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I'm really conflicted over a situation I find myself in, and I'm seeking some 3rd party opinions.
I recently wrote a review for a new product from a small publisher which I have somewhat of a relationship with; ie. I've playtested for them before. The review pointed out many positive things in the book, and was overall an approving review. There was one negative editing issue I pointed out, and in fairness, I harped on it pretty hard. However, I indicated the problem was known to the publisher and would be corrected in an errata. I gave the book a 4/5.
I was surprised when I received an email from the publisher telling me how disgusted (their word) they were with the review. How they felt betrayed. I was told, in essence, that if I couldn't give it a 5/5 I shouldn't have written it in the first place. I replied to the email, laying out my reasoning and pointing out that the review was quite positive, and not to mention a 4/5 isn't bad.
The reply was basically: you're wrong, you're going to destroy the company because of your terrible review. I was told the decent thing to do would be to pull the review. That's what I ended up doing.
Here's my quandry: I don't think I did anything wrong. Furthermore, I feel like I was bullied into pulling my review. Now that I've acquiesced, the publisher is all nice to me again. The change from the rather aggressive emails beforehand is very marked. If I was in the wrong, please please tell me. I'm really conflicted over this. The major question I'm asking myself is: do I want to have a relationship with a publisher who acts this way. Help!
I recently wrote a review for a new product from a small publisher which I have somewhat of a relationship with; ie. I've playtested for them before. The review pointed out many positive things in the book, and was overall an approving review. There was one negative editing issue I pointed out, and in fairness, I harped on it pretty hard. However, I indicated the problem was known to the publisher and would be corrected in an errata. I gave the book a 4/5.
I was surprised when I received an email from the publisher telling me how disgusted (their word) they were with the review. How they felt betrayed. I was told, in essence, that if I couldn't give it a 5/5 I shouldn't have written it in the first place. I replied to the email, laying out my reasoning and pointing out that the review was quite positive, and not to mention a 4/5 isn't bad.
The reply was basically: you're wrong, you're going to destroy the company because of your terrible review. I was told the decent thing to do would be to pull the review. That's what I ended up doing.
Here's my quandry: I don't think I did anything wrong. Furthermore, I feel like I was bullied into pulling my review. Now that I've acquiesced, the publisher is all nice to me again. The change from the rather aggressive emails beforehand is very marked. If I was in the wrong, please please tell me. I'm really conflicted over this. The major question I'm asking myself is: do I want to have a relationship with a publisher who acts this way. Help!