I'll be launching my second techno-thriller next month. I gave away a ton of free books without anything tangible to show from it. I will also be greatly reducing the promos, like the ones you listed, to the ones that actually performed. I've joined several FB groups but I will look again at the number of subs for those groups. Great information on Booksprout and Pubby - will be checking those out. Have a great day, everyone.
I'm still looking but so far haven't found a good video on "How to write a request for reviews in your amazon book that gets reviews!" Maybe you or someone else has made such a video? If not it's an idea for you.
...I did a Freebooksy promotion and the book got 1017 downloads, but so far none of those downloaders have left a review, or bought the other two books in the series. The book is a young adult based Fantasy book. I find that I have the most effect on Pubby.
Great Video ! One way to get reviews is to use ARC services - ARC stands for Advance Review Copy . These services will send copies of your book to readers that are interested in reviewing it Question - Should I publish my books under an LLC ?
Hey Dane, great video, I'm definitely going to try out the FB and Reddit ideas soon. I'm publishing using a pen name that is a brand name, but will not have an active Facebook page for it. Do you think it is a bad idea to use a brand page account to make these Facebook posts in relevant groups if my brand page is not very active (but is still properly filled out and linked?) I don't want to use my personal account because I'm not attaching my identity to the book, but I don't want to look fake and scammy by using a Facebook page that I won't be actively posting to. Finally, just a suggestion for your videos: I really like the slideshows because it helps me save time on notes by just screenshotting the video at the end of the slide, but your cuts are so short that for most slides I have to scrub the video a few times to grab the frame that has the full slide. It would be great to have the completed slides on-screen a few seconds longer so we can screenshot them easier for reference. Thanks for all your help, I love the videos :)
I'm frequently asked to review a book. Occasionally I will get one electronically or in the mail. I agree only if they promise to post the review regardless of my opinion. Sadly, the vast majority of first timer authors fail miserably. They don't edit and end up with bad spelling, grammar and punctuation. They say "Ordurves" vs "hors d'oeuvres". Their grammar is unsteady - lie, lay, further, farther, effect, affect. You see "She asked how I and Julia met." Character never d They describe every detail vs letting the book tell the story. They insert needless political or religious bias. They follow trends (zombies, asteroids, pandemics) and do little research. Anyhoo, I posted the reviews and all stayed - even the bad ones. No problem. I sent a private letter explaining what they needed to work on and some were appreciative.
Can someone please tell me how to get reviews for handwriting books for kids? I'm happy to send free books in the hopes of getting reviews, but I only see videos for downloadable books.... Also, can I buy a bunch of copies of my books and give them out to people for reviews? Thanks!
So frustrating I received 6 organic reviews on my newly published book but for some reasons I can only read 2 reviews, the others are not visible, any reason?
Hi bro, appreciate your video but the data you give is not always accurate. You talk about FB groups in your niche. Groups won't allow you to advertise so this is totally nonsense. I know you have good intention but you are teaching people with misleading information. Educate yourself before educating others.
haha, I have promoted tons of books and many, many Facebook Groups as well as tons of my students have done the same. You just have to find the right groups, contact the admins and see what they charge and/or contact members inside of the groups individually. It's not that hard 🙂
@@DaneMcBeth I'm about to launch my first children's book, and was going to go the Facebook route as well; doing what you said Dane. Contacting members and administrators of the groups. I'll report back to this convo. I think Stephen thinks you have to go into the groups and advertise WITHOUT asking, WHICH YOU CLEARLY SAID TO ASK FOR PERMISSION.
"100's"? Really??? You are an author and you use an apostrophe to denote plurality??? You just lost any credibility you may have had as a self-publishing coach.
Will you be giving any of these methods a try? Do you have any different methods you use? 👇🏼
Yes I'm looking forward to launch my own book for Amazon kdp. This book has a potential of making revenue of 10000 $
I'll be launching my second techno-thriller next month. I gave away a ton of free books without anything tangible to show from it. I will also be greatly reducing the promos, like the ones you listed, to the ones that actually performed. I've joined several FB groups but I will look again at the number of subs for those groups. Great information on Booksprout and Pubby - will be checking those out. Have a great day, everyone.
I'm still looking but so far haven't found a good video on "How to write a request for reviews in your amazon book that gets reviews!"
Maybe you or someone else has made such a video? If not it's an idea for you.
How do you get a review on a paperback book of you have to send it out? Ie. Journal, logbook etc?
Thanks so much for this. Very incisive and informative.
Thanks for the video. Highly informative. I used Pub by and Book Raid and found some results. Book sprout looks to be a good idea.
Thank you Dane! This info is very helpful!
...I did a Freebooksy promotion and the book got 1017 downloads, but so far none of those downloaders have left a review, or bought the other two books in the series. The book is a young adult based Fantasy book. I find that I have the most effect on Pubby.
So many great points here...thank you.
Great Video !
One way to get reviews is to use ARC services - ARC stands for Advance Review Copy . These services will send copies of your book to readers that are interested in reviewing it
Question - Should I publish my books under an LLC ?
I talked about ARC's in this video - Booksprout.
You can publish under an LLC if you want, not necessary though
@@DaneMcBeth Right , I just haven’t watched the video yet !
Thank you for such great information. I'm about ready to launch a 2nd picture book, and thi info come in handy.
Dane, I joined to your face group, but I don’t have access yet. Thank you.
Wow! Such a valuable video! Thank you so much ❤️
Hey Dane, great video, I'm definitely going to try out the FB and Reddit ideas soon. I'm publishing using a pen name that is a brand name, but will not have an active Facebook page for it. Do you think it is a bad idea to use a brand page account to make these Facebook posts in relevant groups if my brand page is not very active (but is still properly filled out and linked?) I don't want to use my personal account because I'm not attaching my identity to the book, but I don't want to look fake and scammy by using a Facebook page that I won't be actively posting to.
Finally, just a suggestion for your videos: I really like the slideshows because it helps me save time on notes by just screenshotting the video at the end of the slide, but your cuts are so short that for most slides I have to scrub the video a few times to grab the frame that has the full slide. It would be great to have the completed slides on-screen a few seconds longer so we can screenshot them easier for reference.
Thanks for all your help, I love the videos :)
Very good ideas!
Thanks. This is helpful.
Hello Dane. Do you recommend publishing your book first when using the FB and Reddit methods? Thank you
Thank you thank you!
Great video!!! Is family allowed to leave reviews?
which onw would you recomend for a book published in Spanish please @Dane
thanks for this awesome content...glad to have found your video....
My pleasure!
I'm frequently asked to review a book. Occasionally I will get one electronically or in the mail. I agree only if they promise to post the review regardless of my opinion. Sadly, the vast majority of first timer authors fail miserably. They don't edit and end up with bad spelling, grammar and punctuation. They say "Ordurves" vs "hors d'oeuvres". Their grammar is unsteady - lie, lay, further, farther, effect, affect. You see "She asked how I and Julia met." Character never d They describe every detail vs letting the book tell the story. They insert needless political or religious bias. They follow trends (zombies, asteroids, pandemics) and do little research.
Anyhoo, I posted the reviews and all stayed - even the bad ones. No problem. I sent a private letter explaining what they needed to work on and some were appreciative.
Great video as usual
Thank you very much Dane 😃
great video Dane
What if your book is already live?
Thank you!!
Can someone please tell me how to get reviews for handwriting books for kids? I'm happy to send free books in the hopes of getting reviews, but I only see videos for downloadable books.... Also, can I buy a bunch of copies of my books and give them out to people for reviews? Thanks!
do these options work for workbook or activity books?
I need a media guy to setup and run a gig like this, can anyone recommend someone who could do this for me.
Can anyone suggest me which website helps in getting reviews for kids crossword books
try Bookbite.co
Hey Dane! You say paperbacks and ebooks in the begining, but then you kinda go off in the review about ebook heavy sites. So....what about paperbacks?
If your ebook gets reviews and is linked to your paperback, you paperback automatically gets reviews then too :)
@@DaneMcBeth How can I link my ebook to paperback so it can get the reviews too?
Thank you Dane for presenting such clear, valuable information!
So frustrating I received 6 organic reviews on my newly published book but for some reasons I can only read 2 reviews, the others are not visible, any reason?
can take a while sometimes.
But the thing is how can you make any profit
if you are letting people read your manuscripts or ebooks for free?
30-50 people won't make a difference long term :)
@@DaneMcBeth ok
Don't you have to be a 'verified' buyer on amazon to leave a review?
Once your book has been out a few months, Booksprout wont work. Reviews from family dont count.
All I have to say is, you don't have to wear those contacts, dude. You're obviously cute.
I've never worn contacts in my life 🙂
@@DaneMcBeth Oops. 😁
Dane , you speak too fast for me! Slow down. Please❤
Hi bro, appreciate your video but the data you give is not always accurate. You talk about FB groups in your niche. Groups won't allow you to advertise so this is totally nonsense. I know you have good intention but you are teaching people with misleading information. Educate yourself before educating others.
haha, I have promoted tons of books and many, many Facebook Groups as well as tons of my students have done the same.
You just have to find the right groups, contact the admins and see what they charge and/or contact members inside of the groups individually. It's not that hard 🙂
@@DaneMcBeth I'm about to launch my first children's book, and was going to go the Facebook route as well; doing what you said Dane. Contacting members and administrators of the groups. I'll report back to this convo. I think Stephen thinks you have to go into the groups and advertise WITHOUT asking, WHICH YOU CLEARLY SAID TO ASK FOR PERMISSION.
"100's"? Really??? You are an author and you use an apostrophe to denote plurality??? You just lost any credibility you may have had as a self-publishing coach.
haha thanks for the comment, Patrick. The TH-cam algorithm appreciates it 🙂
Are all these for digital books, not paperback?