The Book Bloggers

Blog Name: Best Fantasy Stories
Blog URL: http://bestfantasystories.com
RSS or Atom Feed Address: http://feeds.feedburner.com/bestfantasystories
Blog Owner: Scarlett Moore

1. What motivated you to create a book review blog?
For several years I’ve been reading books and providing mini-reviews for family and friends during book swaps. Two years ago I discovered blogging and felt it provided a great medium for sharing my opinions of books.

2. What do you find most rewarding about book reviewing?
The social networking aspect. I’ve met some amazing fellow book readers, bloggers, and writers. I particularly enjoy connecting with readers outside the U.S. The site has allowed me to make contact with people from all over the
world. I also love hearing from people who have read books based on my recommendations.

3. What types of books do you review?
I primarily review contemporary and urban fantasy, a subgenre of fantasy. Urban fantasy books contain magical, supernatural, and/or paranormal components, all occuring in a modern day setting. Urban fantasy, although a subgenre, is fairly varied and contains titles that can be categorized as action-adventure, romantic, drama, comedy, and mystery. I review all types of urban fantasy.

4. In what genre do you consider yourself to have the most expertise?
Urban fantasy.

5. Is there any type of book that you absolutely will not review?
I don’t review non-fiction, historical, or children’s books. I also don’t review books that firmly fall into the romance or erotica genre. However, I do review paranormal romance books.

6. Do you accept submissions from self-published authors?
Yes.

7. Do you accept PDF versions or e-books for review?
No, physical books only. However, if someone wants to provide a Kindle along with the e-book, I might reconsider . . .

8. Can an author guest blog for you?
Yes, if that author’s work has been previously or recently accepted for review. My readers love to hear what
authors have to say about the books they write.

9. Do you host book giveaways?
Yes and one of my New Year’s resolutions is to host a book giveaway contest every other month.

10. Do you interview authors?
I haven’t yet but I’d love to.

11. Do you ever host stops on an organized book tour?
No.

12. What is the average turnaround time for a review, from the time the
book arrives in your mailbox until the review is posted?
It takes between 2-3 weeks for me to read the book and get a review written and published on the site.

13. Do you cross-post reviews to Amazon or other sites?
For promotional purposes I may post reviews of the same book at different sites but each article is always original in accordance with Google’s duplicate content guidelines.

14. Will you notify an author by email when a review is posted?
Once a book has been selected for review the author is notified upon receipt of the book. I also notify the author once the review is published.

15. Do you have any specific requirements for review submission?
The review request should include a synopsis of your book, the publication date, a link to your website, and your preferred timeline for getting the book review published. Also indicate whether you’d like me to host a book giveaway contest (you’ll need to provide a final, bound copy of your book for this purpose). And of course, the book must fall into the urban/contemporary fantasy subgenre.

16. Where can authors submit review queries and to whom should they be addressed?
Please submit inquiries to Scarlett Moore at questions [at] bestfantasystories [dot] com.