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Comment by Roxan Murray on April 23, 2011 at 4:35am

Thanks Carole, I'll go check it out. I had no problem at all with Kindle. They did all the work. I just had to upload the file.

Comment by carole lynn gill on April 23, 2011 at 4:28am

Roxan, you're in the group. check out the link on your FB page!

Comment by carole lynn gill on April 23, 2011 at 4:25am

no don't give up! never give up! my husband put up those stories i told you about on Smashwords, he's clever up tech stuff. he's walking dogs now and we have an appointment after, but he's great to ask. i am a zero when it comes to tech stufflike that
He's a frugal Yorkshireman, never would have gone for Premium why do you need it. i bet you don't. listen! just had a super idea. you're on FB. i'm going to put you into the Massters of Horror Group the guys there all know this stuff. just give me five minutes!xxx

Comment by Roxan Murray on April 23, 2011 at 4:19am

I'm working on getting reviews from other sources and have some lined up.
Smashwords is driving me crazy. They just aren't happy no matter what I do. I don't have word so I'm having to format with what I have. Right now I can't even buy groceries much less go out and buy Word or pay someone $25 an hour to format it for me. $25 an hour! Are they kidding? I'm about to give up on the premium nonsense.

Comment by carole lynn gill on April 23, 2011 at 4:08am

you're right Roxan! btw Shawn yes, it's good to be forewarned.
Actually I started to get nervous when i read that too, about such good reviews. not good to ask friends. but mine are from a publisher, book bloggers and a few writers.
No one i actually know wrote anything! yes, it's an excellent point. that's why it's good to give your book over to book bloggers, reviewrs as much as you can.
Coffee Time Romance, My Book Addiction--and a few others are excellent and i don't believe in paying for a review!

Comment by Roxan Murray on April 22, 2011 at 9:01pm

As in everything, you take the bad with the good. I think some have the idea that high rated reviewed come from people the writer is either related to or friends with. At least that's what I've read from people on forums when the subject comes up.

Comment by Shawn Lamb on April 22, 2011 at 5:53pm

Thanks, Carole. Hopefully from my experience you can be forewarned thus forearmed. :)

Comment by carole lynn gill on April 22, 2011 at 5:41pm

i admire you so much Shawn, god it's tough. you're okay!
American, intersting about that. i thought not. very interesting as you said, her take on it.

Comment by Shawn Lamb on April 22, 2011 at 3:31pm

Carole, she is American. I was impressed by her insight and observations for one so young.

Anna, it is fun and gratifying to have return readers? I was in Memphis in March for an event, and my first two customers where parents who bought Book 1 last year in Nashville! We all live in and around Nashville and they both said they will come by my booth again in May to buy book 3.

Comment by Shawn Lamb on April 22, 2011 at 3:05pm

Oh, yeah, be ready for crappy and nasty. It comes with the territory. I can't stop people from putting up reviews after they read any of my books, but I can preview the people I ask. And after that blog tour, I'm very selective about reviewers.

I hadn't heard about Amazon doing away with bad reviews. Interesting.

About my books sounding historical - I wrote historical fiction before turning to fantasy. In fact, I'll be starting my historical fiction line next year.

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