Review: God is in the details, I mean the Devil is in the details ...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 24, 2013
I just bought this book, I'm nearly done reviewing for it areas I need to work on with my various projects, and Wow am I learning a lot. I'll read the entire book over the next 5 days - meanwhile, I immediately went to the "What Not to Do" section and was thankful to see I have not been violating basics. And that, in general, I've been doing many things right, as well as a number of things wrong (I'm thankful that I now have a number of interesting solutions for my problem areas :-). For example, I did not know that the review-associated No buttons were more powerful than the Yes buttons, and it's nice to know that there *is* a small amount of soft marketing available in Amazon Forums. A couple of things I'm doing that I'm not sure if other writers are doing is to comment as the author at a customer review - good or bad review - and then immediately use their feedback to go back to print (this has worked well so far, although I do expect to eventually get flamed :-). Another thing I'm doing - that I'm not sure will be a plus - is to be the first to create a discussion directly on the book page, which is, I believe, a relatively new feature offered by Amazon (if Amazon does not want authors to do this, I suggest they disable the feature, just as they have disabled a writer's ability to review her or his own books). And (and!), within the pages of my individual Kindle Editions, I am adding blatant invitations for readers to review the book if they disagree with something within the pages of the book (I link directly to the Customer Review section of a particular book). In summary, if you are a writer and in a critical learning cycle - if you've been toying with Kindle Publishing for years, but suddenly need to make money from your writing - I highly recommend this book, as it is an inside look at how reviews and related areas actually function at Amazon. Keep up the good work, Theo!