Let me give you some inside info about Kirkus. Kirkus always comes up when new authors mention paid reviews. But do you know that Kirkus doesn't charge everyone for reviews? No, they only charge self-published authors because in their minds I guess they see SP authors as desperate. This is not fair at all. This is one of my points. Some review places that charge have different rules for different people. Most of them charge authors who are self-published but do not charge authors coming from houses, especially big houses. I learned this because...
