Encouraging folks to do more reviews

[philreed]

Then again, you can comment on any review you want. I've seen people use those to mention things they liked or didn't like.

Is there a part of the forum where all of the review comments are listed? I think that would make comments and discussion following a review much easier for everyone.

 

[Akrasia]

Is there a part of the forum where all of the review comments are listed? I think that would make comments and discussion following a review much easier for everyone.

Comments are listed at the bottom of the review.

 

[Crothian]

Is there a part of the forum where all of the review comments are listed? I think that would make comments and discussion following a review much easier for everyone.

not in a useful way

 

[Voadam]

The problem I have with sending out comps is that it's reached the point where I have to send 5 comps to get 1 review. Many people that request to review something never write the review.

I owe you one. I apologize for the delay. Dam overtime.

 

[Master of the Game]

The problem I have with sending out comps is that it's reached the point where I have to send 5 comps to get 1 review. Many people that request to review something never write the review.

That's a definate problem. Perhaps what the publishers need is a way to rate reviewers based on reliability. That way you can feel a bit more comfortably sending a product off to be reviewed.

I'm working on two reviews right now for books that I recieved comp copies of yesterday, and though it is time consuming, I couldn't see why it would take me more than a week for each book. That gives me time to read through each a couple of times and really think about what I like/dislike, and write up a thousand words or so. Depending on my real job, maybe less time.

The point is, I would like to think that people could rely on me, and in the buisiness world I stake my reputation on that every day. I'd like to think that this sort of thing would be rewarded online the way it is in the real world. Perhaps a way to track when comp sopies are sent out, and how long the turn around is before a review is written, then the publishers could just ask people with a good record to do reviews for them, and reviewers wouldn't take on more than they could handle for fear of slowing down their turn-around time.

 

[Crothian]

That's a definate problem. Perhaps what the publishers need is a way to rate reviewers based on reliability. That way you can feel a bit more comfortably sending a product off to be reviewed.

That would be a cool idea.

 

[IronWolf]

I agree with the rating reliability idea. I can see why folks like Phil get frustrated if they are sending product off and then never seeing it get reviewed. The rating system might be a nice way for publishers/authors to see who is reliable in turning in a review. Those people of course get to do more reviews and manage to get some free product to review. Winners on both sides.

 

[philreed]

I owe you one. I apologize for the delay. Dam overtime.

Trust me, I wasn't even thinking of you. I have a few people that e-mail me for a review copy each time I publish a new PDF -- I've stopped sending them review copies.

 

[philreed]

Comments are listed at the bottom of the review.

Right. But I mean a place where the comments could be collected to make browing comments easier.