Ben’s Comments (group member since Oct 19, 2016)

Ben’s comments from the Navigating Indieworld Discussing All Things Indie group.

It's good that we can all help each other out :)

Thanks guys & girls!

You will get people that do drive-by reviews. The easiest thing to do is just move on and not to worry about it. Some reviews don't even make any sense, but that they still get to post them. It sucks. Keep writing and try to give the book away to some interested readers and hope they enjoy the book and leave a positive review.

This week on Indie Publishing Group we have the lovely Devi Di Guida!

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All caught up!

This week on Indie Publishing Group we have the lovely Simi Sunny!

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lol I missed out on submitting by days..... sad...

This week's featured Indie Author is the amazing Angela Page!

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I'm all caught up! Great work all :)

Nice one! I read this post on another group, and it's definitely worth a read if you're a children's book author

This has been great! Hopefully, it keeps going!

They seem like average prices across the industry. A lot depends I the type of book and word count. More words, costs more, but fiction is easier than non/fiction. Not sure who pays 10k lol not me!

Yep I’ve noticed it. It’s hard with children’s books because they’re so short. Title page, copyright page, dedication, maybe an introduction page and thats about it.

We have been through this with them before, and they couldn’t help much because it’s something that’s grabbed automatically.

I’m not too worried about. I’d prefer that my reviews didn’t disappear lol

You could format them with all those pages at the back and jump write into the first page if you want it to grab more?

For my kid's books, I don't think I have ever waited for longer than 1-2 weeks.

Carole wrote: "Can I be a proud Mama? Look what I found today.https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/mons..."

Nice! Also, about reader's fav, they post their reviews on Goodreads, Barnes & Noble if you ask them.

Anita wrote: "I like Readers' Favorite and also used their review service for my books. Matter of fact, theirs was the first review for each book. Each got a five star and it was a huge boost. I have used their ..."

Yep, they also have a section now where you can grab a copy of a press release tailored for each book and it's free for the template. Pretty cool!

Alex wrote: "Ben wrote: "I got a good one. My hockey book apparently wasn't submitted early enough to make it into Ingrams Children's Advance catalog. You would think 2 months would be enough. $85 and now it wo..."

They are the world's slowest at answering emails. Normally 3 days to get a response out of them. Also, the world's slowest at printing my books and shipping them to me unless I pay for the world's most expensive print times & delivery.

If I could have nothing to do with Ingram Spark, I would drop my books from them in a heartbeat.

Anita wrote: "Oh, no Ben. That is enough to P... off the Pope as the saying goes."

Yeah. I'm just writing them a complaint email right now!

I got a good one. My hockey book apparently wasn't submitted early enough to make it into Ingrams Children's Advance catalog. You would think 2 months would be enough. $85 and now it won't be in until after xmas and after hockey season.

I hate Ingram.

Carole wrote: "I don't remember who told me about Reader's Favorites,(someone from here, thank you very much- whoever you are!!)) but they give free reviews. I submitted a few of our books to test them out and mo..."

Could have been me, I use them all the time for my books. They have loved all my children's books. Also we got an award there, like you did! ;)