AustenBlog Job Opening: Book Reviewer Wanted
AustenBlog is looking for one or more individuals willing to read Austen-related books and write reviews. Books will be provided by the publishers; if you want to write a review for a book you’ve purchased yourself, that’s fine, too. (We are only interested in reviews of books that have been released in the past few months.)
Those unwilling to be constructively critical need not apply. You don’t have to be snarky (though it helps), but if all your reviews are the literary equivalent of “it has a nice beat and you can dance to it, I give it an 85,” we’re not interested, as such don’t-say-anything-if-you-can’t-say-anything-nice nonsense does not serve our readership. Just be honest! If you love a book, tell us; if you hated it, tell us. Generally we structure our book reviews as follows: an overview hinting at good-or-bad in the first paragraph; specific likes and dislikes; whether Janeites will enjoy it (this is very important–something might not be to your taste but others might like it); wrapup with pithy bon mot. Be careful to review the book and not the author. 
You must be willing to be edited, both for style and substance, but we will give you final approval of any edits before posting if you like.
We can’t pay anything other than free books and Internet fame (or infamy as the case may be). The author maintains all copyright and is free to submit a review elsewhere as well; we ask only for first publication for reviews of books that we provide.
Submit a sample review of a Jane Austen-related book to editor AT austenblog.com. Let us know if you would prefer to review fiction, nonfiction or both. Length is unimportant; we are looking for quality.
