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How to Reach Book Reviewers via NetGalley
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Indie Authors: Would You Pay for A Book Review? Amy Edelman and Orna Ross Go Head-to-head
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Why Indie Authors Need to Understand the Subculture of Amazon Reviewers
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Why Indie Authors Should Give Honest Reviews as Readers
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How to Use Indie Book Evaluation Sites to Reach New Readers (Part 1 of 2)
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Indie Authors: A Book Review That Shows Why We Shouldn’t Take Book Reviews Too Seriously
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Amazon Reviews #2: Answers To Indie Authors’ Questions About Customer Reviews Policy
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How To Get Book Reviews
Trying to get readers to write a review is like getting your two-year-old child to take a horrible-tasting medicine, says ALLi member and regular contributor, Giacomo (Jim) Giammatteo. But it is possible and it is worth it. In the first of a three-part series on reviews, he explains how he gets more than twenty reviews a month.
The Process of Getting Reviews
I launched my book in mid April 2012. Since then I have managed to get seven editorial reviews, 77 reviews on Amazon, and another 44 reviews on Goodreads. No matter how you look at it, that’s a lot of reviews (more than 20 per month) so how do you get that many reviews?
I can tell you it’s not by having a big family. I didn't have my wife write one (mostly for fear of what she'd say) and I didn't have either of my sons write a review. A few family members did write reviews—the ones who read the kind of books I write. And guess what, one of those reviews was not a five star. (Yeah, I know. Tough family)
For what it’s worth, here’s the secret—work your