We accept trade and independent fiction, and trade non-fiction. We only accept adult and YA level books at this time.
If you are indepdendently published and your book is non-fiction or children’s fiction, please go to our sister site at SPR for a review service.
We have a small and dedicated in-house team of professional reviewers who have years of experience. Many are writers or editors, and have worked in the book world for a long time.
The IRB reviewers and contributors often read and review books on the site, but this is from our own reading lists and not by request. If you want to contribute a review, see our submissions guidelines. However, there is no guarantee if you submit a review that we will publish it. The only way to guarantee we review your book is by purchasing a review.
Publishers can send ARCs to us and we will endeavour to review a small number every month. Please see our submission guidelines here.
Simply, we are professionals, that is, we do this for a living, and as such, your review will be professionally written and proofread, with a reach on social media to promote your book.
No. When you hear about Paid Reviews, this means a review on Amazon or other review sites that is bought as a positive or glowing consumer review. The reviews we offer are Editorial Reviews, and as such cannot be shared as a consumer review.
Editorial Reviews are copy written to promote your book, and you should use the best bits from it on your book cover, your author website, and tear sheets to maximise your sales.
4-5 weeks, that is, one calendar month.
We only refund accidental duplicate payments or if you have not uploaded your book after purchase. If you have uploaded your book, it will have been assigned for review already, and work will have started.
We will send your review to you before we publish it, so we will not make it public if you don’t like it.
Absolutely, that’s what it is for.
We accept books in digital form only, and you are welcome to send an ARC. However, the ARC must include a cover design for us to publish your review.
You are paying us to produce copy, so you own the rights and can use the review as you please.
The Independent Review of Books, or IRB. We do not credit individual reviewers.
We use PayPal to process all our payments, which protects you and keeps your details safe. You may pay by PayPal account, credit card, or debit card just as you would in a store. You don’t need a PayPal account to do this.