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Read a Good Book? Tell Your Friends

9/2/2013

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Authors love reviews. It's cool to look on your
book's page on Amazon or Barnes & Noble and discover that somebody's posted a 5-star review. After you've got a couple of books under your author's belt, you realize that even those not-so-glowing 1- or 2-star reviews have some merit. I've purchased more than a couple of books in my time because of bad reviews.

 I've found that often, in books and movies, what critics praise … I don't enjoy. And what others have shot down in flames … I've
loved!

But most of the books in my libraries, both real and virtual, aren't there because of reviews good or bad. As I look at various
titles, I note that a few are bookstore finds whose covers lured me into reading
the blurbs … others are by authors I'd already fallen in love with … and still others – probably the majority – are ones recommended to me by family or friends.

I think this is how a lot of us decide what our next book purchase will be. Not a review stumbled upon by chance, but …

Somebody asking, “Hey, have you read this new book by …?”

What about you? Do you have books that you bought because a friend or family member – somebody who already knows your reading tastes – said, “I think you'll like this one”? Do you share your book finds with other friends and family?

I have. But lately I don't think I've done enough sharing. I plan on sharing more, especially books by a lot of the independent authors I've met through Kindle and Nook. There are some good ones out there … Sam Kates, T. Jackson King, Lisa Williamson, Linell Jeppsen, L.M. Boelz … to name just a handful of the ones I've come to know and appreciate.

Not all of us are comfortable writing reviews of books we've read. It's easier to tell a friend, or a spouse, a brother or sister, a niece or nephew … “Hey, here's a book I think you'd like.”

Word of mouth has been, and is, one of the best ways for an author to become known. If you've read a good book lately …

 Share it. Please.

An author will thank you.


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Simone Beaudelaire link
9/2/2013 01:28:05 am

I often spread the word about writers I love, especially indies I'm friends with. It's a way of paying it forward.

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P.L. Blair link
9/2/2013 01:32:41 am

It is indeed, Simone. It's something I plan on making a more conscious effort to do. Thanks for stopping by and sharing your own thoughts!

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