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Guidelines
for AJL Newsletter Book Reviews
1. When you receive a copy of a book for review, you will be given a due date for the review, usually about 2 months after the book is mailed. If for any reason you are unable to meet that deadline, please inform the editors immediately.
2. AJL Newsletter reviews should be no longer than 250 words in length . They may be considerably shorter. Avoid using all caps, hard returns, right justification, special fonts, or double spaces after periods, as these have to be redone by the editors.
Please send single space copy.
3. The review should convey a clear sense of the work's intent and content and be framed in terms that the general reader can understand. Please provide an evaluation of the book's quality, including writing style, accuracy, originality, importance, etc. Indicate recommended readership, type of library (academic, synagogue, etc.).
4. Spelling will follow Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary. Other aspects of style (capitalization, punctuation, quotations, bibliography) will follow the Chicago Manual of Style. Note: it is not necessary to make page references following quotations from the reviewed book. Please do not use footnotes.
5. Cite the book you are reviewing at the head of the review, using the following model:
Magnus, Shulamit S. Jewish Emancipation in a German City: Cologne, 1798-1871. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1997. 336 p. $49.50 (ISBN-456-7891234561).
Or video:
Dotan, Shimon. Hothouse. Brooklyn, NY: First Run/ Icarus Films, 2006. 89 min. Sale (video, DVD) $398; rental (video) $125.
except for children's book reviews, where the following citation model should
be used:
Kimmel, Eric A. Gershon's Monster. Illus. by Jon J. Muth.
New York: Scholastic, 2000. 23p. $16.95. ISBN:000000000000.
6. Put your name, the name of the institution at which you work, the city and the
state at the end of the review.
7. Reviewers are responsible for the accuracy of statements included.
Reviews will be edited for grammar, style, and length. For reasons of
space, the Newsletter editors may be unable to publish all reviews
submitted. If this is the case, reviewers are free to publish their
reviews elsewhere.
Reviews of adult books should be e-mailed to Merrily Hart at mfh3@roadrunner.com and/or mhart@siegalcollege.edu.
Daniel Scheide will manage all adult books for review. Publicists and authors should contact him at newsletter_reviews.jewishlibraries.org.
Reviews of children's books should be e-mailed to Linda Silver at silverlr@roadrunner.com or mailed to her at Linda Silver, 3729 Meadowbrook Blvd., University Hts., OH 44118. |
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