Reviews

This week I’ve been working on finding reviewers for First, especially before it comes out. I found a list of sites that review SF books and will take submissions from indie authors. So far, I’ve submitted to about a half-dozen.

What’s interesting is that several of the sites on the list require payment for reviews. I guess I’d never really thought about it that much, but in some cases I guess it makes sense. Reading someone else’s book is an investment of time, and then to write a review about it’s another chunk of time. To their credit, the sites I looked at all specified they would write an honest review and wouldn’t guarantee a good one. I’m sure there are review sites that take money and guarantee good reviews, but I didn’t run across any.

My next area of focus is going to be on podcast interviewers. I’ll take a look at those and see if I can get on the schedule for a few.