On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 09:34:06AM +0000, Alex McLintock wrote: > Manning have asked me to be a technical reviewer for one of their (non > perl) books. > > I have heard that other people on this list have done technical reviewing too. > > Is it standard practice that technical reviewers don't get paid? I am happy > to do the review anyway because I run DiverseBooks.com but I'd like to know > that I am not being taken advantage of.
It varies between publishers. I have done technical reviews for several. Some pay cash, some will send you a free copy of the book and some do both. IIRC Manning don't pay cash, but do send a copy of the book. Graham.
