Early Reviewers

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[edit] What is Early Reviewers?

LibraryThing is teaming with publishers to provide advance copies of books to you, in exchange for reviews. The publishers are supplying the books, you get to read and review them, and we play matchmaker! :)

• See the list of current titles on offer
• Rules and conditions

[edit] How do I participate?

• Sign up
• We announce new batches of books monthly - you'll see postings on the blog and in the Early Reviewers discussion group.
• Check out the list of available books once it's announced, and indicate which one(s) you're interested in reading and reviewing. You can apply for as many books as you'd like, but you can only apply for each book once.

[edit] How will I find out if I won a book?

At the end of each round for which you requested a book, we'll post a comment to your profile page letting you know if you did (or didn't) win a book.

[edit] How do you know where to send the book?

You give us your name and full mailing address when you sign up for Early Reviewers. You can check or change your address at any point -- make sure it's current! Check your address

[edit] Where do I post my review?

First, add the book to your LibraryThing catalog. Then click the "edit" icon next to the book. Type your review into the Review (or URL) box, and click "submit" to save it.

A book will be considered "reviewed" if a review is posted to LibraryThing and is comprised of at least 25 words. Reviews may include but not solely consist of a URL.

More review tips can be found here.

You can post your review elsewhere too—on your blog, Facebook or even Amazon. In fact, we hope you do! See below for graphics you can use.

[edit] How long will it take for the book to get to me? (AKA: My book hasn't come yet! Why do you hate me?)

It depends. The publishers ship the books directly - some are speedy, others less so. It can take up to a month for a book to come, sometimes longer if the publisher sends it media mail. We don't control this. Publishers ship everything from FedEx to media mail. Because LibraryThing never touches the books, we can't control how fast the publisher gets them out!

Don't worry, we give you at least a month's leeway, so not having reviewed the book for the preceding month so it won't hurt your chances for a new book.

[edit] Where can I get LTER graphics for my blog?

How about Early Reviewers Graphics? You can use them with your review or just as a badge that you are part of LibraryThing Early Reviewers.

[edit] How can other publishers get involved?

Read our FAQ for publishers

[edit] I'm an author, can I offer up my books for Early Reviewers?

Currently, we're only accepting Early Reviewer books directly from publishers. We hope to let authors offer review copies of their books through our LT Author program in the future.

Authors interested in this program should contact Abby.

[edit] Can I approach publishers and ask them to participate?

Sure! We've put together a sample letter to publishers that you can use to get started. We're especially interested in finding publishers who have the distribution rights to send Early Reviewer books to countries outside the US and Canada.