“Over the River helped with the launch of my novel Critical Mass. They are professional and reliable, paying serious attention to detail and responding quickly to client and media queries. Their willingness to explore a range of publicity helped me get opportunities I hadn’t previously had, in particular, the chance to be part of “By the Book” in The Times Book Review.”
— Sara Paretsky, author of Critical Mass
“Over The River Public Relations has been an amazing partner for our publishing group over the last five years. They have deftly handled a wide variety of performing arts books, consistently zeroing in on the appropriate media to successfully execute the right publicity campaign with great success. In addition, they have always exhibited great creativity in finding additional outlets to maximize exposure for our titles. And most important, they provide consistent and meaningful communication for each campaign. This includes informing authors, which is a big plus in building and maintaining great relationships with them. Jen and Rachel are a great team and very positive and product members of our extended staff.”
— John Cerullo, Group Publisher, Hal Leonard Performing Arts Publishing Group
“OTRPR was a great PR team for the Audio Publishers Association (APA). Rachel and Jen were a joy to work with, got to know the industry well, and were always willing to jump in to do anything for our PR efforts and events.This helped us grow the reach of the association, which was exactly our goal.”
— Michele Cobb, Executive Director, Audio Publishers Association
“There are a lot of freelance publicists out there, but the really outstanding ones are rare. Rachel and Jennifer are part of that special group of publicists who bring intelligence, persistence, and passion to every project. Their years of experience – both as in-house publicists at major publishing companies and now as freelancers – are evident in the sharp ideas they bring at the outset of a campaign and in the results that follow, In addition to knowing their stuff when it comes to traditional media, Rachel and Jen constantly find fresh ways to use the ever-evolving new media outlets for promoting books and authors. When it comes to freelance publicity teams, Over the River Public Relations is at the top of the list.”
— Craig Burke, Vice President, Director of Publicity, Berkley/NAL
“Rachel Tarlow Gul was a dream to work with. She left no stone unturned in soliciting coverage for my debut novel. I recommend Rachel and Over the River PR to anyone and everyone who is looking for a premier book PR firm. I don’t know how many other books she was representing at the time that we worked together, but I always felt that I was Number 1 on her list.”
— Loren Stephens, President and Founder of Write Wisdom and Bright Star Memoirs, and author of All Sorrows Can Be Borne
“Jennifer Richards at Over The River Public Relations has been a terrific publicity and marketing partner to the Biographers International Organization (BIO). Since working with BIO, Jen has significantly grown the organization’s reach within its market. Her creativity and experience have also proved invaluable to BIO’s ongoing operations: she has helped reconceive newsletters, offered workshops to our members, and advanced our press-forward campaigns. Jen is incredibly responsive and easy to communicate with. Her expertise and enthusiasm have been a real asset to BIO.”
— Sarah Kilborne, Vice President, Chair of Publicity, Biographers International Organization
“Rachel Tarlow Gul is a stellar publicist. Despite COVID-19 lockdowns and cancelled events, she worked tirelessly to get coverage for my second novel, Tea By the Sea. Not only do I recommend Rachel and Over the River PR, I would work with them many times over.”
— Donna Hemans, author of Tea by the Sea
“I have published eight books (both fiction and nonfiction) since 1996, and working with OTRPR has been the best experience I have had with a book publicist by far. They are thorough and responsive, and know how to navigate in this new publishing world of both conventional and social media. I would be happy to work with them again.”
— Thane Rosenbaum, author of How Sweet It Is! and Saving Free Speech…from Itself
“OTRPR has been an integral member of the team behind every one of my novels since 2014. Whenever I have a book scheduled for publication, Rachel Tarlow Gul is my first call. Rachel is both dedicated and shrewd, and really serves her authors well.”
— Jerome Charyn, author of Big Red and The Perilous Adventures of the Cowboy King
“Rachel Tarlow Gul and Jen Richards were with me every step of the way, to my great satisfaction. I would use them again in a minute!”
— Helen Nash, author of Helen Nash’s New Kosher Cuisine
“Jennifer Richards at OTRPR was a fabulous help to me as a new biographer. She helped me create an eye-catching press release for my first book and set up a framework for a sophisticated marketing and PR plan that hit national, regional, and local media. As a result, I was able to promote my book on radio, TV, print and social media with ease and confidence. Jennifer was lovely to work with, always reachable and responsive as well as a great problem solver when we had issues with a digital ARC. I will use her again for future projects.”
— Heath Hardage Lee, author of Winnie Davis: Daughter of the Lost Cause
“I worked with OTRPR, specifically Rachel Tarlow Gul, on the launch of my book, They Called Us Girls. Rachel was creative and professional in laying out a publicity strategy for the book, and unfailingly energetic in executing it. She consulted with me regularly, and always had time for my questions and suggestions. As a result, my book received a warm welcome from book professionals, podcasters and social media influencers that I never could have accomplished on my own. I look forward to using Rachel for my next book.”
— Kathleen Stone, author of They Called Us Girls
“Jennifer Richards and Rachel Tarlow Gul are, quite simply, God’s gift to writers. They have the intuitive wisdom that allows them to see what makes your book timely and unique, and then they have the savvy, skills, and contacts that allows the world to see that too. Their long track records in the publishing industry give them an invaluable wealth of experience and knowledge that they graciously share to guide their clients through the roller coaster ride of book publicity. If you are as serious about your book getting read as you were writing it, Jennifer and Rachel will make that happen.”
— DeLaune Michel, Founder, Spoken Interludes Author Salon, and author of Aftermath of Dreaming and The Safety of Secrets
