Review: Great Book for Kindle Authors
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 22, 2013
I have read many books on kindle publishing (as my long list of reviews on the subject will show) but I have so far not found one that has given me good advice on how to get reviews. This book is different because it is written by a reviewer, not an author.While most kindle publishing books suggest that an author either write fake reviews ("starter reviews", as Mike Alvear calls them) or give the book away for free to thousands of people so that a few of them will review it (as Mark Coker claims), this book argues that an author should simply contact frequent reviewers and ask them to review it. Its one of those pieces of advice that makes you wonder why you didn't think of it in the first place.This book does more than give such obvious advice, however. It also gives authors a glimpse into the world of frequent reviewers: a world where competition for status in the form of "reviewer rankings" is all-consuming. By doing so, the book allows authors to understand the mind of a frequent reviewer so that the author can craft his message in a way that will get him the good reviews that he wants.Unfortunately, I haven't yet been able to implement the advice given in this book as I haven't had the time. But at least I now know what I need to do to get good reviews.This book is very valuable to a kindle author and I highly recommend it.Tom Blackstone, Author ofPhilosophy: What It Is and Why We Need It.