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It's
such a big deal to post your work for review, so I would like to applaud you
for taking the leap and workshopping on Book Country. Since you
posted it for review, that must mean that you went ahead and reviewed another
writer's work, so thank you for taking the time to do that as well.
As I get to know our members and the peer review behavior on the site, I'm
learning that every member gets feedback in a different way here on Book
Country. Some people's books are reviewed the day that they post them; for
other books it can take a few weeks. Some books have no feedback at all. When
a book isn't getting feedback after more than a week and the member is
feeling frustrated about that, I tell them to do the following two things:
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Make sure the book is attractive to other members on the site. If it
doesn't have a cover, I ask the member to make one using the Book Country
cover designer. I also send the member over to this blog post, written by
a professional book jacket copywriter at Penguin, to learn how to tighten up
their "About the Book" section. We've also got a post on other ways
to attract members to your book on Book Country.
Take some time to think about how to make your book as appealing as you
can--the same way publishers do when they put a book in a store to attract
readers.
- The very best way to get your book reviewed is to get involved in the
Book Country community. Give reviews to other writers and show them that
you're a serious writer who wants to workshop together. Participate in the
Discussion Boards and introduce your project on the Genre threads. It's also a good idea to
start connecting to other writers whose work interests you. (Here are some
tips for how to connect.)
I do notice that our most active members--the ones who spend time looking at
other writers' work and who thoughtfully contribute to discussions about
reading and writing tend to be the ones who are getting the most
feedback.
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