Comments on: Where to find online book reviewers

By: Joy Lo-Bamijoko

Joy Lo-Bamijoko — Fri, 09 Mar 2018 22:28:13 +0000

Hi, Sandra, good to know you. I received an email from you recently and decided to check you out. I like what I’ve seen of you so far.
My book club, the Rave Reviews Book Club (#RRBC) is planning their 3rd. annual Conference and this year I have volunteered to give presentations on the following topics:
1. Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Trust That Book Review
2. How To Write Compelling/Honest Reviews
3. The Art of Memoir Writing
In the course of my research, I came across your articles on reviews. I just want you to know that yours is a trove of information. I am studying what you said and taking notes. Thank you. ?

By: Sandra Beckwith

Sandra Beckwith — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 00:29:59 +0000

In reply to Kathie Freeman.

Thanks, Kathie. That’s good to know. Have you had experience with that?

There are lots of other ways to use a good Kirkus review besides posting it on Amazon, though.

Sandy

By: Kathie Freeman

Kathie Freeman — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 23:03:27 +0000

You can buy a review from Kirkus, but Amazon will delete it.

By: Sandra Beckwith

Sandra Beckwith — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:41:43 +0000

In reply to Tegon.

Glad you liked it! I had lots of “ahas!” like that while watching the webinar.

Sandy

By: Tegon

Tegon — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 05:29:56 +0000

Good article !! I never thought about librarians as a sales point !

By: Sandra Beckwith

Sandra Beckwith — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 21:46:21 +0000

In reply to Christine Pirkey. Glad to hear it, Chris! Sandy

By: Christine Pirkey

Christine Pirkey — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:55:59 +0000

In reply to Sandra Beckwith. Thank you, Sandra. Actually, you did help me decide what to do next! The easiest thing for me to do right now is have my suspense thriller put in paperback form, then start publicizing it, since I find writing articles and other types of free publicity fairly easy to do. I'll let you know later how everything works out. Chris Pirkey

By: Sandra Beckwith

Sandra Beckwith — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:55:14 +0000

In reply to Christine Pirkey.

Hmmm…. Well, Christine, when I’m over-whelmed, I find that tackling the easiest task first works best for me. You might be different, but using my approach to overwhelm, which would be easier for you right now: uploading more books or shfting to paperback production?

I don’t, however, have a recommendation for which you should pursue first. It depends on your overall goals and what you want to accomplish with your books. If your current e-books are selling well, it makes sense to offer more books to people who like your writing so that they can get more of you. The other side of it, though, is that without a print version of your suspense-thriller, you’re missing out on an audience that prefers holding a book.

Not much help, eh?

Sandy

By: Sandra Beckwith

Sandra Beckwith — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:49:46 +0000

In reply to JANIS HUTCHINSON.

Janis, I have a couple of thoughts. First, Joan Stewart’s webinar described above contained a good amount of info on how to leverage Goodreads. You can learn more at http://bit.ly/GWJLvl.

Second, I tweeted the link to this article by the head of Goodreads’ author program a few wks ago — there might be something helpful there: http://bit.ly/RM74bU. There’s a link to the Goodreads author program at the end and you might get answers — or an e-mail address for someone who can help you solve your problem — there.

Sandy

By: Christine Pirkey

Christine Pirkey — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:21:23 +0000

Thank you Sandra for such a helpful article. It’s people like you who go out of their way to lend a hand to those of us who are just coming up that keeps us going. Right now, I have 3 eBooks on Kindle–one suspense thriller and two short fantasies for grown-ups–and am getting ready to publish the suspense-thriller as an Amazon paperback. I also have other books ready that I could put on Kindle now, but at the moment I just feel kind of overwhelmed. I’m wondering if it is more important to try to promote the eBooks I already have out, or should I add my other books to Kindle first (I write both fiction and non-fiction), I keep asking myself. I understand the advertising part of publishing, but there is only so much time to devote to this issue. Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated appreciated.