I was all set to post a review today of a book I enjoyed, but it was published by Minotaur, which is a division of St. Martin’s Press. And there is currently a reviewer boycott of SMP because of employee remarks that have – to my knowledge – not been addressed by the company.
I often don’t pay attention to publishers, except when it comes to Advance Reader Copies, so if I have published a review of a SMP title during the boycott, I apologize. But as I was preparing today’s review, the publisher was staring me in the face. So no review today. And I’ve been pulling SMP titles from my Book News posts starting at the first of 2024.
I am so disappointed to have to do this. I read SMP titles ALL THE TIME. And I will continue to read them for the authors’ sakes. But I will be making every effort not to review a title from SMP until this boycott is resolved. Come on, St. Martin’s Press!
I hope to be able to pick today’s review up once the boycott has been resolved.