A few years ago I was researching an author who was speaking at my writers' group. I noticed on Amazon that one of her books I'd read had over 350 reviews. 350! Seriously. I've only ever had a handful of reviews for my books on Amazon, maybe 6 or 12 at the most. I thought to myself that, even though all her reviews weren't good, to have hundreds of reviews on Amazon was a sign of success, and I immediately established that as one of my aspirations.
Well, in mid 2012, Harlequin offered one of my backlist books for free Kindle and Nook download. Very cool! Over the months, I've been racking up the reviews. As of today, I have 148. Not quite 350, but I'm getting there. Almost all the reviews are good. Like the author I researched, I do have a couple zingers. Such is the life of an author :)
I'm still thrilled that 148 people were moved enough by my story to take the time and post a review. I'm feeling a little bit successful.
Cathy McDavid
P.S. - if you're interested, the book COWBOY DAD is still available for free. Here's a link to the Amazon. Go check out the reviews for COWBOY DAD.
6 comments:
You should be proud of 148 people. I don't know who the author was that set your milestone but I bet you'll catch up with her soon. Congratulation!
It must be the day for goals as I've been rethinking mine, too.
I always wonder at how to get reviews, also. I think my goal is to just get 25.
Congratulations Cathy, that's an awesome number of reviews. Good luck with ALL your 2013 goals!
I really enjoyed Cowboy Dad when it first came out. I hope you get lots more reviews.
Thanks, Kaelee, that means a lot to me :)
Cathy
148 is a cool number. And Wow over half the reviews were 5 star! Good for you. Almost makes me want to buy a kindle. Almost.lol
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