2021 – How To Get Amazon Reviews Without Breaking The Rules

There are various discussions about getting Verified Amazon reviews for your book, but there’s only one sure way that works.

While the humble mailing list has been touted in many corners of the publishing world, it still rules as the only definite way of selling your book and getting Verified reviews.

But not all mailing lists are equal.

Amazon Rules

While it seems easy enough to add friends and family to your mailing list, here’s what to bear in mind: Once they bought your book, you can’t keep touting them for business.

The second issue is that Amazon does not […]

Cate Baum2021-07-21T02:11:16+02:00July 20th, 2021|Categories: Features|Tags: Amazon News and Tips, Book Reviews, Newsletter Campaign|

How To Write A Good Book Review – The Beta Report

In this series, we take you through the anatomy of a book review.

What does it take to write a book review? What are the different types and uses of book reviews? In this final installment, we look at Beta reviews.

A Beta Reader’s Report (or Review) is written by an experienced reader with a good understanding of story, grammar, and style. A Beta read should be carried out on the final edited version of your book just before you publish it for sale. A Beta report is not a review, but a private assessment of your work as a […]

Cate Baum2021-07-20T07:30:20+02:00July 14th, 2021|Categories: Features|Tags: Book Reviews|

How To Write A Good Book Review – The Amazon Review

In this series, we take you through the anatomy of a book review.

What does it take to write a book review? What are the different types and uses of book reviews? What is a Beta review anyway, and do you need one?

This second installment looks at how to write Amazon Customer Reviews.

How To Write An Amazon Book Review

Eligibility

An Amazon Customer Review must be written by someone who has read the book and has an Amazon account. You don’t have to have bought the book from Amazon. You can only review on Amazon if:

You have

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Cate Baum2021-06-28T03:14:46+02:00June 28th, 2021|Categories: Features|Tags: Amazon News and Tips, Book Reviews|

How To Write A Good Book Review – The Editorial Review

In this series, we take you through the anatomy of a book review.

What does it take to write an editorial review? How does this differ from a customer/reader review on Amazon or Goodreads? What is a Beta review anyway, and do you need one?

This first installment looks at professional reviews, otherwise known as Editorial Reviews.

How To Write an Editorial Book Review

Editorial Book Reviews are considered to be the premium type of book review, written by a book professional who critiques books for a living: highly qualified people who take their work seriously and produce succinct, lean […]

Cate Baum2021-06-28T03:07:50+02:00June 18th, 2021|Categories: Features|Tags: Book Reviews|

SPR Awards 2020 Winners Announced!

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Cate Baum2021-04-14T07:39:29+02:00April 10th, 2021|Categories: Features, Lead Story|Tags: SPR Book Awards|

Getting To Yes – A Book To Movie Success Story

You Only Need To Find One Champion Of Your Work

Like the majority of authors out there, I struggled to get my debut novel – The Reincarnationist Papers – picked up by an agent and a publisher. I tried for over a year until I finally decided to self-publish the novel.

But I did more than just self-publish; I came up with a plan to incentivize my readers to act as the agent that struggled to find.

I accomplished this by offering a cash reward – the standard agent’s commission to be precise – on the first page of the […]

Cate Baum2021-03-23T09:44:38+02:00March 23rd, 2021|Categories: Features, Success Story|

4 Tips To Focus on Writing in 2021

It’s going to be a challenge this year, but writing offers an escape from the world like no other.

Here we are folks, the middle of a pandemic, political unrest, climate crises, police violence, and insurrection. But if you are a writer, this is an excellent time for you to get that book done.

Lockdown Blues

So you can’t leave the house? What are you waiting for? You’ve been saying if only you had time to do that book. Now you do. Business News Daily reported that a study found that people who work from home gain 1.4 days a […]

Cate Baum2021-01-13T07:12:33+02:00January 13th, 2021|Categories: Features|Tags: Writing Tips|