The Truth About Book Reviews: An Insider's Guide to Getting and Using Reviews to Grow Your Readership - Softcover

Walters, Joe

 
9798998657702: The Truth About Book Reviews: An Insider's Guide to Getting and Using Reviews to Grow Your Readership
Softcover
ISBN 13: 9798998657702
Publisher: IBR Books, 2025

Synopsis

So many authors want the same thing.

They want to be read. They want people to listen, to meet their characters, engage with their ideas, or take the advice that changed their life so it could change a reader's. (And sure, some book sales would be nice too.)

When you get book reviews, you get all of this.

So start thinking like a book review publisher and get more reviews.

Joe Walters—editor-in-chief of Independent Book Review—shares insider knowledge and firsthand experience on what makes certain pitches stand out in crowded inboxes. With 24 chapters, 7 sections, 10 pitch letter samples, and 40 specific tasks to complete, this book shows you how to:

  • Write emails that turn into book reviews.
  • Find real people and outlets to pitch.
  • Use reviews to build trust, boost visibility, and turn browsers into buyers.
  • Design eye-catching graphics for social media and your Amazon page.
  • Organize an effective book review targeting spreadsheet.



Easy-reading, in-depth, and actually applicable—The Truth About Book Reviews is real-world book marketing advice for the determined indie author who's ready to elevate their author career.

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About the Author

Joe Walters is the founder of Independent Book Review, a platform celebrating the best of indie press and self-published books. He's been on the marketing teams of indie presses like Sunbury Press, Paper Raven Books, and Inkwater Press, and he is the author of The Truth About Book Reviews: An Insider's Guide to Getting and Using Reviews to Grow Your Readership. When he's not writing, assigning, or editing reviews in a Pennsylvania Panera Bread, he's playing with his daughters or reading indie books by Kindle light. Check out which ones at IndependentBookReview.com.

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Publisher
IBR Books
Publication date
2025
Language
English
ISBN 13 
9798998657702
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
247