We have all seen the 1 star reviews on Amazon that accuses the author of getting their friends and family to post 5 star reviews for them. I couldn't believe that fifty five star reviews would come from friends and family. But hey, I thought, let’s see how many friends and family I can get to review my work.
So I posted everywhere, free books for honest reviews. I even hounded my co-workers (shameful I know). In the end, thirty five people offer to read and review my work, and they all promised to be honest with me and their reviews. All I had to do now was sit back and wait for the reviews to come flooding in. I got a lot of positive remarks from most people, a couple said they weren't keen on the stories but thought they were well written (Ego now through the roof, it’s a wonder I can get through the door with the size my head has grown). Now the reviews start to come in… I got two 5 star reviews (hmmm, maybe the 1 star reviewers are right?) Then I got a 4 star review. Cool, four stars is still great. And then two 3 star reviews. Wait a minute, one of the 3 star reviewers said she loved my book, it was great blah blah blah. Then why did she leave a 3 star review? Now this played on my mind for a few days, what went wrong, why couldn't she be honest with me (she hates my book). Then I re-read the review, it was mostly positive, she had spotted a couple of typos (OMG I had typos, how embarrassing). Apart from that she loved the story. She was honest, I am grateful for that review, and feel honoured she took time out of her life to read and review my book. So, out of thirty-five free copies of my books I get five reviews, 14% if you want to be technical. So, if all these authors are getting so many 5 star reviews from their F&F’s what is their secret? How do they manage to do this? Really, I want to know!!! |
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