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How to join us at Ninetnine Network.

Contributor
Really appreciate if someone can send an articles, news highlight, journal, poem, haiku, pantun or even pictures. Don't worry we'll put a credit for you there's.

Informer
Knowing something will happen around you. Something like book launching, book fest, bookstore sales, bookstore opening or other event that you think appropriate to inform us.

Online Journalist or Book Reviewer
All of Ninetnine Network reviewers are independent volunteers and retain complete ownership of their reviews and may have them printed or aired in any other review formats or forums in addition to our own publications and Internet postings. All reviews done for the The Ninetnine Network are nonexclusive - a few of our volunteers actually came to do well enough to land their own columns in local papers!

We prefer the following guidelines for review submissions:

About the book:

Title
Author and publisher
Publisher address
ISBN, price, date, page count

About you:

Your name
Your mailing address (optional)
Your e-mail address (optional)

Some suggestions for those who are unsure of how to write a review or who would like to hone their reviewer skills:

Why did you select this particular book for review? Perhaps it relates to your work, hobby, avocation, education, a particular area of personal interest, your own expertise, or just for fun.

How well does the author write, use language, illustrate his/her points, develop characters, exhibit clarity of instruction, aptness of examples, innovative story line, etc. Use a brief quotation from the book itself to illustrate your observations, opinions, and comments. When doing poetry reviews include a poem. Cookbook reviews should always feature a recipe, etc.

Who is the book for? A scholarly audience, the non-specialist general reader, devotees of the genre, or other specialized audience? What age range, or economic or political orientation, etc.?

Does the book succeed in what the author is trying to accomplish? Does it entertain, instruct, persuade, inform, train, teach, alarm, etc.? Do you have suggestions for the author's next time around in print?

What is the author's background? What other titles has the author written?
What other related or relevant titles might interest a reader?

Type your review in the body of an e-mail document. Length should be as long or as short as you feel is necessary to say what should be said.

Above all else, have a good time putting your thoughts and opinions down in print. The best reviews are those that you yourself would like to listen to while driving along in your car or chatting with a friend over lunch.

So take a book you've read, a bookstore have you visit, a publisher you've come across, and give reviewing a try!

Welcome to our little network of volunteers! I look forward to your review efforts!

Please contact me for more further details.

Editor