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Originally Posted by ficbot
So, what do you think, should a paid-for review have equal weight to a non-paid-for one?
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Most definitely not. If an author has to pay to get his/her book reviewed, I would assume the book is not interesting enough for the reviewer to be reviewed without the financial incentive. Furthermore, the payment jeopardizes the objectivity of the reviewer.
If I would hear of such a thing, I would loose confidence in the reviewer, and very likely ignore the author. Heck, if the author pays people to review the book, I'd expect to be paid to read it
