Click the "Order Review" link above and choose whether you want standard service (7-9 weeks, $425) or express service (4-6 weeks, $575), and pay for your review. When you submit your order, you’ll get an email from the Kirkus Indie team confirming receipt of your request.

You’ll have the option of mailing two copies of your book to our editors or uploading a PDF of your manuscript. We’ll provide detailed instructions for you after you place your order.

Upon receipt of your book or manuscript, our editor will assign your project to a qualified reviewer who will read the complete book and write a full review (approximately 250-350 words). Our reviewers include librarians, business executives, journalists from national publications, PhDs in religion and literature, creative executives in entertainment and publishing industries as well as other professional reviewers. Click here to learn more about how we choose your reviewer and our full editorial process.

Kirkus Indie will email you a link to your author dashboard when your review is ready. Simply click the link and download your review directly from our site.

You may also choose to publish your review on KirkusReviews.com where it can be discovered by industry influencers, agents, publishers and consumers. If it is a negative review, you can request that it never see the light of day by simply not publishing it on our site. Click here to learn more about publishing your review on our site.