If you’ve ever wondered how many authors would be bothered to read reviews of their own books, here is a rough idea, based on data I collected for a small group of 14 authors.
If my statistics is anything to go by, it implies roughly 79% of authors don’t read book reviews of their own books.
Authors who read book reviews of their own books compose 21%.
Bar graph shows number of authors who don’t read book reviews of their own books versus those who read reviews of their own books
If a book reviewer is sycophantic and expects to make good into the author’s “book of graces” they will be disappointed 79% of the time.
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