It will be a lot of effort for the first book, but many will volunteer to
review subsequent books as well if you ask.
As a long - time book reviewer and observer of other people's book marketing efforts... I've reviewed a lot of books for authors who have approached me directly, but very few come back and ask me to
review subsequent books.
Not exact matches
Advertising has no influence on the
books we accept for
review and the
subsequent rating of those
books.
As to the quality of the work, that would be up to the purchaser who buys a particular
book and the
subsequent review they leave.
For authors submitting
books in a series for
review, BookLife recommends you register one title at a time (and in chronologic order), thus allowing PW's editors to assess each
book in your series independent of
subsequent volumes.
Though in a few cases this helps an author get
reviews for
subsequent books, most reviewers said they decide whether or not to read new
books by previously
reviewed authors based on the content and quality of the
book, and not by their relationship with the author.
Besides, a paid
review can help an author sell ONE
book but it won't sell
subsequent books if the first one wasn't truly good.
868, 874 - 78 (N.D.N.Y. 1995)(granting summary judgment in favour of employer on employee defamation claim stemming from employer's investigation and
subsequent reporting of employee's illegal conduct, and finding that the investigation was conducted in a «thorough and responsible manner» because it was initiated immediately following reports of wrongdoing, included interviews with all relevant parties and an extensive
review of
books and records, and was undertaken by a team including both inside and outside counsel).