Jessie Childs

I read an excellent book by an author named Jessie Childs, and I reviewed it with five stars on Amazon.  I was astonished to see only one review when I got there, the book is way too good for only 3 stars.  Well, since there was only one other review, she is on average now at 4 stars.  Very strange for a world class book, and her sales are in the 700,000 range, at least today (meaning none...)

I googled her to email her to suggest she remind admiring readers to review her book on amazon.com.  She has a website, but all contact with her must be though her agent and publisher.

Two things wrong here... to sell books today you must offer "you" to the reader as well.  You can make them pay on a "closer you get, the more you pay" basis, but direct contact must be there.  Childs needs an email address she reads, a snail mail address she attends.  Childs cannot be contacted directly.  A reader wants to write the author, not the agent.

In my particular case, some of what I will say the agent will not like, so it is unlikely to be forwarded.

And her book is with limited access on GoogleBooks, another mistake.  If researchers cannot land on every page of the book, they are less likely to find what they are looking for and buy the book.

No doubt she believes her publishers, a world-class outfit, will take care of all of the necessary promotion for her. Well, several years into publication and just two ratings on Amazon?  She is an excellent talent.  She needs to perish her publisher and start making top dollar as a writer.