In your experience, how many readers write amazon reviews for your books? One in a hundred? One in a thousand? Less?
CathyQuinn
how many readers write reviews?
Firefly Island has sold 1700 copies and has 23 reviews.CathyQuinn said:
Flaming Dove has sold 400 copies and has 20 reviews -- definitely a higher ratio.
For Have Gun, Will Play, it's one in ten (on and off Amazon, not including solicited reviews). For other books, it's hard to tell, because I haven't sold a lot and I think most of their reviews came from solicitations.
I'm assuming that HGWP is highly unusual. Part of it is probably because it hasn't sold a lot yet, so it doesn't take much to throw off the total, but I also think it's because it's really hard to get people to read it, and when they do the surprise makes them want to review it.
I suspect, though, that every book is different. Each appeals to a slight different demographic. And your marketing exposes the book to different groups of people. Plus some reviewers are kind of a culture on Amazon, so if you hit a pocket of people who all like to review, and they tell each other about your book, they'll probably all review it.
Camille
I'm assuming that HGWP is highly unusual. Part of it is probably because it hasn't sold a lot yet, so it doesn't take much to throw off the total, but I also think it's because it's really hard to get people to read it, and when they do the surprise makes them want to review it.
I suspect, though, that every book is different. Each appeals to a slight different demographic. And your marketing exposes the book to different groups of people. Plus some reviewers are kind of a culture on Amazon, so if you hit a pocket of people who all like to review, and they tell each other about your book, they'll probably all review it.
Camille
I am both excited and afraid of receiving my first review. Looking on this page looks like I could be waiting a while as my sales are still in single figures
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