Sunday, July 14, 2019

Second Book Review on Amazon

This past week, my initial novel received its second review on Amazon. I would like to take advantage of this opportunity to thank blogger Jenna "Meadow" for taking the time to review this book.
https://www.thebookofmeadow.com/all-the-books/storms-herald

For an indie author in particular, customer reviews are the lifeblood of our books success or failure. The quantity and accumulated ratings associated with these reviews are what drive - not only the algorithms which Amazon uses to dictate which books to showcase - but also determine which books are accepted by various promotional web-services. While these elements are less important to traditionally published books, which will have a publishing house with its own publicists and connections to brick-and-mortar book sellers, they are absolutely vital to the indie author.

Obviously, as an author, we all prefer higher ratings over lower ratings. Nonetheless, honest reviewer input can be invaluable towards improving our craft and product. In response to one of the questions posed by Jenna's review, I can only reply that Baxter's story arc becomes a little more prominent and fleshed out in the second installment in the series.

Thanks again to Jenna for taking the time to write down her impressions and publish them. :-)

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