BookLife

BookLife is a website from Publishers Weekly dedicated to indie authors. The site provides a free and easy way to submit self-published books to Publishers Weekly for review, and offers editorial content—success stories, interviews, author profiles, how-to pieces, news, and features—geared toward helping indie authors achieve their goals. Whether an author is focused on writing and editing, art and design, or marketing and distribution, BookLife has valuable resources that can help along the way.

BookLife's mission is to help indie authors achieve their publishing goals. We aim do to this by providing professional tips, insights, and strategies for creating and marketing books; a place to connect and share with other indie authors; and a simple way to submit self-published books for review to Publishers Weekly.

Publishers Weekly has been reviewing self-published books since 2010 when it began its PW Select program. Over the years, as the program became more and more popular—moving from quarterly to bi-monthly to monthly—it became obvious that independent authors needed a site dedicated to the type of resources and support that only Publishers Weekly could provide. So in May 2014, Publishers Weekly joined forces with tech company Mediapolis, Inc. to launch BookLife.