{"id":391,"date":"2019-06-06T10:38:09","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T17:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spencermeadowpress.com\/?p=391"},"modified":"2019-09-14T19:42:39","modified_gmt":"2019-09-15T02:42:39","slug":"tools-for-authors-readers-favorite-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spencermeadowpress.com\/index.php\/2019\/06\/06\/tools-for-authors-readers-favorite-reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Tools for Authors: Readers’ Favorite Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As a self-published author, you\u2019re probably always looking for those elusive reviews. We need customer reviews, but it is also nice to have something to put in the \u201cEditorial Reviews\u201d section of your Amazon listing. I sometimes ask my connections who are experts in the field to write something for me, and I also go to Readers\u2019 Favorite. (Full disclosure: I am currently a Readers\u2019 Favorite reviewer.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Readers\u2019 Favorite in an online business that runs an annual contest and they also provides authors with opportunities for reviews<\/a>, both free and for a fee. You can get a single review of your book for $59, three reviews for $129 and five reviews for $199. The reviews are completed in 2-3 weeks and you can then use them however you please \u2013 in their entirety or just excerpts, on the Amazon Editorial Reviews section, on your blog, on the back of your book, wherever. RF will post your review on their site and some others, but only if it is a 4-star or 5-star review. If your book gets less than four stars then you\u2019re the only one who will see it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Readers\u2019 Favorite also provides single reviews for free.\nThey have 1000+ reviewers, mostly authors helping authors, and these reviewers\ncan see a list of all books that have had a review requested. If someone likes\nyours, they\u2019ll select it. The same reviewers are used for paid and unpaid\nreviews, but they\u2019re paid more for the paid reviews than the unpaid (the amount\nof pay is minimal \u2013 consider the reviewer a volunteer), so they are more likely\nto choose a book requesting a paid review. It can also take longer for a free\nreview to be completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paid vs. Free Reviews<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Whether you choose a paid review or a free review depends on a couple factors. The quality of the review should be the same whether free or paid, but with a free review there is no guarantee that your book will be chosen. If you want multiple reviews or if you don\u2019t want to wait a couple months or more, the paid review is the way to go. I have submitted almost all my books to RF for free reviews and I\u2019ve only had one book not selected, but that might be because most of my books are short, and shorter books seem to get chosen more quickly. You can always try for a free review and then if your book isn\u2019t chosen you can change it to a paid review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you decide to request a Readers’ Favorite review, here are a couple things to be aware of: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Some reviewers are better than others. On my own books I\u2019ve had stellar reviews and I had a reviewer not even mention the title or the author. If there is a problem, you can complain to RF and they will have the reviewer fix it. <\/li>
  2. If you really like a reviewer, you can request that person for other books. There is no guarantee, but it\u2019s worth a try. My piano books are pretty specialized and when I landed on a good reviewer who could talk intelligently about them, I requested him for the rest of my music books. He was nice enough to oblige.<\/li>
  3. Your chance of getting a free review is dependent on what time of year you request it. Everyone who enters the contest automatically gets a review and during contest crunch time the contest books and paid review books take priority over the free review books. Late fall through early spring is a great time to ask for a free review. You\u2019re probably not going to get a free review if you put your request in from May to September.<\/li>
  4. There is no time limit between publication date and a review request. You can request a review on something you wrote years ago, or you can request a review on something not yet published.<\/li>
  5. After receiving your review you will have the option to rate your reviewer and give them feedback comments. For the reviewer, getting a comment back from the author is like receiving a tip, only better. I have even had continuing contact with a couple of the authors I\u2019ve reviewed, which has been very gratifying.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    How to Become a Readers’ Favorite Reviewer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Finally, if you are interested in becoming a book reviewer for Readers\u2019 Favorite, the process is not difficult. You will need to write a couple reviews as they teach you their format and then you\u2019re set. Check out the details here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    As a self-published author, you\u2019re probably always looking for those elusive reviews. We need customer reviews, but it is also nice to have something to put in the \u201cEditorial Reviews\u201d section of your Amazon listing. I sometimes ask my connections who are experts in the field to write something for me, and I also go to Readers\u2019 Favorite. (Full disclosure:…<\/p>\n

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