Frequently Asked Questions
NewPages: Good Reading Starts Here
NewPages is the Portal
of Independents! News, information and guides to literary magazines,
independent publishers, creative writing programs, independent
bookstores, alternative periodicals,
independent record labels, alternative newsweeklies and more.
From Utne magazine: "NewPages.com, the best overall Internet portal to the alternative press, independently organizes pages of links to hundreds of magazines, independent publishers and bookstores, literary magazines, newsweeklies, and review sources. NewPages.com also publishes unique book and zine reviews, and an interesting weblog broadly covering the world of arts, publishing, and libraries."
Contact Us
Website: www.newpages.com
Mail:
NewPages
PO Box 1580
Bay City, MI 48706
Phone: (989) 671-0081
Publisher: Casey Hill
Editor: Denise Hill
Book Review Editor: Nicole Foor
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Writing lit mag reviews for NewPages:
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Writing book reviews for NewPages:
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Review corrections: office[at]newpages.com
Bookstore Listings
To get your bookstore listed in the NewPages Guide to Independent
Bookstores, send e-mail to
new.pages@live.com
Please include a link to the bookstore's website and full mailing
address (including zip code).
Linking to NewPages
All links going to www.newpages.com are welcome. You do not need our permission to link to our site. Please do not use frames; use only direct links to the site. We do have a link exchange page, so please let us know you have linked to newpages.com, and send us the url where the link appears. newpages.com is protected by copyright and information from the site should not be reproduced without permission from NewPages.
Getting Reviewed in NewPages
Book/CD/DVD Guidelines
NewPages lists new books, CDs and DVDs primarily from independent publishers. We will list material from major publishing houses, particularly those non-bestseller titles most likely to be overlooked by mainstream review media.
We are particularly interested in books in the categories of fiction, literary non-fiction (such as auto-/biography, philosophy, or cultural studies), general non-fiction (art, politics, environment, women's issues, LGBT), and poetry. We also accept graphic novels, chapbooks, music CDs (music and spoken word), and young adult books.
We list new titles only - published within the current year. At the start of the new year, we will continue to accept any previous year's title until April/May, at which time we will become more fussy about it having been published in the latter half of the previous year.
If you want your book to be considered for a review, please send two copies. We need to keep one in the office to check against any review that might be submitted. Advanced Reading Copies preferred. Regardless of what your marketing material suggests, you do not need to send your books priority mail; save your money. A brown envelope is just the same as a red, white and blue one to us - all get recycled (except for pretty stamps and cool envelope art).
"New & Noteworthy" is a popular page on the NewPages website. Visitors frequently share with us their appreciation for our focus on quality alternative titles. This page helps readers, including librarians and booksellers, in their decision-making process for purchase of titles in an overwhelming sea of publications available.
Books/CDs/DVDs of quality that fit the above mentioned guidelines may be contacted for information for an enhanced listing in "New & Noteworthy."
Our Address and Bogus Requests
All materials for consideration should be sent directly to NewPages. No one other than the publisher and editors are authorized to request any materials for NewPages, and even then, no other than PO Box 1580, Bay City, MI 48706 should be used for sending materials. All materials must be sent to the post office box. Please do not use UPS or FedEx.
If you feel your book/CD/DVD meets the guidelines mentioned above, and you would like it considered for a listing, you may send a copies to:
NewPages
PO Box 1580
Bay City, MI 48706
This is the ONLY AUTHORIZED ADDRESS for NewPages review materials.
Self Publish, Author Publish and Print On-Demand Publications
We appreciate the interest so many writers show in NewPages, and over the years there have been a growing number of self-published authors wanting to have their books listed on NewPages. NewPages will list these titles as "Received." It may take several weeks for the book to appear on the site. Please do not call or e-mail us to see if the book has been received.
If your book is self-published or printed by a POD company like iUniverse or PublishAmerica, send only one copy if you want it listed on the Books Received page. We do not review self-published/POD books. We are not reviewing e-books at this time.
Guide to Book Publishers
We are continually updating our online guide to book publishers. We cannot list every publisher, and there are a variety of factors we use in deciding on which presses to list. For example, a press should have national distribution with a company such as Consortium or Small Press Distribution. Simply being available through Ingram, Baker & Taylor or on Amazon is not the same. Membership in national literary organizations like CLMP or exhibiting at national conferences like AWP is considered. We also depend on our own judgment from looking at the quality of books you send to us for a listing on our "Books Received" and "New and Noteworthy" pages.
Literary Magazine Reviews
NewPages maintains one of the most comprehensive on-line listings of print literary magazines. In appreciation for being listed, many publishers place NewPages on a complimentary/review mailing list. Note that not doing so does not result in being removed from the list. However, if we do not receive copies, they cannot then be selected for review by our writers nor singled out for commentary on our blog.
We cannot, of course, guarantee that a magazine sent to us will be reviewed. The more often the magazine is received, the greater its chances of being selected for and receiving a publishable review. We also try to rotate review coverage to provide a fair chance to as many publications as possible given our limited and changing staff of review writers.
If you would like your publication to be considered for review, please add us to your ongoing mailing list:
NewPages
PO Box 1580
Bay City, MI 48706
PLEASE NOTE:
It is helpful if you send two copies of each issue so we can have a
check-copy in house. Lit mags sent out for review are not returned to
us.
Once a magazine review has been published, the publisher will be notified via e-mail. Currently NewPages does not have the staffing nor the funding to send tear sheets via traditional mail. We make every effort to locate a valid e-mail address on-line at the time of publication (and we recommend all publishers keep this information current!). Conversely, we cannot notify publishers when materials are not reviewed.
Publishers have the right to utilize the review in part or whole for republication and promotion/advertisement of their publications. Of course, NewPages.com must be credited for the review, and the reviewer should be mentioned as well.
Please let us know of any errors in reviews. We don't mind at all being notified of spelling errors, misquotes, wrong issue/volume numbers, etc. While our editors try to catch all of this, the more eyes the better, and this is the beauty of web publishing: we can correct those errors. Just inform us and extend your patience in knowing we're not perfect, but try awfully darn hard.
Contacting Contributors
Some of our contributors have given contact information. They appreciate hearing from publishers and writers whose works they have reviewed, especially to receive praise for their time and efforts (which they graciously volunteer).
Correspondence for contributors may be sent to denisehill[at]newpages.com, and will be forwarded to the writer. Many of our contributors are freelance writers and published authors; if you are interested in hiring them for writing services, you may contact them directly if they have listed their email address.
Please do not solicit NewPages contributors for reviews or send them junk e-mail. All review inquiries and materials should be sent to the NewPages address or directed via e-mail to denisehill[at]newpages.com.
Getting Listed in the NewPages Guide to Literary or Alternative Magazines
If your print publication is not currently listed on the Literary Periodicals directory, please send us a copy of the publication with a request to be listed. NewPages does not list every publication. We do assess each based on a variety of criteria. New publications are as equally welcome as long-standing publications.
If yours is an online publication, the first set of criteria we look for is if the site presents itself in a manner similar to a publication: a regular print cycle; clearly defined issues of the publication; an archive of previous publications; a clear editorial process for submissions; and an identifiable source (editors/who supports the publication).
While we respect the need to advertise, we are hesitant to list publication sites with pervasive advertising: pop-up ads; sidebar ads with inappropriate matches (i.e. a women's literary magazine with a Google-matched ad for an overseas "dating service"); geocities; angelfire; etc. It's our recommendation that those interested in starting an online publication be able to at least afford the minimal costs of housing the site and domain name as a show of professionalism.
Submissions
NewPages does not accept submissions. Occasionally, writers will send us poems, stories, essays, etc., assuming we accept these either for our own publication or for others. We do not. Any submissions sent to us will not be returned.