Alinka Rutkowska

I got my copy from NoiseTrade. I'd hoped to pick up some new tips, but didn't really learn anything.
If you're really new to self-publishing, there is some useful information, but do your own research as well.
At one point the author endorses the idea of review swapping, but this is actually against Amazon's terms of service and could get the authors involved in trouble.
The list of competitions to enter is filled with ones with entry fees that are dauntingly high.
The start of the book had pages (13?) of reviews. If I've already bought/downloaded it, I don't need that sort of filler. The end section is interviews.
Overall, the author doesn't say much about how she, specifically, sold 80,000 books, just talks about self-publishing, and things you can try.… (mais)

A great resource that points out a lot of things. I found two things a bit frustrating

1) She talks about how she sold Children's books. Not a problem, so much as it seems like it should have been mentioned in the description or something. The principles can be applied to other categories and genres, but it would have been nice to see some info comparing her children's books and adult books so the reader could see her use those principles on a wider range.

2) There are some subjects she mentions but just breezes over. I imagine it's because she's trying to get the reader to buy more information from her. She has a course on using Goodreads and her author remake course, which go into these things in more detail. It's fine, but it kind of gives more of an impression of an overview of what she's done, rather than a tell-all of how you can do it, too.

Overall, I think the information is helpful, it just wasn't as thorough as I had anticipated.… (mais)