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  • Posted on Thursday, May 17, 2018Tuesday, May 15, 2018
  • by Julie Clark

Reviews: No Lifeguard on Duty, Read at Your Own Risk

As soon as your book goes up on NetGalley, as soon as your publicist starts mailing out ARCs, you begin…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, May 16, 2018Wednesday, May 16, 2018
  • by Kimmery Martin

The Highs And The Lows Of Reviews

  Today we are talking about reviews and who they are meant to inform. That’s an easy one: readers. Reviews…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, May 15, 2018Tuesday, May 15, 2018
  • by Lara Lillibridge

How to Write Useful Reviews

For a long time, if I didn’t like a book enough to give it 4 or 5 stars, I wouldn’t…

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  • Posted on Monday, May 14, 2018Sunday, May 13, 2018
  • by Cass Morris

Reviews: An Object Lesson in Subjectivity

Reviews — Who are they for? Honestly? I have no gods-damned idea. The standard line is “Reviews are for readers,…

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