Freelance Publicists

nce your book is published, you have to let people know it exists.  Just letting it show up on the shelves in the store or on the list at Amazon.com isn't enough.  Potential book-buyers need to be made aware.  How does that happen?  The publisher will put in a great deal of effort to make that happen, but due to the nature of the business, this effort will last about a month.  Why?  To start working on the next month's list of books, of course.  With publicity departments chronically understaffed, and with most work being done by young, underpaid, and inexperienced people, I recommend that authors hire a freelance publicist to give their book some "legs," or to have more than a single month's shelf-life.  The publicists listed below are all battle-hardened, experienced publicists who have the contacts and the know-how to get your book noticed.  They may not make you a bestseller, but you'll sell more copies with them on your side than without.

Smith Publicity Inc.
1415 Marlton Pike East
Suite 402
Cherry Hill, NJ 08034
(856) 489-8654
www.smithpublicity.com
[email protected]

Meg A. Parsont
Parsont Publicity Group
[email protected]
(917) 945-6620

Gretchen Koss
President, Director of Publicity
Tandem Literary
28 Clinton Road
Glen Ridge, NJ  07028
Phone & Fax: (212) 629-1990
http://www.tandemliterary.com
[email protected]

Gilda Squire
Squire Media & Management Inc.
(212) 928-8090 office
(917) 952-7340 cell
http://www.gildasquire.com
[email protected]

Jennifer Richards and Rachel Tarlow Gul
Over the River Public Relations LLC
P.O. Box 408
Leonia, NJ  07605
http://www.overtheriverpr.com
[email protected]

Sarah Burningham
Little Bird: Publicity, Marketing & Branding
(917) 546-6866
http://www.littlebirdpublicity.com
[email protected]