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).
No, it won't hurt the big guys, but a large portion of
indie author reviews come from other indie authors.
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 Re
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 Re
Author's Ultimate Guide to Getting Amazon
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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 au
review sources that are fully legit, such as Kirkus, City Book
Review, and Publisher's Weekly for indie au
Review, 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 au
Review programme, for which I
review books written by self - published au
review 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 p
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 p
Author 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.
--(Briefly) started a book recommendation site with a fellow
author — Launched a movie
review blog with a friend (still going)-- Launched a t - shirt company with a couple other friends (sucked a bunch of time and never amount to much of anything)-- Found a publicity company for indie authors called Book Review 22 (the second best ve
review blog with a friend (still going)-- Launched a t - shirt company with a couple other friends (sucked a bunch of time and never amount to much of anything)-- Found a publicity company for
indie authors called Book
Review 22 (the second best ve
Review 22 (the second best venture)
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:
My website,
Indie Kindle Blitz (http://indiekindleblitz.wordpress.com) offers free and honest reviews on our site to indie kindle aut
Indie Kindle Blitz (http://indiekindleblitz.wordpress.com) offers free and honest
reviews on our site to
indie kindle aut
indie kindle
authors.
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.