Policies & Disclaimers

I am currently accepting review and collaboration requests.
If your request indicates that you did not read my review policy, I will not respond.

Please read through my review policy below and email me at Jana Sparkles {at} yahoo {dot} com
if you think I’d be a good fit for your book!
You can also visit my sortable review index and filter it by stars to see what I’ve enjoyed in the past.
I’m excited to work with you!

Review Policy:

Books/genres I will accept: I predominately read adult romance (give me those swoons), and love it in all of its forms: contemporary, historical, romcom, fantasy, sci-fi, and suspense. I am happy with both closed and open doors. I also love the occasional mystery/thriller (although, cozy mysteries aren’t my thing). I once read YA almost exclusively, but now it’s a rare occurrence and usually only happens with authors I’ve read and loved in the past or if a synopsis really grabs me.

Books/genres I will not accept: Erotica, fanfiction, picture books (although, if it’s a Christmas one I will consider it for my annual Christmas blog event in December.), poetry, middle grade, and most nonfiction titles. I avoid books with gratuitous vulgar language/swear words, books containing graphic violence, and books containing/about physical or sexual abuse.

IMPORTANT: I will not read books containing violence against animals (no matter how fleeting), or books where an animal that the reader or main characters care about dies on the page. For example, if the a character’s pet experiences any sort of abuse or dies by natural/unnatural/violent causes on the page I will not read it. Please do not pitch your book to me if it includes animal violence or death. This is a major trigger for me. When in doubt, please ask me and include spoilers for anything you are concerned might fall into this category. I’d be happy to discuss this with you to determine if I would be the right fit for your book.

Formats I will accept: ARCs/galleys (both print and digital), finished copies (both print and digital), and audiobooks (both CD and digital – I have Audible, Libro.fm, Google Play, and Chirp accounts). I’m also on Netgalley and Edelweiss, and would be happy to receive copies through either platform.

Formats I will not accept: ebooks that are not formatted for a Kindle.

If I accept your book, please understand that I have committed to read and review many other books as well. I’m also a major mood reader and I’ve got a large collection of non-review books that I’d like to have time for. This is why I really appreciate a specific date or time frame you’d like the review to appear on my blog. If you have no date preference, I will run the review when I have available space in my reading and blog calendars. I try my best to post a review around the book’s release date (unless you request something different), but that can’t always happen. If your book is already out, I will review it as soon as I am able to. I appreciate your patience.

I reserve the right to not finish your book. If this happens I will e-mail you and let you know, and I will not rate or review it. It would not be fair for me to rate or review a book without reading the entire thing, but I will mention my reasons for not finishing it on Goodreads and possibly here on my blog.

I don’t love everything I read. All of my reviews contain my honest opinions, and may or may not contain negative/critical comments about your book. I write my reviews in the classiest manner possible, but will not post an automatic glowing review in exchange for a free copy of the book. I will also not accept payment for my reviews.

Non-review things I’m open to: Exclusive author interviews or guest posts (as part of a blog tour or not), exclusive cover reveals, and giveaways. Bottom line, I want interesting content that my readers will enjoy from authors I have already read or am interested in reading. I don’t want to host content that is going to be copied and pasted on a bunch of different outlets or is outside of my personal bookish interests. I’m always welcoming of guest bloggers if we have similar interests, and I’m also happy to guest post on other blogs.

Non-review things I’m not open to: Release blitzes/blasts, cover reveal blitzes/blasts, guest posts or interviews that will be posted elsewhere, and promotional posts for a book or author I have not read or am not interested in reading. I’m also not interested in paid collaborations or content. I will not accept guest posts for random topics outside of books and reading, and I am not interested in embedding links to other outlets.

When e-mailing me your request, please include: book summary, publisher, release date, and preferred review post date (if you have specific wishes). Any links to further information (such as cover, reviews, blurbs, etc.), if available, would also be greatly appreciated. And please, please include information about your book’s content warnings if there are any. I like knowing what I’m getting into.

Send me an e-mail (Jana Sparkles {at} yahoo {dot} com)! I’m excited to hear from you!


Quoting and Plagiarism Policy:

Quotes from my book reviews may be used by authors, publishers, publicists, and anyone else involved with the ownership, production, or promotion of the book in question. However, please credit me, using my name (Jana) and my blog’s name (That Artsy Reader Girl). Anything else is considered plagiarism, and I will pursue it vigorously. Do not take my post, change a few words, and claim it as your own (even if you totally agree with me). Don’t repost or copy/paste my content to your outlet with credit to me and expect me to be ok with that. That’s still plagiarism. If you wish to include a link to my blog on your site or in your publication, directing readers to me, absolutely go for it.

Broke & Bookish Secret Santa and Christmas In July are secret gift-giving events that I host. Secret Santa isn’t a new thing and I didn’t invent it, but I did write up all the information (rules, participant questionnaires, etc.) for these two events. If you choose to host your own event, please come up with your own content and do not copy mine.

If you find that I’m a victim of plagiarism, please let me know! I’ll do the same for you!


Privacy Policy:

This policy briefly outlines the information I collect from and how I protect the privacy of my readers.

Commenting:
When you leave a comment on That Artsy Reader Girl, the information you enter in the comment form (Name, email address, and website) will be stored on my server. The purpose of including your email address is so that when I reply to your comment, you will receive an email notification. I will not use your email address for any other purpose, nor will I sell/share it with a third party. Akismet, a spam detection service that I use, will receive information about your comment to determine whether or not it is spam. To read their privacy policy, click here.

Any personal information you choose to post publicly as a comment on That Artsy Reader Girl is not my responsibility to protect.

Cookies:
I use StatCounter Analytics to monitor the unique visitors to That Artsy Reader Girl. When you visit, a 1st Party Visitor Cookie (sc_is_visitor_unique) will be set on your computer. According to StatCounter, “When [the cookie] is first set, a random id is generated and stored in the cookie in order to avoid counting you as a visitor more than once (e.g. if you are on a mobile device and your IP address changes while you browse)… this cookie also stores a count of your returning visits.” This cookie does not collect any personal information from you. Click here to read more about StatCounter’s cookies. I also use Google Analytics. Click here to learn how to safeguard your data and what data Google collects.

There are no other cookies enabled on That Artsy Reader Girl.

Giveaways:
I use Rafflecopter forms for all of my giveaways (to read their privacy policy, click here.). Rafflecopter stores the information you voluntarily submit through the entry forms, along with your name, email address, the country you were in when you entered the giveaway, and your I.P. address. If you choose to log in to the entry form with Facebook Connect, your Facebook display picture is also stored within the entry form. I do not use use this information for any purpose other than to verify that the entry was not spam, that the winner lives in a country that was eligible for the giveaway, and to contact the winner to ask for their mailing address/email address so that I can send them their prize. Once I mail the winner the prize, I delete their mailing address from my email and do not store it anywhere else. If an author, publisher, or other third party is sponsoring the giveaway, I will pass your mailing address/email address on to them with your consent. I am not responsible for what they do with your information.

Link-Ups:
I use Inlinkz to allow users to link up their Top Ten Tuesday posts each week. If you submit a link, the URL, name, and email address you cho0se to submit are stored on the InLinkz website. Your email address will not be accessible to anyone publicly. To read Inlinkz’s privacy policy, click here.

Social Media Sharing:
Each of my blog posts has social media icons embedded (using a GDPR compliant plug-in that does not track your data) for your convenience. The Facebook widget may collect your IP address, your web browser User Agent, store and retrieve cookies on your browser, embed additional tracking, and monitor your interaction with the widget, including correlating your Facebook account with whatever action you take within the widget (such as “liking/sharing/recommending” a post), if you are logged in to Facebook. For more information about how this data may be used, please see Facebook’s data privacy policy. The Twitter Tweet widget makes requests to Twitter’s servers for you to be able to tweet my posts using your Twitter account. These requests make your IP address visible to Twitter, who may use it in accordance with their data privacy policy. The Pinterest Save widget allows you to pin images to Pinterest from my posts. These requests may track your IP address in accordance with their data privacy policy. The Reddit Badge widget may log information when you interact with the widget. This may include your IP address, user-agent string, browser type, operating system, referral URLs, device information (e.g., device IDs), pages visited, links clicked, user interactions (e.g., voting data), the requested URL, and hardware settings, in accordance with their privacy policy. The StumbleUpon Badge widget may log non-identifying information when you interact with the widget, in accordance with their privacy policy.

Third Parties:
Blog posts on this site may contain embedded videos or links to other websites. These websites obviously do not have the same privacy policy I do, and may use cookies, track your location, track your interaction with that content (e.g. if you play a video), etc.

Disclaimer:
That Artsy Reader Girl is not targeted to children, and I do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 years of age. If you are under 13 years of age and wish to enter a giveaway or leave a comment, please do so with the assistance of your parent(s) or guardian(s).

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact me at (Jana Sparkles {at} yahoo {dot} com).


FTC (Federal Trade Commission) Disclaimer:

Each and every book featured on my blog was either given to me free from the publisher/author/publicist for review/coverage consideration, purchased on my own, or gifted to me by friends and family (where I received the book is noted in each review as “source”.). My opinions of these books are my own honest thoughts, and are in no way influenced by how I acquired them. I am not a paid blogger, and receive no compensation or punishment for my reviews—positive or negative.


Amazon Associate Disclaimer:

I’m an Amazon Associate, which means the book links I post send you to Amazon. If you buy the book using my link, I get a small percentage of the sale to use for blog events, giveaways, and other fun stuff! I appreciate your support.

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