Contributor's Guidelines: Books

Editor: April Austin

Book reviews: How to pitch and follow up

Book review pitches should be a paragraph or two at most, and always come as e-mail. Book review queries should go directly to the book editor, April Austin. Section editor will always answer an e-mail upon receipt with a yes, no, or "tell me more."

Payment

The pay for Book Reviews is $200.

Books submitted for review

Books being submitted for possible review should be sent to:

April Austin
Monitor Books editor
Christian Science Monitor
210 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston, MA 02115

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