BOOK-A-HOLICS discussion

Hello! So up until now I haven't been accepting requests to review ebooks for a reasons I won't mention, but since my kindle is up and running, I will be accepting them for a small donation for my time and effort.

If you're interested, check out my blog here:
http://originalbooker.blogspot.co.uk/

If you don't want to make a donation but want me to review your book, you can always send a physical copy!

All donations will be going to the When You Wish Upon A Star Charity.

Thanks.

Paid reviews are worthless once the public finds out the reviewer was paid in something other than a copy of the work.

I'm not getting paid, it's a donation to a charity. I'm a student, I know how to live without money.

All my reviews are 100% honest. You can ask any of the authors whose books I've already reviewed.

Love your quote. Yes, I remember being a starving student myself.

Suggestion: monetize your site. Accept advertising and become an Amazon "associate" (monetize your links to the book on Amazon).

You do realize that you're going to be inundated?

Thanks for the tip, I didn't know about Amazon associates.

Why would I be inundated?

Annie wrote: "Thanks for the tip, I didn't know about Amazon associates.

Why would I be inundated?"
Because everyone and his grandma is hungry for reviews.

:-) I work for AKW Books (akwbooks.com) and I could keep you busy for a year with just our list (assuming you read all our genres) of eBooks. Add to that all the authors (self-published and otherwise) who haunt GoodReads and who see this post, and you will have a backlist of epic proportions. :-O

Well right now I have around 5/6 books on the way to my house and 2 ebooks to review, I'm not gonna lie, I did pause my requests for a bit- only because I want to get the books read and reviewed fast! I don't like to keep people waiting.

But what I've noticed is that I've had so many books to review that I haven't really had time to read the books I want to read for my personal fun-time.

I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing that I haven't been swamped with review requests yet! We'll have to just wait and see, I reckon there are a lot of people who would want someone older and more 'experienced' to review their books, but here's what I think, a reader is a reader, and a review is a review, they're all valuable right?

I'm thinking of being a bit more picky with the books I choose to review, i.e. sticking to YA

Reviews on Amazon don't have your age on them, just your name. Most shoppers are looking at star ratings and what you have to say about YOUR reaction to the book. WHY did you like / not like it?

The publisher is looking for "pull quotes" that s/he can use in advertising as well. Thinks like: "Best book I've read this year." "Kept me glued to my chair." "What a rush!" That sort of thing.

What people are NOT looking for is someone bitching because 1 or 2 words are misspelled, or the punctuation on page 235 is wrong. In my almost 70 years on this rock, I have yet to read a book that didn't have at least one error in it (except Zondervan Bibles). If spelling and grammar errors abound, yes that's something to note, especially if it took you "out" of the story (most likely seen in self-published works).

Hope this helps. Good luck!

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Sex and Crime is an autobiographical book that follows the incredible life of Oliver, a teenage hacker in Aachen, Germany, who is the victim of traumatic childh..."

So, is this a request for reviews? If you're just advertising your book, please take it to the appropriate discussion thread.

Good luck!