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Amazon, Fatal Forgery, G David, Goodreads, Hammicks, Heffers, marketing, publicity, review, Samuel Plank
Remember how I told you that I was going all out to try and get some reviews for “Fatal Forgery”? Well, after a lot of silence and then a slow start, I am finally starting to see some returns on my effort. The latest is a review by Debbie Young, a well-respected writer herself and a much-followed book blogger and reviewer. And it is such a lovely five-star review – plenty of detail, with specific comments, and encouragement for “Plank 2”! You can see it here on Amazon (if it’s not obvious, re-sort the reviews to put the newest first). And Debbie – being, as I say, an author herself and therefore well aware of the importance of reviews – has kindly put her review on Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.com and Goodreads, to get as much coverage as possible.
So now here’s a question for you: how can I carry on Debbie’s good work and wring as much juice as possible from that review? I have thanked her on Twitter (that’s something else she did, to reach her 6,300+ followers) and retweeted her Tweet to my (small in number but enormous in quality) 95 followers. I am writing this post. And of course I shall quote liberally from Debbie’s review (with her permission) on “Plank 2”. I’m reluctant to put another review link on Facebook – my family and friends are probably all Planked out by now. Should I forward it to the three booksellers who are stocking the physical book – given that the review appears on Amazon…? Or maybe I could send them the Goodreads version instead. Any other ideas?
Susan Grossey 
Susan, I’m so pleased you liked the review, which I’ve now added to the book reviews section put on my author website (www.authordebbieyoung.com) – and it gets a mention in my latest blog post too! Feel free to quote the review wherever you like – and repost it on your blog in full, i you want to. (Possibly start a reviews page for your own books?) Lots of other good book promotion tips in my book “Sell Your Books!” (Yes, if there were a prize for an obvious title, I could be in with a chance of a prize there.) Available as an ebook and paperback – plus I blog at http://www.otsbp.com about book promotion advice too. But the very best thing a writer can do is to keep writing – and I’m looking forward to Plank #2!
A reviews page on this website is an excellent idea – I thought about it at the beginning, but didn’t dare tempt fate in case I got none! Now that I have some to boast about, I shall definitely do it. And I’m off to look at your book – if all your ideas are that practical and helpful, I shall be very happy! Thank you again.