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Hey, I'm not sure if this has come up already in the bazillion posts flying around, but I wanted to bring up a topic near and dear to the heart of authors in general: reader reviews.
Basically, I just wanted to encourage folks to consider leaving reviews on books that they read, particularly for newly released books or books by non-big-name authors <ahem>.
If it's a book that already has five hundred reviews, I - as a reader myself - wouldn't worry so much about it. But if a book doesn't have a lot, please consider taking a few minutes and letting other readers know what you think. If you liked the book and believe others would like it, tell them why; if you didn't like it, or were somewhere in between, ditto.
The reason this is important is that - as I'm sure many of you realize - reader reviews can have a huge impact on sales. If you see a book (or any other item) that has a lot of good feedback, people are much more inclined to buy it than if it doesn't have any, or only a few. And, alternatively, they're much less likely to buy something if it has negative feedback. So you're opinions there can have a very direct impact.
Anyway, I just wanted to bring that up for folks to keep in mind!
Cheers,
Mike
Basically, I just wanted to encourage folks to consider leaving reviews on books that they read, particularly for newly released books or books by non-big-name authors <ahem>.
If it's a book that already has five hundred reviews, I - as a reader myself - wouldn't worry so much about it. But if a book doesn't have a lot, please consider taking a few minutes and letting other readers know what you think. If you liked the book and believe others would like it, tell them why; if you didn't like it, or were somewhere in between, ditto.
The reason this is important is that - as I'm sure many of you realize - reader reviews can have a huge impact on sales. If you see a book (or any other item) that has a lot of good feedback, people are much more inclined to buy it than if it doesn't have any, or only a few. And, alternatively, they're much less likely to buy something if it has negative feedback. So you're opinions there can have a very direct impact.
Anyway, I just wanted to bring that up for folks to keep in mind!
Cheers,
Mike