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How The Stolen Child stole into popularity... 2 Years, 1 Month ago Karma: 1  
Last week on NPR, they interviewed the author of The Stolen Child. They followed up with an interesting look at how the book got a lot of attention without a professional reviewer having reviewed it, and some thoughts on the common reviewer (a la amazon, etc) on the industry as a whole. Pretty interesting stuff.

The Stolen Child is the top fiction seller on Amazon.com—even though major reviewers all but ignored it. Amazon sent galley copies to customer reviewers, who share their critiques for free. In an era of blogging and consumer opinion, what will happen to traditional reviewers?

Here's the story on contemporary critics:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5477394

Here's the interview with the author:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5477391

-Gear
 
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Re: How The Stolen Child stole into popularity... 2 Years, 1 Month ago Karma: 4  
I thought of this too, sending copies to people who have reviewed similar books on Amazon I just haven't had the money to do that. :roll:
 
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Re: How The Stolen Child stole into popularity... 2 Years, 1 Month ago Karma: 4  
Here's another idea for promoting that book.

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Thanks for the link... 2 Years ago Karma: 3  
Thanks for the _link_, Jym. Have you used this service? I'm not familiar with the West Hollywood Book Fair—is it a big event?

Well, the price is right!
 
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