Edita Kaye

How to Get Book Reviews Online

Including: Some of the Best Book Review Sites!

The Importance of Reviews

• Thanks to sites like Yelp and Angie’s List, it’s easier than ever to see what others think of products, services, and places of business. !

!• We hardly ever make a purchase or try

a new restaurant without first checking the reviews. !!

• And this review-driven market has spread to the world of publishing, too.

❖ With so many opportunities for people to self-publish their work, it’s hard to tell the difference between high-quality writing and something that’s just not worth your time or money. !

❖ That’s why, as a writer trying to sell your books, it’s so important to get online reviews of your books.!

❖ When potential readers see that others have read and enjoyed your book, they’re much more likely to make a purchase. So how do you get reviews? !

Here are a few tips…

#1: Ask Your Readers

✦ At the very end of your book, ask your readers to leave a review. !

✦ Book reviews are an incredibly important part of the peer review process. !

✦ They not only help sell more books, but they help authors grow and develop their writing styles.

#2: Ask Bloggers❖ Pinpoint a few book bloggers

who write about the genre or style of book you’ve written. !

❖ Most of them will have guidelines on their blogs telling you how to send them your work for review. !

❖ Read their policies and follow their instructions, and you’ll be more likely to get a review on their site.

#3: Use Book Review Sites

❖ There are also entire websites devoted to reviewing books. Some of the best include:!

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• BookReview.com!

• The Barnes and Noble Review!

• Goodreads!

• BookDaily.com

✦ If you sell your books through Amazon, you can also offer them for free for a limited time and encourage your readers to leave you reviews after they download them. !

✦ Amazon actually does you a favor here, as they will email their users after a purchase to ask them to leave a review.

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