Sull - it applies to any blogger tho the law of popularity may determine who gets tracked. The larger your audience, the more likely. Adrian - beautifully stated and I thank you for that contribution.
Gena - Interesting as I would not consider a review copy of a book to be all that persuasive as compared to receiving expensive tech gadgets "to review." A book is cheap and getting the hard copy did generate that all important attention. Somehow because book reviewers get so many thatgo unreviewed, and their J-O-B is too review books, the energy on that is different for me. Aloha, Rox On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 1:02 AM, compumavengal <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Nope. I used to work for a newspaper. Books were sent unsolicited by the > publishers. > > Usually said PR folks and publishers that did not actually read the > newspaper to know that a standard cookbook isn't going to be reviewed by an > alternative newspaper. > > The books were free to review or not. Most time they wound up on a shelf > after the book reviewers glanced through them and the staff was free to > glean what they wanted. > > The books that folks wanted to review were either bought or acquired by > other means. I would think at a major newspaper they get books by the > truckload. Same concept with with music, movies and television screeners. > > Do they disclose that they get "freebies?" No. They didn't request the > freebies and they are under no obligation to do so or use the materials. > > If a blogger requests freebies and writes favorably about the product that > is an ethical question. If a blogger contracts with a PR firm to > consistently write about goods and services for cash that is an ethical > question. > > The same question when a bunch of television reporters get to go on paid > for media junkets to review the new television season. Not sure they can > afford to do that any more. Or travel reporters go on trips to > Disneyland/Disneyworld. > > Why isn't that payola? > > > Gena > http://createvideonotebook.blogspot.com > http://outonthestoop.blogspot.com > > --- In [email protected] <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>, > Joly MacFie <j...@...> wrote: > > > > Here in NYC I occasionally read book reviews in reputable newspapers like > > the NY Times, New York Post etc. I'm yet to ever take notice of a > statement - > > "this book was supplied at no charge by the publisher" - or something > > of that ilk, > > but I somehow have difficulty imagining those journals, or their > > writers, coughing > > up the cash for the review copies. > > > > Am I missing something? > > > > joly > > > > On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 11:48 AM, Tom Gosse <bigdogvi...@...> wrote: > > > On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Adrian Miles <adrian.mi...@...>wrote: > > > > > >> > > >> > > >> I don't think bloggers, on the one hand, can > > >> call for the same rights and privileges as the press, but then not > > >> want to actually be held to reasonable ethical standards. > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Well said! > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Tom Gosse (Irish Hermit) > > > bigdogvi...@... > > > www.irishhermit.com > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Joly MacFie 917 442 8665 Skype:punkcast > > WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com > > http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > -- Roxanne Darling "o ke kai" means "of the sea" in hawaiian Join us at the reef! Mermaid videos, geeks talking, and lots more http://reef.beachwalks.tv 808-384-5554 Video --> http://www.beachwalks.tv Company -- > http://www.barefeetstudios.com Twitter--> http://www.twitter.com/roxannedarling [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
