However, to give emerging creators and self-publishers a
chance, we will be opening our review policy for ONE MONTH—to accept
unsolicited review submissions from new, self-published or very small
publishers.
If you fall into this category and would like to have your
book considered for review on the #1 kids’ book review site on the web, please
read the following guidelines carefully. Email the following to dimity.
A short EMAIL introducing
yourself, with a link to your website or other online presence. Please only
provide ONE main link. There is no need to give background on you or your
books, or any explanations.
A single
attachment—one PRESS RELEASE (either PDF of Word doc—no other format
accepted) for your book. If you are unfamiliar with press releases, you can
google their format and content, but for our purposes, they should include the
following:
- A book cover image
- Up to two internal pages/spreads
- A short book synopsis
- Book title
- Book genre
- Publisher
- Publication date
- ISBN
- Retail price (in your country’s currency)
- A short creator biography
- Contact details
Ensure your attachment is no larger than 2MB. Zipped files cannot be accepted.
Please don’t send any other attachments or links to anything else, nor provide any extra, unrequested information.
All of the above must be contained in one single Word
document or PDF, as an email attachment, not embedded in the body of the email.
Remember, guidelines are an important part of this industry, and should be followed
to the letter. Submissions that do not follow these guidelines cannot be
considered.
What happens after
submission?
If we are interested in your book, your press release will
be emailed to the entire KBR review team. If someone on the team wishes to view
the book, they will contact you directly for a review copy, and will provide
their postal address. All reviewers currently reside in Australia.
Please note that we cannot accept anything but fully
finished, published books. Galleys, proofs, mock-ups or electronic book
versions are not eligible.
While over 99% of our requested books go to review, we
reserve the right not to review any book, even those requested.
We regret we cannot acknowledge receipt of books and we
cannot return books.
We cannot advise if and when reviews will be posted. Reviews
can take a week or three months or more to appear on the site. Do keep an eye
on the site, and there is a search bar on KBR that allows you to search for
titles.
Important
As we are expecting a large volume of submissions, we are
unable to respond to emails. There will be no acknowledgment of receipt, and no
follow-up. If you do not hear from us by the end of the first week of THE MONTH AFTER, you can assume your
submission has not been successful this time. We regret we cannot respond to
follow-up emails.
Unsolicited review submissions will be accepted from 5.00 pm Monday 10 July 2017 to Monday 7 August 2017. Please
note that this is Sydney Australia time (GMT +10). Emails dated past 11.59pm on 7 August 2017 (Sydney time), no matter
where you live in the world, cannot be accepted.
We are looking forward to seeing your submissions!
