tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2251174860490089038.post3732527879424252150..comments2024-01-20T00:23:09.683-06:00Comments on The New Podler Review of Books: Buying book reviews: Valid marketing tool or false advertising?DEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07266406676643270732noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2251174860490089038.post-71136467517419905182014-07-30T07:44:07.758-05:002014-07-30T07:44:07.758-05:00Oops!Oops!Rob Steinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00464673160715422411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2251174860490089038.post-83379602255517717842014-07-28T09:34:22.956-05:002014-07-28T09:34:22.956-05:00We recently received a submission where the author...We recently received a submission where the author mass submitted his book to several reviewers. One of those reviewers did a "reply all". Turns out he was charging for reviews. Here's what he wrote:<br /><br />"Hi Jerry,<br />Warm wishes!<br />I would love to go through your book and write its review. I usually charge $11 per 5 star review posted on Amazon.com and $5 extra for posting reviews on additional sites like BN.com.<br />Best Regards,<br />Payal"<br /><br />I've sent an email to Amazon with hopes of them banning the guy.DEDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07266406676643270732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2251174860490089038.post-40622892829551125432012-09-04T10:02:08.077-05:002012-09-04T10:02:08.077-05:00Paid-reviews seem like such a conflict of interest...Paid-reviews seem like such a conflict of interest to me. If you're a reviewer getting paid directly by an author for a review, your natural instinct is to please the person paying you (i.e., the customer), even if you've already warned the author you're going to be honest. Reviewers could write the most honest review ever, but the 'appearance' of a conflict of interest would be enough for me to doubt the review's honesty.Rob Steinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00464673160715422411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2251174860490089038.post-80492923366768515882012-08-31T10:02:37.937-05:002012-08-31T10:02:37.937-05:00In addition to reviews-for-sale by individuals, we...In addition to reviews-for-sale by individuals, we also have Kirkus to contend with. A few years ago, Kirkus Reviews started an offshoot, Kirkus Discoveries, which, for a price, would review your self-published book. A visitor to the non-prepaid Kirkus site would see paragraphs of disclaimers dissassociating it from the Discoveries branch. Discoveries has turned into "Kirkus Indie," which charges $425 ($575 for express service) for a review. "Regular" Kirkus doesn't even try to distance itself from it anymore. I think that's why librarians are dropping it.Libby Conehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14593946682148892617noreply@blogger.com