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From: marks... Mark Sealey
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 00:00

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In article <gMghv1A1...@chrism.demon.co.uk>,
Chris Marriott <ch...@chrism.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>  � In article <01bc3656$4cda6600$d2a6b5c7@ingwe-p120>, Steve Estvanik
>  � <steve...@msn.com> writes

>> Sorry, I thought I had addressed the question --  The basic idea is to
>> recommend good books, not to try to cover the entire range of books
>> available.   So, yes, I am suggesting that reviewers only send me positive
>> reviews.  Another way to do it would be to compare the book you're
>> reviewing to others "This is MUCH better than that book by Slarty
>> Bargumal".   
>  � 
> If a book is bad, doesn't the reader deserve to be told so just as much
> as if the book is good? The whole point of a review, IMHO, is to be an
> impartial and unbiased judgement of a book.

Sure.

This seems like yet another attempt to get something for nothing. If the
reviewer is competent, they should expect to be paid.

What's more, if *anyone* is (thus) doing Cascoly/Amazon's work for them,
how will they know whose review to publish?


best...

-- 
Mark

"There is only one direction - forward"

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<mailto:marks...@aol.com>

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From: marks...@aol.com (Mark Sealey)
Subject: Re: $$ for book reviews
Date: 1997/03/24
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