In early May I took a shortcut. An author submitted her book for review. I was swamped at the time and I approved the book based on Amazon reviews rather than my own personal experience with the title. I sincerely regret this.
I released Celibacy: What Was I Thinking? to the CWA Review Crew in May. Eight reviewers requested to review this book.
As they received and began reading the book, it was clear to them that it was not in line with CWA's values.
Yesterday, a month and three days after receiving a digital copy of this book, I made time to sit down and read it at a reviewers request. It was wrong of me to wait so long to look at this book and verify its contents. I made a mistake plain and simple.
I have since removed this book for review, deleted its private page, refunded the author and issued an apology to the eight reviewers involved and the CWA Review Crew as a whole.
From this point forward, all submissions will be thoroughly read and reviewed by me prior to acceptance. I cannot express to you how much I learned from this mistake except to say that I will put every safeguard in place so as not to repeat it.
I have added this wording to my information page:
"You must agree to provide one copy (in any format . . . I’m not picky) to me prior to approval. This allows me to review your content, verify that it is in line with our beliefs and make certain that it’s a good fit for the CWA Review Crew. You can email a digital copy to me (heatherrandall@christianwomenaffiliate.com) after you submit your application or contact me for my mailing address."
I will keep my word on this issue and examine every book prior to recommending.
If you took my recommendation and purchased or read Celibacy: What Was I Thinking? because of my previous endorsement, I apologize.
This book no longer has the backing of CWA and I retract my recommendation fully.
Sincerely,
I released Celibacy: What Was I Thinking? to the CWA Review Crew in May. Eight reviewers requested to review this book.
As they received and began reading the book, it was clear to them that it was not in line with CWA's values.
Yesterday, a month and three days after receiving a digital copy of this book, I made time to sit down and read it at a reviewers request. It was wrong of me to wait so long to look at this book and verify its contents. I made a mistake plain and simple.
I have since removed this book for review, deleted its private page, refunded the author and issued an apology to the eight reviewers involved and the CWA Review Crew as a whole.
From this point forward, all submissions will be thoroughly read and reviewed by me prior to acceptance. I cannot express to you how much I learned from this mistake except to say that I will put every safeguard in place so as not to repeat it.
I have added this wording to my information page:
"You must agree to provide one copy (in any format . . . I’m not picky) to me prior to approval. This allows me to review your content, verify that it is in line with our beliefs and make certain that it’s a good fit for the CWA Review Crew. You can email a digital copy to me (heatherrandall@christianwomenaffiliate.com) after you submit your application or contact me for my mailing address."
I will keep my word on this issue and examine every book prior to recommending.
If you took my recommendation and purchased or read Celibacy: What Was I Thinking? because of my previous endorsement, I apologize.
This book no longer has the backing of CWA and I retract my recommendation fully.
Sincerely,
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