It is also best not to
suggest book reviewers, journal editors, or journalists who might eventually write reviews of the book for publication, since providing a cover endorsement would probably disqualify them from reviewing the book later on.
Not exact matches
Book Country maintains the right to remove reviews that suggest the reviewer has not read the b
Book Country maintains the right to remove reviews that
suggest the
reviewer has not read the
bookbook.
Which isn't to
suggest that you ignore
book reviewers.
They even get to tag the author's
books — all of them, including
books the
reviewer has never read — on shelves with ugly, childish names that
suggest that the author is a misbehaving crybaby who hates free speech and deserves to have felonies committed against him.
In addition, Sansevieri's guide
suggests ways to tweak your site to make it easier for potential
reviewers to find your
book and how to run
book giveaways.
In her post, What
Reviewers Want, Jackie Weger
suggests that authors add the following line at the very end of their
book:
In BookPage,
reviewer Sarah E. White wrote that the
book «provides a candid inside look at faith for people who don't have a clue where evangelicals are coming from» — and she
suggested that it might even alter a person's thoughts about «people of all faiths.»
Honestly, Amazon's services with respect to authors are actually pretty poor: You're limited in sales, there's no way to send out review copies short of making an unofficial one yourself or, as Amazon
suggests, making the
book free for a day and urging the
reviewer to download it during that period.
(I
suggest you examine
book review sites closely to make sure the
reviewer is doing more than parroting the info put out by the publisher.
ARC stands for Advance Review Copy (or Advance Reading Copy) and as the acronym
suggests, it's a complimentary copy of the
book sent out in advance of publication so that
reviewers can read it and post reviews before it hits the stores.
If you are a newbie and are struggling to organically attract the interest of popular
reviewers, ChatEbooks
suggest that you invest in the following paid
book review sites to help you get the word out.
Traditional marketing wisdom
suggests that you should always mail physical copies of your
book to
reviewers.
This connection — between the
book and the movie — is confirmed by a review of Arundel's
book that appeared in the Saturday Review when the
reviewer refers to the movie as the current source of the word «pixillated» — but, curiously enough, doesn't do the same for «doodle,»
suggesting perhaps that the word was in common use before the movie.
Reviewers suggest, «This
book is long overdue!