A Publisher's Conversation with Authors: Reviews Are Precious - Preserve Them
It is Tuesday. Time to tall turkey. Monday's madness is over, and Wednesday will take us over the hump, so Tuesday it is--for some serious discussion with authors. Tuesday talks mean to address authors in waiting and self-published authors who would like to go a more traditional route or who would at least like to take their steps with a publisher by their side. Today's topic once again addresses reviews, but from a different angle. We can all agree that reviews are important, but they are only helpful if they are available. Why, then, do some reviews over time disappear and what, if anything can you do about it? After all, it is hard enough to get reviews in the first place. So, why do reviews disappear? Sometimes, it is an accident. The Internet is expansive and sometimes clumsy. When websites update, things can accidentally disappear. Sometimes, it is part of an update. If the review is old and the blogger or whoever posted the review on his/her website updates posts to ke