[New-Poetry] Whispers, Tears, Prayers, and Hope

[James Cervantes]

On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 9:10 AM, Ed <lethas1 at cox.net> wrote:

>  My latest poetry collection Whispers, Tears, Prayers, and hope has now
> been released and is listed, even discounted, on sites like Amazon.com
>
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Whispers-Tears-Prayers-Hope-Roberts/dp/0976678772/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1228665844&sr=8-1
>
> It had its first reviews posted yesterday.
>
>
>
> I am posting these questions in various groups
>
> 1. As a writer, how important are book reviews to you?
>

About an 8 on a scale of 1 to 10. At least they show *someone* read
(hopefully) the book and cared enough to share their opinions.


> 2. As a reader, how much attention do you pay to book reviews when you
> decide to read a book?
>

Heh. Not much.


> I got contacted by several individuals who offered to write a review< often
> for a small price. J
>
> I chose not to do that simply because I am not sure how honest of an
> opinion one would receive from a service like this, which leads to the last
> question---
>
> 3. What do you think of paying someone to review a book?
>

I'd bet it happens more often than one would think. I would not.  I did sort
of scream Someone Say Something About My Book on this list because I needed
a blurb or two for the publishers web page.  It was diminishing to have to
do that.


-- Jim
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