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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dextra" data-source="post: 398598" data-attributes="member: 5705">teensy rantI read the reviews.  They're a great way of gauging what we did right, what we did wrong.  Many of the comments get taken into consideration when we create our errata.  As a primarily Internet based publisher, the online community's opinion of us incredibly important.Two pet peeves, though: 1.  Reviewers not posting any potential bias or conflict of interest up front, for example, I work for company X, or I hate Splatbooks.  It's dishonest and doesn't give the reader an accurate and complete picture of the product.2.  What really gets my goat is reviewers taking free product and then not reviewing product in a timely manner.Yes, I know we're all busy.But what's the point of me handing out a free copy of a book the week it is released, only to have it reviewed six months later?  Or having the copy of the book I gave to a reviewer get lost?As a consumer, if I want to buy a book, dagnabbit, I want to read reviews on it as soon as it comes out, or at least within a month of its release.As a publisher, if I'm going to give away free stuff, I'd like to see a return on the investment.  I don't expect glowing reviews just because I gave out free stuff.  I expect glowing reviews because the product rocks.  But I'd like to see a review appear soon enough to impact sales.</blockquote>