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Review Copy Policy?
By Celebrity Trollop | January 4, 2007
On her blog, Sol Columbia of Luminosity posted her policy about providing review copies of things she’s created.
I will give away free review copies of any releases under three conditions:
- A review copy is requested via instant message, email, or a message on this blog
- You have credentials, i.e. you in some way review products or have an identifiable reason for the request
- It’s not abused just to get free stuff
My hope is that this is the best of both worlds where reviewers can simply request items they wish to review and won’t have to pay for them and integrity is maintained since there should be no claims of bias (or at least if there is it’s not on my end by choosing who to pass items out to).
I plan to be very liberal when interpreting the credentials aspect. I really do want to get the word out as it were, so don’t be shy ;)
Before she posted this we talked about it in world a few weeks ago. I think these guidelines make a lot of sense and it makes it clear who should expect a review copy and under what conditions they might be given.
As my comment on her post notes, I think there’s more than just ethics at play here, at least from where I’m sitting.
Speaking for myself, something that’d be tremendously helpful on the part of content creators is creating a review policy for your content. When and to whom will you provide review copies?
If it isn’t something you feel like posting on your blog or in a comment, feel free to email me. I will hold anything in confidence if that’s your preference.
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