Book Reviews Help Everyone
But why do only a few people leave them? When you’re trying to decide if that new book you’ve seen on Amazon is something you’d like to read, what’s something that helps you decide? The book reviews, right?
If it has seven 1 star reviews saying, “This book is terrible, don’t waste your money!” You’ll probably move on. But if it has 5 star book review like, “This has to be the best book of all time!” Well, that’s a different story!
So, you’ve used the book reviews. Let me ask you this, have you written one? I bet the majority of you will say no, or maybe that you’ve written one or two. Getting good book reviews can help make the author’s work visible, turning their book into a best seller. I’m going to take a moment and show you how easy it is to write one on Amazon. So, let’s get started!
First login to your Amazon account and go to the book you just loved and want to leave a review.
The image below is of my book, “Invasion of Privacy.” (You knew there had to be a plug for it in here somewhere, right?) If you scroll down to the bottom of the picture, you’ll see a button that says, “Write a customer review.” (I added the red oval and “Click Here.”) That will take you to the book review screen.
On the review screen, you’ll have 3 steps.
1. How do you rate this item? Choose 1 through 5 stars. 1 for, “I hated it!” 5 for, “I loved it!”
2. Please enter a title for your review. Pick a catchy title like, “Great book to read on the beach!”
3. Select a review type. Here you’ll pick “Written review”
Next, you’ll have the text box to enter your wonderful book review. Type in something like, “This story really kept my attention. I couldn’t wait to see what happened next! I didn’t put it down until I completely finished it!”
It doesn’t have to be brilliant, just a brief description about why you liked it and why you’re glad you’ve read it. It’s not a book report like you had to write in school. Have fun with it!
At the bottom of the screen is the “Preview your review” button. Clicking that will let you see how your review will look. If you see something you want to change, then click the “Edit” button and you’ll be able to make your changes. Preview again, and if you’re happy, click “Publish review” and you’re done! Congratulations, you’ve written your first book review!
Amazon will send you an email to let you know when your review is live. Your first review will take a while, but once you’ve written one, they are published right away.
That’s it. Leave a comment to tell me if you’ve written a book review or just say hi!
JimsGotWeb offers promotion and marketing help to indie-authors. From editing your book to make sure it doesn’t have spelling and grammatical errors, to helping you promote your “Free Days” and “Countdown” promotion, we can help!
Here is a list of promotion and marketing services we offer:
- Kindle “Free Days” and “Countdown” Promotion Help:
I’ll help you with your Amazon promotion by submitting all of the necessary information to promotion websites and Facebook groups; including your book’s link, cover, description, dates of promotion, promotion price, and your author bio.
- Write a powerful description:
I will read your book and write a powerful description, with HTML included.
- Request book reviews:
I will contact reviewers on Amazon and Goodreads to get more reviews for your book.
- Keyword Research:
After reading your book, I’ll check keywords on Google and Amazon to find keywords that will bring a large amount of traffic to your book.
- Choose Categories:
After reading your book, I will choose appropriate categories so you’re book can rank in the top 100.
- Manuscript Editing:
One of the biggest complaints from readers leaving negative reviews is misspelling, incorrect grammar, and improper word usage. Let me proofread your book to make sure there aren’t any problems.
- Book Cover Creation:
Readers do judge a book by its cover, it’s the first thing they see. I have illustrators that can make you a new cover, if needed, or they will help improve your current cover to make sure it looks professional.
- Social Media:
If you need help setting up a Twitter, Facebook, or other social media accounts, I can do that for you and help you get “Likes” and “Followers” to your account.
- Author Website Creation:
I’ll set up a professional looking WordPress website that’s easy to maintain, so you can easily communicate with your readers.
- eBook Conversion:
I can convert your Word document into PDF, .mobi and .epub formats for all reading devices. This is great for sending out free review copies to readers.
If you have promotion and marketing needs, let JimsGotWeb help.
Thanks,
Jim
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