Find quality Amazon reviews for your book

Posted on 07/13/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Marketing expert Penny Sansevieri’s quick guide to acquiring Amazon reviews has several great pieces of advice, but one part in...

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Tagged As: Jane Friedman, Marketing, Penny Sansevieri, Reader reviews

Is NetGalley worth it? The Kindlepreneur takes a look

Posted on 05/16/2019 at 03:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We of course believe in our newsletters’ power to bring in new readers and new reviews for you. That said,...

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Tagged As: Dave Chesson (the Kindlepreneur), Marketing, Reader reviews

IndieReader's launch guide for authors, parts 1 and 2

Posted on 04/19/2019 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

IndieReader has launched a blog post series on best practices for launching books. The first installment focuses on acquiring book...

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Tagged As: Marketing, Reader reviews

Tales from the trenches: The Amazon reviews edition

Posted on 03/31/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Book Designer is keeping its focus on the ever changing world of acquiring and keeping reviews. This month’s Do...

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Tagged As: Amazon, Reader reviews, The Book Designer

Amazon's review rules, as of March 2019

Posted on 03/21/2019 at 01:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We’re not aware of any dramatic changes in Amazon’s review rules, but it never hurts to share primers on this...

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Tagged As: Amazon, Reader reviews, The Book Designer

Get good use out of Goodreads as an author

Posted on 02/17/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Dave Chesson is a huge fan of Goodreads, but with its great power comes great responsibility. If you haven’t set...

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Tagged As: Dave Chesson (the Kindlepreneur), Reader reviews, Social media and websites

Authors, keep your street team happy

Posted on 02/14/2019 at 02:43 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Angela Ackerman understands that recruiting a street team for book launches can seem like an exercise in ego. She encourages...

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Tagged As: Marketing, Reader reviews, The Book Designer

Weekend read: How to safely stockpile book reviews

Posted on 02/02/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We don’t have to lecture you on how critical reviews are. So we’ll get straight to the meat of this...

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Tagged As: Marketing, Reader reviews

Five healthy ways to respond to bad reviews

Posted on 12/10/2018 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Author advice sites, including this one, are constantly harping on the need to gather reviews. Well, what happens when you...

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Tagged As: Reader reviews, Writer's Digest

A publisher's picks for which book-review sites to solicit

Posted on 12/04/2018 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Among the many routes one can take to gain more reviews is to try out a book-review website. Like anything...

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Tagged As: Dave Chesson (the Kindlepreneur), Reader reviews