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'''Can You Write Book Reviews?'''
We are constantly looking for those unusual people who can write a good book review.
'''What we're looking for...'''
We offer two ways to 'get your name in lights'. Some people would love to see their review up on the screen, but don't really want to continue with us on a long-term basis. That's fine. Just tell us up-front that's what you have in mind, but please don't say that you'd like further books if that's going to be a problem for you. Send us your review as explained in ''How to Apply…'' and we'll see if it meets our standards.
On the other hand, some people love the idea of getting free books which they can review. If that's what you have in mind just tell us that you'd like to continue reviewing for us.
Most of the publishers from whom we accept books are based in the UK and so we're sorry, but if you don't live in the UK, we won't consider you. Also, we've had problems both sending and receiving emails via Hotmail and we're sorry that we're no longer able to accept reviewers who only supply a Hotmail address.
We have excellent connections with many of the major publishing houses and with some of the smaller independent publishers. We're sent hundreds of books every month, all of them crying out to be reviewed. You'll get a preview of books up to two or three months before they're actually published.
If you're accepted onto our panel, and after you've had a review for the first book we send you accepted, you'll be free to choose books from those on offer. You should only need take ask for books that you think you'd enjoy. You can take books when it suits you and according to your own schedule, not ours. Once you have the book, we'd like want you to have a send the review within a fortnight. Once and when the review is completed, the book is yours to do with as you wish. The books we send ARE review copies. They're usually of the same quality as a book you would buy in a shop, but sometimes quite often you may receive an uncorrected proof copy, which you can't resell.
So, which book are you going to [mailto:sue@thebookbag.co.uk tell us] about?
