Friday, October 09, 2009

The FTC guidelines

OK, this is burning up the blogosphere—and my e-mailbox—so let me say it: Yes, I am a bookseller. Yes, I get free books on a regular basis. No, I don't receive any other pay from those publishers, except an occasional lunch, if I can finagle it :)

No, I am not obligated to review the books I receive. Booksellers have been receiving free books from publishers for a l-o-n-g time now. How else do we know what is in them? I do on occasion review some of the books I receive. As of today, the only book I received with the direct request to review was the one I am excerpting now, The Bible Among Other Myths. The other ones that I review are because I like books (I know that was a surprise to all of you!).

For those of you (probably most of you) who don't know what I'm talking about, here's the link to the FTC bulletin. Caution, it is a PDF.

Now, back to our irregularly scheduled postings...

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