Sentences with phrase «authors pay for reviews»

Well obviously not all authors pay for reviews, ratings and pay people to download their book.

A concentrated burst of sales and reviews is the fastest way to move up Amazon's list, at which point they promote you themselves, so some authors pay for reviews.

The reason thousands of authors pay for these reviews is simple — reviews can help sell books.

I suppose there's some value if that service is part of your award... except that it's the Kirkus Indie branch and the author pays for the reviews, therefore making the review suspect.

Amazon has certainly become a much more crowded space since then, and the sock puppeting that went on this summer (and news such as John Locke and other authors paying for reviews) has also made the credibility of Amazon.com reviews much lower IMHO.

Evidently those newsletters are partly responsible for the current trend of authors paying for reviews (reportedly, they require a large number of 4 and 5 star reviews on Amazon in order to accept a book for promotion.

«Do you think this dodges the ethical issues around an author paying for a review?»

They will be able to check easily whether the author paid for a review.

I remember reading a negative review on Hugh Howey well over a year ago and it was along the lines of, «I'm so sick of these authors paying for reviews.»

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Yet for some families, biding your time may boost aid dollars, said Kalman Chany, president of Campus Consultants Inc. and author of The Princeton Review's «Paying for College Without Going Broke.»

Note: While I did receive a complimentary copy of this book for review, I was not paid by the publisher or author to review and feature it.

Resigned as an editor for Nature Scientific Reports as new system means authors can pay for quicker review by a private company @NatureNews

I do agree that increasing the number of reviews you have is one of the first things you need to do as an author, but do you need to pay for those reviews.

Then there are companies springing up like Blue Inc., where self - published authors can pay a small fee for unbiased reviews that are posted on the web.

I always warn my the authors I promote to NEVER PAY big bucks for Book Reviews... EVER.

We know lots of paid review sources that are fully legit, such as Kirkus, City Book Review, and Publisher's Weekly for indie aureview sources that are fully legit, such as Kirkus, City Book Review, and Publisher's Weekly for indie auReview, and Publisher's Weekly for indie authors.

Edit: I mentioned in my review that the author paid $ 1,000,000 for this abandoned villa because she said in the book that she wrote «milione» at the closing so many times.

I disagree with Kozlowski I review books both from Publishers and Indies — and I think he has sour grapes, I do not distinguish between whether the author has paid it all themselves — or whether they have gone the traditional route and been fortunate to be picked up — YES Indie Publishing means that the Author gets the profits faster — BUT THEY HAVE PAID for Editors, Covers etc and had to market the book themselves out their own pauthor has paid it all themselves — or whether they have gone the traditional route and been fortunate to be picked up — YES Indie Publishing means that the Author gets the profits faster — BUT THEY HAVE PAID for Editors, Covers etc and had to market the book themselves out their own pocpaid it all themselves — or whether they have gone the traditional route and been fortunate to be picked up — YES Indie Publishing means that the Author gets the profits faster — BUT THEY HAVE PAID for Editors, Covers etc and had to market the book themselves out their own pAuthor gets the profits faster — BUT THEY HAVE PAID for Editors, Covers etc and had to market the book themselves out their own pocPAID for Editors, Covers etc and had to market the book themselves out their own pocket!

«Quite a number of self - published authors take the easy way out by paying for reviews.»

I'd spent hundreds on Review Services, then I found Author Marketing Club offers its own Review Service and you can use it daily, essentially making it unlimited, rather than paying $ 50 for 100 contacts that may never even call you.

Those reviewers don't know the author, but they are being paid for glowing reviews, a practice I hate.

I'm not suggesting one pay for a review that you cajoled your neighbor to post on Amazon, but paying for a professional review in 2012 is perfectly fine — especially for an unknown, self - published author.

Many times, indie authors submit their books for review by filling out the submission form and accepting to pay for review.

Between this, Author House, people paying for reviews, and poorly edited crap on the store shelves (want a name?)

For our immediate purpose, focus on costs associated with an author website, advanced reader copies, and paying for book revieFor our immediate purpose, focus on costs associated with an author website, advanced reader copies, and paying for book reviefor book reviews.

Today, I would like to reply to this question because I am annoyed to hear writers and authors wonder if is it ethical or unethical to pay for being reviewed.

Literary Agent Undercover is only for authors who understand the benefits of traditional publishing: no financial risk because someone else is paying for the privilege of publishing your book; a higher quality product thanks to a top - notch editor and cover designer; more profit due to better sales, distribution, and publicity; subsidiary rights opportunities like merchandising, translations, TV, feature film, etc; increased credibility and more book reviews; and the ability to spend more time writing, promoting, and doing what you love.

There is a chapter devoted to Book Reviews with no mention of the extremely important and controversial issue of paid vs. free reviews, and no annotations as to which of those listed charges authors for providing reviews nor how much they Reviews with no mention of the extremely important and controversial issue of paid vs. free reviews, and no annotations as to which of those listed charges authors for providing reviews nor how much they reviews, and no annotations as to which of those listed charges authors for providing reviews nor how much they reviews nor how much they charge.

So it really is no surprise that someone came up with a system to get these same indie authors to pay for reviews to get them better placement on Amazon and other online stores.

-LSB-...] Posted by admin on Sep 5, 2012 Although it was not the first salvo in the unveiling of the fiasco that is author - purchased book reviews, David Streitfeld's article The Best Book Reviews Money Can Buy (NY Times, Aug. 26, 2012) has set off a firestorm of discussions like the one I'm following on The Book Designer website (Should Authors Pay for Book Revreviews, David Streitfeld's article The Best Book Reviews Money Can Buy (NY Times, Aug. 26, 2012) has set off a firestorm of discussions like the one I'm following on The Book Designer website (Should Authors Pay for Book RevReviews Money Can Buy (NY Times, Aug. 26, 2012) has set off a firestorm of discussions like the one I'm following on The Book Designer website (Should Authors Pay for Book ReviewsReviews?).

Ignore the unfair reality that publishing houses pay top dollar to get high - quality reviews for their authors.

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.

Because the websites I paid for promotion won't even take an author's money unless they have 13 - 15 reviews with an average of 4 out of 5 stars or higher.

But if you pay for it, you can get an editorial review through Author Solutions, the company we've partnered with to form Harlequin Horizons.

Of course paying for consumer reviews is bad practice, but we at Self - Publishing Review offer professional, starred reviews for self - published and indie books at a reasonable rate (from $ 59) and this gets the author a well - written editorial review that they can use on their author profile on Amazon, B&N and Smashwords, for exReview offer professional, starred reviews for self - published and indie books at a reasonable rate (from $ 59) and this gets the author a well - written editorial review that they can use on their author profile on Amazon, B&N and Smashwords, for exreview that they can use on their author profile on Amazon, B&N and Smashwords, for example.

I managed to sign a few authors and have deep enough pockets that I can pay $ 10,000 for 500 5 star reviews and 1,000 digital downloads.

Despite accusations hurled recently over paid reviews, these companies maintain that the review is not actually bought (as the outcome and rating are not pre-determined or steered by the author or publisher), but that a reading fee is charged for the reviewer's time.

So what is an author to do if you don't want to pay for reviews and don't want to risk getting your friends and family to review the book?

This leaves the author to try and compete against people paying for reviews, marketing agencies, and established authors.

From readers who fall victim to bought - and - paid for reviews to authors who are handed lousy terms for their hard - earned manuscripts, it's a wonder books continue to reach the retail shelves.

I think a lot of naïve newbie authors can be led astray by the over-zealous self - and vanity - publishing industries who tell them that if they pay enough for editing and good design, they won't get one - star reviews.

In the span of time since writing this blog post back in 2007, Outskirts Press has responded to our authors» requests by introducing several pay - for - review options for our authors, including Kirkus.

However, when it was discovered he was paying for reviews, several authors demanded their money back.

Chapter 9: Websites: The Hub Of An Author's Career Chapter 10: Marketing The ABCs Chapter 11: How To Build Your Social Media Following The Non-Douchey Way Chapter 12: How To Approach And Pitch Social Media Influencers Chapter 13: Cheap Advertising For Indie Authors Chapter 14: Where To Find Beta Readers Chapter 15: What To Expect From A Paid Book Review Chapter 16: How To Get Your Book into the Library Chapter 17: Assistants: They're Not A Luxury Anymore!

I've been fascinated with this subject, and even wrote a little about it but I've never met an author who paid for a book review.

Perhaps the article isn't sending the not - too - subtle message that indie authors suck, thus their reviews must be fake, or at least suspect, thus the only way to save yourself the grief is to buy trad pub books, which have paid reviews from the shills who do it for a living... er... never mind.

Presumably the $ 10 additional fee is their service fee (ie, profit), but knowing what I know about the 50 - word «reviews» coming out of Kirkus Discoveries (that's $ 7 a word, in case you're calculating), I wonder if that publisher is coming to the same conclusion their authors are coming to — that paying $ 350 for a bad review kind of... sucks.

I avoided to publish the names of those who paid for my book marketing services, because you can see these authors by yourself, browsing the categories of this website, above all book reviews, books added to an Italian library and press releases.

This isn't anything new — authors paying for positive reviews on the big sites like Amazon, Goodreads etc, despite policies on those sites that warn against paid reviews — but it's definitely interesting to read about someone making a career out of it.

There are other paid and free review services out there, but Kirkus Discoveries has the industry clout and objectivity that make it a very tempting avenue for authors wanting to bring more attention to their well - written, self - published book.