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Here at Bookbag Towers welove to receive books from you. We don're always pleased t guarantee to receive copies review them but we do cover an excellent proportion of what we are sent. The trick is to send books youthat will appeal to at least one of our panel of fifty reviewers! Our reviewers are able to make their own choices from our "virtual shelves". We'd like us ve found that better - and usually more positive - reviews are forthcoming this way. If nobody from our panel has asked to reviewyour book after a month, we withdraw it from the shelves and it won't be covered. Please If we do cover your book please remember though that if we don't like it, we'll say so and we'll always make the source of the book clear in the review.
If this arrangement suits you, could we ask you would like to let think about a few things before you actually send us have any books for ? Please make certain that there is stock of your book available at Amazon. We will incur expense in producing and uploading a reviewof your book and we need to see a possibility of covering those expenses through affiliate sales. Our reviewers choose their books via a link to the book on Amazon. Please make certain that there is an image of the book available along with a clear synopsis as we’ve found that this encourages our reviewers to request the books. Also – if the book doesn’t appeal to a reviewer who is being sent the book it’s probably going to be harder to persuade a reader to spend money on the title. Most of the money which keeps Bookbag running comes from the sale of books through Amazon, so it’s in your interest and ours that the books look as inviting as possible. If a book does not yet have a listing on Amazon please [mailto:sue@thebookbagdelay sending until the listing is live. Please note that we don't usually review books published more than a year ago. We prefer to have books at least a month in advance of publication.co Because of the number of books we receive we have to be selective about which books go on the shelves if they arrive after publication.uk?Subject=Review%20Copies drop Most of the books which we receive are sent out to our reviewers so it really does help if you send us a linepress sheet along with the book. We don’t need anything fancy but you might be surprised at how often we’ve found ourselves lacking a clear statement of the title of the book, the correct name of the author and how many pages there are when we come to upload a review. Surfers are more likely to find reviews of your book if we have all the correct details – and please don’t forget the ISBN! If the authors are available for [[:Category:Interviews|interview]] or to write a [[:Category:Comments|feature]], do please consider including this on the press sheet.
If you are self-publishing (this includes any situation where an author has made any contribution towards the costs of publication), we will cover your book with a full and honest review in the same way as any other book. However, we are a small outfit and we select books very carefully; reviewer time is precious and postage costs are high. For this reason, we make a small charge to cover time and costs when we take on a self-published book for review. We know that publishing a book is special and we’d like to help you to enjoy it as much as possible. [mailto:sue@thebookbag.co.uk?Subject=Self%20Publishing Email us] for details.
If you’re happy to take your chances on the shelves please [mailto:sue@thebookbag.co.uk?Subject=Review%20Copies drop us a line] and tell us that you've read and understood the basis on which we accept books.
We also offer a [[Proofreading and Copy-Editing|manuscript critique and copy-editing service]]. We can correct your manuscript or offer a detailed and constructive criticism of a full novel or several chapters and an outline. We cover plot, characters and their interactions, writing style, and marketability, for any genre of fiction. Our rates are highly competitive and always negotiable, and we guarantee you an honest and complete appraisal. Please [mailto:sue@thebookbag.co.uk?Subject=Critiques email] for further information.
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