When you purchase a book, do you read the reviews first?
As authors, Rose, Zoe, and I know that book reviews give “social proof” to our work. In other words, prospective readers can see the reviews and know that others have read and (hopefully) enjoyed that particular book.
Personally, I’m not a review reader very often for books. I read reviews before purchasing something like electronics but rarely do I read them for books. However, when I do read book reviews I will often scroll through looking for the “spoiler” reviews. I know some people hate those sorts of reviews but for me, their lovely little golden nuggets that give me what I need to know to make my decision about a book. I even do this with movies. I will Google search spoilers for movies I might be on the fence about seeing. Spoilers might ruin a book or movie for you, but they do not for me. (I also tend to read the end of a book first. 🙂 )
Another thing I tend to do when reading reviews is vetting the reviewer. This means I look at the reviewer’s other reviews. I’m looking for things such as: does this reviewer only post low star reviews or is there a wide range or have they read any books that I have read and if so, how does their opinion compare with mine?
But what about when it comes to reviews of my own books? Well, Zoe and I are going to talk about that, as well as share some reviews we have enjoyed, in today’s episode of the LLS Society Papers*.
The live stream will begin at 3 PM EST or 4 PM Atlantic. (But you can always watch it later, too. 🙂 )
Books and links mentioned in the show:
Leenie’s Links
NEW RELEASE: His Darling Friend https://mybook.to/HDF
MASSIVE book sale http://bit.ly/FridaysFeature
What’s in KU page http://bit.ly/KUreads
One Winter’s Eve http://bit.ly/OWE_link
Henry: To Prove Himself Worthy http://mybook.to/HTPHW
Master of Longbourn http://bit.ly/MOL_link
Sweet Tuesdays http://bit.ly/SweetTuesdays
Zoe’s Links
Lady Catherine Impedes: https://books2read.com/u/3L9rM7
Darcy’s Secret Marriage: https://books2read.com/u/47zwJq
Matches Made at Netherfield: https://books2read.com/u/3yPM2n
Have a great weekend! Thanks for joining us!
*Longbourn Literary Society (LLS) is a Facebook group founded by three friends, who share a love of writing and Jane Austen for the purpose of promoting those loves and our work.
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