Topic: Posting confusion

I've posted the first three chapters of my book but am only getting reviews for the first chapter. I posted the chapters within the same book title 'How to Forget' and just added chapters. Is that the right way or am I supposed to post as separate books? Feeling a bit confused by this site.

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Hi Christina - you're posting your novel the correct way. The first chapter of a novel usually gets more reviews then the rest of the chapters. And since you have your novel only available to connections and group members you are lowering the amount of people that will see your novel and  therefore potential reviewers.

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Thank you for clearing that up! smile
Christina

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It looks like everything is published correctly, and you have one regular review already on chapter two. I suggest you start a conversation thread in one or more appropriate group forums (e.g. the genre group for your work and/or Premium) introducing yourself, the novel, and asking for reviews. You can then either wait a few more days to see if anyone reads more, or begin reading other people's work so that they will, hopefully, reciprocate on an ongoing basis. You'll almost certainly need to begin reading other people's work to get them to read three of your chapters. It's very time consuming to review three chapters, espercially if there's no reciprocal relationship.

Dirk

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mikira (AKA KLSundstrom) wrote:

Hi Christina - you're posting your novel the correct way. The first chapter of a novel usually gets more reviews then the rest of the chapters. And since you have your novel only available to connections and group members you are lowering the amount of people that will see your novel and  therefore potential reviewers.

Be careful about posting your work to be visible on the Internet. It could lead someone to take and post your work elsewhere without your knowledge, perhaps just for mischief. Some publishers won't accept work that's already available on the net.

Dirk

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Hi Dirk thanks for the advice, I corrected it for my novel.

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I've posted the first three chapters of my book but am only getting reviews for the first chapter. I posted the chapters within the same book title 'How to Forget' and just added chapters. Is that the right way or am I supposed to post as separate books? Feeling a bit confused by this site.

Make sure you respond to the reviews you receive. I know that reviewers like to get some type of response back from a writer to confirm the review was helpful. If you aren't responding to a review you most likely will not get any additional ones from a writer. I'll check out your book later this week.

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Christina. do respond to the reviews you receive and DO reciprocate and go review someone else's work. They will reciprocate 99% of the time. Review and you'll get reviewed.

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