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Comment on Selling book reviews on Amazon.com? by Anysia

Anysia — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:52:54 +0000

It comes out to about $0.025/word which is incredibly high when you are selling direct to the consumer, but very low when you're selling articles to publishers (which this person isn't since it's not possible to do that on Amazon). At that price per word, a 60 000 word novel would be $1500/copy. Yikes! She has a review of the Dexter book on Amazon (the regular, free type of review) that is 349 words. I wonder if it's the same one being sold. It's the same review that appears on the Midwest Book Review: Reviewer's Bookwatch site.

Comment on Selling book reviews on Amazon.com? by Jackie (Farm Lane Books)

Jackie (Farm Lane Books) — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:29:44 +0000

I struggle to believe that any customers would buy a review for $10, even $1 is pushing it. I could believe that a publisher/magazine etc would pay $10 for a review, but I imagine they’d like to know the quality will be good before parting with their money. I haven’t seen this practice before – the world gets weirder every day!
Jackie (Farm Lane Books)´s last blog ..My Driver – Maggie Gee

Comment on Selling book reviews on Amazon.com? by bermudaonion (Kathy)

bermudaonion (Kathy) — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:19:12 +0000

That is very bizarre – I went on amazon and looked at it and the review is 389 words long – those are some expensive words.

Comment on The Forty Rules of Love: A Novel of Rumi by Elif Shafak (Review) by Lisa Lahey

Lisa Lahey — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:32:25 +0000

Hi! I have a literary women’s fiction coming up in summer 2010 (PublishAmerica) I would love for you to review if you can schedule it. I can submit the galley before its published if you like. Also do you do online interviews or podcasts?
I live in Toronto, Ontario. Lots of cool book stuff happening here.

Thanks!

Comment on The Forty Rules of Love: A Novel of Rumi by Elif Shafak (Review) by Jen - Devourer of Books

Jen - Devourer of Books — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:49:37 +0000

This sounds fantastic, definitely up on my wishlist!
Jen – Devourer of Books´s last blog ..The Scarlet Lion – Book Review

Comment on The Forty Rules of Love: A Novel of Rumi by Elif Shafak (Review) by bermudaonion (Kathy)

bermudaonion (Kathy) — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:31:53 +0000

Sounds wonderful! I love the title and cover too!
bermudaonion (Kathy)´s last blog ..Wondrous Words Wednesday

Comment on The Forty Rules of Love: A Novel of Rumi by Elif Shafak (Review) by Tricia

Tricia — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:28:06 +0000

This is on my list of tbr’s – I’m looking forward to reading it now!
Tricia´s last blog ..Review: Even the Dogs

Comment on The Forty Rules of Love: A Novel of Rumi by Elif Shafak (Review) by Marie

Marie — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:21:15 +0000

*adding to my wishlist right now* Great review!

Comment on The Last Surgeon by Michael Palmer (Review) by Anysia

Anysia — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:22:31 +0000

Flashback is one of those books that you absolutely don’t want to read if there is any chance whatsoever that you’ll be going into the hospital any time soon.

Comment on The Last Surgeon by Michael Palmer (Review) by Anysia

Anysia — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:20:41 +0000

I think (haven’t checked though) that Michael Palmer is less prolific than Cook, but I like Palmer’s books better than Cook’s probably because he does take more time on his books. I like Cook’s earlier books but stopped reading him about a decade ago when he started getting really repetitive and predictable.