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As part of the fun over at Buzz, Balls & Hype, I offer up my Ten Commandments of Getting a Book Reviewed. It's padded out a little, I suppose -- I had trouble coming up with ten. When M.J. Rose gave me the assignment, I replied (in my best Mel Brooks voice), "Ten? Does it have to be ten? Why can't there be eight commandments?" But apparently it was written in stone.
Let me know what you think!
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David J. Montgomery writes about authors and books for several of the country's largest newspapers, including the Chicago Sun-Times, Washington Post, Philadelphia Inquirer and Boston Globe.
In the past, he has contributed to such publications as USA Today, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Kansas City Star, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel and National Review Online.
He lives in the Washington, DC suburbs with his wife and daughter.
Personally, I think there should have been an 11th. Perhaps something like "Thou shalt not despair?" :)
Posted by: Harry Shannon | September 10, 2006 at 11:35 AM
Definitely. And that's part of what I was going for in #9.
There are just so many books out there that it's very hard for any particular book to get reviewed.
But I think that by pursuing a long-term strategy, an author can at least improve his/her chances of getting reviewed.
You're right, though: it's hard not to get discouraged.
Posted by: David Montgomery | September 10, 2006 at 11:49 AM