Background
Doody's Book Review Service™ is the Web's most comprehensive database of health sciences books and software.
More than 250 publishers send us two copies of their books and software immediately upon publication so that their books can benefit from the deep and wide exposure our service provides.
To be eligible for coverage in Doody's database, books and software must be aimed at health care professionals and bear a copyright date of either the currrent or next calendar year.
Publisher's Responsibilities
- Ship two copies of all of your book or software titles aimed at health care professionals to Doody Enterprises immediately upon publication. Click here for shipping information.
- Provide the name, e-mail address and phone number of individual(s) responsible for sending your titles.
- Proofread prepublication copy about your titles which you will receive by e-mail as often as weekly.
Doody's Responsibilities translate into Benefits for Publishers
- Will publish unique bibliographic and descriptive information on 100% of the eligible books and software we receive.
- Will publish unique expert reviews on at least 50% of the titles you send.
- Will work to maintain its position as the most comprehensive and most authoritative source of information and expert reviews of books and software in the health sciences.
- Will provide you with frequent (as often as weekly) information about the status of your titles in Doody's system and with prepublication copy about recently-received titles from your company for you to proofread.
- Will maintain a secure Web site, Doody's Publishers' Club, where staff of participating publishers can have free access to all aspects of Doody's Book Review Service.
- Will continue to work to expand the exposure Doody's Book Review Service gets.
Publisher Opportunities
Doody Enterprises owns the copyright on all reviews published in Doody's Review Service. However, publishers can
- license Doody's reviews of your books for your own promotional purposes.
- license Doody's reviews to serve as the "Book Review" section in journals you publish.
- feature direct contact information about your firm at our Web sites on both the Participating Publishers page and on every Web page devoted to one of the your titles in Doody's database.
- provide cover shots and descriptive copy that will appear with your titles on the Doody Web sites.
- provide a direct link from the pages devoted to your titles at Doody's Web sites to your online bookstore.
To inquire about any of these opportunities, write sales@doody.com.
Disclaimer
Should a publisher send books or software not aimed at the health care professional, or should a publisher fail to send a 2nd copy of a book, Doody Enterprises reserves the right to donate these books to a worthy library.