Hopeful writers beware....

[alfreda89]

Not to be outdone by Harlequin opening a vanity press, Kirkus Reviews, the hoary old legend of the review field, is now going to offer vanity reviews. Yes! For $400+ dollars, you can have a fake review of your vanity press book! (No guarantee it's a good review, apparently.)

http://www.kirkusreviews.com/kirkusreviews/discoveries/index.jsp

This is simply cruel. Sheering the first year lambs.

Comments

[janni.livejournal.com]

This program is, alas, not new ...

[lem0nb0mbs.livejournal.com]

Really? I'm willing to read a crappy book and give it a review for half that.

Every market needs competition. };-D

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

You would actually read the entire thing -- I wonder if they'll read the bad ones all the way through?

I've taught for Writer's Digest. You can't believe what people think are the final draft.

[lem0nb0mbs.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'd believe it. I majored in Fiction writing at SUNY Purchase, and after four years of work-shopping stories, I'd believe people took their brains out to soak in Palmolive while they edited.

Still can't get over the guy who talked about the sun setting in the east...and when I called him on it, he said I was being nit-picky.

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

{Snort!}