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Special Announcement: 
CJ-Online Book Review Policies, including policies for books available to be reviewed

CJ-Online Book Reviews are intended to review a wider range of books, and in a more 
timely fashion, than is possible for the hard-copy portion of the journal. Most reviews 
published in the hard-copy portion of the journal will also be distributed via CJ-Online, but 
many other reviews will be CJ-Online exclusives. The latter will be archived, and should 
be cited in the form (e.g.) "CJ-Online 2007.05.04".

Every month, the CJ-Online list-serve will distribute a list of Books Received. Some of 
these books will already have been designated for review in the hard-copy portion of the 
journal, while in other cases a decision will have been made not to review the book. 

Books marked with an asterisk will be on offer for review; except in unusual 
circumstances, such reviews will appear only in CJ-Online and will not be published in the 
hard-copy portion of the journal. If you are interested in reviewing a book marked with 
an asterisk, please write the CJ Book Review Editor, Christopher Nappa, at 
[log in to unmask], briefly explaining your qualifications to review the book and any 
possible disqualifying factors. Because more than one individual may be interested in a 
given book, even qualified reviewers cannot be guaranteed the books they request.

Reviewer Qualifications: For most books, reviewers should hold a PhD in Classics or a 
cognate field. It is CJ-Online policy that graduate students should not review books, if 
only for their own protection. For textbooks, a PhD is not required, but the reviewer 
should have practical experience teaching the subject in question at the relevant level.

Conflicts of Interest: Potential reviewers should not request books in regard to which they 
might be seen as having a conflict of interest. Disqualifying conflicts of interest include 
(but are not limited to): a close personal friendship or relationship of some other sort 
with the author; being in the same department as the author; having had the author as a 
graduate student advisor, or having served on the author's dissertation committee; 
having worked closely with the author as an instructor or supervisor in graduate school; 
having read and commented on the manuscript or substantial portions of it before it was 
submitted to the press; and having read and approved the manuscript for the press for 
publication.

Word limit: In the interest of readability, reviews should be a maximum of 1500 words. If 
you believe that this is inadequate to deal with the book you have received, please 
contact the CJ-Online Book Review Editor in advance to request an exception to the 
policy.

Although all reviews should contain some summary of what is said in the book, we are 
not looking for a simple precis of the contents. Instead, reviewers are asked to engage 
with and evaluate the argument put forward in the book. Disagreements and criticism 
should be directed at the argument rather than the author; ad hominem attacks will not 
be published. CJ-Online does not publish responses, but will publish corrections at a 
reviewer's request.

Reviews should be submitted within 3 months of receipt of the book. All reviews will be 
edited for style and content; your review will come back to you in most cases within two 
weeks of submission, with editorial suggestions and requests of various sorts.

All reviews should be in English. Reviewers whose native language is not English should 
have the review read and carefully edited by a native speaker before submission.


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