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Comments from Authors/Publishers

I happened upon the Wishing Shelf Awards by chance while I was researching other, more well-known, award programs. I am glad I did. For independent writers like myself, awards are indispensable. Not just because of the (inherently slim) chances of actually winning, but primarily because of the additional benefits like networking, affordable promotion and informed feedback. And that’s where the Wishing Shelf leads the pack. Only very few (and much more expensive) award programs provide a review of a submitted book and then only by a single professional critic. The beauty of the WSA is that reviews are done by volunteer readers (note the plural), which adds credibility and variety to the combined reviews. Moreover, from the review itself I could tell that these readers had actually read the entire book, something I doubted when I read the reviews from other award programs. Two additional benefits of the WSA are a complimentary Catchy Quote, for you to use as you like, and comments on Amazon.co.uk and Goodreads. None of the other award programs offer anything like it. Even though I was not a winner, I will certainly participate in the WSA again when I publish my next novel.

Kind regards, Laurens van Veen