#BloggerTip: Working with publicists

One of the panels that BEA Bloggercon has had for a couple of years is managing relationships between publishers and bloggers. Bloggers bemoan the seemingly relentless focus on statistics, something a new blogger often stresses over. From speaking with other reviewers at BEA, there was a desire for greater discussion about relationships and not numbers. Here’s what I’ve learned in my past six years of blogging.

1) Relationships don’t happen over night.

The first review copy I received from a pu...