Comments on: Welcome to September! and House Cleaning http://llbookreview.com/2008/09/welcome-to-september-and-house-cleaning/ Self-publishing book review Mon, 21 May 2012 11:51:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: LK Gardner-Griffie http://llbookreview.com/2008/09/welcome-to-september-and-house-cleaning/comment-page-1/#comment-616 LK Gardner-Griffie Sun, 07 Sep 2008 08:22:14 +0000 http://lulubookreview.wordpress.com/?p=239#comment-616 In a way it's too bad that the queries had to be deleted (although I do understand the necessity). I am very glad that the successful queries were still on the Pick Me page when I was tossing my book in the ring for review. I read through the queries, both successfully chosen for review and the not yet succesful posts, read the reviews for the successful posts, and used them to help me formulate a Pick Me submission because I was looking for factors that seemed to work as well as those that didn't. I looked at not only what was successful, but the length of time between Pick Me query and review. By removing the successful queries upon posting of the review, you have limited future authors ability to research what makes a successful Pick Me post to catch your attention. Again, I do understand the necessity for developing a purge strategy, I just thought I'd offer a point of view from the other side of the Pick Me tab. LK Gardner-Griffie Author of young adult novel, Misfit McCabe In a way it’s too bad that the queries had to be deleted (although I do understand the necessity). I am very glad that the successful queries were still on the Pick Me page when I was tossing my book in the ring for review. I read through the queries, both successfully chosen for review and the not yet succesful posts, read the reviews for the successful posts, and used them to help me formulate a Pick Me submission because I was looking for factors that seemed to work as well as those that didn’t. I looked at not only what was successful, but the length of time between Pick Me query and review.

By removing the successful queries upon posting of the review, you have limited future authors ability to research what makes a successful Pick Me post to catch your attention.

Again, I do understand the necessity for developing a purge strategy, I just thought I’d offer a point of view from the other side of the Pick Me tab.

LK Gardner-Griffie
Author of young adult novel, Misfit McCabe

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