HOW TO HELP WRITERS IF YOU LIKE THEIR WORK
Do you have a favorite author? Are you a writer who wants to do a favor for other writers–and maybe they'll do a favor for you?
Here's how:
• Write an Amazon review. Go to Amazon.com and search the book you recently (or a long time ago!) read. Click through to its Amazon catalog page. Scroll down below the ads and the editorial reviews and product details to Customer Reviews, and then scroll a little farther to REVIEW THIS BOOK.
• You don't have to have bought the book from Amazon.
• They may ask you to set up a reviewer's account. You only have to do it once, and you can stay anonymous if you choose or make up a handle.
• Give the book as many stars as you reasonably can. I rarely review books I can't give five. Inflated grades? For sure, but this is about publicizing books we enjoyed and admired.
• Write a review. Short is fine. In fact, short is probably better than long on Amazon. You can reuse the review on GoodReads and Barnes & Noble and anywhere else
• Don't use foul language. They won't publish a review if they don't like the words in it, and they can be heavy-handed. It's a 'bot "reading" the review, not a person.
You will be doing literature a favor, and all of us with books in print thank you in advance!
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