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NAKED TRUTHS About Getting Book Reviews 2018 by Gisela Hausmann

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I beg other authors not to hold it against me for reading and reviewing NAKED TRUTHS About Getting Book Reviews 2018 by Gisela Hausmann ahead of the schedule and before theirs. This book came at the right moment to my attention, when I was on the mission of seeking and hunting new reviews for A World Without Color, the true story of the last three days I spent with my cat, and I was too curious and hungry for good advice. And I got it!

It's not that I didn't ask around and collected information on what is allowed and what is not allowed when asking for a review and posting my own reviews on Amazon before I read this book. I did it by the book, not breaking any rules, which came as a relief.

NAKED TRUTHS About Getting Book Reviews 2018, Gisela Hausmann reminded me of things I could have done better, more thoughtful and... more refined. As a "self-publishing industry veteran, an email evangelist and a top reviewer," as her Goodreads profile says, in her 86 pages long fourth edition (earlier editions were 2015, 2016 and 2017), she offers us her insight and knowledge on how to better understand Amazon's review platform and introduces us to 10 different kinds of reviews.

Spending years in collecting information and studying the shape-shifting of the patterns of Amazon's behavior to its readers and authors and as a response to the actions of its readers and authors, the Amazon top reviewer Gisela Hausmann delivered us a short but well-informed handbook of Amazon dos and don'ts.

I love this book. I love its simplicity of writing and the clarity of advice and examples Hausmann uses to tell us what we should do to get more reviews for our precious books. Like a good teacher or a caring parent she explains her every claim so everyone can understand it. Don't touch a heated oven or you might get burned, don't ride your bicycle over the red light or you might get hit by a car. Reward your teachers with a smile and thank you for the knowledge they gave you because they are also humans and kind words open many doors.

Apart from stating the rules in NAKED TRUTHS About Getting Book Reviews 2018 we should follow, should we want to make our books successful, Hausmann tells us probably the biggest secret of all on how to get desired reviews. I am sure we all know that secret on some basic, primal level, but we somehow forgot it in our rush to count our daily written words, haste to build our launch team or finish the formatting before we catch the self-imposed publishing deadline.

Every successful relationship is built individually, on respect and personal level, with just the right emotion and enough passion to spark it into existence. The same applies to our books and their reviewers, to us and how we treat them.

For further information please read the book.

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Naked News for Indie Authors How NOT to Invest Your Marketing $$$ by Gisela Hausmann

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


So, you are crazy enough to write, publish and market your books by yourself? You think you can do it as good as some major, or at least smaller, publishers do? Tsk! Don't be crazy!

Because you actually can!

It depends on how willing you are to roll up your sleeves and get “business dirty” (and here I don't mean cheating, stealing and being dishonest and corrupted, but lots of investigating, investing and hard work), whether you are afraid or willing to stand in front of the camera and how firm your abs are when you get hit by rejection or ignoring (not only once but in a series of punches).

I read the book that can help you toughen up and avoid the traps of (self) publishing and losing your hard-earned money. Naked News for Indie Authors How NOT to Invest Your Marketing $$$ by self-publishing industry veteran, marketing expert, email evangelist and top reviewer Gisela Hausmann may be just what you are looking for.

If you are ready to go into your new indie career and don't have second thoughts about returning to traditional publishing after weighing the pros and cons, pay attention to a few important things. Writing the book is just the tip of an iceberg, an easy part. Because you are talented enough or just know the drill and can pull it out with good editing. But then comes the real challenge.

You also need to develop your marketing strategy and skills to reach as many readers as possible, get your first (and hopefully many more) reviews and turn your face and name into a brand that will help you with a successful launch and life of your books.

This book will give you practical advice on how to achieve that without wasting your time, energy and money. It's an easy read but don't be mistaken: success doesn't come overnight. There is a long way and lots of climbing to reach the stars. Many others have been there so why wouldn't you do it too?

If you find this book useful, you can also check NAKED TRUTHS About Getting Book Reviews 2018 by Gisela Hausmann. You can read my review here.

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