arainsb123
A reviewer from Virginia Living wrote to me today to request review copies of my three books. Now, this sounds wonderful; especially considering they're all POD! However, to be completely honest, two of my books are of questionable reading quality; well, rather the first of the series is, and the second one is okay. So, what should I do?
I'm thinking of just taking the two books out of print so that they don't stain my writing career. Here's where the problem comes in:
I'm with iUniverse, and since I'm a minor my parents paid the publication fees ($99 and $159 respectively) for my books, and I doubt they'd be very happy it if I asked them if I could put them out of print (iU only requires a 30 day notice); they'd see it as a waste of $258, which I realize is completely reasonable.
But if I send the reviewer copies, there's no doubt they'll get a bad review. None at all. The first one reads as if it was written by a third-fourth grader; after all, that's how old I was when I wrote it. The second one is pretty good, though it doesn't really stand alone.
What should I do? My third book, luckily, isn't a problem as I am quite confident in it's quality
Edit: Typos.
I'm thinking of just taking the two books out of print so that they don't stain my writing career. Here's where the problem comes in:
I'm with iUniverse, and since I'm a minor my parents paid the publication fees ($99 and $159 respectively) for my books, and I doubt they'd be very happy it if I asked them if I could put them out of print (iU only requires a 30 day notice); they'd see it as a waste of $258, which I realize is completely reasonable.
But if I send the reviewer copies, there's no doubt they'll get a bad review. None at all. The first one reads as if it was written by a third-fourth grader; after all, that's how old I was when I wrote it. The second one is pretty good, though it doesn't really stand alone.
What should I do? My third book, luckily, isn't a problem as I am quite confident in it's quality
Edit: Typos.