Feature: The Slippery Art of Book Reviewing
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Interview with Gail Pool, Author of Faint Praise - The Plight of Book Reviewing in America— "I think that good reviews have always been an endangered species," states Pool.
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Interview with Judi Clark of MostlyFiction.com
— "If someone just wants free books, I recommend that they visit their local library," states Clark.
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Interview with Hilary Williamson of BookLoons
— "We do write negative reviews when called for, but try to always end on a positive note," says Williamson.
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Interview with Rachel Riebeling Durfor of Rebecca's Reads
— "To most authors, their book is like their baby, and you never tell a mother her newborn baby is kind of, well, unattractive."
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Interview with Lea Schizas of Muse Book Reviews— "Unfortunately, I do believe that many ‘writer friends’ who are reviewers do help fellow writers," states Schizas.
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Interview with Andrea Sisco of Armchair Interviews
— "We'd like authors to remember: A review is one person's opinion," states Sisco.
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Interview with Kevin Eagan of Blogcritics Magazine and There There Kid
— "The Internet is a great place to find some excellent review sites, but it's also rife with gushy fan forums that hold no weight," states Eagan.
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Interview with Rachel Smith of Bitten by Books— "Honest, subjective reviews garner the trust of your readers and endear them to actually listen and act upon your advice," states Smith.
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Interview with Eveline Soors of Euro-Reviews
— "It is unprofessional of an author (or publisher) to directly attack a reviewer for just giving his or her opinion," states Soors.
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Interview with Cheryl C. Malandrinos of The Book Connection
— "Give readers some credit; they don’t need biting marks from a reviewer to learn the areas where the book failed to meet a person’s expectations."
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Interview with Katie McNeill of Blogcritics and Katie's Reading
— "I think that if you have a book to review, good or bad, you should review it," says Trattner.
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Interview with Sharyn McGinty of In The Library Reviews
— "We don’t review to stroke an author’s ego," states McGinty.
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Interview with Stephanie Padilla, New Mystery Reader— "I've had my reviews critiqued just as closely as I've critiqued the book and it's always an eye opener," states Padilla.
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Interview with Alex Moore, Book Review Editor of ForeWord Magazine— "Some reviewers don't have the breadth of background to be aware of what has already been written - what's bad and what's good."
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Interview with Lesa Holstine of Blogcritics Magazine and Lesa's Book Critiques— "To be truly objective, we should probably only read books by authors we don’t know," says Holstine.
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Interview with Bev Walton-Porter of Scribe & Quill— "I don't believe advance review copies should be sold or donated under any circumstance," says Porter.
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Interview with Ron Kavanaugh of Mosaic Literary Magazine— "Some authors should never be published and I think it's a reviewer's responsibility to critique to that extent," states Kavanaugh.
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Interview with Carolyn Howard-Johnson of The New Book Review— "Paying for something undermines its credibility. And, yes, that even applies to the paid reviews that Kirkus does."
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Interview with Magdalena Ball of The Compulsive Reader and Blogcritics Magazine— "I think that the term 'legitimate' is full of emotion and fraught with danger!" states Ball.
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Interview with Irene Watson, Managing Editor of Reader Views— "It takes a lot of time, effort, and funds to have a book review site," says Watson.
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Interview with James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief, The Midwest Book Review— "Whether praise or pan, the key is how well the reviewers justifies their opinion," states Cox.
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