Now a Newspaper Requested a Free Book!

Now a newspaper has agreed to receive a free copy of The Vase, which is a good thing, btw. I had posted on Wednesday that of all the newspapers and radio stations that I had contacted, only one radio station agreed to receive a free book, but yesterday a newspaper responded, and they too agreed to receive a free book. Of course, this is in hope that they will give a positive review of the book in their newspaper, (or in the radio station's case, on the air.)

And that's got to be some of the best ways to promote anything. Radio and newspapers. The only thing better, I think would be TV, but that's out of the question. That would take big money, and I don't even have the money to spend on reviewers who want to be paid for their reviews. But that's more of an ethical thing, really. Because even if I did have the money for that, I still wouldn't do it. Being paid to review? Only professional reviewers should be paid, and that's only if they are people like those guys on TV who used to review movies.

Anyway, I'll take a spot on a radio show or an article in a newspaper any day. Here's to hoping the reviews happen, because it's understood that giving a free book doesn't guarantee a review. Nor does it guarantee that if the review happens it will be a good review. A lot of variables are in the mix. Fingers crossed that they all pan out.