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Group 229. - Out of this World - Mod. E.M.
Hello, I'd like to join this review group with my collection of science fiction short stories, Sapience. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07N74LCGH/
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
If possible, I'd like to join this review group with my novel, The Devil's Workshop.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
https://www.amazon.com/Devils-Worksho...
I have completed my reviews for group 225.
I have already reviewed another book by Alexis.
Hi.. Can I submit my second book here? would you please consider it since it fits in the category of "Out of this world". First one was selected in group "in this world" which was already picked for review and I am also reviewing books of my other fellow authors.
If this one can be considered, below are the links. :-)
Author Profile: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Book Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Kind Regards
Arriah
Welcome Alexis and Donally!Arriah - I would be very happy to include you in the round when you can confirm you have completed all your reviews for round 224. We only allow participation in one round at a time.
I'd like to join with To the Victor: Tales of Magic and Adventure.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
I have finished reviewing all my assigned books for round 223.
And EM can review me; I can't review her. That's the only clash I see so far.
I reviewed one of Cathleen's books in a previous round, so I can review her, but she can't review me.
I would like to join with my new novel: "The Ozimord Project"https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
No conflict so far.
I'd be happy to add you Vera but I'm not finding an Amazon listing for your book. Probably my lack of observation but could you please provide that link too. Thanks.
It's being published right now by Kindle. Sorry, I didn't know you would need it. I'll post the link as soon as they mark it 'Published'.
I would like to join the group. I leave here Errant, but I will change it in a week with a new book.I reviewed half of EM's books :)
Welcome Florian - I have a few more for you yet ;) But it maybe this round you get time off for good behaviour - unless someone joins and I have to move from your 'blind spot'.
Hi! I'd love to join this group if there's still availability. Of the books included in the list already, I've read + reviewed "Trust a Few" and "Sapience." My book profile: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
My Goodreads profile: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Hi, I'd like to join . . . with my Middle Grade SAVING BIGFOOT VALLEY, Spike brown aka S.D. Brown
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
I have reviewed Cathleen and would enjoy reading this book.
I have been reviewed by E,M.
E.M. wrote: "Welcome Alexis and Donally!Arriah - I would be very happy to include you in the round when you can confirm you have completed all your reviews for round 224. We only allow participation in one ro..."
I have reviewed all the books I have received in Review Round 224 except for one from B. B. James. I have not received the copy yet. Have contacted the author as well.
Hopefully, I will qualify for this round :-)
Kind Regards
Arriah
I think Alexis and I need to trade places. Then she'll be reviewing me, which is okay, rather than the way it is now, which makes it a clash.If I'm wrong, uh...never mind. : )
I think that's sorted now. Thanks Cathleen :)
Hello!Never done this Goodreads review thing before, but I just published my sci-fi book "David - Savakerrva, Vol 1" and I would like to join the group. I read the criteria and have no conflicts, and here's links to my book.
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/David-Savakerr...
If there's still a spot open, I'll jump in with the first book in my pulp sci-fi adventure series, Saturnius Mons.I've done a review for Florian before but not for 'Errant'. And I've reviewed 'Trust A Few' but I wouldn't mind the excuse to dive into another one of E.M.'s books.
No other conflicts that I can see.
Oops, and I should include the links:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BT1GZN5
Welcome Jeremy!L Brown - Before you can sign up for a round you need to claim your Goodreads Author Page. Just scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the link there that says 'Authors' and follow the steps it gives. It usually takes a day or so.
EM, could you please change Errant with: The Shamans at the End of Time?Thank you.
I've reviewed S.D. Brown' Big Foot.
Florian - Done!SD - Sorry I missed your post before. You are in the round now and the round is full!
Everyone - please look at the list in the top post and check that you have never previously reviewed the four people 'above' you on the list (it wraps around so 10 is 'above' 1) and you have never been reviewed by the four people 'below' you.
Please post to say if you are clash free - or not.
I don't think I've read any of these authors before.I know i haven't read these books.
I think I'm good. If anyone has already reviewed Sapience, I'm happy to have someone read my other book, Saints and Curses, instead.
Looks good to me. I've reviewed another book by Alexis, but not Sapience.
Hi E.M. I'm good with the four books "above" me--haven't read anything by those authors. However, I've reviewed your book, Trust a Few, and Alexis' Sapience. According to the order, if I've understood it correctly, you two will be among the four who will be reviewing me ("#1-4, since I'm #10 on the list) -- is that an issue for Goodreads and/or Amazon?
Angela - you will be reviewing the books 'below' you so no worries :)
Looks like we are good to launch into the read/review stage now!START DATE: 03-Sept-19
END DATE: 26-Nov-19
Round 1 – post your review by 24-Sept-19
Round 2 – post your review by 15-Oct-19
Round 3 – post your review by 05-Nov-19
Round 4– post your review by 26 -Nov-19
As AUTHORS you SEND your book file to:
229-01__E.M. Swift-Hook
Angela Panayotopulos for round 1
Florian Armas for round 2
Ken Goudsward for round 3
Jeremy L. Jones for round 4
229-02__S.D. Brown
E.M. Swift-Hook for round 1
Angela Panayotopulos for round 2
Florian Armas for round 3
Ken Goudsward for round 4
229-03__Donnally Miller
S.D. Brown for round 1
E.M. Swift-Hook for round 2
Angela Panayotopulos for round 3
Florian Armas for round 4
229-04__ Alexis Lantgen
Donnally Miller for round 1
S.D. Brown for round 2
E.M. Swift-Hook for round 3
Angela Panayotopulos for round 4
229-05__ Cathleen Townsend
Alexis Lantgen for round 1
Donnally Miller for round 2
S.D. Brown for round 3
E.M. Swift-Hook for round 4
229-06__ Vera Mont
Cathleen Townsend for round 1
Alexis Lantgen for round 2
Donnally Miller for round 3
S.D. Brown for round 4
229-07__ Jeremy L. Jones
Vera Mont for round 1
Cathleen Townsend for round 2
Alexis Lantgen for round 3
Donnally Miller for round 4
229-08__ Ken Goudsward
Jeremy L. Jones for round 1
Vera Mont for round 2
Cathleen Townsend for round 3
Alexis Lantgen for round 4
229-09__ Florian Armas
Ken Goudsward for round 1
Jeremy L. Jones for round 2
Vera Mont for round 3
Cathleen Townsend for round 4
229-10__ Angela Panayotopulos
Florian Armas for round 1
Ken Goudsward for round 2
Jeremy L. Jones for round 3
Vera Mont for round 4
As REVIEWERS you will receive books for review from:
229-01__E.M. Swift-Hook
S.D. Brown for round 1
Donnally Miller for round 2
Alexis Lantgen for round 3
Cathleen Townsend for round 4
229-02__S.D. Brown
Donnally Miller for round 1
Alexis Lantgen for round 2
Cathleen Townsend for round 3
Vera Mont for round 4
229-03__Donnally Miller
Alexis Lantgen for round 1
Cathleen Townsend for round 2
Vera Mont for round 3
Jeremy L. Jones for round 4
229-04__ Alexis Lantgen
Cathleen Townsend for round 1
Vera Mont for round 2
Jeremy L. Jones for round 3
Ken Goudsward for round 4
229-05__ Cathleen Townsend
Vera Mont for round 1
Jeremy L. Jones for round 2
Ken Goudsward for round 3
Florian Armas for round 4
229-06__ Vera Mont
Jeremy L. Jones for round 1
Ken Goudsward for round 2
Florian Armas for round 3
Angela Panayotopulos for round 4
229-07__ Jeremy L. Jones
Ken Goudsward for round 1
Florian Armas for round 2
Angela Panayotopulos for round 3
E.M. Swift-Hook for round 4
229-08__ Ken Goudsward
Florian Armas for round 1
Angela Panayotopulos for round 2
E.M. Swift-Hook for round 3
S.D. Brown for round 4
229-09__ Florian Armas
Angela Panayotopulos for round 1
E.M. Swift-Hook for round 2
S.D. Brown for round 3
Donnally Miller for round 4
229-10__ Angela Panayotopulos
E.M. Swift-Hook for round 1
S.D. Brown for round 2
Donnally Miller for round 3
Alexis Lantgen for round 4
Please remember the commitment you are making to your fellow group members. If you pull out after the start date for any reason it is the other members who will be faced with the problem of finding a replacement, or missing out on reads/reviews, through no fault of their own. Please don’t ask the moderators to chase after replacements as we just don’t have the time.
It is the responsibility of the author to get their book to their readers in a format the reviewer can manage. Everyone must be able to provide and accept PDF. You may buy or borrow the books you are due to read if you wish, and I’m sure the author will appreciate the verified review, but IT IS NOT COMPULSORY. There are no set dates for the start of each round. You can each work at your own pace, within the limits of the round deadlines.
All reviews must be posted to GR. We also encourage members to post on Amazon. When you have posted your reviews, please post the links to each of your reviews, not the book page in this thread.
The mod of each round will record whether members have posted reviews on Amazon and for the good of all, members who persistently fail to post reviews or DNF reviews to Amazon, will find mods less than willing to add them to subsequent groups.
Postings to other sites are by agreement by both author and reviewer.
If I’ve missed something that results in you being asked to review someone who has already reviewed you, please let me know asap.
To exchange book files, my advice is to use PM to give email addresses to each other (save the chance of spammers getting your addies from this open forum).
Setting up and modding these rounds is a labour of love, with a lot of emphasis on the ‘labour’. If you want to show appreciation for all the hard work we admins put in for the group, you could download one of our books as a ‘thank you’.
Happy reviewing, everyone :)
Please read this especially if you are new to these review rounds.Quick 'start-up' summary for anyone new who might be scratching their heads. You are reviewing the four books 'below' you on the list.
You can, of course, choose to buy any or all of the books or read the books on KU, if you are a subscriber and the books are available there. If you can buy it adds weight to your review as it gives the 'Verified Purchase' stamp on Amazon.
However, as not everyone can buy, you should PM the four people who will be reviewing you (the four above you on the original list of names) through their Goodreads author pages. Click on the down arrow beside the 'Follow Author' button under their picture and it opens a menu which will allow you to message them.
Ask what kind of file they would like or say you can only offer PDF, though unless a publisher uploaded it for you, you can always download a .mobi of your own book from Amazon.
Don't forget to ask where to send it so they can give you their email.
The four people who you are reviewing should be in touch with you in a similar way.
Please make sure you have exchanged ALL FOUR books - or have been assured by your reviewers they will buy your book or read it through KU - as soon as possible. Some people read fast and it can be very frustrating to have to wait a long time to get hold of a book you are committed to review.
Don't forget to post the links to your reviews here so you can be signed off for them.
Please post your review to Goodreads, your own Amazon store and any other Amazon stores you might have access to as well.
I shall be modding this round so PM me with any issues please.
Donnally, Alexis and Cathleen - I have either purchased or picked up your books on KU.S.D. - Could you please let me know which of your books you would like me to read? I'm not bothered if it's not true to the genre as I always enjoy your writing :)
Ken, Florian, Angela and E.M., I went ahead and purchased your books on Amazon. Vera, Cathleen, Alexis and Donnally hit me up if you need me to shoot you a copy. Saturnius Mons is also available as a free serial podcast here:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...My only request is that, if you choose to listen to some or all of it, you leave a review on iTunes or your podcast app. Cheers!
I have bought/downloaded all the books I have to read, so nobody needs to send me anything.Mine is available in PDF, mobi and KU, as soon as you let me know which you prefer.
Thank you, Jeremy, Vera.I will buy the books I have to review.
Thanks for the sale, EM.I have sent BookFunnel links for free copies via PM to everyone else, and left PMs with my email to everyone I'm supposed to read. So, I should be able to get started pretty soon. : )
I have copies of the 4 books I will be reading. Looking forward to it.S.D., Angela and Florian, The Devil's Workshop is available on KU. Let me know if you want me to send you a copy.
Jeremy wrote: "Ken, Florian, Angela and E.M., I went ahead and purchased your books on Amazon. ..."Thanks Jeremy!
My book is downloadable in epub, mobi or pdf at this link. I will PM my peeps, but honestly any of you can grab it for later use.http://dimensionfold.com/downloads/AR...
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Books mentioned in this topic
Trust a Few (other topics)Saturnius Mons (other topics)
Sapience: A Collection of Science Fiction Short Stories (other topics)
The Devil's Workshop (other topics)
Saving Bigfoot Valley (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
E.M. Swift-Hook (other topics)S.D. Brown (other topics)
Jeremy L. Jones (other topics)
Ken Goudsward (other topics)
Angela Panayotopulos (other topics)
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The Amazon rules state that authors/publishers are not allowed to specifically supply published books in return for reviews on Amazon. To comply with this rule, we don’t insist members review on Amazon, but we do insist that every participant in the round has the capacity to leave a review on their local Amazon store, so we all start with the same options.
The founding principle of the group is honest, non-reciprocal reviews, so please help maintain the integrity of the group by letting me know as you sign up if you have been reviewed by, or have reviewed another author in the group and do check back as the group fills to report any clashes. Usually places are allocated on a first come, first served basis.
This is an 'Out of this World' round
Fiction books classified as sci-fi, fantasy, dystopian, paranormal.
Now for the boring stuff, but please read it, it saves a lot of time if everyone is on the same wavelength.
Before signing up below with your Goodreads author and Goodreads book link in the thread below, please ensure that:
1. You have enough time to read and review 4 books within the 12 weeks of time allowed.
2. Your book is currently available for sale on Amazon (not pre-order) and it complies with the individual round theme, if there is one.
3. Your book is fit to be reviewed.
If it is not, due to editing or other issues, you risk poor reviews. This is your problem, not that of the reviewers or the groups. For a small fee, the group admin will look at the first few pages of your book to advise. The number one error new authors make is not having their book beta read and edited, by non-family members.
4. You can submit reviews to Goodreads and Amazon.
Amazon allows only those people who have spent $50 in the last year to leave reviews in each of their stores. If you are unsure about your Amazon reviewer status, try posting a ‘test’ review before signing up. If you are unable to post reviews on Amazon, please do not sign up.
5. You can provide (and accept) at least PDF files.
You are not expected or required to buy the books you are allocated to review, but as this will give a ‘Verified Purchase’ review on Amazon, it is welcomed when you choose to do so. Many authors have books available via KU and others might provide smashwords coupons. Most authors can provide mobi and/or epub files directly by email. Please note: International Copyright laws apply. You cannot sell, or give away material you have received without the author’s express permission.
6. You have completed your reading if you are currently in another review round in this group. You can be involved in the ‘one for one’ list whilst you are in a round.
7. You have an author profile set up before you join.
8. Your Goodreads profile allows people to message you, i.e. your profile is not set to private.
9. You declare any relationship you have with another member in the round.
Amazon will not allow reviews from the same household on the same book or if you are an editor, relative or close friend of another member.
10. You agree that your reviews will be unbiased and honest, whatever the star rating, and you will try to avoid ‘spoilers’. i.e. giving away the finale of a book.
11. You will not ask a fellow author to change a review of your book because you don’t agree with it.
If you think you have a legitimate concern, talk to the mod of your round, NOT the other author. Personal attacks, or pressurising other members WILL NOT BE TOLERATED and will result in you being blacklisted.
Please note:
We all want reviews, its why we joined the group. It is bad taste to expect other people to review your book and then not do the same for other people in the group. People that DNF and/or don’t post reviews will find it difficult to get into a subsequent group.
It is not necessary to leave any kind of disclaimer in your review, but ultimately, it is up to individuals. Reviews that state you received a copy ‘in return’ for a review will probably be removed/not allowed by amazon.com. ‘I received a free copy from the author without an obligation to review’ would be more acceptable if you feel the need to add a disclaimer.
Your Goodreads details and the rounds you participate in may be recorded by the admin mod on a database. We do not retain details of email addresses etc.
Allocation is entirely random and there will NOT be any rearranging of the listing to accommodate personal preference. The ONLY circumstance in which you may duck out of giving a review is if YOU provide a stand-in reviewer.
The only way this group can function is if we trust each other to behave honourably. And it IS perfectly possible to give a fair-minded review of a text that does not coincide with our normal choice of reading matter. If you need a few hints/tips, please see this thread:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I will do my best to fit everyone into the group they request, but occasionally, particularly in the case of our more prolific good standing members, I may have to decline a member request to fit the maximum number of people into a particular round. I will always endeavour to start another round as soon as possible with that member in mind.
It is permissible to review an author more than once if a different book is available.
If you need anything clarified please ask, either by goodreads personal message to me or on the thread below, before signing up. It’s a pain to have to keep rearranging the list because people haven’t read the above.
Your group moderator will be:
E.M. Swift-Hook
Member Links
1. E.M. Swift-Hook
2. S.D. Brown
3. Donnally Miller
4. Alexis Lantgen
5. Cathleen Townsend
6. Vera Mont
7. Jeremy L. Jones
8. Ken Goudsward
9. Florian Armas
10. Angela Panayotopulos
Book Links
1. Trust a Few
2. Saving Bigfoot Valley
3. The Devil's Workshop
4. Sapience: A Collection of Science Fiction Short Stories
5. To the Victor: Tales of Magic and Adventure
6. The Ozimord Project
7. Saturnius Mons
8. Symphony Of Destruction
9. The Shamans at the End of Time
10.The Wake Up