Asking for Book Reviews
Welcome to Day five of the 30-Day challenge. Judy Baker, Book Marketing Mentor, your guide to getting more bang for your book.
Today, I’m talking about asking for book reviews. They also called reviews blurbs and testimonials. You can extract phrases from a book review and put it on the front or back cover of your book. As you grow a list of book reviews and blurbs, consider updating your book to include the best comments.
Get what you want by asking for it
Did you know if you ask for book reviews, you’re far more likely to get them?
How do you ask?
One of the best ways to ask is inside your book. The book you’re seeing on the screen is one that I worked on with my client, Deborah Myers. Inside her book, in the back matter, she writes:
“Thank you for reading.”
And then she has a love letter to her readers.
“Dear Reader, I hope you’re enjoying implementing the Daily, Clean Your House Flow® into your life. And that this book continues to be a valuable resource.”
She asks readers to give her feedback.
She says,
“Finally, I need to ask a favor. If you’re so inclined, I would really appreciate a review of Easy Self-Help Acupressure for Grown-Ups, whether you loved it or hated it—Your feedback is welcome.
If you have the time, here is a link to my author page on Amazon, Amazon.com/authordeborahmyers. You can see all my books listed on that page.
Just click on Easy Self-Help Acupressure for Grown-Ups.
Thank you so much for reading this book.”
Deborah S. Myers, Deborah Myers Wellness
That is how easy it is to ask for a review.
Why Ask for Reviews?
Amazon will start showing your book more frequently when you have more than a hundred reviews.
And here’s another fact, when you launch your book, you may have beta readers and ask for advance reviews. Excellent.
Ask for feedback and for reviews on your website. And if you are, if you’re a nonfiction author, ask people to post on social channels, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, you name it.
Reviews live not only on Amazon.
Another tip: encourage people, remind them to to write a review.
If you’re doing a campaign and you’ve asked people to review your book, follow up. You are not bothering them. Be polite and remind them of their offer to review your book. You might say:
“Oh, just curious. What did you think of my book?”
Or
“Here are some of the key points in my book. I would love for you to give me feedback on them.”
You can give people a framework for providing a review, tell them where to post the review. And, you’re asking for an honest review, not only positive reviews. Even one-, two- or three-star reviews can provoke conversations. And sometimes a one-star review points out exactly what someone else would find valuable.
Where to Ask for Reviews
- Put your request for a review inside your book.
- On your website,
- On your social channels.
Judy Baker, Book Marketing Mentor. I help authors get more bang for their book.
And tomorrow in day six of the 30-Day Challenge. We’re going to talk about branding.
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Reviews are third party endorsements of your book.
Judy M. Baker, Book Marketing Mentor
