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Removed the praise from the description as that is against policy, see https://www.goodreads.com/help/show/404
Ok, thanks. How do I get the advanced praise (blurbs) onto my book's page? They will appear on the book jacket...Thanks again for your help!
Emma
Emma wrote: "Ok, thanks. How do I get the advanced praise (blurbs) onto my book's page? They will appear on the book jacket...Thanks again for your help!
Emma"
Hi Emma.
Quoted from Arenda's link
and should NOT include reviews
Sorry if I'm being obtuse--so there are no reviews allowed on Goodreads whatsoever? I think I see them for other books... No?
Emma wrote: "Sorry if I'm being obtuse--so there are no reviews allowed on Goodreads whatsoever? I think I see them for other books... No?"They aren't allowed in the description. But (for example) if I read your book I can write a review in my review space. :)
Right, I'm familiar with reader reviews. But what about reviews that are on the book jacket (like the ones I'd like to include now), or that the book garners from outside publications? Is there any space for those?
No official space. Although you can use your blog or author profile space to add the review info. You can use your review space of the books to provide addition info
Emma wrote: "so there are no reviews allowed on Goodreads whatsoever? I think I see them for other books... "They will be removed from the description when noticed.
Ok, thank you for the info! I appreciate it.
The book description should read:
In her humorous and emotionally resonant debut, Emma Smith-Stevens follows the exploits and evolution of a young man - known only as the Australian - over the course of a dozen years, from his time in Melbourne, posing as Superman for tourist photos, to his life in New York, where he spends years unemployed before stumbling into fame and fortune. Recently married to a woman he barely knows and struggling to form a relationship with his newborn son, the Australian returns to his home city to tend to his dying mother and unlock the mysteries of his estranged, and now dead, father. His journey leads him to the Dreaming Tracks--sacred landmarks across Australia--sites inspired by his fathers Australian Geographic magazines, and beyond.
A poignant and at times satirical meditation on masculinity, fatherhood, isolation, New York City, fame, and loss, The Australian examines the ways we come to know each other, and ultimately ourselves.
There are three editorial reviews to be added, too, please:
"There are some writers-and Emma Smith-Stevens happens to be one-who seem effortlessly able to fill the page with life. This chronicle of an extraordinarily ordinary seeker is all wit and wonder, so tolerant of human fallibility, so respectful of mystery and complexity, so disinclined to demarcate the heroic from the foolish. I admire this debut for its style and stance."
-Chris Bachelder, author of The Throwback Special
"The Australian is a picaresque for the twenty-first century beguiling, funny, and inventive, intermittently sad and always beautiful."
David Leavitt, author of The Two Hotel Francforts
"Emma Smith-Stevens unmans the titular Australian in The Australian with a quiet, wise, sure-footed humor that is seductive."
Padgett Powell, author of The Interrogative Mood
Thank you,
Emma Smith-Stevens