{"id":1087,"date":"2009-03-02T00:10:09","date_gmt":"2009-03-02T05:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=1087"},"modified":"2009-03-06T08:05:48","modified_gmt":"2009-03-06T13:05:48","slug":"how-not-to-get-your-book-reviewed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=1087","title":{"rendered":"How Not To Get Your Book Reviewed"},"content":{"rendered":"

I occasionally get emails about reviewing a book and hosting the author for a blog tour.\u00c2\u00a0 If the synopsis interests me I begin digging what I can to see if I would enjoy the book.\u00c2\u00a0 After all, it could be embarrassing to host the author and not enjoy something about the book, right?<\/p>\n

Recently I came across a big problem when looking for information about the book and the author.\u00c2\u00a0 I found very little about the book.\u00c2\u00a0 My search on the publishing house resulted in several similarly named sites.\u00c2\u00a0 One was an outdated\u00c2\u00a0blog and two were for editing\/publishing services that may have been promoting the same company.\u00c2\u00a0 This made me think the book was published by a vanity press.\u00c2\u00a0 There didn’t seem to be anywhere online where I could purchase the book, read an excerpt or get more information.\u00c2\u00a0 Most standard publishers (even small ones) will list upcoming and new releases.<\/p>\n

Next I started searching for the author.\u00c2\u00a0 I found absolutely nothing that relates to this book or to writing.\u00c2\u00a0 Either it’s a pseudonym or all of the author’s marketing efforts have gone into the day job.\u00c2\u00a0 There were tons of realty related sites with the author’s name.<\/p>\n

Lastly I began searching for information on the book title.\u00c2\u00a0 This was really interesting.\u00c2\u00a0 I found several links to the book blog tour promoter, the author’s online dating profile and a single page about why the book was written.\u00c2\u00a0 The book is supposed to be humorous but the single page I found was so serious I didn’t know the author’s voice any better than when I had never heard of the person.\u00c2\u00a0 As a result, I passed on the book review and the blog tour.<\/p>\n

This week I’ll be posting on how to get your book reviewed.\u00c2\u00a0 Come back to read the rest of the series.<\/p>\n

How To Get Your Book Reviewed<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Let Me Find You Online<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Show Me Your Words<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Friends and Strangers<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Wrapping It Up\u00c2\u00a0and the Next Step<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I occasionally get emails about reviewing a book and hosting the author for a blog tour.\u00c2\u00a0 If the synopsis interests me I begin digging what I can to see if I would enjoy the book.\u00c2\u00a0 After all, it could be embarrassing to host the author and not enjoy something about the book, right? Recently I… Continue reading How Not To Get Your Book Reviewed<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[804],"class_list":["post-1087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writing","tag-writing","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t