Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 14:54:08 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Fwd: Guidelines for Submissions for Review
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

>samlubell at verizon.net 04/30/04 02:49PM
>> From: "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at KeithLynch.net>
>> Date: 2004/04/30 Fri AM 11:27:25 CDT
>> To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
>> CC: ccah at earthlink.net
>> Subject: [WSFA] Fwd: Guidelines for Submissions for Review
>
>Keith & co, here's a draft of our Book Review policy, please let me
know what
>you think.
>
>WSFA Journal Book Review Policy
>
>All reviews are the personal opinions of the authors of the reviews
and do not
>reflect any official view of the WSFA Journal or of WSFA.
>
>Submitting a book to the Journal for review does not establish any
obligation for
>the Journal to print a review of that book.
>
>Unless agreed to in advance, the WSFA Journal will not accept books
that
>have a deadline to be returned.  (i.e. no notes saying "if you do not
wish to
>review my book please send it back to me).

Unless the submitter provides a pre paid return package.

>
>If a book comes to be reviewed the Journal editor can decide to review
it
>himself or ask if anyone in the club is interested in reviewing it.
>
>The Journal is under no obligation to print anything submitted to it
(including
>solicited book reviews) although the Journal has in the past printed
everything
>from semi-literate book proposals (hey, it was hilarious) to an
eleven-year old's
>spelling homework (done in the form of an sf story).

Might want to address what WSFA does with non-reviewed books.

mjw
>