Comments on: The ethics of book reviewing http://prairieprogressive.com/2007/12/10/the-ethics-of-book-reviewing/ thoughts while vastly outnumbered on the northern great plains Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:21:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Jon Swift http://prairieprogressive.com/2007/12/10/the-ethics-of-book-reviewing/#comment-4856 Jon Swift Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:11:43 +0000 http://prairieprogressive.com/2007/12/10/the-ethics-of-book-reviewing/#comment-4856 <strong>Swift Reads...</strong> I have inaugurated a new semi-regular feature in which I link to some worthy and interesting posts in the blogosphere.... Swift Reads…

I have inaugurated a new semi-regular feature in which I link to some worthy and interesting posts in the blogosphere….

]]> By: Andre http://prairieprogressive.com/2007/12/10/the-ethics-of-book-reviewing/#comment-4855 Andre Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:40:12 +0000 http://prairieprogressive.com/2007/12/10/the-ethics-of-book-reviewing/#comment-4855 Book are a passion of mine and when I do find a book which is just brilliant I feel compelled to give a link to Amazon - just to make sure that others get to read it! Book are a passion of mine and when I do find a book which is just brilliant I feel compelled to give a link to Amazon - just to make sure that others get to read it!

]]> By: Corey V. http://prairieprogressive.com/2007/12/10/the-ethics-of-book-reviewing/#comment-4848 Corey V. Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:29:18 +0000 http://prairieprogressive.com/2007/12/10/the-ethics-of-book-reviewing/#comment-4848 Very interesting statistics, but nothing surprising. Because I don't consider myself a "book reviewer," I have no qualms about linking people to the books I talk about. I, however, don't feel that Amazon needs any more business than they already have, so in support of independent bookstores everywhere I link to Powells.com instead. I've also been offered books for review, but I nearly always turn them down. I feel horrible having a company send me books that I may never read and will probably not review to their standards. The exception is when I have books sent to me with no mention of a review - I keep these, and respond with a note thanking the publisher and informing them that I feel no obligation to review the books. Very interesting statistics, but nothing surprising.

Because I don’t consider myself a “book reviewer,” I have no qualms about linking people to the books I talk about. I, however, don’t feel that Amazon needs any more business than they already have, so in support of independent bookstores everywhere I link to Powells.com instead.

I’ve also been offered books for review, but I nearly always turn them down. I feel horrible having a company send me books that I may never read and will probably not review to their standards. The exception is when I have books sent to me with no mention of a review - I keep these, and respond with a note thanking the publisher and informing them that I feel no obligation to review the books.

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