Conflict

Is it a conflict of interests for an author to be a reviewer/editor/publisher?

All the carrers in the publishing world revolve around eachother. Yeah we all know that, but what happens when they start to overlap? What happens when and author owns a publishing company or a review site and maybe also works for a particular publisher or marketing company? Whose interests do they really have at heart?

I know there are a few authors who also work for pubs. Authors own and run review sites. Writers are also cover artists and marketing managers for other authors, but at what point can they set the jobs aside and do one at a time without and bleeding over? Can they? Maybe.

We all know that things that happen in our personal lives can and do affect what happens in our work. So what happens if an author knows something about another author...and they let it affect how they preform or the decisions they make in their writing based carrer? Does it happen? Sure. We would all like to think that it doesn't but come on. Really?

So what do we do about it? Nothing. While I may have my own opinions about the right and wrong of crossing over into so many aspects of the publishing world, I think that as long as you can put your big girl panties on and look at things as they should be viewed for that particular job...wear all the hats you can handle. BUT if your personal feelings start to sway you...or you start to get bitchy...might be time to shed a hat and give it to someone who can wear it better.