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June 18, 2015

Dear author, I see you

by Donna Huber










Why it is some authors appear on the blog more often




What you can do to be noticed more





Authors, I see you






  1. Thanks for sharing this. As a 'small' book blogger, I too face the crush of more to read than I have time to read and review.

    1. I think about 6 months into book blogging I had more books than I could read in a year.

  2. It's so hard to find the time to write about what's important to us; all the more so when those important things are time-consuming in and of themselves. For what it's worth, I appreciate everything you write, and the time you take to format my own posts. Super thanks!

    1. Your welcome. I greatly appreciate your contribution each month. All of my contributors are great and I'm so thankful that at least a few days a month I don't have to come up with content.

  3. This is a great piece, Donna.

    I'd just add that what new/small authors may not realize is that a lot of the time, popular/more established writers are being pitched to bigger book bloggers by representatives from their publishing companies, who in turn offer better exposure to the bloggers.

    I had a general idea of how much work you do here, but seeing the data really drove the point home and I'm in even more awe of you.

    Thank you for all you do. You (and other book bloggers) are an important conduit between writers and readers and you're very much appreciated.

    1. I would like to say I'm unbiased about whether a big publisher is pitching or its the author, but I know in the back of my head I'm considering the increase in traffic and search results that featuring a popular, big pub book will have on my blog.

      I typically send links to my reviews to the publicists/publisher even for books I only kind of liked because I know there isn't going to be any backlash. But to an individual author that I don't really know, it can have horrible consequences: some authors get very nasty if it isn't a glowing 5 star review. (I didn't know this at the time I sent you a link to my 4 star review of your book.)

  4. I don't think I can add anything to what you've written. I just dropped in to cosign. Great post.

    1. Thanks for stopping by and commenting. I was a little worried about how this post would be perceived.

  5. Donna, I never realized how much work you do ! I'm even more grateful and honored that you volunteered to help with my book launch. You did a great job and I really appreciate it.



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