Cluck Update
It's time again for another Cluck Update and call to arms!
To date, Cluck has won three awards:
(*Cluck was a finalist in this award ...apparentlyyou get to count 'finalists' and 'runner ups' as wins. The world is strange).
The book has also earned glowing independent reviews from the following legitimate review sources:
It's also received eight reviews on amazon, with an average rating of 5 stars. Now, here's my beef: of those eight reviews, only TWO of them are from friends and family. The problem is, that everyone assumes that the first ten reviews are from your friends and family, and theysummarilyignore them. So ... I'maskingfor reviews, please. I know a lot of people have read Cluck, loved it, written me about it, told their friends about it, and are helping to build a miniature fan base of zombie-chicken-lovers. Thank you, I really appreciate that. In fact, it's what convinced me to write a sequel (which I originally said I would never do). It is also because of you that I can prove Rachel Donadio of the NY Times Book Review wrong by selling more than a few hundred copies of myindependentlypublished book ... though just barely.
To put an even finer point on it: it is very hard to get "real" book reviews when you are independently published. If you think that the NY Times Book Review is the only "real" source (many do), then it is impossible. How do we, the indies, do it? We beg for reviews from our readers. On amazon. Please? You can't see me, but I'm on my knees.
Are you a fan? Please post a review. Are youfriendsand/or family? If so, please consider posting your obligatory 5-star reviews, because until you do people will ignore the real ones. Didn't like Cluck? Well, I suppose even you should post a review (despite your evident lack of perspective and/or taste). Haven't read Cluck yet? Well here's the link: Buy it. Love it. Review it. (please?)
To date, Cluck has won three awards:
- Independent Publisher Book Award, horror
- Indie Excellence Award
- ForeWord book of the Year award, horror*
(*Cluck was a finalist in this award ...apparentlyyou get to count 'finalists' and 'runner ups' as wins. The world is strange).
The book has also earned glowing independent reviews from the following legitimate review sources:
It's also received eight reviews on amazon, with an average rating of 5 stars. Now, here's my beef: of those eight reviews, only TWO of them are from friends and family. The problem is, that everyone assumes that the first ten reviews are from your friends and family, and theysummarilyignore them. So ... I'maskingfor reviews, please. I know a lot of people have read Cluck, loved it, written me about it, told their friends about it, and are helping to build a miniature fan base of zombie-chicken-lovers. Thank you, I really appreciate that. In fact, it's what convinced me to write a sequel (which I originally said I would never do). It is also because of you that I can prove Rachel Donadio of the NY Times Book Review wrong by selling more than a few hundred copies of myindependentlypublished book ... though just barely.
To put an even finer point on it: it is very hard to get "real" book reviews when you are independently published. If you think that the NY Times Book Review is the only "real" source (many do), then it is impossible. How do we, the indies, do it? We beg for reviews from our readers. On amazon. Please? You can't see me, but I'm on my knees.
Are you a fan? Please post a review. Are youfriendsand/or family? If so, please consider posting your obligatory 5-star reviews, because until you do people will ignore the real ones. Didn't like Cluck? Well, I suppose even you should post a review (despite your evident lack of perspective and/or taste). Haven't read Cluck yet? Well here's the link: Buy it. Love it. Review it. (please?)
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