tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042915869138124283.post7933706569938829297..comments2017-10-22T15:36:58.442+01:00Comments on Chuckles Book Cave: Chuckles Chat #5 Impatient Authorschucklesthescothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423562114343636659noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042915869138124283.post-77825502027907122912017-02-18T13:33:40.502+00:002017-02-18T13:33:40.502+00:00I&#39;ve seen friends driven MAD by authors reques...I&#39;ve seen friends driven MAD by authors requesting a review when it says clearly on their blog NO REQUESTS! It&#39;s just so rude! chucklesthescothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09423562114343636659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042915869138124283.post-18040413323744687152017-02-18T13:29:54.363+00:002017-02-18T13:29:54.363+00:00It can drive you a bit mad but thankfully most aut...It can drive you a bit mad but thankfully most authors are good to deal with!chucklesthescothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09423562114343636659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042915869138124283.post-59228672121673239132017-02-17T23:00:46.664+00:002017-02-17T23:00:46.664+00:00I keep getting request from authors who think I ca...I keep getting request from authors who think I can just pop their book in the blog despite the fact I have a note saying no requests. When I first started out I would say yes but now learning to say no has been the best thing ever.<br /><br />It&#39;s nice to be nice and if you wan&#39;t somebody to do something you don&#39;t bug them!!Heather Duffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10687310913717863161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042915869138124283.post-77233045059927300922017-02-17T13:42:13.741+00:002017-02-17T13:42:13.741+00:00Whew. Luckily I don&#39;t seem to have run into th...Whew. Luckily I don&#39;t seem to have run into this much!Nikki Waltershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17214515973619585872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042915869138124283.post-37495076985308060432017-02-17T09:03:48.610+00:002017-02-17T09:03:48.610+00:00I&#39;ve had quite a few requests from authors wit...I&#39;ve had quite a few requests from authors with very short deadlines that I thought were too tight for me, and I&#39;ve rejected them. As you rightly said, some want it read and reviewed in three days which is not realistic when you have other things to do. If I have a quiet spell with no other review books I can take on a short deadline for an author friend or a book I really like the sound of but it&#39;s rare that I do that. You have to laugh at the freebie newsletters don&#39;t you! It&#39;ll be the whole year before I get to read some of them!chucklesthescothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09423562114343636659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042915869138124283.post-48710783976571666702017-02-17T08:46:01.777+00:002017-02-17T08:46:01.777+00:00For the smaller book blogger, most of your experie...For the smaller book blogger, most of your experiences tend to be positive but you do get the odd issue like that. I used to take on up to 25 requests a month which kept me busy and I found some good books through it but when the deadlines started getting tight, I had to sit up late reading and I was getting stressed. That&#39;s when I had to cut back on author reviews and start reading my own books for fun again!chucklesthescothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09423562114343636659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042915869138124283.post-31520202490273817612017-02-17T08:41:49.674+00:002017-02-17T08:41:49.674+00:00The vast majority of authors are thankfully not li...The vast majority of authors are thankfully not like these extremes! In your case you had a legitimate real world issue to deal with and I&#39;m glad everyone was supportive for you. That&#39;s when you find the really good authors and publishers to deal with!chucklesthescothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09423562114343636659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042915869138124283.post-43264434934751117272017-02-16T23:20:45.780+00:002017-02-16T23:20:45.780+00:00It does seem that some authors think we have nothi...It does seem that some authors think we have nothing to do with our time other than read and that we have no books other than theirs. You can&#39;t give someone a book three days before it releases and expect reviews up on the release date. Even two weeks is difficult for me as I have other review copies and am a mood reader. But like you, if I agree to a deadline, then I&#39;ll meet it, unless something legitimate were to come up. That experience you had with the author who kept emailing sounds awful though! At that point, I&#39;d also just not even want to read the book. I&#39;ve never had anything like that happen. But yeah, every time I get the freebie in the newsletter and then another email a week later asking how the book was... I&#39;ve literally never had it read yet lol.Kristen @ Metaphors and Moonlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10113986982046115579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042915869138124283.post-62581212500879092862017-02-16T22:05:38.803+00:002017-02-16T22:05:38.803+00:00This is one of the reasons that I tend not to acce...This is one of the reasons that I tend not to accept author requests. Which I know is unusual for a book blogger - and I&#39;ve never had a bad experience with the few I&#39;ve taken- but I just am about doing things my way lol and while I would absolutely honor commitments I wouldn&#39;t take kindly to the above kind of behavior. :) Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17515345156687765162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042915869138124283.post-38256669538103592812017-02-16T12:49:01.064+00:002017-02-16T12:49:01.064+00:00Thank goodness I&#39;ve not run into any of these....Thank goodness I&#39;ve not run into any of these. Like you, I like to stick to my commitments but I agree, sometimes life gets in the way. I missed a blog tour last week in the middle of my #LIFE mess but I managed to get it posted only a day late and I emailed the publisher and both them and the author were kind enough to send me a note saying thanks for getting it done and they hoped the puppies were doing well - those are the authors I cherish! It&#39;s sad when you really want to change your email huh?Barbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07496803823870196862noreply@blogger.com
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