Sparklesoup Inc. and its Imprints: TheEDGEbooks.com, The Vault, SparkLife, and Ignite Press reserves the right to accept or decline requests on a case by case basis:
--Blog should be updated daily or almost daily and have a significant number of followers
--Blog content must be relevant to book requested
--Requester must include a link to their website/blog (if a blogger or online reviewer)
--Requester must share their email address in their Bio, so that we can follow-up.
--First time requester must include information about their “reach.” For example: how many unique visitors your blog gets each month, how many comments you get on your blog posts each month, how many Twitter/Facebook followers you have, how many reviews you post each week
--Requesters should have easy access to readers. (Booksellers, librarians, and educators are almost always approved.)
--Requesters should have above average means of spreading the word about books. (Reviews on sites like LibraryThing and GoodReads are not quite enough.)
--If you review for another publisher on a regular basis or work for another publisher, a literary agent, or author that publishes a book similar to the book you are requesting to review, please state this on your request.
--Please list what is your top 3 favorite books
If your request is approved, please do the following:
--Wait to post/publish your review until a month prior to the release date/on-sale date/etc. if the book is not yet released.
--If review is of a book that has been released, please post review within a month of receiving galley.
--Print galleys are few and limited to top reviewers we have approved
--Send us your review within NetGalley.
--When you send us your review in NetGalley, you must: include the name of the publication/blog/outlet where your review will be published/posted, a link (for blog/online reviews), and the run date for when the review will be posted/published.
--If you do not post a review, you must tell us why via NetGalley.