Review: If you have decided to request other people to review your books/products, you should read this
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 5, 2013
Personally, I don't think I'll want to request other people to review my books, even though the number of reviews/their ratings has an impact on the sales. But then, I don't want my personal prejudices to affect this review.However, I have reduced one star because the author does not attempt to reason why one should solicit reviews when reviews are supposed to come naturally from buyers. Of course, this process takes time, but that's how it's supposed to work. I have read a whole book on how to solicit reviews but I am still not convinced on the concept of soliciting reviews or the ethics/legalities of such a procedure. I feel that the author should include some solid material on this, in a future edition of this book.If you have already decided that you will request people to review your books/products, you should read this book. It contains solid advice from an experienced reviewer - It's quite evident. This book contains a lot of material on what not to do while requesting a review/whom to approach, as much as what to do.I almost took away another star for certain suggestions that were repetitive (like not to fight publicly with reviewers in case they leave a bad review), but then they were important and maybe the author wanted to 'nail' it into our heads! If those repetitive stuff was removed, this book could have been at least 20% shorter than what it is now.The author's style of writing needs a special mention - Very few writers can write non-fiction admirably, and this author is one of them. Maybe because he has written a lot of reviews earlier, he might developed that skill.** Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book for review purpose. The techniques mentioned in this book worked with me, so there is no reason why it should not work for others :) **