In case you haven’t heard, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has come out with some new regulations that include blogs and bloggers. Basically, if you receive something from someone, you need to disclose it. For this blog, that means when I receive books from publishers, I need to disclose it. If I were getting paid by these publishers (which I’m not), I’d need to disclose that as well. Cheryl Morgan has pretty good summary of the situation with some links to other reactions.
So, how does this affect me? Well, the FTC isn’t going to be after small-time individuals like me, so I don’t have anything to worry about. However, I already abide by these new rules and have as long as I’ve been getting books from publishers and other sources. I’m squeaky clean J. For those interested in full discloser for this blog, check out my Books I’ve Received post (also permanently linked in sidebar). It shows all the books I’ve received from publishers and similar sources and names the source – both books I’ve already reviewed and that I haven’t. Heck, I even categorize them based on how likely it is that I will review them. I update as I’m able every week or two.
So, no sweat for me around here – though I suppose others should get their houses in order just to be on the safe side.
I am a bit conflicted on whether I think this is a good or bad thing. Honestly, I haven’t devoted much though to it and I haven’t been following the reactions that I’m sure are flooding the web today. But, I am curious to hear what the good readers of Neth Space think, so please share.
So, how does this affect me? Well, the FTC isn’t going to be after small-time individuals like me, so I don’t have anything to worry about. However, I already abide by these new rules and have as long as I’ve been getting books from publishers and other sources. I’m squeaky clean J. For those interested in full discloser for this blog, check out my Books I’ve Received post (also permanently linked in sidebar). It shows all the books I’ve received from publishers and similar sources and names the source – both books I’ve already reviewed and that I haven’t. Heck, I even categorize them based on how likely it is that I will review them. I update as I’m able every week or two.
So, no sweat for me around here – though I suppose others should get their houses in order just to be on the safe side.
I am a bit conflicted on whether I think this is a good or bad thing. Honestly, I haven’t devoted much though to it and I haven’t been following the reactions that I’m sure are flooding the web today. But, I am curious to hear what the good readers of Neth Space think, so please share.
