TYPES OF BOOKS REVIEWED:
Any non-fiction Civil War-related book is open to consideration. Antebellum politics and U.S. territorial expansion topics (e.g. Texas Revolution, U.S.-Mexican War, etc.) are also covered on CWBA. The Civil War in the Trans-Mississippi theater and Indian conflicts there during and surrounding the Civil War years are particular interests of mine.
All publishing options are welcome—from major trade houses, university presses, museums, historical societies, and small private publishers to self-published, POD, subsidy, etc. books. However, as stated above, I do only review non-fiction. At this time, I have no plans to include novels or any type of historical fiction.
PLEASE NOTE: I do not write reviews from e-books, ARCs, galleys, uncorrected proofs, etc. Exceptions are very rare, so please contact me beforehand if finished print versions are not available for review. Also, if ink stamps or stickers are applied to review copies, that will severely diminish the likelihood of any type of coverage.
HOW BEST TO CONTACT ME:
If you are an author or represent a publisher and would like CWBA to consider your book for review, send an email (or use the contact form provided in the sidebar) describing your publication. Please include as much detail as possible in your correspondence. If you have a website for the book please include the link. If I feel it's a good fit, I will email you back with my mailing information.
All reviews include a link to the publisher (or author/book web page), and the appropriate person is contacted by email once the review is posted.
TIMING OF REVIEW:
Weeks to months, depending on the size of my backlog, which can be substantial at times. Regardless, an online book review on CWBA will be permanent, easily searchable on site and by Internet search engines.
I appreciate all communications from authors and publishers; however, please keep in mind that CWBA is a one-person operation. Due to the volume of requests, a review cannot be guaranteed (though every title that is in my judgment appropriate gets its own Booknotes feature). The length and depth of reviews can vary. Shorter reviews are posted in the Book Snapshots category. Links to reviews are added to the CWBA Facebook and Twitter/X social media pages as well.
COPYRIGHT INFO:
Reviews may not be reproduced in full, but may be briefly excerpted (a few sentences) with a link to the original CWBA page. I do not mirror my reviews on other venues.
