Category: Book Reviews

  • In our newest "how can we help you?" thread, a reader asks: Is it ethical to review a book manuscript for a publisher and then later publish in a journal your review of that updated book? A colleague told me he thought it was a conflict of interest. I'm wondering what everyone at the cocoon…

  • In our newest "how can we help you?" thread, a reader asks: I expect this has been covered before, but I'd keen to write a few book reviews for journals. Set aside the point that this is not especially valuable on a C.V., I simply like the idea of doing it. Also, it seems a…

  • In our most recent "how can we help you?" thread, a reader asks: Is it ethical to write a review of my spouse’s book? It’s a groundbreaking work related to my research. Is there precedent of other philosopher partners doing this? I'm not entirely sure about the answer to either question, but I suspect it's…

  • In our March "how can we help you?" thread, a reader asks: Some time back I wrote a referee report for a book for OUP. The book is now out and I have been invited to write a book review. This would be easy to do since I’ve already carefully read (an earlier version of)…