On the Importance of Reviews, Or, It's Just 21 Words!

By Akklemm @AnakaliaKlemm

Anakalian Whims:

Please, please, if you even just moderately liked my book The Bookshop Hotel, leave a review!

Originally posted on The Fire In Our Heads:

UPDATE: Amazon no longer requires 21 words. You can leave a two-word review, if you want (one for the headline and one for the review). They made it even easier, folks.

To leave a review on Amazon.com — and, let’s face it, that’s where it’ll have the most impact — requires nothing more than 4 clicks and 21 words. That’s one click to start the review, one click for the star rating, one word for the review title, twenty words for the review itself, a third click to preview the review, and a fourth to post it. All told, about five minutes from start to finish, assuming you write something simple and not too verbose.

Want to see how easy it is to write a review?

Excellent!

*****

I thought this book was fun to read. It held my attention, had interesting characters, and the dialogue was good.

That’s it. That…

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