ccrogers3d
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Here's the problem as I see it: reviewers get to pass judgement on others but escape judgement themselves.
You can read some of their reviews to assess their writing, but you don't know if they otherwise behave professionally. If they offer a review in exchange for a free book, take the book, and skip out on the review, how would another author know?
The solution I propose is to create a new forum. It would be private so that only established members can view and post. It would have a rule that you cannot publicize information from it without written consent.
In it, we would keep a table of Reviewers and the number of "thumbs up" and "thumbs down" they have received from members. And members can share the stories of their interactions (good or bad) with those reviewers.
You can read some of their reviews to assess their writing, but you don't know if they otherwise behave professionally. If they offer a review in exchange for a free book, take the book, and skip out on the review, how would another author know?
The solution I propose is to create a new forum. It would be private so that only established members can view and post. It would have a rule that you cannot publicize information from it without written consent.
In it, we would keep a table of Reviewers and the number of "thumbs up" and "thumbs down" they have received from members. And members can share the stories of their interactions (good or bad) with those reviewers.