Kirkus's recent announcement that it has launched two new review services, both for a fee, drew the ire of book critics-and many librarians-around the country. The cash-challenged publication, with a circulation under 3000, will now offer publishers the ability to "self-select" tides for review, old or new,"conventionally published, self-published, e-published and Print-On-Demand," for $350 each. The reviews, while not appearing in the print publication, or database, will be posted as Kirkus Discoveries on Kirkus's web site and may be used by publishers in any "marketing materials and anywhere else you'd like to reprint [them] "according to Kirkus.
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