Book Nook Reviews

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If you are interested in writing a book review for The Book Nook, please read below!

Guidelines:

Reviews written by (or submitted to) The Book Nook for publication on our website should try to adhere to the following:

• Citation: Must begin with a citation for the book being reviewed.
  • Book Title. Author. Retail Price, Page count. Binding.
  • e.g. At Home. Bill Bryson. $28.95, 448 pages. Hardcover.
• Teaser: Every book has a hook, whether well- or poorly-written, and this is your chance to give your readers an avenue into your article that isn’t cast aside with disinterest. This could be as short as a sentence, or as long as a paragraph, but at its best it should be memorable, and at its worst it should be ignorable.
• Overview: You’re not giving an elementary school book report, so this isn’t about summarizing the plot. You are taking a moment to orient the reader toward the kind of book this is and what it’s about. You might mention the author, or the historical context in which the book was written; you might ignore the author altogether and focus on grabbing the reader with hints of riveting plot moments or heart-wrenching circumstances; you might even offer purely enigmatic information about the book to preserve a sense of intrigue and mystery. Whatever you decide, this should be no more than a paragraph.
• Review: The moment you’ve been waiting for! Now that you’ve sufficiently introduced, intrigued, and oriented the article, it’s time to review the book itself. Perhaps the easiest format for this is to consider the book in terms of its beginning, middle, and end, and devote no more than two paragraphs to each section. (After all, if we wanted to read the book first, we wouldn’t be bothering with the review!)

In the end, your review should be no more than 750 words (3 typed, double-spaced pages with normal margins and Times New Roman font) and could be as short as 200 words (less than 1 page).

When you submit your review, please also submit the following information:

• Your (full) name
• The town in which you live (ex. Fredonia, New York; Walla Walla, Washington)
• The name (if any) you’d like your work published under.
  • For example, if your real name is Samuel Clemens, you might choose to be published as simply “Sam” or “Mr. Clemens” or even “Mark Twain.” “Anonymous” is acceptable as well.
• Your rating for the book on a completely subjective scale of zero to ten, where “one” represents an utterly unfinished manuscript illegibly scribbled on bathroom paper towels, and “ten” represents a paradigm of literature which moved your life in ways you never thought possible, and which you believe everyone living (and dead) should read as soon as possible. Most “good” books will probably end up in the 7-9 range.

If there’s something you’re unsure of, you’re more than welcome to stop in the store, call us, or drop us an email. Similarly, you can find a lot of answers by reading the reviews already posted on our website!

Finally, The Book Nook needs to stress that this is not a “fan-fiction” site, or a public message board. The Book Nook maintains the right to print or re-print any submitted material on our website or in our store’s advertising, and not all articles will be published to the website. Each article will be carefully screened and may be edited before such time as it is published on the website. Publication does not entitle the author to compensation, monetary or otherwise.

By submitting a review article for publication with The Book Nook, you consent to the conditions discussed above. If you do not agree with these conditions, please do not submit an article.

Thank you for your interest in Book Nook Reviews!

Also, as stated by The Book Case, “The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued new rules that went into effect on December 1, 2009. These rules state that product reviewers on blogs  must disclose whether they received review products for free or received monetary payment for such reviews.

The books we review on this site, [unless otherwise] noted, are Advance Review Copies (ARCs) sent by publishers — common practice in the industry,” or are finished books purchased by the store or reviewer.