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REVIEWS

By Lily Amis

Lily Amis Reviews are a delicate topic for authors, especially
The mind-opening Mind for independent authors. Not one day goes by where
I don’t see a fellow author posting on Facebook and
either complaining about readers lack of review-
support or jumping up and down with joy because of
receiving a 5 star review!

How come? Well I know that each one of us has a
busy schedule and that we all have our daily
responsibilities and priorities, but saying THANK YOU
is the least we can do. So why not saying THANK YOU
to an author, who has taken us away from our daily
life for a while? We have spent hours with the author.
We were either educated, inspired, encouraged, or
entertained. Right? Why else do we read books? So
why don’t readers say THANK YOU to us authors?

My explanation so far was that readers don’t know
how important and helpful it is to give a short
feedback, or that they just don’t care! Short and
simple.

Indie authors often offer their hard work for FREE or
only $0.99! Which is, in my opinion, a huge mistake
and a separate topic for itself. If you get something
for free you don’t appreciate it as much as if you pay
for it. This speaks for all kinds of products or services
and not only for books. Authors don’t value their
hard work when they offer it for free. So why should
the reader value it? How should readers know how
extremely hard and challenging it is to keep on
writing, when you feel you're getting nowhere with
your books as an indie author? How should they
know that it is a daily struggle for us authors?

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