Review: Read In Order To Live, Gustave Flaubert
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 12, 2014
Rebecca Johnson has been an Amazon reviewer since 2000, 14 years of reading and reviewing. How I wish I had been able to read this book when I started reviewing. Even at this late date, after reading her ebook, I found many important aspects of reviewing that I either forgot or never knew. As she might say, it is never too late!The basics of reviewing is a good place to start. In Rebecca Johnson's book, she gives us everything we would ever want to know about reviewing, particularly for Amazon. Like Rebecca I am a great fan of Amazon. When I first started reviewing I wrote two paragraphs. As I reread that review, it does its job. It was descriptive, stated why I liked it and what you might glean from its contents. Of course, now I would add many more paragraphs, I am much more concise in my thoughts, my use of the English language and punctuation has improved a great deal. And, one of the reasons for this improvement was reading reviews by people like Rebecca and other reviewers who I admired. They became my mentors. Like Rebecca I frequented the Amazon forum, asked many questions, became part of a group who discussed writing, books and reviewing. However, if Rebecca's book had been available, it would have been such a help.Rebecca covers areas that are important. Authors and others looking for someone to review their books or products, might gain a great deal of information in reading her chapter on how to ask for reviews. Because of my Amazon reviewer name, prisrob, many people have thought I might be a prisoner, but almost everyone thinks I am a man. Making that kind of mistake when requesting a review is one that probably will go unanswered. My real name is prominent, and that can be found easily. Helpful hints on reviewing, what to review, when to review, where to find your books or products are all covered. Rebecca gives advice on how to respond to positive and negative comments about your reviews. Also, since she is a reviewer who has a positive attitude, she concentrates on books with a positive message.  The ranking system is discussed and what rank means to a reviewer. In fact I can't think of anything Rebecca has left out of her ebook, except maybe, the recipe for her eclaires.Recommended. prisrob 07-12-14