Getting Reviewed: For Authors & Publishers

       
We welcome books written by women, for women, with an emphasis on women's lives, in over a dozen categories. We review new books, reissues, and print-on-demand books. We do not review books published more than two years before the current date, except for the classics in women's literature, which are always timely. With the exception of POD books, titles must be available through Amazon.com, where we usually (but not always) post our reviews.

If you would like us to review a book, submit this query form. Do NOT telephone the SCN office for a query or an inquiry. Your call will not be returned.

Before you submit, please review this information:

  1. We do not review out-of-print books, manuscripts or unbound galleys. We will consider paperback originals submitted at the time of publication only.We cannot guarantee to review a book you submit to us. We certainly cannot guarantee to review it favorably. (If you are an author submitting your own book for review, please take careful note of this.)

  2. All books must meet professional standards of content and editorial preparation. We must see a copy of the book and be assured of its production qualities before we agree to submit it to our panel of reviewers. Hence, we do not review books in electronic format WITHOUT seeing a hard copy. Query for an address before you send the book.

  3. Authors, publicists, and publishers who wish to provide advance reading copies or review copies should query the SCN Book Editor at bookreviews at storycirclebookreviews.org. With your query, provide the Amazon link, or tell us when the book will appear on Amazon, or tell us that this is a POD book. Without this information, we will not respond to your query. Unsolicited books will NOT be considered for review.

  4. We do not accept reviews written or submitted by a book's author or publisher.

  5. Our turn-around time is normally 6-8 weeks. If we review your book, we will email you the link.

  6. For promotion purposes, you may quote excerpts of up to 200 words from our reviews, with a link to the page on which the review is posted. Each review is copyrighted by the author. You will find reprint information at the bottom of the review page.

  7. Acceptance of a book for review does NOT guarantee review.

The Story Circle Network review team is made up of a team of writers and published authors who have a wide-ranging interest in women's writing. The team is led by published authors Susan Wittig Albert, Linda Hoye, and Judy Miller .