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First they came for the movie reviewers, then they came for the book reviewers...

Posted by PopTart | May 15, 2008 12:33 PM
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Jeez, my girlfriend writes reviews for a small-town biweekly and gets more than this. How long does it take to read a book and write up a review? Divide 25 by the amount of hours and you don't even get minimum wage. They're really banking on people giving a shit about having a review published in their publication. Is it really that prestigious?

Posted by JC | May 15, 2008 12:52 PM
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As criticism, PW reviews are grossly overvalued even at $25. But as commercial items, they get a hell of a lot of play. Most Amazon pages have the PW review on them (usually twice, which is irritating).

Posted by Fnarf | May 15, 2008 2:02 PM
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What fnarf said. I wonder how much the upper management of PW makes, and are they getting raises this year? And how much does PW earn simply from each posting on Amazon alone?

Posted by lori | May 16, 2008 6:02 AM

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