Review Policy for The Book Smugglers
Ana Grilo and Thea James, The Book Smugglers, are currently open to receiving solicited Advance Reading Copies and Review Copies of books. Our preferred genres are Speculative Fiction (Horror, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Science Fiction), Young Adult (Speculative Fiction/Paranormal and Contemporary), with the occasional Romance novel (Paranormal, Historical, Contemporary). This does not, however, mean that we will not consider books from other genres! We love graphic novels, manga, mysteries, historical fiction, and will consider any book with a great synopsis.
While the bulk of the books that we review are from large publishing houses in the United States and the United Kingdom, we also love to hear from small press and independently published authors (i.e. Joel A. Sutherland’s Frozen Blood or Michael Hicks’s In Her Name).
We cannot promise to agree to every review request, nor can we guarantee to review unsolicited review copies of books sent to us. But we will consider all queries and review copies sent our way, and respond in a timely fashion.
Our review copy preference is for ebooks, followed by print copies. As such, digital ARCs/review copies will be given precedence over print copies. Our preferred format is EPUB.
In order to contact us with a review query, please see our Contact Page.
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Greetings!
I would like to inquire/request a review from you for my newly released YA fiction, Elements The Beginning. I have included my webpage, amazon link, and Goodreads to give you an understanding of what the book is about. Thank you in advance for your consideration. I look forward to hearing from you soon. Have a great evening!
http://www.katefuentes.com
http://www.amazon.com/Elements-Beginning-Kate-Fuentes/dp/1456758942/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1309931625&sr=8-1
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11973726-elements
I think you would enjoy reviewing THE HIGHEST FRONTIER (Tor Books, September), about a Cuban-American woman going to college on a space satellite. It is “science fiction” that be read by anyone interested in adventure with ideas.
PW review here:
http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-7653-2956-1
I can send you PDF.
Joan L. Slonczewski
Professor of Biology
Kenyon College
http://biology.kenyon.edu/slonc/slonc.htm
THE HIGHEST FRONTIER
http://highestfrontier.com/
I hope you’ll consider reviewing my new indie release, The Last American Martyr. It’s the story of an unemployed doorman who wins The Nobel Prize for Literature and is forced to run for his life when he returns home with his new-found fame and fortune. This book is in contention for Random House’s Youwriteon website “2012 Book of the Year.”
Thank you for your consideration.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Last-American-Martyr-ebook/dp/B005GFM764/ref=pd_rhf_p_img_2
Tom Winton–Author of Amazon Best Seller Beyond Nostlagia
Hey Book Smugglers,
I have an ebook called “The Adventures of Squid Rasta” out on. Its a satirical,slightly irreverent,fantasy,crime drama.It tells the tale of a marijuana smuggling,gun running,Rasta squid who’s just trying to get along with the rest of squidkind.That’s easier said than done,with setups and assassination attempts abounding.After all,being the leader of the Jamaican-West Coast Connection was a dangerous job. On his journey to find where he fits in he crosses paths with an eclectic group of individuals,from a secret government agent,to an ex-supermodel cannibal.Will he come to the enlightenment he so desperately desires before he catches a bullet…or worse? Laugh out loud funny and thought provoking, The Adventures of Squid Rasta ia sure to be an instant counterculture classic.
Dear Book Smugglers:
I would love for you to consider reviewing my novel, Two Kinds of Color. It’s the story of a mother’s love and heroic sacrifice for her racially divided children. Two of them are white, two of them black, raised in a hustler’s brutal environment on the South Side of Chicago. I have included my webpage and Amazon link. I look forward to hearing from you.
Best regards,
Deborah Kennedy
Hi
just writing to enquire would you be interested in reviewing my recently published novel – Where The Dead Go -published by Solstice Publishing. I believe it is an interesting take on the afterlife and unlike anything you will have read before. It has been getting good 5 star reviews on amazon. The links are
http://www.amazon.com/Where-the-Dead-Go-ebook/dp/B005G4G8EW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1313970728&sr=8-1
http://www.solsticepublishing.com/products/Where-the-Dead-Go%252d%252dPDF-EBOOK.html
I would happily provide a copy for review and appreciate your time.
thank you
Eamonn Harrigan
Am seeking reviews for a soon-to-be-released memoir:
Dancing with Duality: Confessions of a Free Spirit
Betrayed at the age of 21 by the first love of her life, Stella Vance embarks on a life of fearless adventure. She travels the world, adding notches to her lipstick case with lovers from all over the world, and surviving harrowing experiences, including abuse, addiction, abortion, date rape, and cult involvement. Along the way, Stella undergoes a spiritual transformation. Once awakened to the reality of nonduality, she gradually realizes that life is just a game, that death is just another dimension, and that nothing “out there” can really hurt her.
This inspiring page-turning memoir begins in the 1970s, with Stella as a Christian zealot. Subsequently questioning all religious dogma, Stella’s mystical quests leads her to delve deeply into the realms of dreams, psychic readings, astrology, tantric yoga, reincarnation and her own past lives, the entheogen ketamine, Indian holy men and women, revolving-door relationships, the seeker culture of southern California, and finally, the ultimate path of Advaita Vedanta. At the same time, she deals with anorexia and bulimia, addictions to cigarettes, marijuana, and alcohol, unwanted pregnancies, teaching in public schools, the death of several loved ones, foreclosure, and emigrating to South America.
The life of Stella Vance embodies all the adventure, drama, romance, humor, and philosophy of a free spirit set loose in the ’70s and finding its way into the new millennium. Reading Dancing with Duality provides experience that life is meant to provide entertainment, as well as to teach us how to be grateful, forgive, and heal from all its vagaries.
In the end, Stella’s free spirit journey takes her on the path to the ultimate freedom: freedom from the mind with all its fears, judgments, limiting beliefs, and worries.
Hey, I’m just glad you’re doing what you do and that is book lovin’. Thanks!
hi there i am a small independant publishing house and i wondered if you would be interested in reviewing any of our books. We currently have around 15 titles, we currently have genres right across the board, from romance to sci-fi to horror and erotica, we like to think we can cater for everyone. I would be happy to send you a retailer catalogue so you can see the books we have to offer and i can send them in your prefered ebook format in either PDF, EPUB or prc (kindle). Thank you for taking the time to read this x
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Interested in another reviewer?
Dear Book Smugglers:
I would love for you to consider reviewing my novel “The eye of the lion”
http://www.amazon.com/The-Eye-Lion-Genesis-Volume/dp/1475040164/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1334985802&sr=8-1
I would happily provide a copy for review and appreciate your time.
thank you
Leo Bolaños