Request a thoughtful editorial review from QuillQuest Reviews.
Use this page to begin a review request, share your book information, and let us know what kind of review would be most useful to you.
QuillQuest Reviews welcomes submissions from independent authors, small presses, thoughtful publishers, and writers preparing books for launch.
Before You Submit
Please review the available options before sending your request. Each review level offers a different depth of insight and a different set of author-facing assets.
What to Include
To help us evaluate your request and match your book with the right editorial voice, please include as much of the following information as possible:
- Author name
- Email address
- Book title and subtitle
- Genre or category
- Publication status: unpublished, ARC, published, or revised edition
- Preferred review option: Quick Take, Editorial Review, or Strategic Review
- Preferred editorial voice, if any
- Manuscript file, PDF, Word document, or reading link
- Retail or author website link, if available
- Brief note about your intended audience
- Any context that may help us understand the book
Review Option
Please indicate which review option you are requesting:
- The Quick Take — a concise professional impression
- The Editorial Review — a fuller review with pull quotes and audience-fit insight
- The Strategic Review — deeper editorial review, positioning, and promotional assets
- Not sure yet — QuillQuest may recommend the best fit
Editorial Voice Preference
Authors may request a specific QuillQuest editorial voice, or allow us to assign the best fit based on genre, tone, audience, and purpose.
- Johan Pavel — lead editorial reviewer
- Dr. Jack Ivy — nonfiction, culture, history, and idea-driven works
- Bob Shellwood — humor, satire, indie chaos, and quirky books
- Slay Pendragon — fantasy, adventure, language, and imaginative worlds
- Ashen Graves — horror, dark fiction, mythic memory, and atmosphere
- Assign best fit
Submission Note
Please submit the version of the book you want reviewed. Reviews are based on the reading experience of the version provided. If substantial revisions are made after review work begins, a new review or Second Pass Review may be needed.
QuillQuest Reviews may decline submissions that fall outside our editorial capacity, review standards, or appropriate scope.
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- Name
- Author / pen name
- Book title
- Subtitle
- Genre / category
- Publication status
- Requested review option
- Preferred editorial voice
- Book file upload
- Reading link
- Retail link
- Author website
- Intended audience
- What would make this review most useful to you?
- Consent checkbox: I understand that QuillQuest Reviews does not guarantee positive reviews.
- Consent checkbox: I confirm that I have the right to submit this book for review.
- Consent checkbox: I understand that commissioned reviews should be disclosed when used publicly.
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Our Review Promise
QuillQuest Reviews does not guarantee praise. We guarantee thoughtful attention.
Every review is written with respect for the author’s intent, honesty about the reading experience, and care for how the review may help the book find its readers.