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Pamela J. Dodd
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| Posted 4/20/2007 7:15 PM (GMT -5) |   | Some reviewers submit their reviews to any number of publications. I sent out copies of Trinity on Tylos, my space opera with romantic elements, to several organizations and to one such independent reviewer. Some of the organizations reviewed it and some did not; however, the independent reviewer posted her review in several spots, including the Midwest Book Review and Barnes and Noble online. Ironically, B & N doesn't list Trinity on Tylos for sale, but Amazon does, and the independent reviewer didn't post it there (not yet, anyway.)
As long as the review isn't an overly critical rant, I view it as good publicity, wherever it shows up.
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Jordan Lapp
Ebony & Ivory
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| Posted 4/20/2007 6:02 PM (GMT -5) | | | Just did a little research on MidWestBook review. They've done 31,352 reviews, all of them 5 stars, many of them simply reprinting the editorial review with a single positive sentence at the end.
Wikipedia's recently been change.. old version and new versions are included...
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Established in 1976 by James A. Cox, ''Midwest Book Review'' publishes several monthly publications for community and academic library systems in [[California]], [[Wisconsin]], and the upper [[Midwest]]. It is an organization of volunteers committed to promoting literacy, library usage, and giving priority consideration to small press publishers, self-published authors, and academic presses. They claim to accept no financial donations from authors or publishers for their services. However, their reviews tend to be highly promotional, and when submitted to Amazon.com are always accompanied by a five-star rating. |
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Established in 1976 by James A. Cox, ''Midwest Book Review'' publishes several monthly publications for community and academic library systems in [[California]], [[Wisconsin]], and the upper [[Midwest]]. It is an organization of volunteers committed to promoting literacy, library usage, and giving priority consideration to small press publishers, self-published authors, and academic presses. They accept no financial donations from authors or publishers for their services. |
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The organization also produces [[shortwave]] radio book review commentaries. |
Note, the "badness" has been stripped out and made to look "good". It seems like a scam to me. I'd ask Amazon to remove the review if I were you Gary, it sounds shady.
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