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For all those of you who took the time to read "Teammates," wanted you to know that it will be released as "Skeleton Run" on April 14. For a look at the cover and a peek at the first chapter, visit: www.facebook.com/redadeptpublishing.
Jack, Please forgive my crappy memory.
Can you list all your books - published and to-be published?
I read a couple of them here and LOVED them, but it's been so long I can't remember which ones. I will gladly download, read and review for you.
Thanks!
Madison
Happy birthday to me! I'll get a copy.
Thanks for your support, guys! Madison, my published novels are on my profile page under Published Books. Of those, I know you read The Flame all the way through. I think you read The Side Effect, but I'm not sure. Skeleton Run was written when you were "AWOL" from the site, and Get the Picture? Is a reworked version of a novel I wrote before you joined TNBW, I think. Anyway, summaries of them all can be found on my website, www.novelsbyjohnldeboer.com , to refresh your memory.
The Sincerest Form of Flattery will be released May 15, with pre-order available April 17. That one is a sequel to GTP, and, again, I can't remember if you read that one. How Little We Know is my last completed novel and is sitting with my publisher now; I have no idea when that will be coming out.
Will your novel be available in paperback? I prefer to have the actual book in my hands to read - and display! Plus, although I've read it, if I buy a copy, then my review will then "count." I've learned that reviews from folks I've given my books to are considered non-objective.
Again, you guys are great! It's been a real pleasure to talk shop with you here!
John
Hey, John,
Do reviews from folks who purchase them at a bookstore count? They can't know if you "gave" your book to anyone.
If you'll notice on your reviews, it'll say if it was a "verified" purchase from Amazon. This, I assume, is to prevent an author lining up all his family and buddies (to whom he gave the books) to pad the reviews. Regarding sales at bookstores and signings, etc., Amazon would have no idea if that applied. And, frankly, they are only interested in purchases from Amazon. The potential buyer (from Amazon) likewise would tend to discount non-verified purchases, it seems to me. But I could be wrong. A good way to determine this would be to see how many of your non-verified reviews got a "x people found this review helpful" comment.
The reviews still count whether or not it is a verified purchase. What I tend to do is look at the total number of reviews 5-1 received and if there are a ton of 5-star that are unverified, I tend to think the ranking is skewed by family and friends. However, one way to beat that is to give gift cards for the book amount as gifts for family and friends to read making it a verified purchase. I've had author friends do this on the opening sale day. I've posted a lot of reviews on Amazon and people have clicked that the reviews are helpful for both verified and unverified purchases. The trick is to state up front in the review or put a comment in the end that: This book was a gift from the author but the review is unbiased (just make sure it's truly unbiased). Even in the apparent 5-star perfect book, there has to be something that is not quite perfect, and mentioning that with the 5-star rating is far more real of a review than a gushing pie in the sky write-up. Those that pay attention to the reviews notice the difference (I'm one of those people).
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