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Honesty is the best policy

November 20th, 2008 by monnibo

I receive a lot of review books, but I have never once told lies about the book just because I got a free copy of it. However, some authors seem to feel that if they send you a copy of their book for free, you should give it a positive review.

Do you think reviewers are obligated to put up a good review of a book, even if they don’t like it? Have we come to a point where reviewers *need* to put up disclaimers to (hopefully) save themselves from being harassed by unhappy authors who get negative reviews?

You are never obligated to write a positive review. It is certainly unfortunate when a reviewer is harassed by an unhappy author, and it seems to be all-too-common in the internet age. However, think about it this way, when the New York Times doesn’t like a book, do you think the author harasses them?

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