About a week ago I read a post by Damyanti about giving support to indie authors. How? One way is to leave an honest review of their book.
Easy right?
Well, what if that indie author was your friend? Could you still leave an honest review?
When I first responded to Damyanti’s post I said that it would be wrong not to give my honest opinion on a book (regardless if the author was a friend or not). However, I didn’t take into account the power of a review. These days, reviews can be the deciding factor in a customer’s decision to buy something. So my review could hinder or help my friend’s book sells. Yikes!
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that I wont write an honest review, I’m just saying that I may be hesitant to.
Here’s what Damyanti had to say about the subject:
“I do buy books for fellow authors, read them too.
I share their books on social media and feature both the authors and their books on my blogs. But I’ve stopped short of doing a review. I’m terrified of reviewing author friends–I could write a balanced review and probably not offend any of my excellent blog friends. But then, I could. So I do everything I possibly can, other than a review.”
What’s your opinion? Could you write a honest review of a friend’s book?