How do
they review other books in your genre?
Not exact matches
Reviews can help keep your title
in the «also bought» and «also viewed» line beneath
other books in the same
genre — thus
in front of
book buyers.
Book reviews are essentially that, real readers recommending your book to other real readers who are interested in your topic or ge
Book reviews are essentially that, real readers recommending your
book to other real readers who are interested in your topic or ge
book to
other real readers who are interested
in your topic or
genre.
Connect with
other authors
in your
genre by
reviewing books or passing along interesting quotes about writing.
The
other kind of
review that you will often find are combined
reviews — shorter
reviews of 2 - 6
books about a similar subject or
genre in a single article.
Book bloggers, instagrammers and
other social media microbloggers who might not have the BIG numbers, but have big influence
in their
genre and reach real readers who are buying and
reviewing books.
If you've got a highly -
reviewed book in a niche
genre,
other readers
in that
genre want to find your
book.
Asking is sometimes tough, so you can go first:
review 25
other books in your
genre.
The easiest way to do this is to ask them to email you a
review that they've posted online — for one of your
books, or for any
other book, preferably
in the same
genre as yours.
I encourage the
review of
other books in genres that you feel your
book fits into PRIOR to selecting a
genre.
After a month or two, send them an email and an ebook version of your manuscript asking if they're
review it (remind them they
reviewed that
other book in your
genre.)
Awarded the National
Book Foundation's Innovations in Reading Prize and the American Library Association's Great Websites for Kids, the site features thoughtful book reviews from a variety of genres and age ranges, a large and lively Facebook community, and contributions from other auth
Book Foundation's Innovations
in Reading Prize and the American Library Association's Great Websites for Kids, the site features thoughtful
book reviews from a variety of genres and age ranges, a large and lively Facebook community, and contributions from other auth
book reviews from a variety of
genres and age ranges, a large and lively Facebook community, and contributions from
other authors.
A lot of them are
genre - specific
book review sites, because one of the most powerful marketing tricks is to write
book reviews (or
book «lists») about
other books in your
genre, so that you're attracting highly targeted traffic who are «pre-screened» and likely to be interested
in your
book as well.
It's so much better to build a huge list with giveaways, then use them to get a ton of downloads and
book reviews; or encourage them to buy your
book along with some
other bestsellers
in your
genre (I'm going to do both, using different lists for each).
917
reviews and 4.6 average, which is great, except if you look at the
reviews on that
book you will see people who rate that
book excellent then rate
other books in the
genre very poorly.
Title: Witches, Voids and
Other Sanity Suckers Author: Kara Thorpe
Genre: Paranormal Romance Age Group: Adult Rating: 5 stars Purchase: Amazon
Review copy provided by Enchanted Book Promotions in exchange for an honest r
Review copy provided by Enchanted
Book Promotions
in exchange for an honest
reviewreview.
I started Happy Indulgence
in July 2012 as a way to share my passion with
others, and it has expanded into a YA
book review blog encompassing a wide range of features and
genres.
You could
review other books or movies
in your
genre, discuss topics that interest your readers, interview
other authors or bloggers
in that field /
genre, or even do things totally unrelated that your target readers might enjoy.
In over 25 years of professional book reviewing, mostly in SF and fantasy (Dragon Magazine, Amazing Stories, Publishers Weekly, etc.), I've probably reviewed more tie - in and packaged fiction than any other professional critic in the genr
In over 25 years of professional
book reviewing, mostly
in SF and fantasy (Dragon Magazine, Amazing Stories, Publishers Weekly, etc.), I've probably reviewed more tie - in and packaged fiction than any other professional critic in the genr
in SF and fantasy (Dragon Magazine, Amazing Stories, Publishers Weekly, etc.), I've probably
reviewed more tie -
in and packaged fiction than any other professional critic in the genr
in and packaged fiction than any
other professional critic
in the genr
in the
genre.
It makes more sense to trade
book reviews with
other indie authors
in your
genre.
You can apply to swap blurbs with
books outside your
genre, and it's fine for building
reviews, but the most effective use of BlurbTrade will be building your author platform by getting your
review on to
other books in your
genre.
As you help promote
other authors
in your
genre, by sharing their blog posts,
reviewing their
books and the like, you will build good will and a strong network of peer support for your current and future projects.