{"id":16596,"date":"2023-07-28T10:00:08","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T14:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/?p=16596"},"modified":"2023-08-02T17:16:11","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T21:16:11","slug":"commentary-reviews-and-review-copies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/2023\/07\/28\/commentary-reviews-and-review-copies\/","title":{"rendered":"Commentary: reviews and review copies"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a sort of update of my previous posting on reviews, I wanted to make clear the matter of review copies at The Pulp Super-Fan<\/a><\/em> blog.<\/p>\n

\"review<\/a>By and large, I’ve never really cared to ask<\/em> for review copies. I have wound up meeting either in person or on-line various authors and publishers (or both), often because I’ve reviewed their works and enjoyed them.<\/p>\n

I have had a few review copies sent to me. In all cases, the author or publisher reached out to me to offer the copy. In most cases where it was part of a series, I wind up obtaining the rest of the series at my cost. Of course, for me, this is a hobby. One which does cost me a bit. So any way I can save is great.<\/p>\n

So I will make a few things clear.<\/p>\n

If you want to offer me a copy, I much<\/em> prefer hardcopy over electronic. This is because, despite the fact I work in IT and sit in front of a computer all day, I much<\/em> prefer to read articles, journals, magazines, pamphlets, books, etc., in hardcopy. Because most of my recreational reading is done offline. It’s one of the ways I get away<\/em> from technology. I will take stuff with me to lunch and dinner to read. So having an electronic version is actually slower for me to read than hardcopy.<\/p>\n

I will also warn that some genres I’m not a fan of. I have zero interest in romance. I am really not much into westerns (or northwesterns), spicy, straight horror, and the like. If you read my posts, my interests are more hero pulp, science fiction, fantasy, occult\/Lovecraftian horror, adventure, action, thriller, some detective, and the like. So if you have a work that seems to fit in with others I’ve read, there is more a chance of my reading it than something unusual or out of left field.\u00a0 And please understand that I am interesting in fiction that would fit into what is known as “pulp fiction”.\u00a0 So am not interested in review works outside of that area.<\/p>\n

When I do the review, I will be honest about things. If I don’t like what I read, I will say so. This can be bad plotting or characters. I try not to give away everything in a story, but you don’t have the right to comply with how<\/em> I review. Everyone is free to review stuff.<\/p>\n

If there are a lot of typos and such, I will say something (most likely directly so you can fix it). Bad layout and design will also get mentioned. I will tolerate poor artwork only because I know that can cost money, but with so many able to do decent layouts with print-on-demand by themselves, having poor design doesn’t fly. For example, I find the work of Steeger Books<\/a>, Bold Venture Press<\/a>, Pro Se Press<\/a>, Murania Press<\/a>, Airship 27<\/a>, and a few others to be excellent. Others do a pretty good job as well. As to typos, the easiest thing is to give copies to a couple of people to read over and catch them. I’ve done this for a couple of publishers, and one is planning on sending me proof copies to both help catch typos and speed up my doing a review. We’ll see how that goes.<\/p>\n

I will always<\/em> note when I received a copy of the book to review, so people can judge for themselves if I was being fair or not.<\/p>\n

Understand that I don’t like to be rushed. I already have a big<\/em> “to read” pile, though I will often make a quick decision on my next read. Further, I try to schedule my reviews several weeks out. And please don’t take the attitude that I “owe” you something. I feel if someone sends me a copy that I should review it as soon as possible, but things happen.<\/p>\n

All the reviews are shared on Facebook<\/a> and Twitter<\/a>. I share the reviews to several Facebook groups, though I try to only do to appropriate ones (i.e., a New Pulp<\/a> review does not<\/em> go to groups devoted to original pulp and vice versa). I share on Twitter and try to add appropriate links to others. Please feel free to share this further.<\/p>\n

Finally, I copy all my reviews to Amazon, but this is usually a few (or several) weeks after they appear here. At present, I don’t copy them to Barnes & Noble or other social media. Not all publisher websites allow for reviews, so at present, there is only one publisher I do this for.<\/p>\n

So I hope this may help any author or publisher that would like to send me review copies. You can reach me through the contact form<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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