Ten Per Cent Response Rate

Well, I would guess I emailed about twenty reviewers, offering a free book, requesting an honest review, and only one responded, and it was a negative. I emailed about a dozen radio stations, offering a free book for a shout out to their listeners, (if they liked the book,) and two responded, one positive, one negative.

So, yeah, that's about a ten per cent response rate, but I would think it sounds about right. I remember emailing agents and publishers, and it was about the same. Sometimes, not even as high as that. But maybe the one positive response will get the ball rolling, so to speak. Only time will tell.

The review requests were for both of my books, Killer of Killers and The Vase, but the radio stations were just for The Vase. That's because of the nature of the book. For Killer of Killers, I should be contacting martial arts studios. I don't think there's any shortage of those. Got to get on it.