Policies

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Review Policy

The Children's Book Review (TCBR) reviews published fiction and non-fiction literature for children and young adults, and other related items. We accept submissions from publishers, authors, illustrators, and publicists. Submissions are evaluated based on the following particulars: literary value, illustrative quality, and over-all presentation. Our reviews are always positive because we only appraise those books with the strongest potential impact on the reader. The editorial and reviewing staff of TCBR does not receive compensation for the reviews it provides. We pride ourselves on being thorough and honest.  TCBR will openly disclose any conflicts of interest, if these should arise.

Submission Guidelines

Please submit your non-returnable work with a cover letter of relevant information, and include any press releases or supporting materials. PDF files and ARCs may be submitted; however, we prefer the finished work. If you would like confirmation of the receipt of your submission, include a self-addressed, stamped postcard.

We receive a fairly large number of submissions, making it difficult to respond to each sender. We read each submission in the order that it was received and try to respond within three months. If you are still awaiting a response after three months have passed, you may contact us regarding your submission.

Please contact us for more information on where to send your submission: thechildrensbookreview AT gmail DOT com

Author/Illustrator Interviews & Blog Tours Policy

The TCBR team enjoys interviewing authors and illustrators. We encourage them to contact us, however, we usually only offer interviews to authors or illustrators that have been reviewed by TCBR. We also get a kick out of participating in "Blog Tours". Please submit all queries to: thechildrensbookreview AT gmail DOT com

Giveaway Guidelines and Policy

Giveaways are an effective way to generate additional on-line excitement and buzz about your product. If you wish to provide books or a related product to give away, please submit the following information:

1. Define the item you wish to giveaway
2. How many you would like to giveaway
3. Will it be signed by the author or illustrator
4. Where you are willing to ship (US only, US and Canada, or international)

Please submit all queries to: thechildrensbookreview AT gmail DOT com

General Policies Regarding Entering and Winning Giveaways TCBR:

1. Enter giveaways by completing the described mandatory conditions of entry, and commenting on each specific giveaway post.
2. Winners will be picked at random using a random sequence generator (your comments are numbered in the order they are received and the numbers are like raffle tickets drawn from a hat); unless otherwise noted within the contest post.
3. All entries are verified. You will not be eligible to win a contest unless you complete the described mandatory initial entry. There are no exceptions. Comments will be unpublished for not complying to the giveaway conditions.
4. The only methods used to notify contest winners are email. If a valid e-mail is not available to us, a new winner will be selected.
5. A winner has 72 hours from the time TCBR notifies them of their win to respond and claim their prize. After 72 hours, TCBR will award the prize to another reader.
6. TCBR is not responsible for the actions of the sponsor. If a prize is not received or is broken or defective, TCBR will make every effort to contact the sponsor on the winner's behalf, but will not be held responsible for providing an identical or a different prize to the winner nor will TCBR be expected to compensate the winner in any way.
7. Entries submitted after the contest's end time will not be counted nor will entries from readers with shipping addresses outside of the specified regions.
8. Names, e-mail addresses and physical addresses of all winners will be used by TCBR and shared with the sponsor for the purpose of fulfillment of the giveaway.

Comment Policy

TCBR welcomes comments. We post moderate comments, so please be respectful. All comments are filtered through spam filtering technology. We reserve the right to remove spam, abusive (this includes foul language), and off-topic comments. We retain the discretion to determine which comments violate our comment policy. We encourage your participation in our discussions and look forward to an active exchange of ideas.

Disclosure

This blog is a collaborative blog written by a group of individuals. This blog accepts forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions or other forms of compensation.

This blog abides by word of mouth marketing standards. We believe in honesty of relationship, opinion and identity. The compensation received may influence the advertising content, topics or posts made in this blog. That content, advertising space or post will be clearly identified as paid or sponsored content.

The owner(s) of this blog is not compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely the blog owners. If we claim or appear to be experts on a certain topic or product or service area, we will only endorse products or services that we believe, based on our expertise, are worthy of such endorsement. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer or provider.

This blog does not contain any content which might present a conflict of interest.

To get your own policy, go to http://www.disclosurepolicy.org

Privacy Policy

TCBR will never share any information provided by its users to any third party, except as required to do so under U.S Law.

If you require any more information or have any questions about our privacy policy, please feel free to contact us by email at thechildrensbookreview AT gmail DOT com.

At www.thechildrensbookreview.com, the privacy of our visitors is of extreme importance to us. This privacy policy document outlines the types of personal information that is received and collected by www.thechildrensbookreview.com and how it is used.

Log Files
Like many other Web sites, www.thechildrensbookreview.com makes use of log files. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol ( IP ) addresses, type of browser, Internet Service Provider ( ISP ), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses, and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.

Cookies and Web Beacons
www.thechildrensbookreview.com does not use cookies.

DoubleClick DART Cookie
.:: Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on www.thechildrensbookreview.com.
.:: Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to users based on their visit to www.thechildrensbookreview.com and other sites on the Internet.
.:: Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy at the following URL - http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html

Some of our advertising partners may use cookies and web beacons on our site. Our advertising partners include:
Google Adsense
Adbrite
Chitika

These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology to the advertisements and links that appear on www.thechildrensbookreview.com send directly to your browsers. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. Other technologies ( such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons ) may also be used by the third-party ad networks to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and / or to personalize the advertising content that you see.

www.thechildrensbookreview.com has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information on their practices as well as for instructions about how to opt-out of certain practices. www.thechildrensbookreview.com's privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or web sites.

If you wish to disable cookies, you may do so through your individual browser options. More detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found at the browsers' respective websites.

Contact Us

Please submit all queries to: thechildrensbookreview AT gmail DOT com

Bianca Schulze: Chief Blogger-Reviewer

Luisa LaFleur: Lead Blogger-Bilingual Reviewer

Amanda Lynch: Associate Blogger-Reviewer

We receive a high volume of email, we apologize that we can not respond to everyone. However, we do read every email we receive, and you should not be deterred from contacting us in the future.

Thank you for taking the time to become familiar with these policies.