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H-HRE Reviews Information
H-HRE's review program is a service both provided by and designed for scholars of the history of the Holy Roman Empire.
H-HRE members volunteer to read and carefully analyze new and revised scholarly works, donating their time to benefit the larger community
of HRE scholars. For more information on the H-HRE review program, please see below.
Review Word Length
Review Guidelines and Stylesheet
How to Become a Reviewer for H-HRE
Impartiality and Conflicts of Interest
Getting a Book Reviewed by H-HRE
Copyright
Review Word Length:
Most H-HRE reviews are between 1200-1600 words. Given that this is an electronic medium and print
costs are not an issue, however, H-HRE reviewers should have the
freedom to write as much or little as they feel necessary in order properly to analyze and review current scholarship.
On the other hand, please note that a review that is very short (say under 800 words) may well leave readers wanting more, while
a review that is quite long (say over 2000 words) will most likely leave readers with more information than they care to have about
a particular book (and overtax the H-Net copyediting system).
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Review Guidelines and Stylesheet:
H-HRE follows H-Net's standard review guidelines and stylesheet. When you agree to review a book this information should be sent
along with your book. You can also find this information on the H-Net website at: http://www.h-net.org/reviews/style/books.cgi
Please contact your review editor if you have any
questions.
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How to Become a Reviewer for H-HRE:
H-HRE always welcomes new reviewers. If you are interested in becoming a reviewer please contact a review editor. Reviewers should
have scholarly qualifications appropriate to the topic in which they wish to review.
Usually this means a PhD, but those with scholarly publications in the appropriate field or ABD scholars who are working
towards a relevant PhD dissertation can also qualify.
Please note that H-HRE, following H-Net guidelines, does not accept any
unsolicited or volunteered reviews.
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Impartiality and Conflicts of Interest:
Reviewers should aim to be as impartial, professional, and temperate as possible when reviewing books. As a scholarly forum, H-HRE aims in general
to avoid any ad hominem attacks, personal slurs, unfair or unprofessional innuendos, and so on. Furthermore, if you find that
you have a conflict of interest, for example if you are named in the book's acknowledgements or are the friend, the student, or the
embittered ex-spouse of an author whose
book you have been asked to review, please let the review editor know that you cannot review the book.
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Getting a Book Reviewed by H-HRE:
H-HRE book review editors are always interested in new works on any aspect of the history and culture of the Holy Roman Empire. If you know of
a book that H-HRE should review, please send an email to a review editor so she can request a copy from the press. Please note, however,
that our book review program is a part of the H-Net system and thus any new books should be forwarded to H-Net, NOT to the H-HRE
review editors.
The address for sending review copies to H-Net is:
ATTN: H-HRE
H-Net Reviews in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Michigan State University
310 Auditorium Building
East Lansing, MI 48824-1120, USA
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Copyright:
Legalese: All reviews commissioned by H-HRE are the exclusive property of H-Net. Reviews are considered a work made-for-hire and, as such, all copyright
rights shall be owned by and be in the name of H-Net. H-Net in turn grants review authors the right to reprint their reviews
in any format that they choose, without the payment of royalties, subject to giving proper credit to the original
publication on H-Net. H-Net permits all of its reviews to be copied for non-profit educational use provided proper credit
is given to the review author and H-Net. Reviewers should not agree to write a separate review of the same work for a
print journal. Any conflicts arising out of the review process will be adjudicated by the Editorial Board of that list under the
guidelines established by the H-Net Charter. All reviews will carry the following H-Net copyright statement at the bottom of the review:
Copyright 2001 by H-Net, all rights reserved. H-Net permits the
redistribution and reprinting of this work for nonprofit, educational
purposes, with full and accurate attribution to the author, web
location, date of publication, originating list, and H-Net:
Humanities & Social Sciences Online. For any other proposed use,
contact the Reviews editorial staff at hbooks@mail.h-net.msu.edu.
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