Hello Readers,
To keep up to date with the new government guide lines
Any form of reward,
including money, gifts of services or products, or the loan of a product, is
‘payment’ – whether you originally asked for it or got sent it out of the blue
(e.g. ‘freebies’). Influencers receive freebies because of their high public
profile and because brands or businesses hope they might post about them in
return. If you have not purchased a product or service yourself, but received
it free, make this clear.
Practices we have
seen, which we consider do not go far enough to comply with the legal
requirements, include: using ambiguous language without additional disclosure
in a post (for example ‘thank you’; ‘made possible by’; ‘in collaboration
with’; or ‘thanks to…’)
Past relationships
matter too. Even if you don’t have a current relationship with a brand
Any blog posts that Thank anybody be it a person or a publishing
house I have been gifted for free. I thought this was clear but under the new
guidelines (updated 23/01/2019) saying Thank You is no longer considered an
acceptable declaration. So, I am stating it clearly in this post before it
bites me in the bum. For transparency I have been lucky enough to gifted products
for free by the following
·
NetGalley (e-books)
·
The Author Murray Bailey (books)
·
Quirk House Books(books)
·
Pan MacMillan (books)
·
The Author Mike Russell through Jay (e-book)
·
Matador Publishing (books)
·
The Author Lana Grace Riva(book)
·
Canelo publishing (books)
·
The Author Richard Titus(e-book)
·
Geeky Melts (Wax Melts)
·
Thrust Books (book)
·
Stephanie Perkins twitter competition (book)
·
The Author David Meredith(book)
·
The Author Neena
H Brar (e-book)
·
The Author Nikki
Rae (e-books)
·
Edelweiss+ (e-book)
·
Harpercollins (e-book)
·
The Author Leonora Meriel (e-book)
·
LibraryThing (e-books)
·
Booktasters NonFiction (e-book)
I will be adding
this post via a link to my review policy page.
I will now be adding “this was provided free of charge from ******** ” into my
reviews after the thank you because for me personally it’s more important to
say thank you. I've used the word transparency because if there is any change in the guidelines I have already mentioned the people I have been lucky to work with and why not be open about it even though I thought I was.
L x
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