![]() ![]() We send them to our reviewers well in advance of publication, according to the reviewers' subject preferences. We get galleys or ARCs, which are pre-publication editions of books. They were chosen based on their discernment and writing ability good humor, patience and flexibility are other attributes, because book reviewing does have its crazy moments. So we have 70-plus reviewers-booksellers, librarians, bloggers, former publishers, a lawyer, a therapist. We aren't into lambasting and snark (although it can be tempting). Each week we publish 25 reviews of the best books just out, since we want to highlight books people will want to read. ![]() We review good books, books we like, books we have discovered. Good question, and one that now, sadly, needs to be be answered. Then I received an e-mail from someone asking about the honesty of Shelf Awareness reviews, saying we must be as vulnerable to this as Amazon or anyone else. And yesterday, I read about Twitterers paying people to follow them-1,000 followers not enough? Buy 9,000 more. ![]() It was not about reviewers getting paid, but getting paid to write raves, while often not even reading the books. Recently, the New York Times ran an article about paid book reviews, which was, to put it politely, disheartening. ![]()
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