Book Reviews

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This web site was developed to help the independent writer and author
promote themselves and their books. One way we assist you in doing this
is with “free” book reviews. There are plenty of web sites where an
author can get reviews but most charge a fee. We do not! We never have
and never intend to. However, free book reviews have limits and we do
all we can to overcome these. Here are two examples of the biggest
problems with free book reviews.

First, we are limited in the number of book reviewers we have simply
because we cannot find enough people willing to read a book for free and
write a review. We are always trying to attract good book reviewers.
This means that all books cannot be reviewed in a timely manner. We’d
love to overcome this problem if we could attract more good book
reviewers; maybe you can help us?

The second problem is that too often, authors fail to mail their book to
a reviewer. I can’t tell you how many emails I receive from able and
willing book reviewers who have been waiting upwards of a month for a
book to arrive, and unfortunately no book. Authors, if you receive an
email asking that you send a book to a reviewer, please do so promptly.

Finally, this web site was designed for you. It is not a profit
center--we are self- funded and on a limited budget. So when we design a
program, such as the “free” book review, we need the help of our authors
and book reviewers. Unless you want to shell out $100 or more for a book
review, take advantage of our program. It’s simple and designed for you,
the independent author.

Reviewers

I understand your frustration, Jerry. You're giving away something that's worth money and no one wants it. Maybe if you charged for the privilege of critiquing a book???? (I'm joking).

You know why I won't participate, so I won't hang our wash out in public.

I'd be happy to review the books we publish and post on NB, but I don't know if that would be kosher. Conflict of interest and all that.

I'll continue to send potential reviewers your way, but I can't drag them up to the bookshelves to take a book just for the price of a few words. Perhaps readers are afraid of writing? Or too lazy? Silly since so many of them pound out hundreds of lines of text daily just sending emails to friends.

C'mon folks! It's a great deal.

If you're an author, grab someone else's book and write a review. You do the same thing in a peer-to-peer writer's workshop.

With the economy bugging everyone, free reading sounds like a deal to me.

AKW Books | Thu, 11/20/2008 - 17:47