Comments on: Backscratching in Our Time: Max Hastings and Michael Howard http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2008/05/19/backscratching-in-our-time-max-hastings-and-michael-howard/ Janice Harayda Reviews Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry for Adults and Children Mon, 10 Jun 2013 02:28:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: 1minutebookreviewswordpresscom http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2008/05/19/backscratching-in-our-time-max-hastings-and-michael-howard/#comment-6187 Tue, 20 May 2008 02:00:23 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=986#comment-6187 Edi: “Qualified reviewer” can mean different things to different editors. The New York Times, for example, seems strongly to favor reviewers who have expertise in the subject area covered by the book (such as a respected scholar for an academic book or a well-established fiction writer for a first novel).

But some editors place less emphasis on expertise in a subject area than on having a strong and interesting voice and knowing how to review books (that is, knowing the difference between a good review and a “book report”). During my years as a book editor, I looked for a combination of all of those things — expertise, an interesting voice and a knowledge of how to review books. \

Thanks for your question. I’m sure many others are wondering about that, too.
Jan

]]> By: Edi http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2008/05/19/backscratching-in-our-time-max-hastings-and-michael-howard/#comment-6185 Tue, 20 May 2008 01:12:33 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=986#comment-6185 I’m curious, what would make one a ‘qualified reviewer’?

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