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Originally Posted by SleepyBob
Interesting to hear the feedback. I clicked through to Amazon and the book has 50 5-star ratings, all written within a 3 day period, and no reviews in the weeks following. I'm not quite sure how (if?) a book manages that without gaming the system.
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Makes sense. That was his first free days.
You give a book away, you get some reviews.
These are long reviews. They ain't the gamer reviews.
It is called the book is actually good.
I can think of a half a dozen authors that get many reviews the first day.
They use advance review copies.
They aren't gaming the system. They are marketing their books.
Here is how to get many reviews.
Have at least 500 people grab your book. If you know people in your industry, that is easier. Then if only 10% review it, that is 50 reviews.
Write a good book, get good reviews. Write a bad book, get bad reviews or all pidgin English 5 star reviews. Write a mediocre book, don't expect many reviews.
Veronica Roth got over 5000 reviews in one day. The day the book was released. Did she game the system. She did that with 2 out of three books.