Sentences with phrase «indie author reviews»

No, it won't hurt the big guys, but a large portion of indie author reviews come from other indie authors.

I was discussing this with someone yesterday, going back and forth at possible explanations, which included that self - pubbed authors tend to work the review mines harder than their trad pubbed peers, or have more support from other indie authors reviewing, or get higher ratings due to the generally lower price of the work (greater satisfaction due to a price / performance expectation).

Not exact matches

Browse through some of our author success stories, and get a glimpse of what exactly an indie review from Kirkus can do for you.

By purchasing a Kirkus indie review, authors can have the opportunity to build some name recognition and get noticed by agents, publishers and other industry influencers.

They removed linking and tagging because they were being used to spam and manipulate product rankings, and authors from reviewing because there were a bunch of jackasses (commercial and indie authors alike) who were going to competitors» pages and writing truly vile reviews.

# 54 of The Writing Coach podcast, I speak with author and entrepreneur Jason B. Ladd about his new book for indie authors, Book Review Bonzai:...

Yet it's not uncommon for authors, and especially indie authors, to wait until the last minute to think about book reviews.

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.

When you first start looking for book reviews, you may see the top sites in Google, and then you will quickly learn that they don't love indie or self - published authors.

# 54 of The Writing Coach podcast, I speak with author and entrepreneur Jason B. Ladd about his new book for indie authors, Book Review Bonzai: The Unknown Author's Ultimate Guide to Getting Amazon Reauthor and entrepreneur Jason B. Ladd about his new book for indie authors, Book Review Bonzai: The Unknown Author's Ultimate Guide to Getting Amazon ReAuthor's Ultimate Guide to Getting Amazon Reviews.

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So, if you've read my books — or books by any indie author — please consider leaving a review.

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.

Having worked with traditional publishers and self - published several of her books, Massey has great advice for indie authors on independent publishing, book marketing and strategies for getting a book into bookstores, libraries and reviews.

The more reviews you get, the less likely it is that you got your friends and family to all come rate your stuff (which is one of the myths floating around about indie authors... in fact the vast majority of reviews I've received have been from people I don't actually know).

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.

As part of their services for authors, we provide a review service that is especially for indie or self - published authors.

The same can be said of the Historical Novel Society's Indie Review programme, for which I review books written by self - published auReview programme, for which I review books written by self - published aureview books written by self - published authors.

(For example if you post a negative review on an indie book prepare to have the authors family and friends bash the hell out of you.)

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 pAuthor gets the profits faster — BUT THEY HAVE PAID for Editors, Covers etc and had to market the book themselves out their own pocket!

Based on a pick - and - choose menu of services that includes more than just editing — which right away is a departure from the standard, as too many «author services» companies require all or none expensive packages — the platform is delving into things like review services that will send out copies of an author's book to their channels, along with talks of translation (an ungodly expense for indie authors that can easily cost upwards of tens of thousands of dollars per language) and audiobook services.

Sadly, many indie authors who publish on smashwords have 0 reads, 0 reviews and will likely never be discovered.

But if we pop over to Amazon CreateSpace we find Amazon are actively encouraging indie authors to buy Kirkus reviews.

to read and review any books that I was offered, in particular self - published ones to support other indie authors

While organic reviews will come slowly but surely, I believe that it's an indie author's job to help readers to understand the importance of reviews — and encourage them to write them.

One of the best ways to help indie authors is to post a review of their books across different sites — what's called «cross posting» reviews.

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I used to stress about bad reviews, my ego throbbing like a bee sting, but then I read something by Indie author John Locke (who set the record for eBook sales and is starting to turn «traditional publishing» into a bad word) that completely changed the game:

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Advicesbooks.com is a trusted and reliable website of book reviews and book promotion for indie authors.

Due to my current bout with Fijian flu, I'm a couple of days late on the monthly Indie Life post, but wanted to incorporate this visual book review, relevant to Indie Authors.

I've been around the indie author scene enough to have learned that a good percentage of 1 - star reviews are also written by outright enemies.

While a lot of reviewers write to help themselves remember what they read or to tell other readers about the book (good or bad), the book reviews that help indie authors are the ones posted where readers will ultimately make their purchasing decision — or where the readers go for trusted opinions.

With more than 65 million members, 2 billion books and 68 million reviews, Goodreads is a major platform indie authors don't want to overlook.

I will be taking formal requests for book reviews from Indie and self - published authors via this email: dontusethethreestones@gmail (dot) com.

For indie / small press / self - published authors, if I am not going to give it at least three stars, I won't write the review.

She pointed me to a rant, posted anonymously by someone at a book review site, screaming at DIY authors like me using the term «Indie,» as in Indie author or Indie publisher.

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

I read nothing but Indie authors» books and do reviews afterward.

Honestly, it will always sting for a nanosecond when I read about authors winning awards that I can't begin to hope to win as an indie, or heading off on book tours, or getting picked to speak at big events, or receiving glowing reviews from notable publications, or hobnobbing with other big name authors.

I wonder though whether or not their effectiveness has diminished of late due to all the sock puppetry and buying review scandals by some of the leading indie authors.

I usually only review fiction and usually only review indie authors, so here is a change of pace.

TCE is also on Shelfari, Booklikes and several independent sites (sites that post ebooks, reviews, author interviews and stories about indie books / authors).

There are many fantastic indie authors, but unfortunately, it's easy for them to get lost in the sea of authors who haven't edited their books well or who send unpersonalized pitches which ignore blogger review policies.

These tactics only devalue the worth of reviews and hurt you and all indie authors in the long run.

If you're an indie author — hell, if you're a traditionally - published author — you know it is damn hard to get people to post reviews on Amazon for your books.

But if you are a first - time indie author, you will need to create a strategy that approaches everyone for a review.

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.

It is no secret that indie authors feel helpless when it comes to having reviews that attack our work and which we feel are from people who haven't read the book.

Indie authors mainly run giveaways for the sake of reviews.