Review or Inspection Copy

Review Copies

Important Update Regarding Review Copies, Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic (Updated: September 2021)

We continue to monitor the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic and Brexit on the distribution supply chain and our review copy policy. Effective February 1st 2021, our distributor Ingram Publisher Services UK (based in the UK), ships to the EU under DAP incoterms, which means it is the recipient's responsibility to clear customs and pay any relevant taxes.

The ongoing pressures caused by this mean that we will, in the first instance, offer digital review copies to reviewers based in the EU. We have worked hard to find a solution for cases when reviewers require a physical review copy. While we can attempt to mitigate the risks of customs charging for non-commercial packages, there is no way for AUP or our distributor to ensure that accepting packages in the EU will be free of these charges.

If a journal has commissioned a reviewer who requires a physical copy, please make this known in your email request so that we can work on a case by case basis.

To request a (digital) review copy, please contact our Marketing Department via marketing@aup.nl.

Please include the following details in your request:

• The book title, author(s), and ISBN
• The reason for your request (e.g. review, author interview, etc.)
• The name and details of your newspaper, journal, blog, etc. If you have not previously requested a review copy from AUP please include a sample of your journal or magazine, with details of its readership
• Your name and position

Review copies are sent out at the discretion of Amsterdam University Press under the following conditions:

• A PDF copy of the review is sent to marketing@aup.nl upon publication
• In the case where both hardback and paperback versions of the book are available, the paperback will be sent. Please note: where possible we are trying to send digital copies. Please see the Brexit/COVID-19 statement above.
• We strongly encourage that where books are available in Open Access, the journal/reviewer accepts a digital copy of the book.
• One review copy is sent per journal.
• We will only issue review copies in response to a request from a book reviews or journal editor.

Inspection copies

Lecturers can order a (digital) inspection copy of any title.

If you should decide not to assign the book, you can send the undamaged inspection copy back or pay the invoice.

For more information or to order an inspection copy you can contact our Marketing Department via marketing@aup.nl.

Please include the following information in your request:

• The book title, author, and ISBN
• Course/Module Name
• Academic level (e.g. 1st year Bachelor)
• Name of the institution
• Start date
• The number of students
• The name or names of the instructors teaching the course
• Address to which the book or pdf should be sent

Journals

To request a sample copy of one of our journals, please email subscriptions@aup.nl.
Please include the following details in your request:

• The name of the journal
• Your name
• The address to which the sample copy should be dispatched
• If applicable: Your position and the name of your institution and department
• Please check whether your institution already subscribes to the journal you are interested in before submitting your request.

Inspection copies will be sent with an invoice. If you assign the book to your students and order at least twenty copies, you may keep the inspection copy free of charge. In this case, please ignore the invoice.

All review, inspection and sample copies are sent out at the discretion of Amsterdam University Press.