Sometimes I feel like a bit of misfit. I don't go out and woo reviewers. Honestly, it's not because I get bad reviews - just the opposite. Reviewers generally say kind things about my work. My reticence is due to the fact I've read some scathing reviews that were not at all about the book but were instead about the author herself/himself or the publishing company handling the book.
Personal attacks on an author just because you don't like a particular book are unwarranted, not to mention unkind. I think they reflect poorly on the reviewer and call into question everything that reviewer ever said about every book they ever reviewed.
To attack a publishing company through the review process, for whatever reason, is also unfair to the author and to her/his story. Trust me. We lowly authors have no control over publishing companies, hence the proliferation of indie published books. I went indie on Hey, Joe because I wanted the cover the way I wanted it and refused to engage any discussion on anything else. It wasn't about the money or that I distrusted anyone. It was all about the Hey, Joe cover. But I digress...I wanted to create a little Twitter promo pic on Catching Fireflies and found I had no reviews in the file. So I went searching to see if there was any reader comments I could use. I googled and Barnes & Noble popped up two 5-star ratings. So that's two out of two at five stars from readers. Huh.
Even at such a fine percentage, there wasn't much to use. So I did the next best thing and took a screen cap. Here comes the promo:
Catching Fireflies is available at
Amazon, iTunes/Apple, Barnes and Noble, Kobo,
and other online booksellers.
How's that for working promo on the backlist this Friday? Considering how few readers actually comment on books, I'll take these two and be happy.
KC Kendricks
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2 comments:
It never ceases to amaze me when anyone leaves a scathing review, for whatever reason. If I'm not enamored with a book, I just don't leave a review.
Thanks for stopping by Between the Keys. If I read a book I really like I'll go look for that author on twitter and repost their promo on that book. My twitter feed goes to facebook. I figure that's a way to give them a thumbs up without risking pissing them off by a comment. The world is a bit humorless these days.
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