As you know I’ve been nagging everyone to review our book on Amazon. See Please review our book!
Why? Well, books that have more reviews, good reviews, are more likely to appear as recommended titles for people who use the biggest of the online book retailers, Amazon. So, please do us a big favour and review our book. See Why reviews matter.
- Click https://www.amazon.com/Fit-Mid-Life-Feminist-Fitness-Journey/dp/1771641673
- Scroll down to the Customer Reviews Section
- Take a look at the existing reviews, and click on “Helpful” below any positive reviews you find helpful
- Click on “Write a Customer Review“
- Select your star rating
- Write a few words on what you liked (or loved) about Fit at Mid-Life
This exercise has led me to notice how many reviews other books have. Whenever I search for our book this title comes up: Thinner Leaner Stronger: The Simple Science of Building the Ultimate Female Body.
Thinner! Leaner! Stronger!
One of these things is not like the other. The strongest women aren’t thinner or leaner. They’re big. It’s why there are weight classes for lifting events. But forget that.
Our book has 6 reviews now and I was starting to feel better about the book’s visibility. But then I made the mistake of seeing how many reviews TLS has. 1484. Yikes. That’s a lot.
So I was feeling kind of ticked off about that since it’s a book all about looks and thinness.
But then to add fuel to my anger the men’s version of the same book came into my view. What’s it called? “Thinner” isn’t in the title. No, it’s called Bigger Leaner Stronger: The Simple Science of Building the Ultimate Male Body.
BIGGER! And it’s got 3301 reviews.
The ultimate female body is thin and lean, I guess, and the ultimate male body is big and strong. And that’s a much more mainstream popular view than feminist approaches to fitness. I guess I knew that. But it’s still depressing.
Grrrr!
Lizards cheer me up sometimes. Here’s a cute one.
