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| private:kirkusreviews | https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=636542 | Jul 25th, 2017 12:00AM | Open | Open | Kirkus Media | Freelance Copywriter | Iowa City, IA | freelance copywriter work at Kirkus | pays promptly. effective feedback. easy to work for. | infrequent projects but I suppose that could change. | 1.0 | POSITIVE | 1.0 | POSITIVE | 1.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 636542 | Open | n/a I'm a freelancer and don't desire any management advancement | 0.0 | [] | CONTRACT | No | Yes | 2.0 | Mar 15th, 2021 04:56PM | Mar 15th, 2021 04:56PM | Kirkus Reviews | Travel & Leisure | ||||||||||
| private:kirkusreviews | https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=636542 | May 7th, 2014 12:00AM | Open | Open | Kirkus Media | United States | USA | Great place for freelance book reviewers to gain writing experience; | There are plenty of writing opportunities--I was able to review books from a variety of genres, and rarely had any downtime. Kirkus pays freelancers more than most review publications. | As with most book review publications, there is little room to advance and the pay--while better than most other review publications--is low considering the time investment required to read and write about each book. As a freelancer, you also have little contact with editors unless they have questions or concerns about your review--I realize editors are busy, but a little direct feedback would be nice every now and then. | 1.0 | POSITIVE | 9.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 636542 | Open | 0.0 | [] | CONTRACT | No | No | 4.0 | Mar 15th, 2021 04:56PM | Mar 15th, 2021 04:56PM | Kirkus Reviews | Travel & Leisure | |||||||||||||
| private:kirkusreviews | https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=636542 | Apr 13th, 2014 12:00AM | Open | Open | Kirkus Media | Book Reviewer | United States | USA | unprofessional actions | Receiving books for free to read and review. | I reviewed at least one book per month for over a year. When I stared reviewing, I received instruction to be honest and review as though we were speaking to a friend. When I wrote a positive review of a very good book, I would receive another to review very quickly. However, if my reviews were ever more negative than positive, I was asked to change them. After trying to adjust a negative review to be more positive but still be honest, I stopped receiving assignments altogether. I was never told why. My emails went unanswered (both direction questions and general touch-base emails). | -1.0 | NEGATIVE | 0.0 | NEUTRAL | 11.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 636542 | Open | Act professionally and discuss problems rather than being passive aggressive. | 0.0 | [] | CONTRACT | No | No | 2.0 | Mar 15th, 2021 04:56PM | Mar 15th, 2021 04:56PM | Kirkus Reviews | Travel & Leisure | |||||||||
| private:kirkusreviews | https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=636542 | Jul 7th, 2013 12:00AM | Open | Open | Kirkus Media | United States | USA | Unqualified editors | See below for review of Kirkus. | I reviewed several dozen books for Kirkus. The editors are very unfamiliar with basic style guides. Correct syntax and punctuation was often changed to incorrect syntax and punctuation. It was not an issue until they started asking me to make these types of changes. I attribute some of this to just being unqualified. One editor simply lists his credentials as "blogger." I was sometimes asked to change contents of a review. I pointed out where the change would not be accurate, but was told to proceed anyway. The editors would not even crack the book, let alone skim the contents. Their familiarity with a book was simply looking at the cover and maybe the dust jacket. | -1.0 | NEGATIVE | -1.0 | NEGATIVE | 7.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 636542 | Open | If you're a traditional publisher, then I suggest you become very familiar with the editors in charge of reviewing your book. If you're a self-publisher, then I strongly suggest thinking twice before paying Kirkus to review your book. | 0.0 | [] | No | No | 0.0 | Mar 15th, 2021 04:56PM | Mar 15th, 2021 04:56PM | Kirkus Reviews | Travel & Leisure |