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IndieReader’s Top-Rated Books of 2025

Top-rated IndieReader Books of 2025 We’re ending the year by celebrating the indie books that earned our highest ratings in 2025! At IndieReader, our mission has always been to champion standout self-published, hybrid, and small-press...

Do You Really Need an Author Website in 2025?

Do You Really Need an Author Website in 2025? In 2025, the advice to “create an author website” isn’t just a publishing platitude. A website remains one of the most reliable and professional anchors an...

Why Should You Consider Hiring a Book Publicist

Having a PR person may sound like something that happens once an author cracks the New York Times bestseller list, but authors are often surprised to learn that a book publicist does their work well...

Announcing the 2025 Discovery Awards Winners!

Meet the winners of the 2025 IndieReader Discovery Awards!

IndieReader Teams up with Reedsy for a Special Writing Contest!!

IndieReader Teams Up (again!) With Reedsy for Prompts

Author Lori Horvitz Tells All About Her IRDA-Winning Book

Collect Call to My Mother follows Lori Horvitz’ experiences as a queer Jewish New Yorker living in the South, looking for love in the internet age.

Announcing the 2023 Discovery Awards Winners!

The 2023 winners are here, after a hard fought "battle of the books!"The judges on the IRDA panel included top people in all areas of the publishing industry, in concert with IndieReader’s trusty reviewers.Judging was...

IRDA-Winning Author Tony J Bell Tells All About His Book

Does parenting your child with ADHD sometimes stress you out? Do you want to avoid common pitfalls many parents make? Breakthroughs in Parenting Children with ADHD While Reducing Stress will help you learn how to...

John Eidswick Tells All About “A Hole in the Head” His IRDA Winning Book

The third entry in the Strait mystery series, Ex-FBI special agent James Strait receives a call from his long-estranged brother, who begs him for protection from someone trying to kill him.