Welcome to PW Select

In recognition of the boom in self-publishing and as an acknowledgment that valuable works are being published outside traditional publishing, PW is giving self-published authors an opportunity to present their titles to the publishing trade. Call it what you will--self-published, DIY, POD, author-financed, micro-titles, or relationship publishing--the phenomenon is upending the publishing world.

Our readership--agents, booksellers, publishers, distributors, librarians, and media--constitute the ideal audience, always on the alert for new talent, worthwhile books, and marketable products, and the PW Select Announcements issue is poised to both take notice in the publication of such books and to select titles for review.

What is PW Select?

PW Select is a quarterly supplement that presents self-published books to PW's trade audience. Like our announcement issues, these announcements will include author, title, subtitle, price, pagination and format, ISBN, a brief description, and ordering information. Authors are required to pay a processing fee for their listing; for PW subscribers, the listings are a benefit of your subscription. In this fashion Publishers Weekly aims to provide a valuable service to the growing world of self-published authors. Among the submitted listings and accompanying books, we have found works that merit a full review by our stable of PW reviewers. At least 25 of the submitted titles are selected for a published review in each supplement, which is bound into a weekly issue of PW. The supplements also include a general overview of the books received, a commentary on the breadth and scope of the books in that particular period, along with additional features about the self-publishing world's explosive growth and the important players. A few self-published authors from among the listed titles will be selected for an interview and given an opportunity to pitch their book.

The entire PW editorial staff will participate in the selection of the titles being considered for review. For more information, see PW President George Slowik's letter announcing PW Select.

This is how it works:

Announcements book listing:

If you are a self-published author with a finished book that carries an ISBN, you can register to have your book listed in a seasonal supplement that will be bound into issues of Publishers Weekly. Overprints will be available for purchase and bonus distribution. Additionally, a digital edition and online database will be made available.

The registration fee of $149 entitles you to a listing of your book--title, author, illustrator (where applicable), pagination, price, format, ISBN, and a description of the book's contents--all of which will appear in the supplement and online database. Authors should also include the online location at which to place orders for their book.

All registered listings that meet the above criteria will be listed (though we reserve the right to decline an author's registration and return the fee if we if we deem the book inappropriate to our broad readership). Once you have registered, you will be given a confirmation code and the address for the submission of your book.

As part of your registration you receive a 6 month digital subscription to
Publishers Weekly. Current subscribers, whose subscription and authorship
are in the same name, receive one free listing as a subscriber benefit. During registration please include your subscription number, from your
print label instead of the credit card info.

Book Review

Each period, a minimum of 25 of the books listed will be selected by PW's review staff, based on merit, and assigned for a full review. These reviews will also appear in the supplement. There is no charge for reviews, and all reviews, positive or negative, will be published.

Schedule and Reading Periods:

There will be two-month reading periods for each issue of the quarterly supplement. NOTE: Books must be RECEIVED by the last day of the reading period.The current schedule is as follows:

Reading Period	Supplement date	Publication Years of Eligible Books
Sept. 1-Oct. 31, 2011	Dec. 2011 *Postponed until 1/2/2012	2010, 2011
Dec. 1, 2011-Jan. 31, 2012	Mar. 2012	2011, 2012
Mar. 1-May 1, 2012	June 2012	2011, 2012
June 1-Aug. 1, 2012	Sept. 2012	2011, 2012
Sept. 1-Nov. 1, 2012	Dec. 2012	2011, 2012

Click here to register and receive instructions to submit your book for inclusion in PW Select.