But I do the same with
reader reviews unless I already know that the reviewer's and mine tastes are similar when it comes to stuff we like.
Not exact matches
If you think that's totally unfair, I agree: most
readers won't
review a book even if they liked it; and most
readers won't click to vote a book
review as «helpful»
unless it's a negative
review.
I guess my overall recommendation would be to use those sites to post maybe a chapter or so to find compatible critique partners / beta
readers (which could then move to email), but not to post our whole story for
review / editing that way
unless we trust everyone who has access.
The 74 titles — 28 nonfiction and 46 fiction — all published in 1998
unless otherwise noted, were selected by the 11 - member committee with invaluable input from young adult reluctant
readers from across the country, who read,
reviewed, and evaluated books throughout the year.
Apparently, BookBub will not accept books for [paid] promotion
unless they have a certain number of
reviews — i.e. have a track record of popularity with
readers.
Books
readers don't read the magazine, and
unless you're with a major or can pay through the nose, being
reviewed by PW doesn't mean a thing to a
reader; most have never heard of it.
They just sit there unread
unless I put the book in promotion... then the
reviews get a little traffic, helping a
reader decide if my book is of interest or worth a try — or not.Good luck!
Carla Douglas presents Amazon and Goodreads: Updated Guidelines for
Reader Reviews posted at Beyond Paper Editing, saying, «
Unless you've sworn off online content for the past few weeks you could not avoid hearing about the
review controversy over at Goodreads.
Unless you have new evidence, I'm not sure there is much value in repeating the old material here, but if you want to
review the previous threads, you'll find a multitude of references on the topic (I believe I posted about six and other
readers also contributed)-- not merely the one cited here.
Paragraphs are difficult to read, especially when
readers usually have stack of resumes to
review, «creative» formatting does not add value (
unless you are in the design / creative industry) and Word templates are a dime a dozen and frequently only prompt a user to plug in duties, completely eliminating a section for accomplishments.
Unless otherwise instructed, a cover letter should accompany every resume, as a cover letter compels your
reader to
review your resume.