Conflict of interest: In order to avoid any conflict of interest with my day job, I don't generally
review books for which I have written the index.
I also need to shout out to the wonderful reader who
reviewed my book on two sites, and then put it on her blog!
It feels too much like there's an inherent conflict of interest, especially in
reviewing books in the genre I also write.
She enjoys
reviewing books of a variety of types and genres, particularly literary and feminist / women's fiction and mystery, as well as biography and nonfiction.
Rather, bloggers whose entire free time appears to be taken up by
reviewing books by indie writers.
Hopefully, you've built a network on social media of fellow authors
who review books in your genre.
The ethical beta reader only
reviews a book if they have read the version that's being sold (or are pretty darn sure the author made the changes necessary to the book).
If you know what book reviewers are looking for
when reviewing a book while you're writing it, you'll be that much better off in your early drafts.
You will then have to
review the books from home and eventually complete a relatively simple, open - book exam with 25 multiple - choice questions.
Most males aren't truly interested in
reviewing a book about you on your profile, so your important points must be short but meaningful.
I also received my second Blogging for Books review copy and a couple of other
review books as well!
Authors hope for them and then often hate them and, occasionally, experience delight in them But here's a question to ponder: Should
authors review books by other authors?
And I wrote him a letter and told him: really, you shouldn't
review books with jokes in them.
Number of reviews — The
more reviews a book has, the easier it is for readers to get a feel for whether the book might be a good choice for them.
A little while ago I took the most - often taken road of a writer — I decided to no
longer review books.
After reviewing the book, I have a better sense of the complexity of the question, and that it will not admit easy answers.
Other than that fun bit, I'm always pleased when anyone who
reviews my book covers says that my covers are well - targeted to the book's audience.
Look for people who have
reviewed books like yours, and make a spreadsheet of them and contact information for each blogger.
Indeed, bloggers who
review books call themselves book bloggers, but I'm talking about writing a book on your blog — in 30 days.
When I started
reviewing books online, I had no idea what I was getting into, beyond the joy of sharing great reads with other readers.
Most regular and prolific
reviewers review books and products in their free time because they want to help people make informed buying decisions.
Then start
reading review books and posting them out three weeks (since you already have 2 - 3 weeks done) You will always be ahead, and the pressure will be gone.
They give readers the language and vocabulary to write consumer reviews, thereby, increasing the number of consumer
reviews a book receives.