World History
I have been getting comments from publishers/authors offering me a free copy of their book. I am assuming they are hoping for a positive review at this blog. As such, I feel obligated to put a book review policy at this blog:
1. The author of the World History Blog (Miland Brown) is happy to accept free copies of books, software, DVDs, etc. However, all items are accepted as gifts with no assurance that any item will be reviewed at this site.
2. When an item is sent to Miland Brown, there is a possibility that a resulting review may be negative. I am a nice guy but sometimes I do not like a book. If I feel moved to review a gift I do not like, the review may well reflect this.
3. I will not review vanity press publications. If you had to pay to have the book published, it is a vanity. Is it a print-on-demand publication listed in Amazon that you had to pay to have produced? That is a vanity press publication too. It really is not that hard to figure out.
4. If you want to send me a copy of a book (or other item), send me an e-mail at milandbrown at gmail.com.
5. I almost certainly will mention in any review that I got the copy for free. Ethically, I feel I need to do this.
Feel free to offer me free stuff. I like it. However, do not assume that the gift will result in free positive publicity or any publicity at all.
This post will be linked to from the main page of the World History Blog and be considered a core policy.
Thank you.
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World History
Book Review Policy
I have been getting comments from publishers/authors offering me a free copy of their book. I am assuming they are hoping for a positive review at this blog. As such, I feel obligated to put a book review policy at this blog:
1. The author of the World History Blog (Miland Brown) is happy to accept free copies of books, software, DVDs, etc. However, all items are accepted as gifts with no assurance that any item will be reviewed at this site.
2. When an item is sent to Miland Brown, there is a possibility that a resulting review may be negative. I am a nice guy but sometimes I do not like a book. If I feel moved to review a gift I do not like, the review may well reflect this.
3. I will not review vanity press publications. If you had to pay to have the book published, it is a vanity. Is it a print-on-demand publication listed in Amazon that you had to pay to have produced? That is a vanity press publication too. It really is not that hard to figure out.
4. If you want to send me a copy of a book (or other item), send me an e-mail at milandbrown at gmail.com.
5. I almost certainly will mention in any review that I got the copy for free. Ethically, I feel I need to do this.
Feel free to offer me free stuff. I like it. However, do not assume that the gift will result in free positive publicity or any publicity at all.
This post will be linked to from the main page of the World History Blog and be considered a core policy.
Thank you.
- New Contact Policy
I am changing my contact policy for this blog. I will delete the old policy and connect this post to the blog template. If you want to contact Miland Brown, send an e-mail to milandbrown at gmail.com. Yes, replace the "and" with @ for it to work. I hope...
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Last week, I received a review copy of Historic Photos of World War II: North Africa to Germany in the mail. The book is by Bob Duncan and published by Turner Publishing Company. The scope of the book (as the title suggests) is the European Theatre of...
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I do not usually like to give free plugs to commercial vendors of history products. However, I appreciate that Berkshire is giving a free preview of many of their new products including Global Perspectives on the United States and the Berkshire Encyclopedia...
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So I want to give one of you a free book. The person who can find me the best review (for US/world history, US/comparative government or economics) will get a free copy of my book. The catch is that the resource has to be online and more sites...