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Review Guidelines

I'm reviewing books hand over fist these days, from a variety of publishers. This makes me happy in my heart place because I like helping out fellow authors, and who doesn't like free books? Because of this, I figure some guidelines are in order, just to make the process more pleasurable for all parties involved.

• I ONLY review horror, science fiction, fantasy and some comic books/graphic novels. This is pretty much all I read for fun, and reviewing for me is play, not work. The way I see it, all I'm doing is a quick write-up of something I'd read anyhow. This hasn't been an issue yet, but I don't want some hard-working romance writer or western novelist sending me his or her last review copy for nothing.
• I LURVE electronic copies. In fact, I prefer them in most cases. They're easier to carry around, they don't cost the writer/publisher anything to send and because of that last bit, I don't have to feel guilty for not reviewing a book that someone wasted a copy and postage on sending me.
• Sending me your book DOES NOT guarantee it will be reviewed. The most obvious reason is that I didn't like the book. If I can't find anything nice to say (or if I flat-out cannot finish it), you probably just won't hear anything back from me, unless you push the issue and then I'll tell you the truth. I'm sure there are others, but I do review most of what I'm sent these days. If I ever have to start picking and choosing, just remember... I'm not demanding a costly hard copy.
• I DON'T CARE who published your book. The common idea about self-published books is that they suck because anyone can put one together. I'm sure this is true of many self-pubbed books; it just makes logical sense. However, not every book that's had the benefit of professional publishing is good, either, and that's a statistical probability. I thought The Road sucked hard, and one of my favorite authors and good friends has self-pubbed all of his books. If I like your book, I'll review it. If I don't, I won't.
• I DON'T review in any particular order. I'm sorry, but I do have books that have been on the list for six months that haven't been read, and books that I added today and am reading at the time of this writing. I'm the kind of reader that will look at the back cover, go "Ooooh, Shiny!" and dig in right away. I try to read in somewhat the order in which the books were received, but you have been warned.

Finally, my email address is crislerlincoln[at]yahoo[dot]com. If you want to send paper copies, email me first. I'm absolutely not putting my mailing address on teh Interwebz. I hope this helps. Thanks for all your support!