Policies

We love to hear from authors, publicists, and publishers about books. If you’d like one of our reviewers to consider your book for review on Books Make Me Happy, you can fill out the form on the contact page, or email your request to: happy @ our domain name.com

Please understand that we can not promise or guarantee that any request will be answered, or that any of us will be available to review your book. We’ll do the best we can to match the request with the reviewer it most suits.

As much as we all love reading, and love this site, this is NOT our job, and we cannot promise or guarantee a timeframe for review. We are happy to work on a case by case basis for each request, and will make a schedule based on our availability at that specific time.

Each review will be based on the merits of the book and the opinions of the reviewer. Yes, the OPINIONS of the reviewer. We will make every effort to choose our books based on our preferences, in the hope that our reviews are positive. However, we cannot always know for sure how we’ll like a book, and there may be times when a review is less than favorable. We will, of course, be fair and respectful, regardless of our final thoughts about the book. We will NOT engage in inflammatory discussions about reviews, reviewers or authors. And we will take action to delete and/or block ANY commenters who are aggressive or disrespectful. Having a differing opinion is certainly welcome, being an ass is not.

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