Get Reviews to Learn, not to Sell Books

Reviews from readers are absolute GOLD for an author, but not for the reasons you might expect. As an author, I have come to see reviews from readers as not a way to convince others to read the book too (and become fabulously famous, haha), though they do have that potential. They have become a way to find out how I can improve as a writer.

I rarely, if ever, hear authors speak of reviews in this way. This is why honest reviews are so, so important to an author, and the reason you should do ev...