they receive each year). Their focus is on
books, tapes,
e-books, etc. appropriate for libraries that serve
students at
the undergraduate level, including community colleges.
Also
selective graduate level material of interest to
advanced
undergraduates. No undergraduate texts,
foreign-language material,
reprints, or professional texts. For
more information and submission
deadlines, contact Barbara May
via email: bmay@ala-choice.org
bmay@ala-choice.org.
Kirkus Reviews, 770 Broadway, New York, NY
10003-9595; 646-654-4602 or
646-654-5500; Fax: 646-654-4706.
Email: kirkusrev@kirkusreviews.com
kirkusrev@kirkusreviews.com.
Web:
http://www.kirkusreviews.com/.
The editors are Anne Larsen, fiction
(no westerns or historical
fiction); James Uebbing, nonfiction (no
cookbooks or academic
titles); and Kimberley Olson Fakih, children's
books. Thomas
Leitch, Mystery Editor.
Library Journal, 245 West 17th
Street, New York, NY 10011;
212-463-6819; Fax: 212-463-6734.
Email: lj@cahners.com
lj@cahners.com or ljquery@cahners.com
ljquery@cahners.com.
Web:
http://www.libraryjournal.com/.
Submission guidelines at
http://www.ljdigital.com/about/submission.asp.
Barbara Hoffert, Book
Review Editor. Ann Burns, Audio Review
Editor. Bette-Lee Fox, Video
Review Editor. Michael Rogers,
InfoTech Editor (also edits
Database&Disc Reviews and
Classic Returns [reprints]). Chris Ziener,
Computer Media
Editor (computer books and software). Norman Oder, Web
Watch
(email: noder@lj.cahners.com noder@lj.cahners.com).
Eric
Bryant, Magazines Editor (also arts). Wilda Williams,
Professional
Media Editor (email: wilda@lj.cahners.com
wilda@lj.cahners.com); also
Collections Development Editor for
popular fiction, mystery,
science fiction, science, computers, health,
medicine, home
economics, humor, and agriculture. Rebecca Miller,
Associate
Editor (literary criticism, language, religion,
performing
arts, general reference, psychology, travel, and
sociology). Nathan
Ward, Associate Editor (history,
archaeology, anthropology, political
science, economics,
communications, law, crime, sports, and education).
At the ALA
Conference in 2001, Hoffert reported that out of the 600 to
900
review copies she receives each week, she sends out 10 to 20
for
review (but they actually review more than 6,000 books each
year, which
works out to about 120 books being sent out for
review each week).
Today's Librarian, 3300 N. Central Avenue
#2500 (85012), P.O. Box
40079, Phoenix, AZ 85067-0079;
480-990-1101, ext. 1667; Fax:
480-990-0819. Email: librarian@vpico.com librarian@vpico.com.
Web:
http://www.todayslibrarian.com/.
Kimberly Hundley, Editor. Email:
khundley@vpico.com khundley@vpico.com. Monthly
magazine that
review various subjects each month.
LMP has
lists of book reviewers and talk shows as well as
publicists.
The first place to check out media directories
is
at your library. You can see what they offer and how much
they cost,
and then decide how to get what you need.
Bacon s
media directories
Newspapers, magazines, radio, TV
Bacon's
Media Calendar Directory
Lists the lead editorial calendars of
two hundred daily papers and
1,100 magazines. Important if your
book's sales are
keyed to a season or holiday. Includes a free
bi-monthly newsletter.
Bacon's Information, 332 S. Michigan
Ave., Ste. 900, Chicago, IL 60604
Tel: (800)
621-0561
New
York Times Book Review, 229 West 43rd Street, New York, NY
10036;
212-556-1234; Fax: 212-556-3690. Book review phone:
212-556-7366. Web:
http://www.nytimes.com/books.
Charles McGrath is editor of the Book
Review; Eden Lipson is
children's book editor. Christopher
Lehmann-Haupt
(212-556-4885), Michiko Kakutani (212-556-4874), and
Richard
Bernstein (212-556-4050) are the chief book critics for
the
daily New York Times. Doreen Carvajal (212-556-5198; Fax:
212-556-1448)
is the publishing reporter, covering news stories
about publishers and
the publishing industry. Email: carvajal@nytimes.com
carvajal@nytimes.com.
Publishers Weekly, 245 West 17th Street, New York, NY
10011;
212-463-6758; Fax: 212-463-6631. Web:
http://www.publishersweekly.com/.
Note: Paul Nathan, rights columnist
for PW, has retired, except
for occasional articles. John Baker now
reports on rights sales
and hot deals. For all other editors, click
here
pw.html.
School
Library Journal, 245 West 17th Street, New York, NY
10011-5300;
212-463-6759; Fax: 212-463-6689. Email: slj@cahners.com
slj@cahners.com. Web: http://www.slj.com/. Trevelyn
Jones,
Book Review Editor; 212-463-6757; Email: tjones@slj.cahners.com
tjones@slj.cahners.com.
Phyllis Levy Mandell, Multimedia
Review Editor; 212-463-6763;
Email: pmandell@slj.cahners.com
pmandell@slj.cahners.com
(audios, videos, edutainment
CD-Roms). Daryl Grabarek,
Reference Book Editor. Walter Minkel,
Technology Editor (online
resources and reference CD-Rom reviews, also
technology news
and features); 212-463-6721; Email:
mailto:wminkel@cahners.com.
USA
Today, 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22229;
703-276-3400;
Fax: 703-247-3169. Web: http://www.usatoday.com/. See
updated editors
at USA Today usatoday.html.
Wall Street
Journal, 200 Liberty Street, New York, NY
10281-0001;
212-416-2487; Fax: 212-416-2658. Web: http://www.wsj.com/
(a
subscription service). Erick Eichman, Book Editor. Matthew
Rose covers
the book industry and other print media (magazines
and newspapers).
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