Dec 12 2008
Meet Bitten By Books
Blog Name: Bitten by Books
Blog URL: http://bittenbybooks.com
RSS or Atom Feed Address: http://feeds.feedburner.com/BittenByBooks
Blog Owner: Rachel Smith - Mood Ring Media
1. What motivated you to create a book review blog?
I was reading about 4-6 books per week, and really needed a way to get all the thoughts about the books out of my head to concentrate on more books.
2. What do you find most rewarding about book reviewing?
The best thing about reviewing is when somebody can relate to a storyline or click with it and decide they want to purchase the book based on that review. The other really cool thing is that when this happens it supports authors of all levels in their genre.
3. What types of books do you review?
Anything in the paranormal fiction genre. This includes YA and kids, adult content, GLBT, romance, urban fantasy
4. In what genre do you consider yourself to have the most expertise?
Paranormal Fiction
5. Is there any type of book that you absolutely will not review?
Anything that promotes hatred, bigotry or intolerance of race, gender or religion.
6. Do you accept submissions from self-published authors?
Yes
7. Do you accept PDF versions or e-books for review?
Yes
8. Can an author guest blog for you?
Yes
9. Do you host book giveaways?
Yes, every week
10. Do you interview authors?
Yes
11. Do you ever host stops on an organized book tour?
Yes
12. What is the average turnaround time for a review, from the time the book arrives in your mailbox until the review is posted?
Our site says to allow 8-12 weeks, but typically about 8 weeks is the max.
13. Do you cross-post reviews to Amazon or other sites?
Yes
14. Will you notify an author by email when a review is posted?
Yes
15. Do you have any specific requirements for review submission?
Yes, authors can read our terms of review here: http://bittenbybooks.com/?page_id=3
16. Where can authors submit review queries and to whom should they be addressed?
After an author has read our terms of review and decides to move forward they can use our contact page
http://bittenbybooks.com/?page_id=20 to request a review of their book. We will then send them the required information for each submission.
Other information:
The focus of the Bitten by Books website is to provide book reviews for all types of paranormal fiction, urban fantasy and horror. Our team of over 30 reviewers share an avid love of all things paranormal and of course of books! You may see an occasional fantasy or Sci-fi review as well, as sometimes authors overlap genres or the genres incorporate one another. Bitten by Books prides itself on offering our readers honest book reviews, author interviews, interesting guest blog spots and fun contests. Whether you love paperback books or e-books, make http://bittenbybooks.com your only stop for all things in the paranormal fiction genre.
