Barbara V Evers

If you follow any authors on social media, then you've probably seen requests for reviews. Many people hesitate to post a review because they're not sure what to say, so I'm going to provide some tips. Why authors seek reviews 1. Over 90% of people shopping on any book site will read the reviews before purchasing a book. 2. Amazon tends to promote books with 50+ reviews. 3. Books without or with very few reviews don't show up in searches. In other words, if you enjoy an author's books and want to encourage other people to buy the books, then reviews make that more possible. Reviews help the author become more visible. And for me, the problem is a bit more complex. When I republished the books in 2023, Amazon migrated the reviews from the first edition to the second edition for The Watchers of Moniah . They did NOT migrate the reviews for The Watchers in Exile or The Watchers at War , so it looks like no one is reading those books. I requested they be transferred, b...

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  Excited and honored to be the  featured Interview with  Top Shelf Magazine  this spring. Check out the full interview:     Fantasy and Conservation While you're at it, make sure to read the interviews with all of the authors in this issue: Donna D. Conrad Joel McKay Dr. Katherine Hutchinson-Hays Sebastian De Castell and many more! Special thanks to Abundantly Social Top Shelf Magazine Women in Publishing Summit   for making this wonderful experience happen!