Due to the overall lower star ratings on Goodreads, some authors believe that Goodreads is full of internet trolls. There are trolls in every corner of the internet, but Goodreads actually has fewer trolls than other social networks. Trolls don’t take the time to read and review a book. E...
One of the best ways to ensure you stay on track is by setting milestones or checkpoints for your book. The milestones you choose to set are whatever are the best fit for your book and way of working, but you might want to consider: Setting weekly and monthly benchmarks. Tracking progr...
If you are doing paid social media promotion of your author page or for a specific book release, you may get comments from readers who read and loved your book. Don't be afraid to reply in the comments and ask for reviews on platforms such as Amazon or Goodreads, as Joanna Penn sugges...
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Below is a list of websites (both free and paid) where you can post your audiobook to help promote it and ask for feedback. Audiobook Promotion Sites That Work Goodreads Audiobooks Group→ Great place to get solid reviews of your audiobook and audiophiles tend to gather here. ...
You can’t ask for conditional reviews.Although it’s completely fine to ask for someone to review your book, you cannot request they review it in a certain way. Asking for an honest review is the best approach. You can’t review a rival book.If Amazon feels someone is negatively review...
92 Little Tricks for Big Success in RelationshipsBy Lowndes, LeilRating 40,010 Ratings by Goodreads Already own it? Write a reviewFormat Paperback, 352 pages Published UK, 1 March 1999Light-hearted guide to communicating more easily with whomever you come into contact with. Leil Lowndes reveals...
That said, someone rejecting your book for review is a worst-case scenario. Best-case scenario, the blogger responds favorably and you’ve bagged yourself a review! What comes next, you ask? The reviewer will post their review of your book on their blog — and on Amazon, Goodreads, and ...
I’m writing to ask for clarification of the current rule governing elected officers, as stated in the NASW Constitution and Bylaws. The relevant passage is Article IV, Section 1: “A substantial majority of an officer’s science-writing activities shall be journalism. Officers may not write pr...
Your work must be professionally edited if you are going to ask readers to pay for it. This is your one big compulsory expense in the entire self-publishing process. Feel free to plow your own furrow with almost anything else but it’s important not to skimp on editing. ...