Hey, we get it – you don’t need anyone else’s approval to know you’re a fantastic writer! But isn’t it nice to get it anyway? As a self-publishing author, you’re accustomed to quietly completing your work of passion with nary a pat on the back from anyone. However, getting those kudos in the form of book reviews can be quite useful.
One or two well-chosen comments from a favorable review signals to your audience that your work is truly on the literary map – a feature that makes readers, booksellers and media alike sit up and take notice. Here are five reasons why you should care about book reviews and how they’ll help you reach your selling goals:
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- Customers value feedback from other customers. They often look to book reviews to assist in the selection of their next great read.
- Bookstores, libraries, distributors and other venues often order based on reviews. Make sure that quotes from your positive reviews make their way into your marketing materials and press kit.
- Positive reviews set you up as an authority – which is valuable when seeking coverage from TV, radio, newspaper and other news outlets. Local news outlets are regularly on the lookout for credible interview subjects; they’ll be more comfortable considering you an authority if your work has been reviewed and recognized by other authorities.
Not sure where to start to get your book reviewed? You can set a modest goal to send a copy of your book to one reviewer each week requesting a review. Or consider one of the book review submission services offered by Outskirts Press that will put your book on the fast track to getting reviews.
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“As a first time author, I did not know what to expect or what kind of issues I’d be encountering trying to publish my book. After doing some research, I chose Outskirts Press and it was unquestionably the best decision I could have made. From the beginning, and all throughout the process, everyone was so helpful and dedicated to making my book successful. Your representatives answered every question, solved every concern and made the publishing of Men Of Principle a simple and completely wonderful experience. Thank you all so very much. It was a pleasure dealing with such a supportive staff and a company that delivers what it promises. I highly recommend Outskirts Press to anyone contemplating publishing their work.”
John Packes was born and raised in The Bronx, New York. He and his brother and two sisters grew up with the guidance of parents who believed in The Golden Rule. After earning his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from St. John’s University, he started his own business, and then went into the aviation industry. He is now semi-retired, living in Hawthorne, New York with his wife Patty, and their pug dog Louie.
For some people, having it all is never enough. Salem Prescott “Buzz” Williamson III, Chairman and CEO of The Vantage Holding Group, can’t understand how to limit his ambitions. He might have been born with better instincts, but his belief in The Golden Rule crumbled after the tragic death of his beautiful younger sister, Patricia Marie. Without her to serve as his moral compass, Salem has become increasingly skewed and misguided, concerned only with stroking his ego and acquiring worldly goods. This miserable and selfish power-monger, with his blatant disregard for the feelings and dignity of his fellow man, is in desperate need of salvation…but he doesn’t know it. Soon, he will be given the opportunity to choose whether he wants to be saved, or continue on the road to perdition. Extraordinary circumstances will intervene to present Salem with his final chance…will he reconsider his vile behavior to mankind, or will a new opportunity for exceptional profit draw him deeper into his vile life as an ego-driven business tycoon? He must choose carefully, for not even his boundless resources will allow him to circumvent his fate.
John Packes, author of Men of Principle
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