Two new reviews appeared at my new book’s Amazon page this weekend—both 5-star reviews. Excellent.
The book is, “Promote Your Book, Over 250 Proven, Low-Cost Tips and Techniques for the Enterprising Author.”
One reviewer says: “If you’re looking for a combination road map, recipe and shopping list for developing a marketing plan for your book, this is it. Be prepared to take notes. The information will be coming at you rapid-fire like popping corn in an open skillet.”
She also says: “If you don’t emerge from reading Promote Your Book with at least a couple dozen new ideas on how to market your book, you haven’t been paying close enough attention.”
Another author wrote: “This is a ‘must have’ book for all authors in today’s publishing world.”
So how do you get reviews for your book posted at Amazon and other places? Ask for them.
• Keep track of your customers and ask them if they would write a review of your book—or at least give you a brief one-liner you can use in promoting it. For example, “Apple Betty says: “I couldn’t put it down.” Or Sam Strong calls this book, “Absolutely delightful and really funny.”
• Ask friends, neighbors, co-workers and others who are avid readers or who can relate to the theme or genre of your book to read it and comment.
• Invite experts and professionals within the genre/topic of your book for a written or verbal review after they have read it.
• Send your book to reviewers in your genre/topic as well as to some general reviewers. Many of them today will accept the e-file.
Sure, you’re taking a huge chance when you start asking for reviews, that’s why you want to present the best book possible. So good reviews start way before your book is a book. How can you ensure good reviews?
• Write a book that is wanted/needed.
• Keep your audience in mind throughout the writing process.
• Write with clarity and a good sense of organization.
• Edit, edit, edit.
• Hire a good book editor for the final edit.
• Work with a professional on the cover design and page layout.
Once you’ve produced the best book that you can, following advice from the professionals in your field/genre, it is pretty much up to the reader/reviewer after that. Some will love your book, others will be mildly interested in it and still others may have strong issues with it for some valid or even unfounded reason. Authors have no control over sour grapes or unreasonable prejudices, for example.
If you have a book in the works or in the marketplace, do yourself and your project a huge favor and purchase my book today: Promote Your Book, Over 250 Proven, Low-Cost Tips and Techniques for the Enterprising Author. http://amzn.to/oe56Ia
Check out all of the 14 five-star reviews.