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message 1: by Jim (last edited Jul 28, 2013 05:46PM) (new)

Jim | 219 comments Mod
The group has been approached by author Daniel J. Williams for a Read for Review of his book Mace of the Apocalypse. This is the first book of the series.

Summary:
On a beautiful spring afternoon in San Francisco a deadly toxin is released. Within hours it spreads like wildfire, consuming the entire Bay Area. A small group of survivors, desperate to stay alive, must travel through a gauntlet of raging corpses, battling their inner demons and each other along the way.

Through a priest, they gain access to a partial antidote. Holing up in a hospital in an attempt to create a safe zone, everything they believe in will be questioned. The antidote, they soon discover, is almost as dangerous as the infection.

Things unravel within their walls as a teenage gang deliberately infects themselves after receiving the partial cure. They revel in the power it gives them. Believing in their invincibility, they declare war on all who get in their way.

Faith will be lost. Lives will be surrendered. Heroes will rise.


Kindle, 258 pages

The author will be giving out 10 copies in mobi format. To request, please message me with your email address. I will forward it to the author for them to provide you a copy of the book. It is also your responsibility to contact me immediately if you do not receive the book or have a problem. In exchange for the free book, the author requests an honest review of their book not just on Goodreads, but also on Amazon USA, UK, and any of your blogs or reviewing sites. Once you are finished with your review and have posted it on Goodreads, you are REQUIRED to post your Goodreads link to it on this thread.

Even though this book is being gifted to you please do not share it with anyone. It is unethical, disrespectful and illegal to share books provided to you for reviews.

Further Info from the group, not the author: If you do not complete the e-book within the time given, and you do not post your link on this thread or I do not hear from you stating that you intend to finish and review the book, you will not be allowed to participate in future Read for Review events. This is to prevent people from getting complimentary books over and over without fulfilling their obligation.

If there are any other authors looking to do this with our group, please message me. You MUST be willing to provide copies, free of charge, to the reviewers.

REVIEWERS: PLEASE read the topic titled "Reviewers." All the rules are listed under there. We will not allow any excuses of "I didn't know" because the rules are listed and if you have any questions you can always message me.

Links to find the book for posting reviews:

Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/Mace-Apocalypse...

Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mace-of-the-A...

Deadline for review is 11:59pm EST on 8/18/13 (August 18th).


message 2: by Jim (new)

Jim | 219 comments Mod
Update for reviewers. As of this writing, the 10 reviewer slots have been filled. You should be receiving your copies of the book from the author today or tomorrow. Let us know if you have problems. There were more than 10 people that requested to review. If the author decides to make more copies available, I'll let you know.

thanks.


message 3: by Jim (new)

Jim | 219 comments Mod
Daniel said he will do more than 10 copies. If you are still interested, let me know. Thanks.


message 4: by Jim (new)

Jim | 219 comments Mod
Reminder to reviewers. Once you complete your review, please post links to it here (goodreads and anywhere else you post it i.e. amazon, smashwords, etc). Thank you.


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message 6: by Chris (last edited Aug 06, 2013 06:24AM) (new)

Chris (chrisfells) | 3 comments For whatever reason Amazon is not allowing me to post a review of the book there. I have opened a support ticket. But the website says the following when I try to review:

"To submit a customer review: you need to use an Amazon account that has successfully been charged for the purchase of a physical or digital item. Free digital downloads don't qualify. You don't need to have purchased the product you're reviewing. There's a 48-hour waiting period after your first physical order has been completely shipped, or your digital item has been purchased, before you'll be able to submit your review."

Regarding my review here on Goodreads:

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...


message 7: by Daniel (new)

Daniel Williams (Daniel_Williams) | 27 comments Thank you for the taking the time to read the book and provide reviews! I appreciate it and will offer more books if anyone is interested in reading.


message 8: by Chris (new)

Chris (chrisfells) | 3 comments Daniel wrote: "Thank you for the taking the time to read the book and provide reviews! I appreciate it and will offer more books if anyone is interested in reading."

I would love to read and review your other books as well Dan. :)


message 9: by Chris (new)

Chris (chrisfells) | 3 comments Chris wrote: "For whatever reason Amazon is not allowing me to post a review of the book there. I have opened a support ticket. But the website says the following when I try to review:

"To submit a customer r..."


Regarding my other post, this is Amazon's response:

"Hello Chris,

This is Michelle from Amazon Communities, I hope this finds you well.

To write a Customer Review, you must have used your account to purchase an item from Amazon.com. (Free digital downloads don't count toward this purchase requirement.)

I've reviewed your Amazon.com account and I see you haven't made any purchases on this account yet. To post a review from this account, you'll need to place an order and wait 48 hours after the order has been shipped or downloaded. At that point, you'll be able to post a review.

If you've made purchases in the past, you may have done so using another Amazon.com account. If you've forgotten your password, you can request password assistance here: http://www.amazon.com/password

I hope this helps. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

Thank you for your inquiry.

Best Regards,

Michelle G"

So basically, because this was a free download and I have not placed an order on this particular account I cannot do reviews on Amazon itself at this time... Which sucks, I would think a gift like this would still allow me to do a review of the item since I received it via Amazon...


message 10: by Daniel (new)

Daniel Williams (Daniel_Williams) | 27 comments Wow, that's pretty messed up.


message 11: by Daniel (new)

Daniel Williams (Daniel_Williams) | 27 comments Thanks! I will get the books out. I appreciate it!


message 12: by Neil (new)

Neil | 21 comments because amazon is garbage


message 13: by Jim (new)

Jim | 219 comments Mod
All, just a reminder that reviews are due by 18 Aug. Please post your reviews in the next week. Thank you.


message 15: by Jim (new)

Jim | 219 comments Mod
Just a reminder that reviews for this book are due today. Those that fail to post a review or fail to post an adequate review will not be allowed to participate in future read for reviews. So far only 7 of 16 individuals have posted a review. You also need to post the links here. Thank you.


message 16: by [deleted user] (new)

Sorry for late review. Awesome book, it really was.

Here is my Goodreads review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Here is my Amazon review.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R1NPWB...


message 17: by Sparrow (last edited Aug 25, 2013 07:50PM) (new)

Sparrow | 2 comments I'm sorry I'm late with my reviews.
Goodreads review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/review/R18N3BLI...


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