My latest review is now published! This one had me at a #sapphic retelling of the Scottish folktale “The Selkie Wife.” #lgbtqbooks #bookreview #netgalley #asweetstingofsalt

https://dnruttan.com/2023/07/30/book-review-a-sweet-sting-of-salt-by-rose-sutherland/

If you review books and would like to see more ND affirming (Autistic/AuDHD/ADHD coded main character) books for kids, HOW ARE YOU, VERITY? is up on NetGalley and Edelweiss.

#PictureBook #KidLit #Neurodiversity #ActuallyAutistic #InfoDumping #MarineLife #SocialPragmatics #VampireSquid #NetGalley #Edelweiss #ARC

In 2017 Elle Lainey wrote a long-form essay on using #NetGalley as a #selfpubbed author. It's thorough, honest and very good (link below).

While I budgeted the money to list, I didn't spend the money to promote, which may make a huge difference. But is it worth spending tons of money to give away advance copies? What's the return?

https://fiveplustwoblog.wordpress.com/2017/02/03/netgalley-for-a-self-published-debut-author/

This post is part of a series about publishing my #debut #novel. I'm posting with hashtag #NGAGLessons

#NGAGLessons

#Netgalley and #Edelweiss are used to build advance buzz, but in a conundrum they seem to work best if #writers already have a hungry readership fighting for limited free copies. In the #YA space, this is often where #problematic books become famous.

I got a couple reviews & found a few fans this way, but overall didn't get enough traction to justify the price.

I may not have spent ENOUGH money to gain traction (below)

Verdict: 😐

#writingcommunity #amwriting #writingtips

Ich vermisse hier ein bisschen #Buchverlage und #Netgalley und co