Comments on: Giving book reviewers a bad name http://dearauthor.com/features/industry-news/giving-book-reviewers-a-bad-name/ Romance, Historical, Contemporary, Paranormal, Young Adult, Book reviews, industry news, and commentary from a reader's point of view Sun, 27 May 2012 01:53:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Piet Schreuders http://dearauthor.com/features/industry-news/giving-book-reviewers-a-bad-name/#comment-356650 Piet Schreuders Tue, 13 Mar 2012 10:10:41 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/05/11/giving-book-reviewers-a-bad-name/#comment-356650 Furore is not a "fake magazine" -- it was and is an irregularly published, eccentric, eclectic magazine, founded by me in 1975. Issue number 21 has just appeared (2012). In 1980 Peter Oosterbos worked briefly for Furore as book reviewer and "book review facilitator", i.e., he got publishers to send him review copies of books, cds, etc. Soon the magazine couldn't handle the amount of books he brought in and I asked him to stop, but Oosterbos has kept on ordering free books all over the place for over thirty years, thereby giving Furore a bad name. Furore is not a “fake magazine” — it was and is an irregularly published, eccentric, eclectic magazine, founded by me in 1975. Issue number 21 has just appeared (2012). In 1980 Peter Oosterbos worked briefly for Furore as book reviewer and “book review facilitator”, i.e., he got publishers to send him review copies of books, cds, etc. Soon the magazine couldn’t handle the amount of books he brought in and I asked him to stop, but Oosterbos has kept on ordering free books all over the place for over thirty years, thereby giving Furore a bad name.

]]> By: Amber Phillips http://dearauthor.com/features/industry-news/giving-book-reviewers-a-bad-name/#comment-256150 Amber Phillips Mon, 27 Sep 2010 17:15:09 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/05/11/giving-book-reviewers-a-bad-name/#comment-256150 there are literally tons of scam on the internet today so watch out,*" there are literally tons of scam on the internet today so watch out,*”

]]> By: Reza Golani http://dearauthor.com/features/industry-news/giving-book-reviewers-a-bad-name/#comment-247287 Reza Golani Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:11:49 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/05/11/giving-book-reviewers-a-bad-name/#comment-247287 The said Peter Oosterbos is running the same scam for DVDs. He is always contacting everyone in my company for DVDs which he urgently needs for reviews for the upcoming issue of his alleged magazine. Never send this man anything! The said Peter Oosterbos is running the same scam for DVDs. He is always contacting everyone in my company for DVDs which he urgently needs for reviews for the upcoming issue of his alleged magazine. Never send this man anything!

]]> By: Anna Allen http://dearauthor.com/features/industry-news/giving-book-reviewers-a-bad-name/#comment-245738 Anna Allen Sat, 03 Jul 2010 04:08:37 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/05/11/giving-book-reviewers-a-bad-name/#comment-245738 there are so many scams running on the internete so watch out-*; there are so many scams running on the internete so watch out-*;

]]> By: A. Ellidge http://dearauthor.com/features/industry-news/giving-book-reviewers-a-bad-name/#comment-94380 A. Ellidge Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:40:01 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/05/11/giving-book-reviewers-a-bad-name/#comment-94380 He does the same for CD's. He faxes requests to musicians to get their record company to send review copies, after telling them he's like to do an in depth interview. He does the same for CD’s.

He faxes requests to musicians to get their record company to send review copies, after
telling them he’s like to do an in depth interview.

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