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Help Me Find Reviewers For My Book

Posted by mikodragonfly • 10/10/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: novel, reviewers, reviews

This request goes out to all the experience self published writers out there - and any BlogCatlog members who know of reviewers/review services that I can use.

I've only recently self-published my first book on Lulu.com so I have a feeling I might just not be looking in the right places, etc. I've been through lists and lists of Review Services. Some of them appear to obsolete, are not currently accepting requests - or otherwise make their services seem inaccessible to me in one way or another.

Hoping some people can provide current information/links to review services or established individuals who do books reviews and are willing to review the .pdf ebook version. (Since I don't have oodles of money to spend on ordering and sending out print copies to a ton of people at the moment)

Can anyone here help/point me in the right direction?

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10/13/08

APA

Check out www.delightfulbooks.blogspot.com/ .

And if Authors Promoting Authors is something you would be interested in participating in, just let us know.
authorspromotingauthors.blogspot.com/

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1. 10/13/08
  
  mikodragonfly
  
  Terrific - thanks! I'll be checking it out as soon as I get some sleep (can barely keep my eyes open right now)
2. 10/14/08
  
  mikodragonfly
  
  I took a look at your APA service and I'm am interested. I like the idea of each person promoting the authors featured above his/her listing. Sending you an email with the particulars.
10/13/08

timethief

Does this link help? There are 207 blogs registered at BC with the "book reviews" blog tag. I used the Search facility and chose "blog tags" www.blogcatalog.com/tag/book+reviews/

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1. 10/13/08
  
  timethief
  
  FWIW there is a BC science fiction and fantasy group www.blogcatalog.com/groups/tag/science+fiction
2. 10/13/08
  
  mikodragonfly
  
  Thank you.
10/13/08

ModelElaine

what's the book about? I get review requests from time to time from people who publish books about relationships

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10/13/08

WWTFRadio

I would also love to know what the book is about. We've done book reviews on our podcast, would love to do it again!!!

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10/13/08

mikodragonfly

@ ModelElaine & WWTFRadio : It as Sci-Fi/Fantasy - Fog Island Flowers is the first book in the "Cassandra" series, which chronicles the life and misadventures of the god-in-girl-bones, Cassandra Baron.

In this volume - Jonathan Baron's love lost is a woman he's no longer certain even really exists. Convinced that his lost childhood memories may be the key to solving this mystery, he seeks out his family's ancestral home on a cold island to the north and becomes entangled in an eons old saga of murder, madness, and macabre alien science.

I actually just made a Promo Video for it today:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOU9HdutIz4

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10/14/08

mikodragonfly

If anyone else has any contact information/ links to review sites/blogs that are accepting requests for reviews - that would be most appreciated. Thanks everyone else for all your help so far.

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10/27/08

sudam08

Hey, if you dont mind i can review your books. Recently, i have finished proof reading my first novel. I am not a published writer but mind you published writers were unpublished sometime in their career. I am not a professional reviewer still i am very confident that i can do justice to your creation. I am a voracious reader of books. But please dont ask me to adhere to a time frame as i cannot commit myself to a timeframe. If you think myself that suitable i can render the service free of cost. As you have taken copyright licence rest assured i will not tamper. Of course you are free to decline. If you want to review then visit my blog thatlovedflower.blogspot.com inside the blog you can find many original unpublished articles. Judge me or do whatever.

Thanks

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