tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25137929.post781559537266819276..comments2023-08-26T02:27:21.897-07:00Comments on Frisbee: A Book Journal: Marketing and BloggingFrisbeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07394353185610393979noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25137929.post-67790033861051638622009-06-21T15:43:56.643-07:002009-06-21T15:43:56.643-07:00Vintage Reading, I have learned from experience th...Vintage Reading, I have learned from experience that buying or borrowing my own books gives me control over what I read - and that's important. .I have requested and received a very few review copies from publishers, and I'm certainly grateful - rah rah, sis boom bah, publishers, and all that - but it never occurred to me that a simply thank-you via e-mail wouldn't suffice.<br /><br />I can only read so many contemporary books before I have to feed my out-of-print book habit. The other day I looked at a very good blog, noticed with dismay that it has almost turned into a market firm for review copies, and thought, "My God, you couldn't pay me to read all of those review copies!" <br /><br />My husband has suggested that bloggers' obsequiousness and groveling to publishers is a way of boasting that they're "in" with the publishers. That hadn't quite occurred to me, but there is an element of that. And the crazy thing is that publishers are owned by big corporations that have cut many literary writers from their lists since the '90s - so why grovel?Frisbeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07394353185610393979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25137929.post-43481993167895800092009-06-21T12:08:41.029-07:002009-06-21T12:08:41.029-07:00Very interesting points. As a fledgling blogger I&...Very interesting points. As a fledgling blogger I've never received any review copies and I'm not really sure that I want to as I like to follow my own reading path. <br /><br />I've noticed one or two book bloggers openly pleading for review copies and I find it a bit off-putting. I pay for my own books and then I can say what I like about them!Vintage Readinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05971819409379613967noreply@blogger.com