This is your how-to page for authors to submit a query for
Lois W. Stern to help you find reviews for your book.
(Kindly use the form below.)
Lois W. Stern, author advocate and associate of TheNewBookReview, offers readers who are authors a path to getting free and ethical reviews for their books. No kidding! Lois explains how to do it below and you'll learn more about her other "Authors Helping Authors" projects in her biography below those guidelines. Please feel free to let those in the publishing industry know about this service.
Welcome!
Carolyn Howard-Johnson
Your #TheNewBookReview blogger
"Marketing is a huge part of a book's success, and getting reviews is a huge part
of marketing a book or any other business.
If you don't believe it, ask a plumber who has had poor reviews on Yelp!"
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How to Let Lois W. Stern Match Authors and Book Reviewers
Get your review request (it's like a mini query for reviews!) listed here on this The New Book Review blog at no charge. Send your request to Lois at tales2Inspire2@gmail.com with REVIEW WANTED in the subject line. If you need help writing a query, see Carolyn Howard-Johnson's The Frugal Editor. (Check the Appendix for sample letters and the Index for help within the body of the book.)
Note: Please be sure the book you want to offer for review is already available for sale at Amazon.com or another online site where books are sold and include that link in your query.
All of this blog's services are free, including this "Learn How to Use Our Free Book Review Service."
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Be sure to submit the exact information below in the email you sent to Lois.
Put QUERY FOR LOIS'S REVIEW SERVICE in the subject line of the email and send it to tales2inspire2@gmail.com
AUTHOR's NAME:
AUTHOR'S E-MAIL: Contact information for person submitting (be it author, reviewer, reader reviewer, or publisher.)
TITLE OF BOOK:
SUBTITLE OF BOOK (if any):
GENRE:
BOOK DESCRIPTION: (100 words max) - Make your description pop to entice others to want to read your book! Hint: Use strong, present tense verbs! This is not a review, but a logline or tease like you see on movies posters--something to entice a reader to want to read your book. Usually two lines. Something like, "When so and so does this....then this presents a problem." You don't reveal the ending.
NUMBER OF PAGES:
AGE/INTEREST LEVEL:
AMAZON OR OTHER ONLINE BOOKSTORE URL:
Kindly send full link (NOT shortened link, as they do not seem to be working on Google sheets).
* BOOK FORMAT(S) YOU ARE OFFERING FOR REVIEW:
(Please note: Paper books are more likely to get review offers than e-books.)
Paperback or hard copy books - Yes or No
Electronic versions of your e-book such as Kindle, pdf - Yes or No
How Authors Handle the Review Requests They Receive
When you get a request from a fellow author who wishes to review your book, send a review copy directly to your volunteer reviewer in whatever format you have offered, along with any promotional material you wish to share that might be helpful to the reviewer. The reviewer will then give your book an honest and fair review. Those interested in maximizing their efforts to get and use reviews to market their books will find Carolyn's How To Get Great Book Reviews Frugally and Ethically a big help. 1. In the spirit of Authors Helping Authors, Lois is happy to provide her
review-getting service to her fellow authors at no cost, but
cannot guarantee that your listing will attract a reviewer.
2. Due to conflict of interest concerns, Lois does not review the books listed on her review-request page herself. Nor does The New Book Review employ reviewers. All reviewers are subscribers or visitors to the blog who volunteer their services because they love to read, want to support the publishing industry, and may want a little extra online exposure for their own projects.
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Helpful Hint For Attracting Reviewers
Authors are more likely to find new reader-reviewers for their books if they promote (network) the link on the web--everywhere from website to blog to social media likeTwitter and Facebook! Lois will help guide you through that process upon request.
"For promotions to work, ya' gotta promote the promotion."
We at #TheNewBookReview do a lot of that promotion for your book, too!
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MORE ABOUT YOUR REVIEW COORDINATOR
Tales2inspire® was a kernel of an idea I started in 2012, which has grown to 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 it was the confused state of traditional publishing that propelled me forward. You see, in my heart I am all about authors-helping-authors and Tales2inspire® is another of those projects. It delivers exactly what it promises as both a project and a contest. Free to enter, this competition is open to talented newbies and seasoned authors alike who are willing to listen to their fellow author's critiques to better their work. Learn more here. A multi-award-winning author, Lois's work has been featured in The New York Times, Newsday (Act 2), and Long Island Press, on Local Access TV, and in live presentations in a multitude of venues. She has now published ten Tales2Inspire® books of her contest winners' stories. Fans of Chicken Soup for the Soul are particularly enamored with Tales2Inspire® books because, aside from their inspirational themes, they are filled with original photos to enhance the power of each story. Lois invites interested readers to get a free Tales2Inspire® sampler book click here.
To learn more about entering Lois's next Tales2Inspire® contest, click here.
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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
use this link to take you there. Or you can use Lois W. Stern's "Authors Helping Authors" plan for requesting reviews. Just scroll up on this page to find her guidelines for getting reviews for your book or books!
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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 #AuthorsHelpingAuthors 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
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