Just when I imagine I’ve finished a book, and it’s offered on Amazon, I download the copy as an ePub and begin to read it as a reader… oh, crapola. Disaster.
Suddenly, I discover a chapter where I’d moved paragraphs around and now there are two of one and words not where they should be. Yes, I know, an editor would be nice - if I had thousands of dollars lying around to send off to a publisher I wouldn’t have these problems, but I don’t. The last person I sent my manuscript to got caught in his own novel he was preparing for a contest (which he didn’t win) and could not find the time to edit mine. What was I paying for? Sigh. So, I struggle to perfect my novels on my own and every 90 days I offer my books on Amazon for free on Kindle and hope against hope someone will review them, at least for the story and hope they overlook the mistakes. So far, the only reviews I’ve been able to garner I’ve had to pay for are online and, of course, they are not always guaranteed to be real people. Even when they are real people those person don’t put their review on Amazon, Apple or even Goodreads. So, what’s the point? The only review worth the ink on the page is on Amazon. The vast majority of ebooks sold nowadays are on Amazon. I believe it’s upward of 80%. So, you see my dilemma. If anyone reading this blog wants a free copy of any of my books and is willing to review the book(s) on Amazon and/or Goodreads (I believe Goodreads reviews go on Amazon) I would appreciate you, and return the favor if you’re an author and if that is ethical. When I was a participant on a certain author’s website, which shall remain anonymous, I read books by five different authors and reviewed them on Goodreads. Those reviews were then posted on Amazon. Those same authors received a copy of my book, and only one posted a review. Anyway, now my novel (actually seven in one - Children of Adonai: Celestials Chronicles) I’m rewriting again and doing my very best to edit out the mistakes. I hope get it done before the first weekend in May. That’s when my free offer comes up on Amazon for COA: Celestials Chronicles. BTW, You don’t have to buy the book on Amazon to leave a review on Amazon.
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