We are currently open to ARC review requests (the earlier you can send them, the better), but still closed to requests concerning works already out (we’re still working on the backlog). However, we still want to help promote your book with book release news, cover reveals, inclusion in lists, author interviews, etc. Feel free to contact us for (free) promotion opportunities.
If you’re an author or publisher looking for a book review, please read the whole policy and then email:
happygoathorror@gmail.com
If you do not follow the whole review policy, you will not receive a response and your book will not be added to our review list.
In your email, please include:
- The title and author (or just the publisher if it’s an anthology)
- The page or wordcount
- Type of book (novel, collection, etc)
- The release date if it’s an ARC
- Links for your website/social media/book
- Book cover (unless it’s an ARC and you don’t yet have it)
- An ePub or PDF version of the book (attached, not linked)
- That you understand that confirmation of being added to our review list doesn’t guarantee a review or a timeframe if your book is reviewed.
Please note:
- If you don’t follow the policy, your email will be deleted and your book will not be read. I’m really sorry but due to the number of requests I receive, this is how I filter out what I’m definitely not reviewing.
- I can’t promise a timeframe, but if you send me an ARC, I will do my best to post a review as close to release day as possible.
- Receipt of submission doesn’t guarantee a review, and if we do review your work, we can’t guarantee a positive review, just an honest one!
PLEASE DON’T…
- Please DO NOT chase me up asking if I’ve read your book yet. Adding it to my request list DOES NOT GUARANTEE a review.
- Please don’t send a request if I am closed to review requests, unless I’ve told you personally that it’s fine to do so.
- DO NOT send me a book that has used any generative AI, whether that’s in the writing or in the production of the book cover. Spellcheck is fine, generating your prose or art with AI is not.
We welcome requests from all authors/presses (from self-published to indie to mainstream), and invite anyone of any background, ethnicity, gender identity, and orientation to reach out to us. We are social goats and Happy Goat Horror is a safe space for all who visit. You are welcome here.
If we review your book, we will bleat about it here on our website, on Amazon and Goodreads, Facebook and Instagram, YouTube, and if we ever figure it out, TikTok.
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