I’ve recently received a number of emails from authors offering to pay a fee for Monster Librarian to review their book.

I know I’ve said that Monster Librarian struggles financially, but it is an important part of our mission that our reviews, positive or negative, are honest. We do receive many requests for review, and sometimes advance copies of books for review, but we do not profit financially from the reviews we publish, unless Amazon miraculously decides to credit us for a reader’s purchase of one of the books, something which hasn’t happened since 2014. You, our readers, deserve an honest appraisal before purchasing a book for your library or personal collection.  That is what we aim to do.

We do not accept payment for reviews or for advertising.

I’ve also received requests from people offering to write guest posts for the blog. We will sometimes publish those if they are on topic, but understand that all writers and reviewers for Monster Librarian are volunteers.

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