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Old 03-08-2011, 05:57 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by cklls View Post
I heard the most astounding thing yesterday from an author friend. A reporter from his local newspaper selected the author's book to do a review and wrote an article about it for publication. Before it went to press, the author was contacted by the newspaper (not the reporter) and told that he'd have to pay them to print the article. It was going to be a few hundred dollars; he hasn't yet decided whether to participate in this... oddity.
Does he get to have editorial input on the review? (Joking)

There are a lot of places these days that'll review your book for money. Even though the newspaper review is already written, it's a bad idea for a serious author to pay for a review. If it comes out that he paid, that'll call into question the integrity of the review and of the author.
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