‘…so that I do not say them somewhere where I will start a fight:’ I truly despise the pay-for-reviews system that exists in the periphery of the self-publishing ecosystem. It’s predatory, it’s expensive, it plays on fear and desperation – and, most damningly, it doesn’t work. Readers don’t actually care about purchased reviews. Certainly not enough to be worth the money it takes to buy one! Kirkus, for example, will charge you four hundred and fifty bucks for a 250 word review, deliverable in seven to nine weeks, annnnnnnd that’s pretty much it.
:pause:
And they say you can’t make money off of writing in this culture! It’s actually easy! You just have to be in charge of the cargo cult.
Moe Lane
PS: I’m disgusted, more than anything else. I don’t have the undercurrent of anxiety permeating the psyches of a lot of people in the self-publishing field, and I am truly grateful for that. It still annoys me to see people being preyed upon. There’s better ways to make a living, dammit.
I will write you a review twice that long of anything you like posted to 3 major sites in under two weeks for half that price, with a discount for multiple purchases.
Buy in bulk and save.
Hmmm, I don’t think I want to do this full time, but if you get busy I can help out for a price…
Mew
No! Stay good, you two! Stay good!
I can personally attest to the futility and uselessness of paid reviews. I tried it one time. One time was enough.