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Here’s What You Must Know About Finding Your Target Reader

The bottom line is that gaining exposure isn’t that hard, but doesn’t guarantee it will sell books. A book can get discovered countless times, but getting people to buy it becomes much more difficult.

First Place IRDA Winner Cynthia Reeves: “When I was very young…I used to hunt and peck these tales on my mother’s old manual Remington typewriter, imagining that I was a writer.”

Set against the haunting beauty and brutal extremes of the Arctic, The Last Whaler is a gripping tale of survival, love, and loss. The novel follows Tor Handeland, a beluga whaler, and his wife, Astrid,...

Author Craig Speakes Tells All About his IRDA Winning Book!

Oli thought it was just a game. So did everyone else. But when thousands of kids fall into comas while playing Razer – Rise of the Cyborg, it’s clear something terrifying is happening.

IRDA Winners Lisa Peachey and Carol Elizabeth Long Tell All About Their Book

When Lisa’s beloved dog Miley passed, the world became a cold and dark place overnight - not just for her, but for her husband Dene and their dog Sprout. That all changed when animal communicator...

Author Katherine Koch Tells All About Her IRDA Winning Book

The Sower of Black Field: Inspired by the True Story of an American in Nazi Germany was the winner in the Religion (Fiction) category of the 2025 IndieReader Discovery Awards, where undiscovered talent meets people...

IRDA Winning Author Danila Botha Tells All About Her Book(s)

It’s a collection of thirty- two short stories about women and identity, artistic, cultural, and where they fit into the world. There are lots of stories about Jewish identity, intergenerational trauma, relationships, friendships, community expectations,...

IRDA Winning Author + Photographer Geir Jordahl: “My dream since childhood has been to be an explorer. Books represent this journey.”

“The Endless Sphere of Time” is about the stories we make in our passing—images of moments in the sphere of time that connect to everything. Our world is round. Eyes, earth, sun, moon—all round, all...

IRDA Winners Susan Rogers and John Roosen on Going Traditional: “They’d have to have a pretty good reason and plan of what they would do for our works. Why? We have spent 3 years learning how to do all the tasks and have been very successful.”

Ric Peters and Elaina Williams escape to the breathtaking wilderness of Tasmania, Australia seeking tranquility in its breathtaking landscape. But their dream of an idyllic retreat is shattered on the notorious Devil’s Island, where a...

IRDA Winning Author Melissa K. Magner on her Motivation: “Love of the craft. I started writing because I loved it, and I still write because I love it.”

Of the Sun and Sea follows a grieving young woman who comes into possession of an otherworldly power and finds herself implicated in the plight of another realm—one which forces her to overcome darkness both...