The goal of this program is to provide a free objective review of small press and self-published books profiled on NothingBinding.com.
The integrity of this book review process is critical to the success of the program. Nothing Binding will do everything possible to maintain an honest and objective book review process. Authors submit their titles for review and NothingBinding.com makes no guarantee as to the conclusions of the book reviewer.
The book reviews posted on NothingBinding.com are entirely at the discretion of the author and are the opinions of each individual book reviewer. The review does not represent the opinions of Nothing Binding who operates as the facilitator of the review process. Nothing Binding does not influence book reviewers nor make guarantees of any kind to authors.
To Participate, Authors:
- (A) - Must have a complete profile on NothingBinding.com to participate in the program, including personal photo—book description—bio—inspiration—book cover—book excerpt—audio or video preferred.
- (B) - Must make contact information available to NothingBinding.com: including name, mailing address, email address, and phone. This personal information is for review purposes only and will never be shared with book reviewers or third parties and will always remain strictly confidential.
- (C) - Must be willing to promptly ship their title to a book reviewer once selected, within 5 business days, and agree to absorb the cost of their book and the postage regardless of where the book reviewer may be located. This includes shipping to reviewers living outside the United States and for authors living overseas to book reviewers living inside the United States. Priority or overnight shipping is not required, media mail or first class is acceptable. eBooks are not acceptable.
- (D) - Must indicate their interest in having their book reviewed by completely filling out a questionnaire, provided by NothingBinding.com. Questionnaire will include: genre, year of first publication, professional editor (yes or no), name of editor, name of publisher, name of cover designer, and page count. This questionnaire will be in addition to the profile on NothingBinding.com.
- (E) - Have the right to refuse release or publication of any review and the combined score for their book as evaluated by each Independent book reviewer before being placed on NothingBinding.com.
- (F) - May limit the number of reviews and stop participating in the book review program at any time.