Abby’s Comments (group member since Aug 31, 2020)

Abby’s comments from the Self-Published Only Club group.

Leon wrote: "Joanie wrote: Hey Leon, I am currently reading your book and I ..."

Yay! That's great to hear!"

OMG, Did you and I missed it?

T.A. wrote: "Hi Abby,

What happens now?
This is my first time taking part in this and my book won I think.. :)"

Tomorrow, (or maybe today) I'll link the book here for everyone to access easily. Our members will then read the book at their own pace throughout the month of April, and leave the links to their reviews on this feed.

You don't need to offer free copies to the readers, because we want to support you, and downloading or purchasing is part of that.

Congratulations. I can't wait to read your work!

Joanie wrote: "In the spirit of National Poetry Month, I'd like to give a shout out to Leon Stevens and highly recommend Lines by Leon: Poems, Prose, and Pictures. Below is my re..."

Thanks Joanie, I have it on my TBR too.

Leon wrote: "I will be participating in NaPoWriMo (National Poetry Writing Month), which means I will be writing a poem/day for the month of April. I'll be posting them here:
http://linesbyleon.com/national-poe..."

That's awesome. Can't wait!

You'll just need to read the directions in pool 1, pick a book, read and review. That will make you eligible for your book to be reviewed in the 2nd pool.

Trana wrote: "Klaus wrote: "Hi Trana, thanks for your interest! The Countess of Haberlund is up on Kindle Unlimited..."

Thanks, Klaus. This old lady was confused because Abby posted "AVAILABLE (1)" so I thought..."

In the first pool, the readers will need to purchase the ebook if they don't have KU. That's just to get us going, though. In the 2nd pool, any authors with books in the pool, would provide the reader with a free copy. Sorry for any confusion.

Britta wrote: "Hi everyone, I'm new hear but heard great things about this group from my friend Mel. I'm excited to get started!"

Hi Britta, so glad you joined us!

Julie wrote: "Review for Never Gonna Tell by Sarah M Ross. While I almost finished this book, I won’t be leaving a review online as I’ve given it three stars. The book started out fun and caught my attention, bu..."

Good points, Julie. Thank you for giving it a go.

Lynn wrote: "Abby wrote: "Lynn wrote: "Abby wrote: "Our March BOTM is Never Gonna Tell get started and be sure to leave your reviews here.

Happy Reading!"

Hey, I just found this group and I l..."


Great Review, Lynn

Bruce wrote: "Abby wrote: "This is the first pool for our new review swap program. Our review swap will be organized and managed by me, so please be patient with me as I get this going. After we get going and ar..."

Thank you Bruce

Ellie Aiden

Bruce Spydar

P.K. Morrison

Tagged 3 off the top of my head.

THE ADVENTURE OF KATRINA: And collection of other stories! from one of our group authors is available free on Amazon through tomorrow!

Crystal wrote: "I'd like to be in the review swap too, please!"

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Yay. This is where you can select the book you want to review to get started. Let me know if you have any questions.

Yeah you have to spend like $50 a year, I believe, in order to leave book reviews. It's crazy.

Kiandra wrote: "Hello! I'm new here. I'm not an author and wanted to share that this book poll is a great idea, any book related poll is a good idea. I'm looking forward to getting my hands on all 6 of these books..."

Hi Kiandra, so glad you joined us. I try to post free books or kindle countdown deals when I come across them in the book offers thread, so that's a good place to look for recommendations. Also check out our bookshelf. There are tons of really good books in there.

Right now, I'm reading book #4 in A Fairy Awesome Series. Books 1 through 3 have already released, and I highly recommend the series. A Fairy Awesome Story

Ellie wrote: "I can't tell you how many screenshots have been sent to me of a readers review left on Amazon, that Amazon denied. At least half of them are ones that purchased the book, not just my ARC readers.
..."

That's ridiculous. Us readers need to start harassing Amazon over stuff like that. Especially when you buy a product, you should be able to leave your review.

I understand them trying to prevent fake reviews, but damn, when you can prove it isn't fake, it should be allowed.

Yes, Amazon makes it almost impossible for SP authors to gain reviews. And I have seen a lot of people talking about review swaps being denied, but like you said, I've seen many posting about verified purchase reviews being denied too.

But the way I see it, when you're struggling to get reviews, the more people that try to leave a review the better, even if only 1 out of 3 is actually allowed.

If it was me, I'd think it was worth the risk.

Chris wrote: "Hi everyone. I published my first book a few weeks ago, it’s the first in a series I’m writing;

Tales of Mundus: Puppets

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5..."

Got it added.

Alright guys, sorry, I was a little behind getting books added, but I believe I got them all. Check the bookshelf, and if you see one I missed, please let me know.

Also, I just launched a new Review Swap Pool for all our author members. Check out the thread for rules and details. It's an easy way to get reviews for your own books, while helping out other SP authors.

Petra wrote: "Lovely to be here!
I actually have 4 books (self)published at the moment. They're all part of the Somnia Series, and I'm currently in the editing process of the fifth and final book (ETA august 20..."

Hi Petra,

Glad you joined us. I'll get these added, and be sure to check out our new Review pool for easy reviews swaps.