The New Book Review

This blog, #TheNewBookReview, is "new" because it eschews #bookbigotry. It lets readers, reviewers, authors, and publishers expand the exposure of their favorite reviews, FREE. Info for submissions is in the "Send Me Your Fav Book Review" circle icon in the right column below. Find resources to help your career using the mini search engine below. #TheNewBookReview is a multi-award-winning blog including a MastersInEnglish.org recommendation.

Showing posts with label getting book reviews. Show all posts
Showing posts with label getting book reviews. Show all posts

Monday, November 22, 2021

Wednesday, November 10, 2021

How Listing Your Book on #TheNewBookReview Helps With #AuthorBranding


Has TheNewBookReview Helped You 

Get Reviews For Your Book?


by Lois W. Stern

Your 'Authors Helping Authors'
NewBookReview Acquisition Coordinator




Hi! 


It's Lois W. Stern here, with some more information on the lists I offer authors seeking reviews for their books, right here on Carolyn Howard-Johnson's TheNewBookReview blog.



Has TheNewBookReview helped you get reviews for your b
ook?


If not, don't despair. Just having your book posted on our blog is a good thing, and an especially good thing when it is part of my list of book review requests. Here's why! It helps google discover your book, bringing your title higher up in the search engines. But there's more, something I've learned along the way from all my 'Authors Helping Authors' projects:


The more I lend a helping hand to other authors, the more benefits I get in return, sometimes quite unexpected. It's all about BRANDING. Many of you now know my name. That’s a big plus for any author. And several of you, who likely had never heard of Tales2Inspire® before, submitted stories to my 2021 Tales2Inspire® contest. One of them even became a 2021 winner. 


There are some tricks to BRANDING yourself while writing reviews for other authors - spelled out in my article: Taking the Pain Out of Writing Book Reviews, While Adding a Touch of Glory. CLICK HERE to read it now. 


If you do write a review for another of our posted authors, we have some neat thank you gifts for you:


GIFT #1:    

Our talented banner gal will create a unique banner for you, with your headshot and book cover included, free for you to use for all your marketing endeavors. CHECK IT OUT.

 


GIFT #2: GO HERE, and click on the MYSTERY or KID LIT genre sign. Check out the far right column under: 


Just scroll down that column to see how we thanked two of our reviewers. And everyone else on this genre list will note that you caught our 'Authors Helping Authors' spirit!

Friday, May 7, 2021

Finding Great Professional Reviewers Using Repected Cision List and More!

  • I use this Writers & Publishers Network service from for my new books just as often as I can.  And I have a new AUDIO book I want this list of professional reviewers (meaning there is no charge to authors or publishers!)  to see! Deadline May 25, 2021. 




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More About #TheNewBookReview Blog


 The New Book Review is blogged by Carolyn Howard-Johnson, author of the multi award-winning HowToDoItFrugally series of books for writers. Authors, readers, publishers, and reviewers may republish their favorite reviews of books they want to share with others. That includes authors who want to share their favorite reviews, reviewers who'd like to see their reviews get more exposure, and readers who want to shout out praise of books they've read and love. Please see submission guidelines in a tab at the top of this blog's home page or go directly to the submission guidelines at http://bit.ly/ThePlacetoRecycleBookReviews or to the guideline tab at the top of the home page of this blog. Authors and publishers who do not yet have reviews or want more may use Lois W. Stern's "Authors Helping Authors" service for requesting reviews. Find her guidelines in a tab at the top of the home page, too. Carolyn Wilhelm is our IT expert, an award-winning author, a veteran educator and also contributes reviews and posts on other topics related to books. Reviews, interviews, and articles on this blog are indexed by genre, reviewers' names, and review sites so #TheNewBookReview may be used as a resource for most anyone in the publishing industry. As an example, writers will find this blog's search engine handy for gleaning the names of small publishers. Find other writer-related blogs at Sharing with Writers and The Frugal, Smart and Tuned-In Editor

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Friday, October 9, 2020

Author Dr. Bob Rich Offers His Book-Review Secrets




My way of getting (fair) reviews

 

Guest post by Dr. Bob Rich

 

 That wonderful lady, Carolyn Howard-Johnson, has set me a task: to tell the world about my method for getting [quite a lot of]  reviews for my books. And who am I to disobey her? So, here are a few thoughts on the subject.

 

Review what?

The first requirement is excellence. No one but no one sees my work until I consider it perfect. Then I send it to beta readers who prove that it isn’t. I am a professional editor, so there are few typos to pick up in my writing, but my raptor-eyed friends do notice even the extra blank space, the missing [quotation marks] and the over-repetition of some word (we all have those).

 

If you don’t yet have the skills to edit your writing to near-perfection, having it edited by someone knowledgeable is not a luxury but a requirement. As a beginning writer, I hired three different editors for three different books, and each time my writing skills advanced enormously.

 

Writing is both an art and a craft. When my words make you laugh, cry, seethe or ponder, it is because I designed them so, not in some heavy-handed way, but intuitively, the way a master chef produces a great meal. And all prose is poetry: if you read one of my stories aloud, there will be no awkward sentences to leave you breathless, no “Huh, what was that again?”

 

Finally, content also needs to be the best it can, though I could write a book about what that means. No, go away, not now!

 

OK, how?

Being a great magician, I wave a wand, and hex people to read my books and then post 5-star reviews.

 

When that doesn’t work (it hasn’t yet, but I keep trying), I rely on several approaches. All are applications of my philosophy. This is, the more you give, the more you grow, and also, the more you give, the more you get. When I answer the phone, I say, “Bob Rich here. How can I be of service to you?” Send out good, you get back good. Send out crap, and it hits you in the face.

 

So, I don’t chase people to buy my book. Certainly, where appropriate, like on my book pages, I do ask people to post reviews, and provide them with very convenient links to the exact pages where they can do so.

 

Rather, my motivation is to be of service to my friends, followers, fans, and soon-to-be fans. My task is not to get money out of them, or reviews, or referrals, but, depending on the book, to entertain, amuse, challenge, instruct or inspire them.

 

I also have a policy of many years’ standing. Anyone who emails me proof of purchase of one of my books has the right to a second title free, in electronic format. A review of the book is proof of purchase (unless of course the book was free from me. I may be old, but not that senile yet).

 

To get reviews, offer reviews

 

Occasionally, I edit or beta read a book that gets me enthusiastic, and I want to do everything possible to tell the world about it. So, I return it with an advance review. Also, fellow writers have occasionally asked me for an advance review or endorsement, and if I approve of the book, I provide one.

 

Because I’ve been posting reviews since 1999, a steady sprinkling of writers approach me out of the ether, and ask me to review their book. If the opening looks good, I agree. In addition, if I see what promises to be a good book, I track down the author and request a review copy to be emailed to me (No! Not a paper one! Paper is trees.) I may occasionally buy a book, believe it or not, but since I deliberately live below the official poverty level of my country as a form of environmental action, it is not often I can spare the money. If I have a few extra dollars, I donate it to some charity or movement I passionately believe in, like Medicins sans Frontieres, Greenpeace, Amnesty International, or the Climate Council of Australia. That’s more important than buying even the best book.

 

I am a reviewer for a few web services like Book Sirens and when I have the time, I grab a book from there.

 

My very strict rules for reviewing a book are:

 

If I consider a book to be worth 4 or 5 stars, I will provide a public review. I’ll publish it in my newsletter Bobbing Around http://wp.me/P3Xihq-1and happily post it on any website the author specifies.


 

However, I don’t trample on another writer’s baby. If I don’t consider the book to be excellent, I will privately let the author know why, pointing out what in my opinion are its good points, and where it needs improvement.

 

The return

 

Hey, but the topic is how to GET reviews, not how to give them, right?

 

Yes, but every time I read a book for review, I request a review of one of my books in return.

 

Since my books are good, almost always I get an enthusiastic acceptance. Now, a second aspect of my philosophy kicks in: “I can ask anyone anything, as long as I can accept a no, and vice versa.” I don’t know the other author’s circumstances. There could be all sorts of reasons that prevent this person from doing anything too much more than breathing, so a no-response or a refusal doesn’t make me react in kind.

 

Amazon considers review exchanges to be dishonest. Well, they can be, if you deliberately lie about the value of the other book, inflate your rating, in the hope of getting the same back. In my case, I am confident my work doesn’t need such sleazy treatment, because it is good stuff, and as I said, I prefer to be of service to the other person with suggestions for improvement instead of a review if I have concerns about quality.

 

In any case, I read much faster than most people. Typically, my review is posted and buried under many others before the return makes its appearance. I have never had my reviews refused for this reason.

 

It would be a poor thing if all reviews came from people I have had prior contact with. Whenever I check, there are those from strangers. If I can track them down, I draw their attention to the free book earned, and hopefully expand the single review into a series, and more important, into a friendship.

 

There is one more source of reviews. Since 1999, I have established a list of subscribers to my monthly newsletter, many of whom are almost family by now. More recently, my blog has been attracting followers. Each time I post something, I get Likes and Follows from complete strangers. I do my best to contact them, which is not always possible, and send a standard message. It is the same each time, but from the heart: “Thank you for choosing to follow my blog, Bobbing Around. I hope my words will be of service to you for a long time.”

 

Many of my subscribers and followers go out of their way to recommend my books to their contacts, and I am immensely grateful for this. I am glad they benefit from the “More you give, more you grow” rule.

 

How to write a review?

 

Being a conservationist, I like to recycle. Rather than give review writing instruction here, I invite you to read a post on the subjecthttps://wp.me/p3Xihq-1NF


Summary

I make it as easy as possible by placing links to specific web pages where a review will be of help. These are the selling pages of the book, and its Goodreads page.

 

If someone emails me a review of one of my books, I offer a second book, free.

 

Rather than seeking reviews as such, I ensure my books are the best they can be, and that I am of service to people in every way possible.

 

I review many books, and request a return review.


PS: I’m keen to find out what you think of my ideas. I'd love to hear your ideas, too.  So, here is a prize: I’ll randomly select one commenter, who will receive a free edit of 3000 words of your work--or a free electronic copy of any of my books, which are listed at https://bobrich18.wordpress.com/bobs-booklist.  


Author Dr. Bob Rich Offers His Book Review Secrets



More About the Blogger and Ways to Get the Most from This Blog

 The New Book Review is blogged by Carolyn Howard-Johnson, author of the multi award-winning HowToDoItFrugally series of books for writers. Of particular interest to readers of this blog is her most recent How to Get Great Book Reviews Frugally and Ethically (http://bit.ly/GreatBkReviews ) that covers 325 jam-packed pages covering everithing from Amazon vine to writing reviews for profit and promotion. Reviewers will have a special interest in the chapter on how to make reviewing pay, either as way to market their own books or as a career path--ethically!

This blog is a free service offered to those who want to encourage the reading of books they love. That includes authors who want to share their favorite reviews, reviewers who'd like to see their reviews get more exposure, and readers who want to shout out praise of books they've read. Please see submission guidelines on the left of this page. Reviews and essays are indexed by genre, reviewer names, and review sites. Writers will find the search engine handy for gleaning the names of small publishers. Find other writer-related blogs at Sharing with Writers and The Frugal, Smart and Tuned-In Editor.



Note: Participating authors and their publishers may request the social sharing image by Carolyn Wilhelm at no charge.  Please contact the designer at:  cwilhelm (at) thewiseowlfactory (dot) com. Provide the name of the book being reviewed and--if an image or headshot of the author --isn't already part of the badge, include it as an attachment. Wilhelm will send you the badge to use in your own Internet marketing. Give Wilhelm the link to this post, too!
 Find other writer-related blogs at Sharing with Writers and The Frugal, Smart and Tuned-In Editor. #TheFrugalbookPromoter, #CarolynHowardJohnson, #TheNewBookReview, #TheFrugalEditor, #SharingwithWriters, #reading #BookReviews #GreatBkReviews #BookMarketing

Wednesday, October 7, 2020

Talented Authors Offer Free Books for Review--Paper or E-book - And Here's How YOU Can Do It Too

TO OUR VALUED REVIEWERS
From TheNewBookReview


We welcome you to our exciting new book review project. We invite you to peruse this ever growing list of books written by talented authors just like you who are offering free review copies of their books. We hope you will catch our  "Authors Helping Authors"  spirit to write a review for a fellow author. 
 

Saturday, October 3, 2020

How Jack and the Beanstalk Can Help Us Authors - Plus Hint #22

What We Can Learn From Jack and the Beanstalk 

Plus Hint Number 22 for Getting Book Reviews

by Lois W. Stern, 

#TheNewBookReview Book Review Acquisition Coordinator


Hint #22 from Carolyn Howard-Johnson's How to Get Great Book Review Frugally and Ethically

"When your author name appears anywhere on Amazon, your name (also) appears on other authors' buy pages when you write reviews for their books. Your expertise and experience as an author shows when you (write reviews for other authors.) "  Pages 162-163 How to Get Great Book Reviews

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Join Our Team as a Volunteer Reviewer and Get a Free Image for Your Own Marketing



How would you like a FREE banner, similar to the one pictured above, but emblazoned with your name, book cover and headshot? Just imagine . . .  You will be able to place it on all your social media platforms, your website, Amazon profile page . . . even on places like your letterhead, signature file and more. Really, the skies the limit. And did I tell you it's all yours free of charge?

Carolyn Howard-Johnson, the creator of this award winning blog, invited me to be her #TheNewBookReview review coordinator. She then Tweets these posts to her over 41,000 Followers. Carolyn Wilheim is the talented banner/image gal for this blog. What a generous offer from a multi-talented gal! So now we have become a Team of Three.



You are part of our team too. All you have to do to get your own image/banner is read through the book descriptions below, select a book of interest to you, and click here to follow the posted directions. What a gift just for reaching out to help a fellow author! 

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Get a Free Copy of Any of Our Books to Read and Review.

CLICK HERE TO DISCOVER THE MAGIC OF THESE BOOK TREASURES.

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PRESSED FOR TIME?


FOR SOME GREAT HINTS ON WRITING TIME SAVING REVIEWS,  
 FRUGALLY  AND  ETHICALLY.
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More About Lois W. Stern

Tales2inspire® was a kernel of an idea I initiated in 2012, growing in proportions even I didn’t dare to envision. My innate curiosity about potentially fascinating human interest stories was the spark that ignited this idea, but there was something more propelling me forward - my belief in the power of stories to shape our thinking. Famed biographer, Doris Kearns Goodwin has repeatedly written about this theme in relation to some of our greatest presidents, who recognized the power of stories and used their storytelling abilities to reach the people they were chosen to govern. Each of the non-fiction stories published in one of the Tales2inspire® books was selected similarly - not only for its artful writing, but for its skill in delivering an underlying message to inspire each of us to reach for the best within us. Try us out. You can get a FREE sampler filled with six published T2I stories at: www.tales2inspire.com/gifts

Learn more about me and the Tales2Inspire® project at: http://www.tales2Inspire.com




Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Use Your Amazon Profile Page to Help Brand Yourself . . Plus Hint #Twenty for Getting Your Name Out There

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Hint #20
Most everything you do on Amazon gets linked to your Amazon Profile page, so be sure you have one as it is is another free way to help brand yourself.. (Go to Author Central to install it.) 
"Most everything you do on Amazon forms links to your Amazon profile page, including the buy pages of other authors'  buy pages when you write reviews for their books."
 Carolyn Howard-Johnson provides more details about Amazon's Profile Page on Page 162 of  her book, 
How to Get Great Book Reviews:
This is one more reason why it is important for you not just to get reviews for your book(s), but to write reviews for the books of other authors.
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WANT BOOK REVIEWS BUT DON'T HAVE TIME TO WRITE THEM?

CHECK OUT THIS ADVICE FROM THE LITTLE RED HEN.

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IN A TIME CRUNCH? NOT TO WORRY.
You can still write quick, ethical reviews and help your fellow authors.

CLICK HERE TO LEARN HOW.   
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READ THE DESCRIPTION OF EACH OF THE BOOKS LISTED HERE.

SELECT ONE OF INTEREST TO YOU.

CONTACT THAT AUTHOR FOR A FREE COPY OF THEIR BOOK.

WRITE A REVIEW WITHIN 30 DAYS OF RECEIPT OF THE BOOK.

E-MAIL YOUR REVIEW TO THAT AUTHOR BEFORE POSTING IT ON ANY 
ONLINE BOOK REVIEW SITE.

Want book reviews but don't have time to write them?
Remember the lesson we learned from The Little Red Hen!!
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WANT US TO LIST YOUR BOOK FOR FREE?
NO FEES! NO KIDDING!


CLICK HERE TO SEE HOW IT WORKS.
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COMING SOON: WATCH FOR MORE GREAT HINTS ON WRITING TIME SAVING REVIEWS - FRUGALLY  AND  ETHICALLY.
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MORE ABOUT YOUR REVIEW COORDINATOR, LOIS W. STERN
Tales2inspire® was a kernel of an idea I initiated in 2012, growing in proportions even I didn’t dare to envision. My innate curiosity about potentially fascinating human interest stories was the spark that ignited this idea, but there was something more propelling me forward - my belief in the power of stories to shape our thinking. Famed biographer, Doris Kearns Goodwin has repeatedly written about this theme in relation to some of our greatest presidents, who recognized the power of stories and used their storytelling abilities to reach the people they were chosen to govern. Each of the non-fiction stories published in one of the Tales2inspire® books was selected similarly - not only for its artful writing, but for its skill in delivering an underlying message to inspire each of us to reach for the best within us. Try us out. You can get a FREE sampler filled with six published T2I stories at: www.tales2inspire.com/gifts

Learn more about me and the Tales2Inspire® project at: 
www.tales2Inspire.com




Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Love to Own the Books You Read, Finally a Place You Can Get Keepers For Free.~ Plus Hint # Nineteen


WANT TO READ MORE BOOKS  BUT CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY THEM?

Hint # 19
"Did you know that potential reader/reviewers, if members of Amazon Prime, can download e-books through Amazon's lending program at no cost to them (if the author has agreed to participate in Kindle Select)?"

How to Get Great Book Reviews
by Carolyn Howard-Johnson - Page 157
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WATCH FOR MORE GREAT HINTS ON WRITING TIME SAVING REVIEWS - FRUGALLY AND ETHICALLY.

CLICK FOR A NUDGE FROM THE LITTLE RED HEN.

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DISCOVER SOME HIDDEN JEWELS LISTED HERE.


CLICK TO READ THE DESCRIPTION OF EACH OF THE BOOKS 
IN OUR GENRE ASSORTED LIST.

SELECT ONE OF INTEREST TO YOU.

CONTACT THAT AUTHOR FOR A FREE COPY OF THEIR BOOK.

WRITE A REVIEW WITHIN 30 DAYS OF RECEIPT OF THE BOOK.

E-MAIL YOUR REVIEW TO THAT AUTHOR BEFORE POSTING IT ON ANY 
ONLINE BOOK REVIEW SITE.

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YOUR BOOK CAN BE LISTED HERE FOR FREE.

NO FEES! NO KIDDING!

CLICK HERE TO LEARN HOW.
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More About Your Review Coordinator, Lois W. Stern


Tales2inspire® was a kernel of an idea I initiated in 2012, growing in proportions even I didn’t dare to envision. My innate curiosity about potentially fascinating human interest stories was the spark that ignited this idea, but there was something more  propelling me forward - my belief in the power of stories to shape our thinking. Famed biographer, Doris Kearns Goodwin has repeatedly written about this theme in relation to some of our greatest presidents, who recognized the power of stories and used their storytelling abilities to reach the people they were chosen to govern. Each of the non-fiction stories published in one of the Tales2inspire® books was selected similarly - not only for its artful writing, but for its skill in delivering an underlying message to inspire each of us to reach for the best within us. Try us out. You can get a FREE sampler filled with six published T2I stories at: www.tales2inspire.com/gifts

Learn more about me and the Tales2Inspire® project at: 
www.tales2Inspire.com