Tales from the trenches: The Amazon reviews edition

Posted on March 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...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Amazon, Reader reviews, The Book Designer

Amazon's review rules, as of March 2019

Posted on March 21, 2019 at 1:00 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 February 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 February 14, 2019 at 2:43 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 / promotion, Reader reviews, The Book Designer

Weekend read: How to safely stockpile book reviews

Posted on February 2, 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 / promotion, Reader reviews

Five healthy ways to respond to bad reviews

Posted on December 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 December 4, 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

Put those glowing reviews to work for your book

Posted on November 13, 2018 at 5:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Having eloquent and enthusiastic reviews is great for your self-confidence and, yes, for landing spots in certain book-recommendation newsletters. But...

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Tagged As: Marketing / promotion, Reader reviews

Set your readers up for review success

Posted on November 8, 2018 at 1:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Sandra Beckwith began publishing in the era of word-of-mouth reviews. The way readers recommend books to each other has clearly...

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Tagged As: Marketing / promotion, Reader reviews

A refresher on Amazon review requirements

Posted on October 15, 2018 at 9:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

No matter how up-to-date you think you are on Amazon’s review requirements, it never hurts to have a guide at...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Amazon, Reader reviews, The Book Designer