Sharing The Love
Yesterday, I posted a review of Wendy Orr’s Dragonfly Song, because I loved the story and wanted to share that love.
I’m an enthusiast by nature so that’s what I tend to do when I love something. 🙂
Recently though, a friend sent me a link to some info via Tall Poppies.org, which suggested there could be
other reasons to share your enthusiasm when you enjoy a book. These three points were:
1. Once a book has 50 reviews, Amazon will list it in its newsletters and other promotions.
2. Reviews are the easiest way to say ‘thank you’ to an author and tell their publisher to produce more books
3. Reviews can be short* “I liked it”. It’s the number of reviews that matter the most.
All good reasons to not only share my enthusiasm here on my own blog but to do so on Good Reads as well and maybe even Amazon — if I’m eligible to do so there, of course.
But the same principle holds for any book: if you enjoyed it, why not leave a review and share the love.
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*And yes, a review can be short, even really short and still be great. For example, Daughter of Blood has a review on Amazon.com that is simply: “5 stars – Impec.” 😉