Helping spread the word about audiobooks.
Publishers
Do you have titles you'd like reviewed by book bloggers? Simply add them to our Solid Gold Reviewer listing. Bloggers from across the web regularly visit our site to see what titles they woulld like to review. Titles remain on the list for two months, but you may add new titles whenever you wish. We notify you when reviewers request your titles and give you their contact information so you may send them a physical copy or download instructions, whichever format you make available. You may submit multiple titles and offer from 1 to 10 copies of each title.
To submit titles, please complete the appropriate form:
Single Titles - When you offer different formats or number of copies for each title.
Multiple Titles - When you offer the same number of copies, same format, etc. for every title.
If you have questions or would like additional information, email susan@audiobookjukebox.com
Reviewers
Do you review audiobooks on your blog? Would you like to start? If so, then check out the Solid Gold Title List to see what's available for review. See something interesting? Let us know you'd like to review that title by submitting a review request form.
By accepting a title for review, you agree to do the following:
- Write a review with a minimum of 200 words.
- Include information about both the plot and the narration.
- Post the review on your blog within 45 days of receiving the title (exceptions for extremely long titles).
- Post a link to your review on Audiobook Jukebox.
- Provide basic bibliographic info at the beginning or end of your review, including author, title, narrator(s), length of production in hours and minutes, publisher, and year of publication for the audio title -- not the print edition.
- Respect copyright restrictions by not distributing review copies to others or posting on bit torrent sites. Trust is an intregal part of the reviewer/publisher relationship. Don't abuse it!
If you've not written many reviews or would like some good ideas for reviews, why not take a look at the suggestions found on our site, Reviewing Audiobooks.
While we can't "make" reviewers follow the guidelines above, ignoring them will likely result in not being considered for any more review titles. Reviewers are expected to give their honest opinion - there is no expectation of a positive review simply because a free copy is received for review. However, if you do not like a title, be sure to help readers understand your evaluation by giving specific examples of why it did not meet your expectations. Your comments may be negative, but they should remain tactful and polite. Hateful or slanderous comments are not acceptable.
By accepting review copies, reviewers participating in this program give permission to the publisher to quote from their reviews, free of charge. Each title listing will indicate whether it is available to reviewers only in the U.S, the U.S. and Canada, or internationally.
Reviewer Selection
If more people are interested in reviewing a title than copies are available, we will select reviewers using a complicated formula involving dice, Ouija Boards, and looking at past reviews. You can definitely improve your chances by crafting well-written reviews and posting on a regular basis. Reviewers may request more than one title, but until you have a track record with us we may limit assignment to not more than two reviews in-progress at a time. If you are selecting short titles or have time to review multiple titles, be sure and let us know.