Kirkus Reviews warms up to Hybrid Publishing

Kirkus Reviews is a long standing (since 1933) book review magazine. Pursuits Unknown has a positive Kirkus review which we're very grateful for. (They are infamous for being "cranky".) A positive Kirkus review carries a fair bit of weight.

They have been slow to accept the idea of hybrid publishing as they have been on the traditional side of publishing for decades.

This is an interview with Brooke Warner who is the headhoncho at She Writes Press which is very closely associated with Spark Press. https://www.kirkusreviews.com/writers-center/publishing/hybrid-publisher-seeking-elevate-womens-voices/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_campaign=hots_facebook&fbclid=IwAR108GhikZd3NXwAw9i6TrT1DydPg583IXQBAnSULJIgD0Ad65Q63LQXTm0

A Review by Kirkus

My publicist has sent copies of my book (the ARCs) to reviewers. I already have a Kirkus review because I chose to pay for them to read it and give their opinion. In general, they liked it which is excellent new and the publisher now has a quote then can put on the back of the book just as it goes off to the printer.

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/ellen-clary/pursuits-unknown/

I should say the reviewer got a lot of the finer details incorrect, like they're not robotics researchers, but instead nanobot researchers, and my religious group is not really a cult, but, in general, it was fine.

The quote the publisher is going to use is particularly choice: 

    "The plot, which combines technology with religious zealotry, is pleasurably creepy"