I do not promise a completely positive review; however, I only accept for perusal those books I am likely to enjoy.
Terms Of Business
The Standard Package review and
promotion costs $65.50 (AUD). (Please note that there is a currency
converter in the right hand sidebar.) As per normal reviewing
arrangements your book is sent to me gratis (hard copy, AZW, MOBI, PDF, EPUB,
TXT, WORD). Ebooks (delivered by email care of Raymond Mathiesen) are preferred as I live in
Australia and books take 2 to 6 weeks to reach me from overseas. The
review is free, but I charge $65.50 (AUD) for promoting your book. My
review is posted to this blog, Amazon & whatever sale sites that carry your
book, plus other promotion sites. I know of over 300 different sites that
a review can be displayed on. I can guarantee promotion of your book on
at least 500 sites reaching a potential audience of over 1,434,000 people. Of those
people over 630,000 are specifically book readers (not just anyone). When
possible, and where appropriate, I target EXTRA people who specifically like
your genre. When the promotion work is done I will provide you with a
list of links to the sites where your book was promoted, including highlighted
details of the genre promotions.
.
An Express Package review and
promotion costs $105.50 (AUD). It is the same as the Standard Package
except that you go to the top of the waiting list (behind other Express authors) and can expect to
have a review and promotion within 10 weeks from commencement. I very often
have a waiting list of authors wanting the Standard Package, so the Express Package
ensure a much faster response.
Keep in mind that Kirkus Indie Review charges
$425 for a review done in 7 weeks and $575 for one done in 4 weeks, and it is
only published on one site.
A Blurb Promotion Package costs $45.50
(AUD). The author provides me with a brief blurb of the book, consisting
of two short paragraphs. The first paragraph consists of three or four
sentence which describes the books contents. The second paragraph, also
being three or four sentences long, provides relevant information about the
author: your interests and qualifications, your biography, and other books you
have written. The information on your back cover probably provides a good
basis for your blurb. This promotion is like the two Packages above, but
does not include the sites where only a full review can be posted. The
Blurb Promo Package includes a guaranteed 500 sites, reaching more than 1,434,000 people. Over 630,000 of those people are guaranteed book readers (not
just anyone). When possible, and where appropriate, EXTRA genre readers
will be targeted. This Package takes 3 week to be completed. When
the promotion work is done I will provide you with a list of links to the sites
where your book was promoted, including highlighted details of the genre promotions.
Advertising On This Blog
Blog Advertising costs
$5.50 (AUD) per week. Raymond Mathiesen
Book Reviews gets an average of 30 page views per day, so that works out to
just $0.03 per view. If you request it I
will send you screen shots of our blog statistics, which show exact numbers
(weekly high and weekly low) on a graph, plus the date. You can book advertising in weekly blocks for
as long as you want. I will bill you by
Paypal invoice for the agreed period.
You will need to send me a .JPG image of your advertisement, or a Word document
(if you want a simple text advertisement).
Advertisements with color images usually sell better. Please contact me by email (click the address below) to begin arrangements for your advertisenment.
Please feel free to email me to request a review or ask further questions. I can be contacted, care of Raymond Mathiesen at:
raymond.mathiesen@bigpond.com
My Tastes
Reading
is much more fun than housework and is something that I think should be done
every day.
I like
current Australian fiction.
I read crime
fiction and collect it, but prefer the hard-boiled detectives, especially the realist ones such as Sue Grafton and Sara
Parestky.
I like children's stories. I read
Girls' School Stories as often as I can; brought up on Enid Blyton's Mallory
Towers. I also read reissues
of books from presses such as Girls Gone By.
Poetry
is one of my favorite genres. Although Sylvia Plath, who I have been reading
since 1983, is my favorite poet, I like
to read modern poetry and particularly Australian poetry. Presses such as
Picaro Press, have fabulous Australian authors!
For
non fiction I read books on politics, and biographies.
Short fiction, and work that pushes the boundaries of language is my favorite type of writing: I love writing that makes me think.
Short fiction, and work that pushes the boundaries of language is my favorite type of writing: I love writing that makes me think.
Qualifications
I
received my B.A. (Hons) from the University of New
England Armidale, in 1992, majoring in English. I focused on
Victorian and American literature. I have also studied Psychology and
French.
I have
been reading Sylvia Plath since 1983, and studied both Plath and Ted Hughes, at
UNE.
Experience
I edited ten issues of New England Review poetry magazine from 1999 to 2004. This involved editing, proofreading,
selecting contributions and sourcing articles from people.
I have been published in various magazines including Redoubt, Foam:e, Colloquy (in Australia), Microbe,(France) and Salome, on line. My poems and stories have won various prizes.
I have written reviews for magazines including New England Review and Sylvia
Plath Info http://sylviaplathinfo.blogspot.com.au/ .
I
belong to writing groups in Armidale and believe it is important to
support writing groups;
I run
creative writing workshops on a regular basis.
I have
also written press releases, done research work for other writers
including searches, and thesis proofreading. I have judged
poetry competitions, given
poetry readings in Newcastle and had my work performed on stage in
Armidale, in Favourite Shorts.
In
2010 Blue Tongue Press published my first book of poetry, Green
Hair.
I am currently writing a novel.
Terms
Of Business
The Standard Package review and promotion costs $35.50 (AUD). (Please note that there is a currency converter in the right hand sidebar.) As
per normal reviewing arrangements your book is sent to me gratis (hard copy, AZW,
MOBI, PDF, EPUB, TXT, WORD). Ebooks
(delivered by email) are preferred as I live in Australia and books take 2 to 6
weeks to reach me from overseas. The
review
is free, but I charge $35.50 (AUD) for promoting your book. My review
is posted to this blog, Amazon & whatever sale sites that carry your
book, plus other promotion sites. I know of over 300 different sites
that a review can be displayed on. I
can guarantee
promotion of your book on at least 170 sites reaching an audience of
over 663,000 people. Of those people over 304,000 are specifically book
readers (not just anyone). When possible, and where appropriate, I
target EXTRA people who specifically like your genre. When the
promotion work is done I will provide you with a list of links to the
sites where your book was promoted, including highlighted details of the
genre promotions.
An Express Package review and promotion costs $65.50 (AUD). It is the same as the Standard Package except that you go to the top of the waiting list and generally can expect to have a review and promotion within 4 weeks of your payment. I very often have a waiting list of authors wanting the Standard Package, so the Express Package ensure a much faster response.
Keep in mind that Kirkus Indie Review charges $425 for a review done in 7 weeks and $575 for one done in 4 weeks, and it is only published on one site.
- See more at: http://raymondmathiesenbookreviews.blogspot.com.au/p/blog-page.html#sthash.40OCQmxR.dpufAn Express Package review and promotion costs $65.50 (AUD). It is the same as the Standard Package except that you go to the top of the waiting list and generally can expect to have a review and promotion within 4 weeks of your payment. I very often have a waiting list of authors wanting the Standard Package, so the Express Package ensure a much faster response.
Keep in mind that Kirkus Indie Review charges $425 for a review done in 7 weeks and $575 for one done in 4 weeks, and it is only published on one site.
A Blurb
Promotion Package costs $25.50 (AUD). The
author provides me with a brief blurb of the book, consisting of two short
paragraphs. The first paragraph consists
of three or four sentence which describes the books contents. The second paragraph, also being three or
four sentences long, provides relevant information about the author: your interests
and qualifications, your biography, and other books you have written. The information on your back cover probably
provides a good basis for your blurb. This
promotion is like the two Packages above, but does not include the sites where only
a full review can be posted. The Blurb
Promo Package includes a guaranteed 109 sites, reaching more than 530,000
people. Over 173,500 of those people are
guaranteed book readers (not just anyone). When possible, and where appropriate, EXTRA
genre readers will be targeted. This Package takes 1 week to be completed. When the
promotion work is done I will provide you with a list of links to the
sites where your book was promoted, including highlighted details of the
genre promotions.
I am currently only accepting
books for packaged review and promotion. I am not accepting books for review alone.
I do not promise a completely positive review; however, I only accept for perusal those books I am likely to enjoy. - See more at: http://raymondmathiesenbookreviews.blogspot.com.au/p/blog-page.html#sthash.40OCQmxR.dpuf
I do not promise a completely positive review; however, I only accept for perusal those books I am likely to enjoy. - See more at: http://raymondmathiesenbookreviews.blogspot.com.au/p/blog-page.html#sthash.40OCQmxR.dpuf
I am currently only accepting
books for packaged review and promotion. I am not accepting books for review alone.
I do not promise a completely positive review; however, I only accept for perusal those books I am likely to enjoy. - See more at: http://raymondmathiesenbookreviews.blogspot.com.au/p/blog-page.html#sthash.40OCQmxR.dpuf
I do not promise a completely positive review; however, I only accept for perusal those books I am likely to enjoy. - See more at: http://raymondmathiesenbookreviews.blogspot.com.au/p/blog-page.html#sthash.40OCQmxR.dpuf
I am currently only accepting
books for packaged review and promotion. I am not accepting books for review alone.
I do not promise a completely positive review; however, I only accept for perusal those books I am likely to enjoy. - See more at: http://raymondmathiesenbookreviews.blogspot.com.au/p/blog-page.html#sthash.40OCQmxR.dpuf
I do not promise a completely positive review; however, I only accept for perusal those books I am likely to enjoy. - See more at: http://raymondmathiesenbookreviews.blogspot.com.au/p/blog-page.html#sthash.40OCQmxR.dpuf
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