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As I was brought up to be polite and not to nag or boast, the world of self-publishing has been a complete reversal of that training!
Only this week (I am extremely slow) did I find out how other writers got reviews. They wrote off to OTHER writers and sort of cross-pollinated. That's how the Amazon and Goodreads reviews appeared, as if out of the blue. No money crossed hands, obviously, but the balloon lifted magically. I had of course written reviews for writers, in 'real life' magazines as well. But, being polite, never thought of going out and asking direct for anything reciprocal if they had not responded spontaneously.
So, learn from my mistakes, with luck!
Only this week (I am extremely slow) did I find out how other writers got reviews. They wrote off to OTHER writers and sort of cross-pollinated. That's how the Amazon and Goodreads reviews appeared, as if out of the blue. No money crossed hands, obviously, but the balloon lifted magically. I had of course written reviews for writers, in 'real life' magazines as well. But, being polite, never thought of going out and asking direct for anything reciprocal if they had not responded spontaneously.
So, learn from my mistakes, with luck!