How Can I Get Reviews On Amazon?

[Delilah]

Is there anything more vexing for an author than trying to get a review on amazon?

[Cindy]

I hear you, Delilah! Long ago, it was much easier but now... You have to bribe "reviewers" with freebies or outright pay for reviews, which I find unethical. How "professional" is a paid/bribed review? IMO, it's not.

[A.L.]

But then again HOW important are they? I see and buy plenty of books without any or with just a couple. They are, after all just an opinion.

[Ken]

I received a review that started "I recieved a copy for free in exchange for an honest review." I never made any 'deal' with the reviewer so perhaps the intent was they got a Select Freebie and at the end I asked for a review. In any event not complaining too much. I noticed other reviews by this person that started the same way.
At the end of my books I request a review, letting the reader know independents live and die by the review process.
The number of reviews I picked up during and after running a Kindle Countdown deal were remarkable. I picked up a dozen (three books) in about two weeks.
I picked up a couple of negatives but overall my books have maintained a 4 star plus rating.
As for effectiveness, If I can get another dozen I might mention the high marks in any promo material.

[Ken]

John wrote: "Janette wrote: "John wrote: "Amazon has a ranked list of its reviewers. I emailed all of the top reviewers I could (some didn't have email addresses) and got a response from about 10% of them. A c..."

You can spend a lot of time sifting through reviews for kitchen appliances and electronics that way. Here's a way to isolate book reviews by genre:

Special Google Short Code (Jus copy and paste it): “top 1000 reviewer” “your keyword/genre” “e-mail:” site:http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile

[[deleted user]]

thanx one and all.

i normally just read the latest posts on any thread, but here i read all 120 and copied a page and a half of notes.

as always, everybody else knows far more than i do.

[Amber]

I don't have a lot of reviews on Amazon but I didn't have to do much to get them, either. Once in a while I look, and there's another unsolicited review. I have as many or more blog interviews and blog reviews and those reach more targeted readers, since the bloggers have an audience that is interested in the kind of books I write. Maybe because I buy more books from Barnes and Noble than Amazon, I'm not dependent on Amazon reviews as a buyer and reader. I look at Goodreads reviews more. Perhaps I should try harder to get Amazon reviews but I tend not to think about Amazon as the center of my marketing. Maybe I should.

[M.K.]

I can't give concrete advice on how to get more reviews on Amazon. I do suspect that maybe you should spend more effort marketing there. According to the statistics, they sell a lot of books.

[Christine]

M.K. wrote: "I can't give concrete advice on how to get more reviews on Amazon. I do suspect that maybe you should spend more effort marketing there. According to the statistics, they sell a lot of books."

I am new to this. I just published my first book last week. I am looking for people to exchange reviews with. This seems to be working.

[Delilah]

Cynthianna wrote: "I hear you, Delilah! Long ago, it was much easier but now... You have to bribe "reviewers" with freebies or outright pay for reviews, which I find unethical. How "professional" is a paid/bribed rev..."

I completely agree with you Cynthia.There is a waiting list everywhere to get your book reviewed.In the past, getting published is a big deal. Now getting people to notice you is the deal.Sigh.

[Delilah]

Ken wrote: "John wrote: "Janette wrote: "John wrote: "Amazon has a ranked list of its reviewers. I emailed all of the top reviewers I could (some didn't have email addresses) and got a response from about 10%..."
Thank you so much. Your comment is very enlightening to me.

[Flo]

Finally, the simplest way to connect authors/sellers with (real) reviewers is this web app http://reviews-easy.com/ The only thing you have to do is to register (very simple), search for the category you are interested to get reviews and a list with all reviewers will be generated. You can download a file with them containing reviewers names and email address. It's all you want. And, for the moment, is for FREE.

[Paromita]

I NEED HELP!!
I am a self published author and currently my book is listed on few more sites along with Amazon. I have few reviews on amazon.in and good reads. I was wondering if there is a way where I could post these reviews on the other sites as well under my book.