Review Team App

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A lot of great information will be coming your way, PLUS a lot of FREE stuff and games. 🙂

Review Team Application Form for author Regina Morris

Members receive VIP Club status as well as FREE ebooks!

Terms & Conditions

Before you sign up, there are a few things you NEED to do in order to be on the Review Team*:

  1. If you only want to send me a personal review via email, that’s fine too. I’d love to hear your thoughts. 🙂 You do not have to review on a retailer site to be a member of my review team. – If you chose to leave a review on a retail site and you don’t know how to do that, CLICK HERE for Amazon instructions and CLICK HERE for GoodReads (which can be used for just about any other website where you leave a review). If you’re not familiar enough with using the Internet to get a link to your review, you can email me your critique/review at reginaannmorris@gmail.com.
  2. You MUST Have an Amazon Account – It is free to have an Amazon account. You will not have to leave reviews on Amazon if you don’t want to, but you need it in order for me to send eBooks directly to your device or app. CLICK HERE to create a NEW Amazon account.
  3. You MUST Have a Kindle – All team members MUST have either a Kindle device or the FREE Kindle App, which is available on most smartphones and tablets. CLICK HERE to download the FREE Kindle app on your phone or tablet OR visit your app store and search for “kindle.” If you can’t do this, just email me your critique/review. That is fine. See FAQs below for more information.
  4. You MUST add Me as an Approved Sender – Once you have #1 & 2, you’ll need to add “@reginamorris.com” as an approved sender of documents on your Amazon account. CLICK HERE for instructions. If you do not, the eBooks will not arrive on your app/device. Also, be sure NOT to put anything before the “@” sign to ensure you’ll get the eBooks. Read this page if you’d like to learn how to change your Kindle email address.
  5. You MUST be Age 18 or Older – Since most of my books contain explicit love scenes (rawr!), I do not want to send content inappropriate for young people!

*This does not apply to my reviewers who have been on my Review Team for quite some time and have built a relationship and a history with me. If you have already sent me several reviews and we have personally corresponded several times, then you are one of my trusted reviewers and I am more flexible with you.

Review Guidelines

You do not have to leave a review on a retail site, but I would appreciate one. You can email it to me. I’d love the feedback either way. I’m not expecting large essays. Even a single sentence is fine if you’re not big on words. What I’m hoping you’ll do is share things that other readers might find useful in making a decision about whether or not my books are something they’d like to try. For example, one or all of the following…

  • What you liked &/or disliked about the book
  • Would you recommend it and to whom (e.g., fans of _____ would enjoy this)
  • Perhaps a favorite character or part of the story
  • What you hope to see in coming stories or what you wished could have been in the book (e.g., you wished you could have learned more about a character or a backstory, etc.)

What I’m hoping you WILL NOT do if you chose to leave your thoughts on a retail site…

  • Retell the entire story and plot-line of the book – it takes away the surprises
  • Reveal spoilers. If you gasped or thought, “Whoa! I didn’t expect that!” then please don’t share it. It ruins the experience for other readers.

I want your honest opinion, so I’m not trying to control that, but I am trying to help you preserve the experience for someone else if you do chose to leave a review on a retail site, and what is posted by you will be some of the first reviews new readers will see. Let them enjoy the books with the freshness you were able to savor them. Thank you!

If you are okay with the above terms and conditions of joining my Review Team, then just fill out this form. Thank you!

IF YOU ARE ALREADY A MEMBER OF MY VIP CLUB: You DO NOT have to fill out the form below. Just CLICK HERE to visit the MailChimp form, enter your updated information (be sure to include the email address you used to sign up for my VIP Club) and then when you submit, you’ll get an error. Not to worry! It should have retained all the information you may have entered into the form…just re-enter your email address and it should update your account. OR you can contact me and ask me to update your records. 😀

Review Team Signup

If you’re still not sure you want to join the team, please read the FAQs below. They might clear up a few things. 

PLEASE NOTE: For audiobooks, you MUST have an Audible account, which is a monthly subscription through Audible (owned by Amazon). I’ll be gifting the audiobook through Audible, so you’ll claim that through your regular email address, but I cannot pay for your Audible subscription.

Frequently Asked Questions

WHY must I have a Kindle? OR WHY won’t you send me the eBook file directly?
Due to recent pirating issues, I’ve had to resort to sending eBooks directly to the Kindle, which is the only way to safely distribute eBooks without giving the eBook file directly to a user. I know it sucks! But because there have been so many readers who are either getting these files and passing them on to all their friends and family OR WORSE, they’re sharing them on websites or Facebook groups, I’ve had to crack down on the way I give out my books for free. If you know of a better way for me to safely distribute eBook files, then please let me know! But please DO NOT insist on sending you the actual eBook files or you will be removed from my entire mailing list. Unless I know you personally, you aren’t getting the eBook files. Sorry.

When would you like to hear from me so we can talk about your book?
Short Answer: 30 days. When you join the team, you’ll get Eternal Service for free via an InstaFreebie link. There is no time limit on this book. The link to the the comments you write/share with me for that book will be what you turn in to request another eBook of your choice from my backlist. When you request another eBook, you have 30 days to contact me with your thoughts for the book you requested. The time clock starts ticking the day after you request the eBook.

What if I requested and received a free eBook, but then I didn’t email you my thoughts and it’s past the 30-days?
I have a 3-strike rule on my Review Team. If you request a book but don’t let me know what you thought of it, that will be one strike against you. If that happens three times, you’ll be removed from the Review Team. COMMUNICATION is the key. You can always let me know you’ve had delays and I will keep track of your time and give you extensions as requested. But please don’t let that be a chronic problem or that will strike against you, too. I have several people on who have health issues and are on disability. YOUR HEALTH and the health of your family is the most important thing to me, so never fret if you or your family members had a serious health condition that interfered giving me your feedback. I usually try to make notes of such situations in my records so I can be conscious of your circumstances.

Health issues aside, the basic rule is don’t request the next book unless you know you can finish reading it and send me feedback in the next 30 days. If you need to have several months in between books, that’s fine, just wait before you request the next book. 😀

How do send you my thoughts about the book?
You can email me and we can chat about it. 🙂 Or, if you want to leave a review on a retail site, please do so. Just email the link to the review to me and we’ll update our records…and probably gush with enthusiastic appreciation. If you’re ready for the next book to read, you can include the title in the email and the review will be due 30-days after you’ve requested the eBook.

Where should I leave a Review?
Email me your thoughts! 🙂 Or, if you want to post a review on the retailer you bought the book, please do so. Amazon is one of the best places, but I know not everyone likes to leave them there and some people can’t due to the recent bans Amazon has been doing. The second best place for you to post a review is on your blog! You can also leave a review at Barnes & Noble, Kobo, GoodReads, Facebook or anywhere else your heart desires! I’m not picky! I just want your feedback so I can grow as a writer. Thank you!