Armchair BEA: Ethics and Non-fiction

Ethics of blogging? Oh my, that's a big one.
As bloggers, we have to understand that these are our opinions first of all. If you liked it, don't ATTACK someone who didn't. I mean, I jokingly say that I hate them but I don't attack them. But have I seen it? YES. Honestly, I didn't think I'd have to address this!

And plagiarism. We work HARD on our reviews. Don't you DARE copy others' hard work and claim it as your own--it isn't. So what if it's hard for you? WE have issues too. WE have personal lives. We don't write reviews so that you can use it and call it your own. We do it to help others find the books they want and help people discover their new favorites. My friends have been plagiarized--as far as I know I haven't. But it's still absolutely horrible.

Don't diss an author or the publisher in your review. Don't say stuff like "The editors must've been BLIND if they couldn't see the horribleness of ___" No. You didn't like the book--so don't blame the authors. The author probably did his or her best. Don't bring them down because of it. If you have negative feelings towards a publisher, don't talk about it publicly unless they actually WRONGED you. Seriously?

While this isn't "Blogger Ethics" I have to address it. Haters. Ignore them. They're beneath you. Haters gonna hate. But we don't need to hate them in return. They're not worth anything if they try to bring people down, and they need a life if they have the TIME to. Our blogs are OURS. It has, quite obviously, OUR opinions. You want to argue over some political nonsense? Go somewhere else. We talk BOOKS.

As for non-fiction, I don't read it. Maybe I should--but which ones? I would love recs.

But not biographies. I don't want to read about someone's accomplishments--I want to make my own and not feel insignificant about them. X)