BookLife and Publishers Weekly

I got a copy of the January 20th Publishers Weekly, and on page 61 is the BookLife review of A Place of Safety-Home Not Home. It's a nice review, quite positive, but their grading system is on there and it's "Bs" for Cover, Typography, and Editing. I can accept that because they got an earlier file than that which is actually published.

I had it carefully edited before I published it, so I'm sure 95% of any issues they may have had with the book were handled. I'd sent them an earlier draft with the understanding it was undergoing editing, still, mainly because I wanted something to quote for the back cover of the book, and it takes them 5-6 weeks to get a review back to you.

I've had a couple of friends make reviews of my books, but I wish I knew how to get more people to review them on Amazon, B&N and Smashwords. I've tried just about everything I can think of--promotions, free copies, competitions--but nothing really seems to work.

For my MM erotica, I was in a group that did reviews on GoodReads, but even those were off and on. I've asked members of other groups I belong to if they'd read the three volumes of APoS and give me honest feedback, but they won't. Not even on a swapping reviews basis. All kinds of excuses. Hell, I can't even get family members to do it. My sister in San Diego and nieces refuse to read anything I've written.

I guess I could buy a review from Kirkus for HNH, but that last one was so wonky I'm leery of them.

I guess I'll just have to keep plugging along...