Dawn Batterbeemiller
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W. Terry Whalin:
It appears that you do book reviews. I just bought a novel because you recommended it. Are you interested in reviewing my book, Footprints Under the Pines, that has received rave reviews from various individuals?
W. Terry Whalin
Dawn,
Good question about reviews. You are correct that I write book reviews--and have been doing it for many years. I've been a book review columnist for two different magazines (which are no longer in print but when they were had circulations of about 150,000 copies each month). These days one of the days I support good books is to write a brief review. I've written almost 500 customer reviews on Amazon for example.
Because I've been writing reviews for many years, I do have some guidelines for the books that I review:
1. I do not review Ebook only books (mostly self-published through CreateSpace). I do not have an Ebook reader and I'm a bit old fashion reading the books in paper copies. Most people who publish through this system have no idea that Amazon publishes over 50,000 titles each year. Just take a look at these self-publish numbers from 2011--the most recent that I've seen: http://terrylinks.com/bpn2011
2. I do not review self-published books. I've been in book publishing over 20 years and seen very poor self-published books. Yes there are some exceptions but they are rare exceptions from my experience.
3. I do not read many novels. I'm mostly a nonfiction reader with a few novels sprinkled into my reading. Yes I was a fiction acquisitions editor for three years for Howard Books (a Simon and Schuster imprint) so I've read a great deal of unpublished fiction.
I looked up your novel, Footprints Under the Pines. I see it was published through Pleasant Word (a company which is no longer in print from my information). It is probably not the best fit for the type of books that I read but I appreciate the offer. I'm going to pass on the opportunity.
If you want to get more reviews--which I recommend for every author since readers are making buying decisions every day as they read reviews, I recommend a free teleseminar that I have on this topic:
http://YourBookReviewed.com This event is on replay so you (and anyone else) will have immediate access to a lot of information on this important topic.
I hope I helped you and others with my detailed answer. I encourage you to continue looking for reviewers for your novel.
Warm Regards,
Terry
__________________________
W. Terry Whalin
Highlands Ranch, Colorado
Straight Talk from the Editor (FREE Ebook):
http://straighttalkeditor.com
Follow Me On Twitter:
http://twitter.com/terrywhalin
My blog, The Writing Life (over 1,200 entries):
http://www.thewritinglife.ws
Warm Regards,
Good question about reviews. You are correct that I write book reviews--and have been doing it for many years. I've been a book review columnist for two different magazines (which are no longer in print but when they were had circulations of about 150,000 copies each month). These days one of the days I support good books is to write a brief review. I've written almost 500 customer reviews on Amazon for example.
Because I've been writing reviews for many years, I do have some guidelines for the books that I review:
1. I do not review Ebook only books (mostly self-published through CreateSpace). I do not have an Ebook reader and I'm a bit old fashion reading the books in paper copies. Most people who publish through this system have no idea that Amazon publishes over 50,000 titles each year. Just take a look at these self-publish numbers from 2011--the most recent that I've seen: http://terrylinks.com/bpn2011
2. I do not review self-published books. I've been in book publishing over 20 years and seen very poor self-published books. Yes there are some exceptions but they are rare exceptions from my experience.
3. I do not read many novels. I'm mostly a nonfiction reader with a few novels sprinkled into my reading. Yes I was a fiction acquisitions editor for three years for Howard Books (a Simon and Schuster imprint) so I've read a great deal of unpublished fiction.
I looked up your novel, Footprints Under the Pines. I see it was published through Pleasant Word (a company which is no longer in print from my information). It is probably not the best fit for the type of books that I read but I appreciate the offer. I'm going to pass on the opportunity.
If you want to get more reviews--which I recommend for every author since readers are making buying decisions every day as they read reviews, I recommend a free teleseminar that I have on this topic:
http://YourBookReviewed.com This event is on replay so you (and anyone else) will have immediate access to a lot of information on this important topic.
I hope I helped you and others with my detailed answer. I encourage you to continue looking for reviewers for your novel.
Warm Regards,
Terry
__________________________
W. Terry Whalin
Highlands Ranch, Colorado
Straight Talk from the Editor (FREE Ebook):
http://straighttalkeditor.com
Follow Me On Twitter:
http://twitter.com/terrywhalin
My blog, The Writing Life (over 1,200 entries):
http://www.thewritinglife.ws
Warm Regards,
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