Content and length of reviews:

• I am very flexible about reviews, and usually only lightly edit them.
• Any length is OK, whatever the work being reviewed requires. If you anticipate a review longer than two pages, let me know because sometimes there are space constraints for a given column.
• Long reviews are often given a title and included with other titled reviews between the notices and the alphabetically arranged reviews.
• If you wish to refer to books or papers refer to them parenthetically in the text. Long reviews may (rarely) justify a separate bibliography.
• For reviews of floristic works I think it is useful to give an idea of the numbers of taxa treated in the work
• I usually have access to the work and thus just need the review. That is, I do not need the heading containing the information about the work (see below).

• Send copy in the form of attachments, especially for long pieces. I can handle Microsoft Word, WordStar, WordPerfect, etc. For short pieces it may be simpler to send the review actually in the email (i.e., not as an attachment). In this case, use _ _ to indicate italics.
• Alert me if there are any special characters or diacritical marks that would not come through. For works in English happily this is never a problem.
• It is better if you use ordinary quotation marks (" and ') rather than the more precise 66/99- and 6/9-type quotation marks because the latter sometimes do not convert properly, making more work for me (I will convert " and ' to 66/99- and 6/9-type quotation marks in the final copy).

Most of the reviews done in Taxon (by others and myself) are done working from library or personal copies. Sometimes I have a review copy to send (or if you already have a copy I can send the review copy to someone you designate, such as a colleague in an underdeveloped country). In some cases I might be able to obtain a review copy from the publisher.

• Author(s): Give full names; note if editors, compilers, etc., any special contributors.
• Full title/subtitle: Give any variations from the title page that appear on the cover, spine, and/or dust jacket; include volume title/subtitle.
• Edition (if other than first) and/or volume
• Date of publication: Give day/month if known, but note that publishers often release works weeks in advance of a stated publication date.
• For books: Publisher, publisher's full address: Give city, state, postal codes, etc., but if it is a common publisher (e.g., Cambridge University Press, omit address details.
• For series and serials: Series and journal name: Give full name and address.
• Pagination: Include preliminaries, extra plates, foldouts, etc. Use [] for unnumbered pages with printed matter; for example, "xi, [ii], 357, [2] pp., 1 foldout." For journals also note volume/issue.
• Plates: Note especially if a separate section, if paginated or unpaginated.
• Illustrations: Note if color and/or B&W; if both, not if majority are in color or B&W.
• Endpaper items: Note if maps, text, photos, etc.; note if in color.
• Size: Give in mm and note only if unusual (e.g., overly small or A4 or 8.5x11" or larger).
• ISSN and/or ISBN(s)
• Hardbound and/or paperbound: Note if spiral-bound, or anything special.
• Price(s): Note if postpaid.
• Alternate address source: Note this if the work is not available from the publisher.
• Miscellaneous information: Note any translators, special contributors (e.g., a chapter), reprint edition, previous editions, etc.
• Contents: List in sequence (abbreviations are OK) all items (including foreword) but excluding preface and acknowledgements.