RSVP (REVIEW, if You Please)
For an author, "Répondez, s'il vous plaît" is synonymous with "REVIEW, if you please."
A book symbolizes the intrinsic bond in the symbiotic relationship between a reader and author. One cannot thrive without the other!
Since Amazon is the author’s virtual amphitheater flooded with thousands upon thousands of books for sale, reader reviews provide greater visibility for the published author’s books to rise above the ashes of obscurity. It’d be grand if my book popped up in the window, “You might enjoy this” suggestion.” Pipe dream aside, there’s no doubt about it—books with more and better reviews sell more.
Hence, when my upcoming novel is released for distribution, I will launch Giveaway events and offer free Advanced Reader Copies through various venues in exchange for an honest book review at Amazon.
“Review, if you please.” Since social etiquette nudges gift recipients to compose a thank you note, a book review is the sincerest form of flattery to an author, when it’s honestly earned. That’s all we ask.
Reader Reviews need not be lengthy in dispensing one’s opinion. Most are quite brief, rarely exceeding 800-1000 words, with shorter reviews from 250-450 words or far less.
Among friends and family, I often toss around the expression, “Talk is cheap!”
Not so for an author who spends countless hours, days, weeks, and even years perfecting the landscape of prose in their work of fiction or non-fiction. Not so for a reader who absorbs every word and honors an author’s request by writing a review from the heart.
A book symbolizes the intrinsic bond in the symbiotic relationship between a reader and author. One cannot thrive without the other!
Since Amazon is the author’s virtual amphitheater flooded with thousands upon thousands of books for sale, reader reviews provide greater visibility for the published author’s books to rise above the ashes of obscurity. It’d be grand if my book popped up in the window, “You might enjoy this” suggestion.” Pipe dream aside, there’s no doubt about it—books with more and better reviews sell more.
Hence, when my upcoming novel is released for distribution, I will launch Giveaway events and offer free Advanced Reader Copies through various venues in exchange for an honest book review at Amazon.
“Review, if you please.” Since social etiquette nudges gift recipients to compose a thank you note, a book review is the sincerest form of flattery to an author, when it’s honestly earned. That’s all we ask.
Reader Reviews need not be lengthy in dispensing one’s opinion. Most are quite brief, rarely exceeding 800-1000 words, with shorter reviews from 250-450 words or far less.
Among friends and family, I often toss around the expression, “Talk is cheap!”
Not so for an author who spends countless hours, days, weeks, and even years perfecting the landscape of prose in their work of fiction or non-fiction. Not so for a reader who absorbs every word and honors an author’s request by writing a review from the heart.
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