Disclosure of Review Copies

I only receive review copies of books, with no other compensation. All review copies are marked as such. If there any any questions, please feel free to contact me.

I have never accepted anything other than review copies of books. I have never accepted money for reviews. No author, publicist or publisher has ever influenced my reviews. Even when I accept review copies, no one has ever been guaranteed a positive review of any sort.

I have, at times, mentioned bookstores, but I have never received any gifts or money from those bookstores. I have mentioned them because I attend programs at the bookstores, or have worked with them for an author program, but I’ve never been paid for any comments about bookstores, books, or authors.

And, authors have become friends over the years, but even they have never been promised a positive review, or even any review, in exchange for that friendship.

In case you wonder, the choice of books to review, except when I reviewed books for Library Journal or Mystery News, has always been my choice. I receive a number of review copies, but no one is ever promised a review of any sort, positive or otherwise. It’s very important to me that I continue to offer my honest opinions of books. I try to have reviews my readers can respect, knowing I am not influenced.

So, this is the full disclosure blog. 

I receive review copies only, and will mark them as review copies in the book reviews. I never receive any other compensation.