Sentences with phrase «ask authors of the reviews»

Ask authors of the reviews to write a small blurb for you to use in your promotional items.

Not exact matches

«We have asked the Lancet to review the effectiveness of its conflicts of interest policy, given that two lead authors of its series on Maternal and Child Nutrition, published in June 2013, declared that they are members of Nestle's Creating Shared Value Advisory Committee.

But Stec, who previously signed onto a letter authored by neighboring 113th District Democratic Assemblywoman Carrie Woerner asking for further review of EPA's Hudson River cleanup, agreed with the governor and state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman that it may not be time to deem the cleanup complete.

A couple of authors have asked SAGE to reconsider and reinstate their papers, Gamboa says, but the publisher's decision is final — even if the authors in question knew nothing of Chen or the peer - review ring.

In science, whether taking a long sociological look at an individual laboratory as a fact factory or reviewing the whole research system, these authors ask how local, provisional knowledge is transformed into the global certainties of natural law.

For some output types, RIO also asks authors to get a presubmission review of their manuscript «from an appropriate colleague.»

In my case, I've borrowed a strategy from indie authors, and included a page in the «back matter» of The Rogue Retrieval asking readers to leave a review.

Although many authors recoil at the thought of outright asking their fans / followers to review or — gasp!

Ask successful authors what single method guarantees book sales, and the answer isn't «great editing» or a «knock - em - dead cover», but the power of their email list to enthuse readers, make their books visible and generate reviews and sales.

I don't recollect exactly re Tin House - but I'm sure article submissions was a part of it; and I assume his comments also applied to people contacting about being prospective reviewers and probably authors contacting asking if their book can be reviewed.

I read How to Format Your Book in Word just about a year ago when author Colin Dunbar asked me if I would write a blurb about it for the «Editorial Reviews» section of the book's Amazon sales page.

Too many authors send identical emails to hundreds or thousands of people asking for things that are really publicity requests — asking people to review, cover, or otherwise spread the word about their book.

If you're asking a review from a celebrity author in your genre, you either need a relationship, a mutual friend to connect you, or a whole bunch of social proof first (a hundred reviews from regular readers for example).

Best way for a prospect to initiate contact — Jeff Herman's Directory of Agents Visit our website where you can: review sample queries and proposals for works we've sold; query us via email (24 - hour response time); subscribe to our free publishing newsletter; submit your question to our interactive «Ask the Agent» column; read articles by well - known authors and publishing professionals; meet with us at a writers» conference where I'll be speaking.

Since I've reached the heady heights of top reviewer status (well, top 1,500, anyway — currently # 1,453 in the UK), I've received a steady stream of emails from authors asking me to review their books.

Amazon still allows authors to give a free copy of their book away in exchange for an honest review, so to kick start your book's life on Amazon, give some books away and ask for reviews.

Ask for Reviews at the End of Your Book - This strategy is one that is overlooked by a lot of authors but requires little effort.

I should be a bit more specific here — most of the rhetoric in publishing circles isn't about «paid reviews» — after all, I can pay someone to review my work, and I can, and should, ask for an honest appraisal — most of it is about deliberate, flagrant dishonesty, and the most notable cases, somewhat related, are when authors write reviews on their own work with fictitious names.

Despite that I tried lowering my standards for self published books and continued buying (I never asked any of the authors for their copy of their books, I wanted to support too), reading, and reviewing, but even the best self published book I read, that I rated a 4, would be a 2.5 with traditional publishing standards.

Ask for Reviews There are three items constantly jostling for dominance in the back matter of my books: 1) a polite request for a review, with a link, 2) a link to subscribe to my author newsletter, and 3) a description and link to my other works.

So while Buckleitner, editor of Children's Technology Review mentioned that this was a gadget that children would be glued to in the days to come, Lisa Guernsey, author of «How Electronic Media — From Baby Videos to Educational Software — Affects Your Young Child» asked the elders to look out for tell tale signs when a child is found unable to go through a minimum 30 minute period without the need to look at a screen.

I'd say roughly half of the emails I receive asking me to review books are from self - published authors who haven't spent the time familiarizing themselves with my reviewing policy beyond lifting my email address from it.

For some reason, however, I received an email from an author, asking me to write a review of -LSB-...]

As a Vine member, I have been contacted directly before by the publisher and / or author to ask whether I received the product (usually a book), when would my review of it be posted, etc..

By Craig Tuch We're sometimes asked by self - publishing authors about the role that beta readers, editors and Advance Reading (or Review) Copies (ARCs) play in the process of publishing and promoting

In a LinkedIn Group about publishing on Amazon a member shared that an author (Pete Morin, Diary of a Small Fish) asked him to change his review rating from 5 stars to 3 stars so that more people would read it.

So, if you are one of those authors who found reviews suddenly missing, contact Amazon and ask what happened.

And then we have the newly self - published authors who ask established authors for reviews, as editors in NY ask authors of similar books to write pre-publication blurbs for new authors.

& didn't a lot of us indie authors ASK Amazon to shut down paid / compensated reviews?

via Darcy Pattison — After reviewing a survey about what readers expect from author websites, Darcy Pattison revaluates her current website and blog and asks the questions, «Am I providing any of these things on a regular basis?

Here we are, book publicists, publishers, authors, and others who are in the midst of book promotion campaigns, asking newspapers to review their books.

When asked why reviews are important, a lot of authors tell you how reviews help them.

The first people an author asks to review their work tend to be family and friends and their social media network, people that can be relied on to be honest, who might actually read the work — and who also already think fondly of the author.

I had two of my Author Audience Academy members who said that they feel scared to ask people for reviews.

When I reviewed How to Get Good Reviews on Amazon: A Guide for Independent Authors & Sellers here a few years ago, I noted that reviewer ranking is influenced by the number of times that site users select «yes» when asked «Was this review helpful to you?»

I've had self - published authors approach me at BEA, asking me to take a copy of their book to review — because even in the best spot in the outback of BEA's perimeter, nobody «can ignore 10,000 other things happening at the same time,» as Friedman puts it.

The worst part is that all of these are common sense — but, as I said in a previous comment, I think common sense leaves us (all of us) when we're asking for something we REALLY, REALLY want — and authors really, REALLY want reviews.

As a long - time book reviewer and observer of other people's book marketing efforts... I've reviewed a lot of books for authors who have approached me directly, but very few come back and ask me to review subsequent books.

Of course, many people are simply fans of certain authors» works, they like writing reviews, and I'm sure some authors who get private fan mail hopefully ask for those raves to be posted publiclOf course, many people are simply fans of certain authors» works, they like writing reviews, and I'm sure some authors who get private fan mail hopefully ask for those raves to be posted publiclof certain authors» works, they like writing reviews, and I'm sure some authors who get private fan mail hopefully ask for those raves to be posted publicly.

You will be asked to rate the quality of the books you read and provide a brief review of one to three paragraphs that we will post to Amazon for the author, provided you like the book (we won't post negative reviews).

We're sometimes asked by self - publishing authors about the role that beta readers, editors and Advance Reading (or Review) Copies (ARCs) play in the process of publishing and promoting a book.

For a short time, authors can take control of that and ask fans to add reviews on Kobo.

And some days, if you ask me who my favourite Christian romance author is, it will be the author of whichever book I've just finished or reviewed (because writing the review reminds me of the book all over again).

It might sound simplistic to ask whether reviews really matter, but just about every author who goes through the process of seeking out reviews ends up asking themself this question.

One author asked me to do a review of his «fantasy / action - adventure thriller» (I do contemp fantasy / action - adventure thriller).

The letter is part of an international collective call to action with authors» groups around the world to address the serious and urgent issue of contract terms in falling author earnings... We ask publishers to take responsibility for their role in authors» income by reviewing their contract terms and treatment of authors.

The other element of this is when authors ask their reader groups to post reviews across several titles, these reviews appear at one time, or close to the same time.

It may be because indie authors are more supportive of each other and more direct about asking fans for reviews.

In this episode of Author Answers, Shawn Manaher answers an call - in question from an author asking about the best ways to get book reAuthor Answers, Shawn Manaher answers an call - in question from an author asking about the best ways to get book reauthor asking about the best ways to get book reviews.

The Fussy Librarian accepts submissions of e-books for review although it is important to note that they ask authors to pay for inclusion in their e-newsletter and to promote the book.