tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478941067348817827.post1593903529394524754..comments2024-03-18T06:12:16.922-05:00Comments on Stomping on Yeti: Guest Post - What Do Bloggers Owe Publishers?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478941067348817827.post-2012634023010849942010-05-06T09:59:33.896-05:002010-05-06T09:59:33.896-05:00I can't argue with anything Joe is saying. Ou...I can't argue with anything Joe is saying. Outside of money, I too don't think there is a difference in blogger or professional reviews; there are good and back ones (highly subjective) and everyone has to make up their own mind as to which is which. In no way do I associate quality with whether or not a reviewer was paid for his efforts.<br /><br />It's no so much if a reviewer is good or bad, rather is there anything that colored a reviewer's thinking in arriving at their conclusion.Chad Hullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17774092046594256969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478941067348817827.post-3862497197692800922010-05-06T09:20:07.527-05:002010-05-06T09:20:07.527-05:00Very interesting post. Chad pointed out some thin...Very interesting post. Chad pointed out some things that hadn't ever really crossed my mind as I read reviews at blogs. Namely that perhaps some bloggers don't tell their true feelings about a book they received for free. While I feel that the bloggers at the blogs I regularly visit have integrity to spare, and give their honest opinion, it is something to keep in the back of my head when reading any review be it a blog or not.<br /><br />Great post Chad.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14261179296556524707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478941067348817827.post-62759002584375661862010-05-05T20:23:40.301-05:002010-05-05T20:23:40.301-05:00I think it depends. If the publisher sends you so...I think it depends. If the publisher sends you something unsolicited, I don't think you're under any particular obligation to review it. <br /><br />However, if you solicit something from the publisher - or the publicist specifically asks if you'd be willing to review it and you accept, you should probably review it. Honestly. Which should go without saying. <br /><br />But, in regards to the point of having limited faith in bloggers reviewing on what they are freely given...except for the fact that bloggers don't get paid and professional reviewers do, how is what we do different?<br /><br />Professional reviewers don't buy their books. They have separate organizational ethics (presumably), but can't that be influenced by advertising on the publication - just as bloggers are presumably influenced by the swag of free books? <br /><br />When I review for Fantasy Magazine (unpaid for nonfiction, but considered a professional publication for fiction), I don't pay for those books. I'm still the same reviewer at Fantasy Mag as I am at the blog, except that I'll revise more for clarity. <br /><br />I think we can tell integrity from trolling reviews, and I don't think it is tied to whether the book was free.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16094675116398769415noreply@blogger.com