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Kirkus Reviews does not review lifestyle books. Kirkus Reports, however, does cover lifestyle books, in the following categories:

1. Cooking & Entertaining
2. Health & Fitness
3. Business & Personal Finance
4. Parenting
5. Home Improvement

Here's the difference: These are not book reviews - they're book recommendations. If we don't like the book, we don't include it. Being a co-op marketing arrangement, each title we indicate that we'd like to help market for you - and that you agree to let us help market for you-costs your marketing department $95.

Each monthly newsletter contains up to 15 book "reports," which include our write-up (making the case for why that particular title ought to be on every journalist's radar), the bibliographic information and cover art, and your contact information.

In addition, all reports will be fed automatically to the titles information database of our primary licensing partner, book distributor and information aggregator, Baker & Taylor. This puts your title in front of thousands of industry professionals, all of whom are in a position to make book-buying decisions. We are also in the process of negotiating similar licensing deals with other book information providers.

Our colleagues in VNU's business development department have made personal phone calls to journalists/columnists around the country, introducing the idea, ensuring that they'd find it helpful, and obtaining their e-mail address for that purpose.

In the past few months, we have revisited those lists and both refined and expanded them, assuring greater exposure for your titles. Plus, the inclusion of our recommendation in the information database of Baker & Taylor is an invaluable tool for increasing visibility for your title.

Before submitting your title for consideration, please click here for submission guidelines, as well as for information on submitting books that fall outside the five lifestyle categories.

What People Are Saying About Kirkus Reports:

"Since these subjects are not always as heavily covered in Kirkus as other subjects, I appreciate having the exposure to and reviews of books in these subjects."

-- Adriana Albers, Reference Librarian, Carol Stream Public Library (Carol Stream, IL)

"As a former librarian, I appreciate the Kirkus Reports."

-- Jane Milza, Food and Wine Editor, Staten Island Advance

"I have only been receiving the newsletters for a few months but wonder how I lived without them. I am a big fan and so far have no constructive criticisms or important suggestions. Keep up the good work!

-- Brenda Baxter, Washoe County Library (Reno, NV)

"The Business Report has yielded exposure and publicity for our business list."

-- Linda Bennani, Director of Publicity, Pearson Education