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[quote=Anonymous]Since you asked - it's the best nonpaid job I've ever had.  How I landed here - I have connections with people in publishing built over many years.  I wrote for the Village Voice and many other newspapers, magazines, etc.  I have had my writing written up in the NYTimes, wrote and published a book with a major publisher, and went to high school with someone who became the head of a major publishing company (and our mothers are best friends.)
However, I've never counted on my writing as a source of income.  I'm a college professor.  
Re advance copy reviewing - Publishers draw a heavy, nontransparent curtain between your desire to get your hands on an advance copy and their policies about who gets one and when.
They also eventually decide whether they want your input or not.  I didn't get any feedback at all about my reviews until I had done about 15-20 of them.  Then I got a response from one publisher who said  "ask us for any book you want." 
It's a lot of work.  I feel a responsibility to do a good job on their timeline.  And it's a little...lonely.  If you loved the book, you go around raving about a book no one has even heard of yet.  You can post a rave review online for a book that is available for pre-order, and obviously publishers love that.  You can put it on a TBR list for your book club, and I do.  You can post your discoveries here, and I do.  
Here's a recommendation for you - subscribe to the Substack column named "How to glow in the dark." It's written by an owner of a DC-based literary agency called Neon Literary. 
I love her writing and the insight she has into the world of book publishing.   
Happy reading!
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