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The Reviews are In!
Remember that it is important not to take them personally.
With the publication of my new sci-fi book, I did something I have never done before. I hired someone to help me promote my work to a large number of reviewers. Reviews help to raise your visibility on Amazon — so more reviews are more good.
This seemed like a worthwhile investment, and thus far a decent number of people have agreed to read and review the book. This is exciting!
The first of these reviews has come in. I first read it on Instagram and was super-excited by it. It looked fairly positive.
Then I read the full review on Goodreads. Not so positive. Two of five stars.
I will not deny that it’s fairly disheartening to see a negative review like that. This is the first book in a series of novels I am working on. If the reviewer dislikes this one, they are not likely to recommend it, nor the rest of the series.
It is also challenging to not take this personally. However, the review was of the book and not of ME. There is a difference and its important to recognize it.
The book was reviewed — not the author
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