Hi everyone,
I've been getting a lot of review copy requests from people for my book, 365 TIPS FOR WRITERS. Some of these people say they'll post their review up on Amazon.com or barnesandnoble.com. But can't just anybody else do that -- like someone who buys the book? Should I send them review copies, anyway? Or does Amazon have its own staff of reviewers? I know that every single review helps but I don't know if it would be wise to send a copy of the book to every single person who requests it. Also, it's not like I have a whole lot of copies on hand to send out and what if one person who promises to post a review on Amazon gets the review copy while someone else who is a reviewer for a newspaper or whatever doesn't? I'm happy I'm getting lots of review requests but I just want to be sure I don't go about this the wrong way.
Also, what do you do if, when you reply to a review request, the email bounces back?
And is it really a big deal to check a book reviewer's credits? I've had mine checked when I requested a review copy of books, though not by everyone and not all the time.
Finally, I've gotten a request for the book to be sent along electronically. I have it as a Word doc -- two files -- and I'm worried it'll take up a lot of storage space on the recipient's end. And the Word doc doesn't have all that copyright info on it. Should I get the file converted into a PDF? Or is it okay to send as a Word doc WITH copyright info in there?
Thanks all for any advice you can offer on this.
--Dawn
I've been getting a lot of review copy requests from people for my book, 365 TIPS FOR WRITERS. Some of these people say they'll post their review up on Amazon.com or barnesandnoble.com. But can't just anybody else do that -- like someone who buys the book? Should I send them review copies, anyway? Or does Amazon have its own staff of reviewers? I know that every single review helps but I don't know if it would be wise to send a copy of the book to every single person who requests it. Also, it's not like I have a whole lot of copies on hand to send out and what if one person who promises to post a review on Amazon gets the review copy while someone else who is a reviewer for a newspaper or whatever doesn't? I'm happy I'm getting lots of review requests but I just want to be sure I don't go about this the wrong way.
Also, what do you do if, when you reply to a review request, the email bounces back?
And is it really a big deal to check a book reviewer's credits? I've had mine checked when I requested a review copy of books, though not by everyone and not all the time.
Finally, I've gotten a request for the book to be sent along electronically. I have it as a Word doc -- two files -- and I'm worried it'll take up a lot of storage space on the recipient's end. And the Word doc doesn't have all that copyright info on it. Should I get the file converted into a PDF? Or is it okay to send as a Word doc WITH copyright info in there?
Thanks all for any advice you can offer on this.
--Dawn