tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post4124375683960165076..comments2023-12-28T02:11:22.501+00:00Comments on The Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog: Not so simply the bestTom Chivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-29520736732958023312011-12-24T09:48:20.090+00:002011-12-24T09:48:20.090+00:00It can't compare to ChessBase's recent eff...It can't compare to ChessBase's recent effort - publishing a review of their new Android app without revealing that the reviewer is one of the two authors of their English language web page!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-64162352033389669762011-12-22T19:07:03.910+00:002011-12-22T19:07:03.910+00:00Having a chess publisher be deliberately misleadin...Having a chess publisher be deliberately misleading with their advertisements and quotes before a book comes out? There's about as much chance of that happening as having another type of book publisher do that, I'd say.<br /><br />Slightly off topic, but don't you love reading those Amazon.com reviews from readers that appear on a book's webpage before the book in question actually is published? Those type of reviews also all tend to be rather positive, for some reason.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-47050139559185240692011-12-22T04:55:06.429+00:002011-12-22T04:55:06.429+00:00It would be absolutely standard and normal in any ...It would be absolutely standard and normal in any branch of book publishing. Chess, however....ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-2131748794409030162011-12-21T22:59:29.790+00:002011-12-21T22:59:29.790+00:00Amazon seem to do that - say something like "...Amazon seem to do that - say something like "this is a review of the xth edition" or what have you.Jonathan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00293162543015231439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-67496865074366363322011-12-21T20:17:16.222+00:002011-12-21T20:17:16.222+00:00My preferred explanation is incompetence, since if...My preferred explanation is incompetence, since if this<br /><br /><i>presumably the publisher felt somewhat justified in using the review quote for the first edition</i><br /><br />is what they actually did, and hence deliberately rather than inadvertently, then that's something you really can't do, <i>because it's deliberately misleading</i>.<br /><br />I mean why not <i>say</i> that the comment is "on the first edition", or some similar phrase? There's no good reason for leaving it out.ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-15349932457966225002011-12-21T16:50:04.330+00:002011-12-21T16:50:04.330+00:00I've read that the new book is a 2nd (updated)...I've read that the new book is a 2nd (updated) edition of the previous one, albeit renamed, so presumably the publisher felt somewhat justified in using the review quote for the first edition. I prefer the original name, personally.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com