How important are book reviews? Is it necessary to get your book reviewed? If you’re still unsure as to the benefits of book reviews and/or if you aren’t quite sure where to go to get a book review, maybe this blog post will help.
The fact is, there are many, many opportunities to get your novel reviewed. The Internet is brimming with book review sites. Some are more prestigious than others. And most of them are free. Many book reviewers prefer to read books only in certain genres. And the majority of reviewers will post your review on your Amazon page. Here are some book review directories. But also be sure to use your research skills to locate specific reviewers who focus on the genre of your novel.
http://acqweb.org/bookrev.html
http://dir.yahoo.com/arts/humanities/literature/reviews
www.stepbystepselfpublishing.net/free-book-reviews.html
Can you get your ebook reviewed? Certainly. Here are a few lists and directories of ebook reviewers.
http://www.tinahunter.ca/links/ebook-reviewers
http://www.ebookcrossroads.com/ebook-reviewers.html
Some newspapers and magazines still run book review columns. Here are a couple of directories to get you started.
http://www.world-newspapers.com/review.html
http://www.dmoz.org/Arts/Literature/Reviews_and_Criticism/Magazines_and_Newspapers
You haven’t had your novel reviewed yet? I’d say that’s because you haven’t really tried very hard to find book reviewers. Study some of these lists, contact appropriate reviewers and let us know how it goes.