Often someone will pitch a book to me, and I'll
ask for a review copy.
NOTE: Bloggers may
ask for review copies prior to agreeing to host you on their blogs.
I contacted him and
asked for a review copy and an interview and delightfully received both.
If you do become popular, then they will have to be fairly current, but by then, you can contact publishers and
ask for a review copy from them.
Ironically, I could have just
asked for the review copy and got my money back for the pre-order, since it was around that time that I started writing for eGamer (March 2011), but this thought never occurred to me because I wanted to give my money to BioWare, for providing me with so many great games of late, and having played the demo as many times as I did, I was relentless about paying for the game myself.
Not exact matches
I
asked for & received a
review copy of the 2004 documentary, The Take (directed by Avi Lewis & written by Naomi Klein)
Understandably startled by this about - face on the part of his former teacher, Boff sent a
copy of the
review and the book to Ratzinger — his other former teacher —
asking for advice.
We suggested the National Contact Point
ask Nestlé
for copies of its labels and materials
for review as part of its dialogue strategy.
«The governor has not received a final
copy of the report and is looking forward to
reviewing it,» Gov. Andrew Cuomo's spokeswoman Dani Lever said when
asked for comment on the recommendations and whether they will be released Thursday.
I was
asked to
review Martina's cookbook and received a
copy for review.
A huge part of getting
reviews revolvd around
asking the Nominators
for my Kindle Scout campaign and my email list of 10,000 if they would like a
copy.
They may just
ask for a
copy to
review, or they may
ask for a sell sheet with more details about the title.
Then, when someone else overhears you talking and
asks about your book, go to your car and get one of the
copies you keep there and either sell it to them with your personal credit card reader or offer it free in exchange
for a
review when they are done.
Come book launch time, send them
copies of your book, and
ask for reviews and / or endorsements.
The thrust of the article is to be on social media, find the influencers,
ask them if they'd like a free
copy of your book
for a
review.
Simply
ask the blogger if they would like a complimentary
copy of your book to consider
for review.
Amazon still allows authors to give a free
copy of their book away in exchange
for an honest
review, so to kick start your book's life on Amazon, give some books away and
ask for reviews.
If this is your first time writing sales
copy, find a copywriter or an experienced editor and
ask them to
review it and offer you suggestions
for improvement.
After you have a big email list, you can build a relationship with those readers directly, send them a
review copy of the book or tell them when it's available
for free, and
ask for reviews.
When you are ready and have ARCs (Advanced
Review Copy) available,
ASK ASK ASK for beta - readers.
Despite that I tried lowering my standards
for self published books and continued buying (I never
asked any of the authors
for their
copy of their books, I wanted to support too), reading, and
reviewing, but even the best self published book I read, that I rated a 4, would be a 2.5 with traditional publishing standards.
Either by
asking friends, or «gifting» Kindle
copies to my blog readers or even paying
for a few «honest
reviews».
If a user has left multiple good
reviews for books of the same kind as yours, then you could approach them directly by
asking them if they would like to get a free
copy of your book in exchange
for an honest
review.
Joanne Fedler: Early adopter campaign where I give away 200 free
copies a month before release and
ask for an honest
review on Amazon with prizes
for the most active early adopters (serious prizes through partnerships eg a free weekend at a top health retreat).
30 Day Max Push comes with a Special Bonus: If you are willing to share your book files with us, we will send out a dedicated post on ReviewSt (
for your book's genre / genres)
asking for honest
reviews for your book in return
for a free
copy of your book.
If you
ask me to
review a book, you need to provide a
copy of the book
for me to read.
Send an advance
copy of your finished book out to readers on your Advance Readers (or VIP) list, and
ask for reviews when the book is published.
I set myself up early on on Goodreads: although it's hard to do anything there until your book is launched, I immersed myself from a reader standpoint in different communities and once I had the book ready, I
asked for people to do an advanced
copy review.
Advance reader
copies, or sometimes called advance
review copies or galleys (but frequently shortened to ARCs), are advance
copies of your book that you offer to booksellers, book reviewers, potential media outlets, those you're
asking for endorsements
for your book, etc. prepublication.
Ask for reviews, everywhere — you can even give the book away
for free
for awhile (which you really should be doing anyway, at least
for review copies).
Special Bonus: If you are willing to share your book files with us, we will send out a dedicated post on ReviewSt (
for the list and blog
for your genre)
asking for honest
reviews for your book in return
for a free
copy of your book
But although I've never received (or
asked for) a free
review copy, I think it's grossly unfair to restrict giveaways to US members.
We will
ask them to
review the book in exchange
for a free
copy and if they decide to
review the book they may
review it anywhere like Amazon, BN, Kobo, Apple, etc...
It does
ask that you mention in your
review if you haven't, explaining how you came across it (usually with a simple «a
copy was provided by the author in exchange
for an honest
review» statement at the end).
Having already read your book,
ask them to write a short
review on Amazon when you reply to each of them about providing them with their free
copy for their time.
Thanking them
for being a part of your publishing vision,
asking for what you want, and making it as easy as possible
for them to support you (i.e., adding links and a
copy of their own words), increases your chances of getting an excellent book
review.
I get good
reviews so I think hte books could sell well and I get very little criticism of
copy for the last few books.I would like to
ask you both (and I will
ask Liz on her blog) whether you think having an editor is critical or not?
If you don't already have any influential contacts you can
ask for feedback, consider reaching out to a targeted list of your peers via e-mail and
asking them
for reviews in exchange
for you mailing them a free
copy of your book.
Don't get me wrong, I will be
asking friends to
review my book (I'll be sending them a free PDF
copy to read in the hope that they will write me a
review), but I've also budgeted # 337
for paid
reviews from the following services:
Look in genre - specific Facebook groups to find people who love books like yours, and
ask if they'd like free
copies of your book in exchange
for an honest
review.
The final
copy of your college paper will be delivered to you right on time, so you can
review the document and
ask for revisions if necessary.
HINT:
Ask book bloggers if there's anyone they can recommend who might also like a
copy for review.
Instead of
asking for a
review, it would be better to start off giving — say «I want to offer a group giveaway, can I buy a signed
copy of your book and include it?»
A good way to improve your rankings on the Amazon site is to get people to write customer
reviews for your book — send out
review copies and
ask them to write an Amazon
review.
Ask for the manager or buyer (or speak to a librarian) and explain who you are and what your book is; offer to send them some of the
reviews; press materials; a
copy for them to check out.
Find readers on Goodreads who have read and
reviewed books similar to yours and
ask them to
review your book as well in return
for a free
copy of the book.
Because when the time comes, you'll want to
ask for a
review, send out a
review copy or e-
copy, and
ask that the
review run on your timetable, not the blogger's.
Then
ask them to write a
review of the book in return
for a free
copy of it.
Send out advance
review copies to people and
ask for endorsements.
Ask that in return
for a free
copy of the book, they leave an honest
review on the website of choice.