Reviews
November 18, 2009
- Just a note to let you know that the literary journal I co-edit with Annette Spaulding-Convy, Crab Creek Review (www.crabcreekreview.org) , will be featuring mini reviews called "Editors' Choice" in our magazine. If you're interested in having your book considered for review you can mail it to:Crab Creek ReviewPO Box 1524Kingston, WA 98346We will be reading all the books we receive and ...
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November 6, 2009
- Huffington Post book blogger Jason Pinter has a column about "The State of the Crime Novel." It's a fairly Yankocentric appraisal of current crime writing by a series of top US reviewers. It includes this from veteran mystery columnist Oline H. Cogdill: "One of the main missions of crime novels is to paint a timely portrait of the issues in our times. This doesn't mean these novels ...
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October 31, 2009
- Would you, as an author, be willing to share your book in return for a book from another author to give an honest review? Sort of a review for a review. You could go down a list of books - that had been registered by their authors as available, with brief descriptions, and offer to review that title. If the author was interested in trading for your title he/she would send you the book in ...
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October 30, 2009
- Strange Things Happen: A Life with The Police, Polo and PygmiesBy Stewart CopelandPublisher UK: The Friday Project US: HarperStudioJust because I write crime fiction doesn’t make me obsessed by The Police. However, this new memoir by The Police drummer is absolutely the most delightful surprise of the year. Copeland writes with the same verve and invention he displays in his deceptively tricky ...
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October 28, 2009
- If you are a writer who does a less-than-complimentary review of another writer's book, you run the risk of one of two things. 1) If the writer whom you are reviewing is more famous than you, your bad review might come off as sour grapes. 2) If the writer is a rung or two lower on the publishing ladder, you run the risk of of being seen as snotty and snobby I started writing book reviews ...
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October 26, 2009
- It's been a while since I passed on any news about my book, perhaps you thought there hasn't been any?REVIEWS:My total on Amazon is now numbering "103"Since the last time I wrote about reaching the magic "100" I have received a five star and two four star reviews. Here are a few snippets of what the reviews say..."...a cute love story. Highly recommended for ...
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October 19, 2009
- Jonah Berger, Assistant Professor of Marketing, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Alan T. Sorensen, Associate Professor of Strategic Management, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Scott J. Rasmussen, an alumnus of Stanford University conducted a study evaluating the effects of positive and negative reviews/publicity on overall book sales. The surprising ...
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October 15, 2009
- "The book is wonderful!!! I started it Saturday night when I got home and was hooked. I should have been packing on Sunday but kept picking up the book instead!" - J.R."I have been reading non-stop (as much as possible with work and stuff to do.) I loved the story and was taken on a great ride trying to see if the characters were going to end up where I wanted them. . . The first ...
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October 12, 2009
- To web-presence. Or not. To read in bookstores. Or not. To contact every one you know. Or not.If you haven't seen this spoof on book promotion, read it! http://www.newyorker.com/humor/2009/10/19/091019sh_shouts_weiner
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October 6, 2009
- Christopher G. Moore has book 10 in his terrific Vincent Calvino crime series out this week. "Paying Back Jack", which will be out in December in the UK. I love the Calvino series for the way it leads the reader into the underbelly of Bangkok in the company of its Italian-Jewish New Yorker private eye. PBJ gives us that and much more. Moore creates a cast of vibrant characters worthy of ...
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