
Spiritual & Self-Help Magazines
I see dozens of news releases every day. Few make the grade. Most are uninteresting, unnews-worthy, and book-focused. What does it take to sell books with a good news release? In a 15-minute phone call, I can give you feedback on your news release to help you make it one that sells books. - John Kremer
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The Economist, 25 St. James Street, London SW1A 1HG, United Kingdom; 44-020-7830-7000; Fax: 020-7839-2968. Email: letters@economist.com. Web: http://www.economist.com. Weekly news magazine. Online blog on books, arts, and culture: http://www.economist.com/culture. Covers world politics, business, finance, science, technology, people, and culture.
New York Bureau: 750 3rd Avenue, 5th Floor, New York NY 10017; 212-541-0500; Fax: 212-541-9378.
Newsmax - See: http://magagenie.com/newsmax-magazine
Newsweek - http://magagenie.com/newsweek-magazine
Time Magazine - http://magagenie.com/time-magazine
The Week, 55 West 39th Street, New York NY 10018; 877-245-8151. Web: http://www.theweek.com. Weekly news magazine that covers news, health, business, travel, politics, and more. Features many excerpts from other media as well as original content. They ask someone famous to choose their favorite books each issue. They also feature an Author of the Week. Featured four musician bios/memoirs (12/10).
Please note that most magazines like to review new books. So they need to see books (galley copies or advanced review copies) 12 to 24 weeks before the publication date of the book. For more about publication dates, see http://www.bookmarket.com/pubdate.htm.
1001 Ways to Market Your Books, 6th Edition describes more than 1,000 ideas, tips, and suggestions for marketing books - all illustrated with real-life examples showing how other publishers and authors have successfully marketed their books.
May, 2008. ISBN: 0-912411-49-X. 704-page softcover. $27.95. ![]()
Everything You Should Know about Publicity, Publishing, and Building a Platform — If you want to learn from a master book publicist all the techniques that have worked for her for more than twenty years, Arielle Ford offers an intensive PR course for new authors. She was the book publicist for many bestselling authors, including Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Debbie Ford, Deepak Chopra, Neale Donald Walsch, etc. Only $497.