Book Review Policy-REVISED 1/10/16

 BOOK REVIEW POLICY REVISED 2/25/13

Greetings, 
Revised  1-10-16

UNFORTUNATELY I'M NOT ACCEPTING ANY NEW REVIEW REQUESTS AT THIS TIME. REAL LIFE OBLIGATIONS HAVE BEEN OVERWHELMING AND I HAVE VERY LITTLE FREE TIME IN WHICH TO DO REVIEWS.  I APOLOGIZE AND HOPE TO POST REVIEWS AS I FIND TIME TO. DANIEL IS STILL ACCEPTING A LIMITED AMOUNT OF REVIEW SUBMISSIONS, HIS PILE IS CURRENTLY OVERFLOWING AS WELL.

I’m Heather, proprietor and webmaster of Earth’s Book Nook. At the moment, I’m extremely behind in reviews and I have no idea when I will get to my current review submissions. All I can offer at this time is for new books that catch my interest to be put on my overflowing TBR pile. If you are under a strict deadline and need it reviewed sooner, all I can promise is to look at your book and see if I am able to review it in the time-frame you request. I will try to answer your rush requests as quickly as I can.  I also do blog tours, hops, author interviews, guest posts, book promos, character interviews, cover reveals, and other related marketing in lieu of a review. I host for several blog tour companies.

FOR THOSE SEEKING A REVIEW: AS OF 1/10/16
Due to the overwhelming demand for our book reviews, here is an addendum to our book review policy.  We are excited that so many authors and publishers are interested in our reviews and our Facebook page is over 1000 followers now. Please bear in mind that we do not get paid for our reviews and do them on our free time. We generally try to answer all emails with an approval or denial in a timely manner. 

HEATHER'S APPROVAL/DENIAL POLICY
AS OF 1/10/16

UNFORTUNATELY I'M NOT ACCEPTING ANY NEW REVIEW REQUESTS AT THIS TIME. REAL LIFE OBLIGATIONS HAVE BEEN OVERWHELMING AND I HAVE VERY LITTLE FREE TIME IN WHICH TO DO REVIEWS. CURRENTLY MY REVIEW PILE HAS OVER 1000 BOOKS RIGHT NOW. I APOLOGIZE AND HOPE TO POST REVIEWS AS I FIND TIME TO.

I've accepted an executive research assistant position at BTS Book Reviews, now under new ownership, and would love to see some of my followers check them out.

Please check out BTS BOOK REVIEWS

They have excellent reviewers there as well as several promotional opportunities at reasonable prices. 

If I say I will put you on my review pile, I'm not going to make a guarantee that I will get to your book, it just means that I find your book interesting enough for my review pile. At this time, I've got over 500 books that interest me on that pile. I have had to become very genre specific with the books that I add to my pile due to the overwhelming amount of non genre requests that I get. For future requests, I will only be accepting books of the following genres:

Fantasy
  • Epic
  • Historical, if the time period interests me
  • YA
  • Urban
  •  Contemporary
  • Paranormal and paranormal romance
  • Dark
Steampunk
  • I accept most of these if they tickle my fancy
Horror
  • Psychological
  • Some zombie if they have a good plot line

At this time, I WILL NOT be accepting the following genres. If I receive any requests of these genres, you will be sent a respectful decline. And believe me I receive these all the time.

  • ROMANCE-except for paranormal.
  • THRILLERS
  • MYSTERIES
  • SELF-HELP
  • CHRISTIAN LIT
  • COZY MYSTERIES
  • NON FICTION 
  • BIOGRAPHIES
  • AUTOBIOGRAPHIES
  • GAME REQUESTS
  • GRAPHIC NOVELS 
  • SUSPENSE
There are only so many hours in the day and I have a family that I need to spend time with as well as two jobs. As much as I love to read, the requests are getting overwhelming and I'm going on hiatus. I hate to say no to all the authors out there but I must be very specific with my approvals now.

 DANIEL'S REVIEW POLICY

Daniel only accepts the below genres. He also works as a full time librarian. He is getting swamped with review requests as well; so he cannot guarantee how quickly he will get to your request. If you need it rushed, please request in your review and he will decide if he is able to work with your deadline. If not, you will probably be put on your his list with no known review time.

FANTASY & HORROR
SEE GENRES BELOW
  • YA
  • PARANORMAL ROMANCE
  • SOME EPIC IF IT TICKLES HIS FANCY 
  • PSYCHOLOGICAL, SUCH AS STEPHEN KING/DEAN KOONTZ


I want to thank you for stopping by my page and considering me for review of your book.

Heather Powers
New book blogger joining Earth's Book Book

~~~Hello my fellow bookworms~~~

I'm pleased to announce a welcome addition to my blog. My cousin Daniel Baldwin will be joining me on my staff and he will be reviewing YA fantasy/romance books.  He accepts print copies and Kindle copies. Please forward your request to earthsbooknookstaff@gmail.com and in the subject line put YA Review Request For Daniel so I can forward it to him.

Find Daniel on Facebook:




In accordance with the new FTC Guidelines for blogging and endorsements, you should assume that every book reviewed here at Earth's Book Nook. was provided to the reviewer by the publisher, media group or the author for free and no financial payments were received, unless specified otherwise. 




RATINGS

5 fairies=Love love love it-drew me in from the first page

4 fairies= Very Good, page turner
3 fairies- Good book, some grammar or formatting issues but didn't take away from the book


2 fairies=Fair book, several grammatical or spelling errors.


1 fairy= Couldn't get into the book or many grammatical or spelling errors


 
If you want a sugar coated review, I'm not the book reviewer for you. I am an honest reviewer. 

SUBMISSIONS
I cannot guarantee all books received will be reviewed due to time constraints. I will get to them as quickly as I can. Please send me the following info via email earthsbooknookstaff at gmail dot com. I prefer KINDLE e-book format but am willing to review print books.
Please make sure to be thorough with your review submission as I prefer to have everything at my fingertips.
Book Title
Book Cover Jpeg
Book Author/Link to Author Website
Book Genre
Short description of book
Format
Deadline if any
Do you want notification of review posted
WHERE I PUBLISH BOOK REVIEWS
I publish book reviews on my blog: http://www.earthsbooknook.blogspot.com
as well as
Amazon, Goodreads, Smashwords, Library Thing, Barnes and Noble
I reserve the right to my true opinion and will post what it is in my review.

FORMAT: Kindle, print, non-drm PDF, and non-drm EPUB
BOOK/ARC POLICY
I do purchase some the books that I review but they generally are given to me by the author or publisher for free unless otherwise specified.
I DO NOT sell ARC or printed books given to me. 
They will not be shared with anyone UNLESS I have the author's or publisher's permission.
SELF PUBLISHING
I do read and review self published books . I do want to stress that I will put in my review about editing /grammatical mistakes if any are found.
EMAIL REVIEW QUERIES TO:

EARTHSBOOKNOOKSTAFF AT GMAIL DOT COM


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