Midwest Book Review Guaranteed Review
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Does your book deserve to be found by community and academic librarians, booksellers, and the general reading public? You can reach that audience and receive critical exposure for your book with a guaranteed book review from Midwest Book Reviews.
Boost Your Visibility, Credibility & Discoverability
Professional Third-Party Review Exposure for Your Book
A respected, independent review can become one of the most valuable marketing assets an author owns.
Midwest Book Review is a long-established, librarian-focused review organization that has been serving the publishing industry since 1976. Known for its strong support of independent and small press authors, Midwest Book Review evaluates thousands of titles each year for inclusion in its monthly publications and review channels — including more than 400 Outskirts Press titles.
Why Submit to Midwest Book Review?
A Midwest Book Review can help you:
- Strengthen your credibility with librarians and booksellers
- Add professional third-party validation to your marketing
- Enhance your press kit and media outreach
- Provide powerful review excerpts for your website and sales pages
- Increase visibility among serious readers and industry professionals
This isn’t a paid endorsement. It’s a professional review completed through Midwest Book Review’s — which guarantees that your book will be read and reviewed.
How You Can Use Your Review
Once your review is published, you can:
- Feature excerpts on your website
- Add it to your Amazon Editorial Reviews section
- Include it in your press kit
- Share it in email marketing
eBook Review Submission Includes:
- Submission of your eBook to Midwest Book Review
- Guaranteed professional review
- Review text you can use for marketing and promotion
- Additional exposure of the review on the Outskirts Press Facebook page
We handle the preparation and submission process for you, ensuring your materials meet Midwest Book Review’s guidelines.
This is the most efficient and cost-effective way to secure a professional third-party review.
Upgrade Option – Print Book Submission – Add $49
While the eBook submission is fully sufficient for review consideration, authors who don't have an eBook (or prefer to submit a print edition) can participate with our print book submission add-on for an additional $49.
To submit your print edition you must add the Print Submission Add-On to your cart here after you purchase the eBook submission service.
What to Expect
- Reviews are published according to Midwest Book Review’s editorial schedule.
- Review timelines vary based on volume and category but are usually completed within 10-12 weeks.
- All reviews are editorially independent and written at the reviewer’s discretion.
Because this is a guaranteed review program, your book will receive a professional evaluation — a valuable asset you can use for the life of your book.
Is This Right for You?
This option is ideal for:
- First-time authors seeking credibility
- Established authors building long-term recognition
- Writers pursuing library and bookstore exposure
- Authors who want meaningful third-party validation
A strong review can elevate your book from “self-published” to professionally recognized.
If you’re serious about marketing your book strategically, a Midwest Book Review submission is a smart next step.
Examples of Midwest Book Reviews of Outskirts Press Books
The Elementary Fiction Shelf
So Where Does Magic Sleep? by Cynthia L. Clark
So Where Does Magic Sleep? features farm cat Magic, who stumbles into Jake and Axel's life one day, seemingly from nowhere, and earns this name from them. The cat seems to like his adopted family and wants to stay, but each evening he vanishes. Where does he go? Picture book readers and read-aloud parents receive colorful, engaging images from Blueberry Illustrations as the entire family becomes involved in solving the new cat's mystery.
Cynthia L. Clark's rollicking rhymes are filled with vivid description and emotional observations as the relationship develops between humans and cat. As the story explores the possibilities of where the cat hides and sleeps, read-aloud adults will have a fun time guiding the very young to think about domestic and not-quite-domesticated creatures, freedom, problem-solving, and family interactions.
The simplicity of So Where Does Magic Sleep? masks many deeper perspectives while delivering a delightfully questioning story that gently invites adults and kids to partake of and discuss the possibilities. Elementary-level libraries that choose So Where Does Magic Sleep? for their collections will find its depth and differences makes it a standout among other picture book stories of cats and their adopted tribe.
Reviewer's Choice
The Miserly Mind by Elise Cooke
The best way to make money is not to spend it. The Miserly Mind: 12 1/2 Secrets of the Freakishly Frugal is a guide to becoming a millionaire through not spending like one. Avoiding expenses, finding the best deals, saving money, and raising money, Elise Cooke comes to readers with plenty of thoughtful wisdom. The Miserly Mind is a thoughtful read with plenty of advice.
The Self-Help Shelf
Fishing in Heaven by Janet Childress
To be alongside a parent faced with a terminal illness is a horrifying prospect. Fishing in Heaven is author Janet Childress's memoir of being faced with her father's inevitable death. An inspirational recollection of Janet's final days with her father and how she prayed to God for a miracle, and then praying for her father's soul as he passed on, Fishing in Heaven is an ideal gift for anyone with a parent nearing their last hours. An ideal pick for community library self-help collections.
The Fiction Shelf
West of 16W by Mark Slomiany
The road, a truly intangible place – yet a place many turn to for inspiration. West of 16W is Mark's story of traveling the road in search of inspiration to make himself a better writer, to write something truly magnificent and to make himself famous. His personal desires clash with his family, he seeks out love, but somehow he has to get through the gauntlet of life to make it through. A top pick for community library literary fiction collections and for anyone who has a life of uncertainty ahead of them.
Midwest Book Reviews provides 100% honest feedback that you can use as a promotional tool. While receiving a review is guaranteed, it's important to keep in mind that Midwest Book Review reviewers are professionals, and they will be honest. However, that makes a positive review all that more valuable for marketing purposes. Even a negative review can have a positive element to extract for a blurb or cover quote.