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Lisa, what you have done is amazing, I'm really glad your book is out there in the world and you can prove that you do exist!! ❤️ I am boycotting Amazon so unless someone else buys me a copy I can't get one, but I'm loving reading and seeing your posts about it. You're a star 🌟

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Aw thanks Lisa.. I could get you one snail mail way ? I just don’t have capacity to send lots out in post at scale so not able to offer to everyone due to how much I’m juggling in life right now as I can only get to post office once a week if I’m lucky. I completely understand and respect your principles too. No pressure from me to buy at all but if that’s of interest I’ll try to sort.

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Aww I would love it if you could, I really want to read it but I also really don’t want to use Amazon. I will DM you my details and if you have the time and ability to sort it then that would be fantastic!!

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I think people will find this really useful and interesting. It’s such an unknown process for many. I think you picked a perfect time of year to launch. Your book will be on lots of people’s Christmas lists I’m sure (it’s on mine, I can’t trust my husband to buy me poetry, I have to be very high direction 😂). Have you found people have left reviews? That’s the thing I wish I’d asked people more directly to do. I’m not sure if they make a big diff but I’m sure lots would happily have done if I’d asked. Although the person who gave mine 1 star and screwed my rating forever on Amazon is getting bad karma 🤣🤣. Are you glad you did it? Xx

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Yes I have had 3 detailed reviews so far and I think I will ask once I give people a chance to have time to read in. I am glad I did it. And now I can take them with me when I perform. I always felt it was a shame I had nothing to promote when I was doing feature or headline sets. And now I do. I’ve done one ‘gif’ with it and it felt good to hold and then I sold 5 straight after. After doing years of hosting events and telling people to buy other people’s books it feels good to be able to sell my own.

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Yes 🙌. All of this. You forget that people are actually waiting for your book, hearing your poems and then being disappointed not to be able to read them again. On paper. Isn’t that a thing!!! Such a mindset shift from feeling like you’re ‘marketing’.

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