From Rags to Riches: Bookrooster
By Mike Jastrzebski
One of the most asked questions I receive is how do you get readers to review your books. It's a tough question to answer. With my first two books I asked a few friends if they would read and review the books, but most of my reviews came from readers who happened to buy my books and liked them. The problem with this was that it took awhile for readers to find my books, read them, and then review them.
With Dog River Blues (A Wes Darling Mystery)
, I took a different route.
I used Bookrooster. With Bookrooster you pay $67.00 to list your book with the service. Bookrooster has a list of readers who are willing to read review copies and review the books they receive on Amazon.
Once you sign up for the service you send a Mobipocket copy of your book to Bookrooster, along with a description of the book, and Bookrooster sends out the description to readers who have expressed an interest in the genre of book you wrote.
The readers pick the books they like, receive a review copy, and then post a review of the book. This service does not guarantee a good review. Since my book became available with Bookrooseter I have received 4 reviews from the site. All are straight-forward with their reviews and mention that they received the book as a review copy.
Of the 4 reviews I received, three were 4-star reviews, one was a 5-star review. The service keeps your book on the available list for readers until 10 reviews are posted. As of today it has been 20 days since my book became available for reviews on the site.
I did have to sign up a little over a month ahead of when my book became available on the site since they are only able to take a limited amount of books on each day.
For those of you who are readers instead of writers, it appears that Bookrooster is looking for reviewers, so if you like to read and don't mind reviewing, here's a great opportunity to get some free books and let other readers know what you think.
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