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| Posted By : Gary B - 4/20/2007 4:19 PM | I am curious how the book review system works. I didn't even know Midwest Book Review had done a review on one of my books until I read it posted on Amazon, but the review didn't get posted on B&N or Powell. I thought reviews, especially from major reviewers, were added automatically, but I guess not. I have had other reviews done that never made it to Amazon or any others. I am really curious to know how the system works. Anyone know??
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| Posted By : Jordan Lapp - 4/20/2007 4:54 PM | Who is Midwest Book Review? I checked their activity and they've never given a review below a 5 star. I mean, EVERY book they read is 5 stars?
Jordan Lapp
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| Posted By : Jordan Lapp - 4/20/2007 6:02 PM | | 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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| Posted By : Gary B - 4/20/2007 7:14 PM | Oh, I think I will keep the review. haha Midwest Book Review has been around a long time and is a heavyweight reviewer. Their volume of books reviewed allows them to only post the best reviews. The rest don't make it. Actually, I feel honored to get a review from them. No scam here my friend. I am just trying to figure out the process.
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| Posted By : Pamela J. Dodd - 4/20/2007 7:15 PM | 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.
Pamela J. Dodd
www.pamelajdodd.com
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| Posted By : carnifexpress - 4/21/2007 1:44 PM | I know a person who does reviews for Midwest Book Reviews and he only submits reviews of books he likes... but his reviews tend to be very short, they are looking more for quantity than quality in their reviewers. If you got more than a line or two from them I appluad you.
The review for my "Florida Horror: Dark Tales From The Sunshine State" said (and I quote):
Florida Horror
Edited by Armand Rosamilia
Carnifex Press
P.O.Box1686, Ormond Beach Florida 32175
www.carnifexpress.net
ISBN: 097597274X, $12.95
Something strange is going on in Florida. Rosamilia has pulled together twelve tales of horror by new voices in the genre. The stories are not for the squeamish and should be read late at night with the lights on.
I guess it is nice as a blurb to promote the book, but if you're looking for an indepth review this aint the place for ya... but it's still nice to not be ignored as well... I sent out 33 review copies of that book and only got 9 reviews for it (but 8 were positive and the other somewhere between good and bad).
Armand Rosamilia
Visit Carnifex Press for more information!
The Freehold site is now up!
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