tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4455700514377143758.post7966833158143029996..comments2024-03-28T07:00:06.844+00:00Comments on Now Appearing: Get off your reviewing high horseBrian Clegghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12723555872580740773noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4455700514377143758.post-54724801144216919662008-11-23T11:59:00.000+00:002008-11-23T11:59:00.000+00:00A lot of these rounds go on at the litblogs, and I...A lot of these rounds go on at the litblogs, and I do think that some bloggers ascribe too much importance to themselves.<BR/>However, publshers are also irritating. They frequently send me review copies without asking first if I want them, then send regular emails asking if I've reviewed the book. I often get requests to feature/link or otherwise promote books which have no connection to anything I've ever written about on my blog - which to my mind is close to spam.<BR/><BR/>So long as publishers who send out review copies of books do not "expect" a review, a link or other in return, all is fine.<BR/><BR/>If a reviewer accepts a book on conditions, ie to run a review in return for the book, or to link to something, that's fine too - I would prefer it if such reviewers disclosed any conditions in their reviews, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4455700514377143758.post-39019055152331982612008-11-22T02:30:00.000+00:002008-11-22T02:30:00.000+00:00Jane,Bloggers as a whole are up their own arses. T...Jane,<BR/><BR/>Bloggers as a whole are up their own arses. Those who don't get free books to review, doubly so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4455700514377143758.post-78949611071194020522008-11-21T09:49:00.000+00:002008-11-21T09:49:00.000+00:00Brian, as you imply, just about ALL the publishers...Brian, as you imply, just about ALL the publishers will give out free books to established reviewers--I get sent a few for my blog, but don't cover them all. I didn't realise that Thomas Nelson had attracted flak for doing this. It's been going on for years, and not just in book publishing: when I used to promote computer games in the 1980s I would routinely send fifty or a hundred copies of each title out to publications I hoped would review them: it seems pretty standard procedure to me, and I'm surprised that it's attracted any negative attention.Jane Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03411253302725735470noreply@blogger.com