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You’ve published your first book. Congratulations. Self-published or traditionally published, the work is not done. Not yet. If people don’t know about your book, it’s not going to sell. Plain and simple. You could go all out and hire an expensive publicist. You could pay for all kinds of publicity ads and blog tours. You could travel the world at your own expense and do signings and readings. All very expensive options. How about seeking book reviews? Paid reviews or free reviews, the result is the same: more publicity. Quite simply, reviews sell books. But where do you find these book reviewers? Is it fair to ask friends and family? Sure, but will they be unbiased? Will they even do it?
There are thousands of book bloggers and book reviewers out there. All you need is a comprehensive guide to help you find the reviews you need. Doris-Maria Heilmann’s 111 Tips to Get FREE Book Reviews: Best Strategies for Getting Lots of Great Reviews is the perfect guide to help you find the right reviewers for your book. It’s still not going to be easy and it’ll take a lot of your time, but you will get the reviews you need to promote your book. This guide book is full of useful tricks of the book industry to help you prepare your book and media package to send out to potential reviewers. As well as the long list of tips (111 as the title suggests), there are hundreds of potential online review sites to study, links that will give you the information you need to submit your book for reviews. A must-have guide for all authors.