@David Y.
I'm on the reviewer list of Udon and Ballistic Publishing. So they mail me books occasionally. After I get the books, I just review them as I normally would. They don't really say anything other than a reminder that I haven't written anything yet after a week or two.
About objectivity. It certainly doesn't feel right to criticize especially when someone gives you free stuff to review. But I've actually done that for some books before.
For me, it's not difficult to be objective. The worst case scenario is they stop sending me books and I go back to borrowing or buying the books for review, which is what I do for the majority of the books featured on the blog.
@David Y.
I'm on the reviewer list of Udon and Ballistic Publishing. So they mail me books occasionally. After I get the books, I just review them as I normally would. They don't really say anything other than a reminder that I haven't written anything yet after a week or two.
About objectivity. It certainly doesn't feel right to criticize especially when someone gives you free stuff to review. But I've actually done that for some books before.
For me, it's not difficult to be objective. The worst case scenario is they stop sending me books and I go back to borrowing or buying the books for review, which is what I do for the majority of the books featured on the blog.