Reviews for an author provide social proof that your book is effectively engaging with your audience. Many authors struggle to get just a smattering of reviews and when you look through Amazon some of the numbers are tepid at best.
While there are many ways to obtain reviews, most of them require direct and active efforts on an authors part to search for and acquire. What I am going to show you is one passive way that you can find qualified reviewers. Yep how about a daily email notification that will give you the contact information for bloggers who are actively reviewing books in your genre? Sounds good huh? Lets me show you how to get them.
How to create an alert?
- Go to the Google alert web page here.
- You must use an already existing Google account or create a new account
- Enter your search terms
- Choose the sources of results (i.e. blogs vs news)
- Select the language you want the alert in
- Select the region who want the alert to come from
- Select how man (I always choose “only the best results”)
- Select the email address to send the alert too
- create the alert
You can create as many alerts as you would like.
So lets say you are looking for “Romance book reviewers” you would type that in and Google will look for results to send to you. Make sure you enter several terms. Play around with it until you are getting the results you want.
Google will send you the results. Go ahead and look the results over and when you do, you will inevitably receive some good hits from bloggers and such that you can submit your novel to.
Do not forget to track whom you are sending requests to, and keep that information handy as you write future books!
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DonovanDonovan M. Neal is the Amazon best-selling independently published author of the Third Heaven Series: a speculative Christian fantasy four book series that explores the captivating story about the fall of Lucifer. The book takes readers on an epic journey through the celestial realms, offering a unique perspective on the events surrounding Lucifer’s rebellion and his descent into darkness. In this imaginative tale, Donovan weaves together elements of Christian theology, angelic mythology, and fantastical world-building. The story delves into the cosmic conflict between good and evil, painting a vivid picture of the spiritual warfare that unfolded in the heavens. Donovan has published eleven books and is currently working on publishing five more in the year 2023 alone. His books have reached thirteen countries including India, Japan, the Philippines, Mexico, Brazil and across Europe, Canada and the US. He has sold over thirty thousand units of his books and generated over a quarter million in gross sales part time and without an agent. Donovan has produced fiction; non-fiction and most recently published a graphic novel. His genre of preference is fantasy and he has been named among such notable authors as Frank Perretti, Brian Godawa, and the late Dr. Michael S. Heiser. When he’s not writing or working, Donovan can be found gaming or enjoying various forms of media. He holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) and a graduate degree in Non-profit Management from Walden University. Prior to his current career, Donovan served in ordained ministry from 1993-2011 and has extensive experience teaching the Bible. You can learn more about him professionally if you would like by clicking here. His favorite movie is the Lord of the Rings Trilogy. He also enjoys gaming and can be found on the Playstation5 deep in Destiny 2, He’s owned most gaming systems all the way back from Atari and Pong! and has made several friends from his beloved days on World of Warcraft. A lover of such classics as chess and backgammon he loves most games and the strategy behind them. When he is not imagining comic conflicts between good and evil he is helping to secure employment for housing insecure women as the Executive Director of a non-profit in the city of Detroit and also serves in the prayer and discipleship ministry of his local church.
