Book Reviewers Wanted
Shelf Awareness is looking for more book reviewers. We are especially interested in booksellers and librarians but civilians are welcome to apply; however, no one in the publishing industry, please. Thesaurus familiarity is a plus, since use of words like “marvelous,” “insightful,” and “brilliant” will be severely edited.
We are looking for reviewers who have expertise in and a fondness for these subjects:
* Animals and Pets
* Art, Design, Architecture, Photography
* Audio
* Biography and Memoir
* Body, Mind and Spirit
* Business and Economics
* Children's & Young Adult
* Crafts and Hobbies
* Current Issues
* Education
* Fiction
* Food and Wine
* Gardening
* Graphic Novels
* Health and Fitness, Medicine
* History
* House and Home
* Humor
* Literary Criticism
* Mystery and Thriller
* Nature and Environment
* Parenting and Family
* Performing Arts – Music, Drama, Film
* Philosophy
* Poetry
* Political Science
* Psychology and Self-Help
* Reference
* Religion
* Romance
* Science
* Science Fiction and Fantasy
* Social Science
* Sports
* Travel Literature
* Vampires, Zombies, Werewolves
Please be specific in mentioning which categories you are interested in, and assume that we will have a plethora of people who want to review “literature.”
We want reviewers with a “voice,” people who can convey their enthusiasm for a book while maintaining individuality. We will be asking the new reviewers for 300-word reviews, so sending in at least one review sample of that length would be wise.
Pay: we will pay $40 per review.
Quantity: we want 2 to 4 reviews a month from each reviewer. Some people will be able to do 2, some 3, some 4 – be realistic about what you can accomplish.
To sum up, we want a bio, including what you are doing now; three sample reviews; the subjects you are interested in; the number of reviews you think you can produce each month; questions, if you have any.
And a P.S.: If you have reviewed any of the following books, we’d like to see those reviews; or for extra credit, just write one.
* A Final Arc of the Sky
* A Hell of Mercy
* A Homemade Life
* A Mathematician's Lament
* A Quiet Belief in Angels
* A Secret Gift
* Alice I Have Been
* An Altar in the World
* Anthropology of an American Girl
* Bad Sports
* Before I Forget
* Black Swan Rising
* Blind Descent
* Border Songs
* Bring on the Books for Everybody
* City of Tranquil Light
* Crazy Like Us
* Cro-Magnon
* Did Not Survive
* Djibouti
* Every Man Dies Alone
* Forbidden Bread
* Fordlandia
* Gloryland
* Grant Wood
* Growing, Older
* Hellhound on His Trail
* Hot Stove Economics
* Juliet
* Kraken
* Larry's Kidney
* Learning to Lose
* Little Bee
* Making Toast
* Mamalita
* Matterhorn
* Maybe This Time
* Mink River
* Missing You, Metropolis
* My Queer War
* News to Me
* One Big Table
* One Good Dog
* Our Kind of Traitor
* Outlive Your Life
* Pilgrims of the Vertical
* Proust's Overcoat
* Savages and Scoundrels
* Scent of the Missing
* Skippy Dies
* Take Good Care of the Garden and the Dogs
* The Art Detective
* The Blind Contessa's New Machine
* The Bread of Angels
* The Crying Tree
* The Game from Where I Stand
* The Garden of Betrayal
* The Good Son
* The Ides of March
* The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
* The Information Officer
* The Irresistible Henry House
* The Lady Matador’s Hotel
* The Last Dog on the Hill
* The Last Indian War
* The Memory Palace
* The Postmistress
* The Scent of Rain and Lightning
* The Wake of Forgiveness
* The Waters Rising
* The Way of Herodotus
* Think of a Number
* This Is Your Country on Drugs
* Twain's Feast
* Vida
* Water Ghosts
* Wesley the Owl
* What Is left the Daughter
* When She Flew
* Willie Mays
* Women, Food and God
* Yellow Dirt
Please send a bio and three review samples (and any questions) to: gigs@shelf-awareness.com
More information here.
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