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How to Get Early Book Reviews for Your Self-Published Book
Imagine you are traveling and looking for a nice hotel. You have a choice between two that look promising. One has 100 stars, receives some glowing reviews on its site, and even has reviews on Google Maps. The other hotel looks nice from the pictures, but it doesn’t have a website, and you don’t know… Continue reading
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Yecheilyah’s Book Reviews – Pretty Privilege Book 1 by S.R. Graham
Title: Pretty Privilege Author: S.R. Graham Publisher: S.R. Graham Published: April 14, 2023 Page: 137 Eighteen-year-old Zuri Natrice Hall is sick of being treated like a caged bird. Constantly complimented on her beauty, paraded across beauty pageant stages, commercial sets, and in the streets of Myrtle Beach, Zuri musters up the courage to accept her… Continue reading
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Reading is the Easiest Way to Study Writing
I can tell right away when a book is self-published by a writer who does not read (or does not do it often enough). No shade to audiobooks, but when I say reading is how we study how to write, I mean reading physical books. And when I say study, I mean don’t just read… Continue reading
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Yecheilyah’s Book Reviews – Hierarchy of Needs: The Sculptor Series Book II by Christa Wojciechowski
Title: Hierarchy of Needs: Sculptor Series Part II Author: Christa Wojciechowski Publisher: Christa Wojciechowski Published: November 15, 2022 Page: 339 Part two of this wildly psychological series on the strength and depths of addiction continues Ona Price’s journey. She returns to the seedy underbelly of the drug scene due to the tragic event that closed… Continue reading
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Author Vending: Things to Consider Part I: Audience
I’ve been vending at events since 2018 when the owner of A Cappella Books refused to stock my self-published book and instead told me to get my name out there. He explained how hard it would be for me to sell my book in-store when no one knew who I was. I wasn’t offended but… Continue reading
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Yecheilyah’s Book Reviews – The Courage to be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga
Title: The Courage to be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon that Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness Author: Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga Publisher: Atria Books Published: May 8, 2018 Page: 289 Written by Japanese writer Fumitake Koga and philosopher Ichiro Kishimi, in The Courage to be Disliked, an older man… Continue reading
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Yecheilyah’s Book Reviews – Oblivion Black: The Sculptor Book 1 by Christa Wojciechowski
Title: Oblivion Black Author: Christa Wojciechowski Publisher: Christa Wojciechowski Published: August 8, 2022 Page: 387 In this psychological romance, Ona Price nearly dies from a heroin overdose on the streets of Manhattan. As she shoots up in a McDonald’s where she and her Puerto Rican friend Jojo purchased the narcotics, this art school dropout almost… Continue reading
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