Rebelious rules by Kristina Gallo

When you buy the book, you will want to know something about the author. Shiny covers and good blurb are not the only things that attract readers. Do you wish to know who is the author? If the author is a beautiful woman, would you buy her book? I am an Instagram user. Always careful with my photos, I watch what I will post. One of my photos was in a swimsuit, and it got 81 likes. Well done :) I would not go far with exposing myself, more I love to show my mood or to represent my book selfies. Scrolling around, I saw a female author exposing her naked breasts. A brave act, but I would not follow this. I don't care about competition, but it attracts attention in the wrong places. So I looked at the comments below. "Wow, sexy lady. " "Can you show me more?" Most comments were from trolls or guys who are hungry for sex. I did not see anyone of them asking for a book. They probably did not read a single book in their lives. Using sexy photos as a promotional tool is...

When your book is published, the next step you wait for is the review. You can publish the best book in this world, but it doesn't prevent readers to post negative reviews. Opinions are like asses, everyone has them, so we need to respect the right of readers to expose their impressions. This time I talk about negative reviews 1 or 2 stars, and some 3 stars reviews, I love to say "educative". 1-star rating without review . Those are the worst. You don't know if is this a troll, someone to get revenge on you because you did not pay attention on social media, or someone who loves to criticize indie authors in general. 1-star rating with plain words like "meh, really bad. " A short, childish expression about your book that doesn't explain the reason why. 1-star rating on your few books at the same time . This is personal, let's go take her from the throne. 2-star or 1-star rating about formatting, and editing issues. Sometimes it is really hard to und...