Today I have had a bit of an epiphany! I have been a terrible fan to all the writers whose work I adore. I shall explain. Well over 1000 copies of my Orion the Hunter serialized novel have been downloaded from Amazon in the last 10 days. Yippee! I am very grateful to everyone who has bought a copy of The Hunter or The Hunted. However, only two people have written reviews on Amazon.com and one person has written a review on Amazon.co.uk. Now, don't get me wrong, I am delighted with these reviews (two 5 stars and a 4 star)- they are very good for my ego!! Only joking, this feedback is fantastic for a writer and yes, I am lucky that feedback has been all good so far. On goodreads, 7 ratings (all 4/5 stars) but no text reviews. And I find myself really wanting to know what people think.
Now I totally regret not writing reviews for the books that I adore. I had never before realized the value of them to the author. I have been selfish and I have learned a valuable lesson.
I like the goodreads system where you can rate a book out of 5 stars without having to do a full on review. This way, people who don't feel competent at reviewing or just don't have time (after all, who wants to waste valuable reading time, right?) can still give a basic opinion when they rate. Amazon don't allow this. I now wonder whether this is why there are so few reviews on Amazon compared with sales.
So, I hold my hands up as guilty and will endeavor to change my bad habit. Should anyone who has read either of my books decide to review it honestly, I would be most humbly grateful.
J.D.C.
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