It's one of the few times I've been disappointed when
relying on book reviews to choose a novel.
Not exact matches
Travelers are also increasingly
relying on travel
review sites when
booking.
As it happens, the Times Literary Supplement gave the
book to the philosopher Anthony Kenny to
review, perhaps because he could never be accused of any parti pris in this debate, since he has in the past leveled his own severe criticisms against classical Christian theism for
relying on an «outdated Aristotelian cosmology.»
I limited my
review to just these pages, as I don't have the
book (I
relied on Amazon's «Look Inside!»
The literary agents
on your typical free
book agents list didn't ask to be put there, meaning they didn't post their profile or
review it — so the information that you're
relying on to get representation is outdated and / or incorrect.
You'll
rely on your launch team to leave a
review as soon as your
book goes live.
I do
rely more
on reading many different
reviews (like
Book Browse) before final purchases.
Poor authors
rely on publicity to promote their
books, such as media interviews,
book reviews, and
book - signings.
I have learned to
rely a lot
on BookBrowse recommendations and
reviews to determine my choices since a wide variety of
books are
reviewed on this site.
I look to
reviews regarding story lines only after the blurb is not adequate, and now with previews within the
book available I seldom
rely on reviews in my buying decisions.
The Paid eBook
Review Argument — With the popularity of leaving
reviews online for everything from
books to consumer goods, more and more consumers are
relying on reviews posted
on ebook retail platforms — presumably,
reviews that were posted by individuals who actually read the
books they are
reviewing — to give them a head's up
on which
books are deserving of a five - star rating.
Instead, they
rely on reviews to help them find great
books for their patrons.
If you get them hooked and you're writing a series, chances are that you can
rely on them to
review your second or third
book when it comes out.
Since your
book wasn't printed by a traditional publisher, people will
rely more heavily
on reviews when making a purchase.
She stopped by the Happy Self Publishing Show to share how authors can get more
reviews for their
book on Amazon, and why the number of
reviews you receive is increasingly important in a world that
relies heavily
on social proof.
With the popularity of leaving
reviews online for everything from
books to consumer goods, more and more consumers are
relying on reviews posted
on ebook retail platforms — presumably,
reviews that were posted by individuals who actually read the
books they are
reviewing — to give them a head's up
on what
books are deserving of a five - star rating.
It is important to note that the majority of Amazon users said they
rely on ratings and
reviews of
books on Amazon's website, which speaks to the current firestorm of anger from authors and publishers over the so - called corruption in Amazon
reviews, given that
reviews apparently do matter a great deal to consumers.
I tend to
rely on movie and video game
reviews much more than
book reviews.
Yes, I think people often
rely more
on recommendations and advertising than
reviews when deciding what
book to buy.
They
rely a lot
on reviews to make the best
books rise to the top, right.
As a
book publicist whose clients» works range from mainstream to self - published, I've never
relied solely
on book reviews.
We owe it to our readers to be truthful as they
rely on our
reviews to help them make
book selections that they may enjoy reading as well.
You may confidently
rely on our professional
book report,
book review,
book summary, and
book analysis writing services!
Also keep in mind that libraries and
book stores
rely on Kirkus
reviews for purchasing
books, but neither of them purchase self - published
books.
In addition, you can not
rely on reviews only because
reviews are limited in scope and may not provide the sufficient insight into the
book.
Potential buyers
rely on Amazon
reviews when deciding whether or not to purchase a
book.
If you're
relying on the sale of paperback
books to get
reviews to show up
on your product page, first you need several people to read those
books.
Cate Baum
on Self - Publishing
Review GDPR — How it Affects Authors in 2018 — With FREE Privacy Policy Template «If you've been
relying on a mailing list to sell
books online, or you sell
books from your website, you need to know about the GDPR, a new law that comes into effect
on May 25, 2018 that protects people online from spam and unwanted data sharing.»
However, I try to provide a few brief comments of what I liked and disliked vs.
relying solely
on the «star» rating system without providing a spoiler and I appreciate
reviews that do the same as most of the time it gives me a good gauge of the
book.
Keep in mind that libraries often
rely on reviews to select
books to display.
on Self Publishing
Review: If you've been
relying on a mailing list to sell
books online, or you sell
books from your website, you need to know about the GDPR, a new law that comes into effect
on May 25, 2018 that protects people online from spam and unwanted data sharing.
Authors
rely heavily
on reviews for advance praise of their
books.
People often ask me what
books I read so I thought I would
review the two marketing
books I
rely on the most and suggest a few other
books that I also love.
If you're buying
books separately from Kindle or other e-book stores, you're
relying on reviews — which are fine, but the discovery process is more difficult.
An algo that
relies heavily
on sales volume and
review rating and volume is prone to local optima, i.e. search results get stuck
on books because the initial sales volume and
reviews creates a virtuous cycle for that
book (it stays
on top because it is
on top).
Because often, I finish an indie
book and I read something like «we indie authors
rely on reviews /
on our newsletter, so please leave a
review / subscribe to my newsletter», and that to me is not a real incentive.
When you're
booking your trip, don't
rely too heavily
on the internet, and in particular,
reviews on websites like TripAdvisor.
I was hesitant to purchase How to Raise the Perfect Dog after reading the
reviews that said the
book was mostly old stories from Mexico, lacked specifics, and
relied on lessons from older dogs in the pack.
For information for the
reviews, the website
relies on publicly available sources that include, but are not limited to journals,
books, government regulated bodies and research findings from the United States National Institute of Health PubMed medical libraries.
Little surprise, then, that Romm felt the need to attack the views of environment writer Gregg Easterbrook for writing a critical
review of Friedman's
book, which
relied heavily
on Romm's apocalyptic interpretation of the climate science.
The IPCC has
relied on a single
book chapter that gives a very low rate of increase of Antarctic sea ice, and they have completely ignored several peer -
reviewed papers that give a larger rate of increase (see the WCR report and my page linked above).
I limited my
review to just these pages, as I don't have the
book (I
relied on Amazon's «Look Inside!»
When deciding which restaurant to go to, which hotel to stay at, which Amazon
book to buy, most of us
rely on online
reviews.
I would not consider including this as a resource
on the law library homepage without further checking or more
review comments from the other foreign jurisdictions and will still
rely on the Red
Book for Canada and the Harvard Guide for things not covered in the McGill Guide.