So, You Want a Book Blogger to Review Your Ebook…

Today’s guest poster isn’t an author; she’s a book blogger. Misty Rayburn is someone who encouraged me when I was getting started. She was very friendly on Facebook and invited me to participate in some ebook giveaways. She’s since branched out from Facebook and posts reviews over at The Top Shelf.

Misty’s here today to offer some tips on getting book bloggers to review your book. She’s also hosting a giveaway: Loramendi’s Story by Angela Carlie. If you’d like to enter to win a copy, please leave a comment at the bottom of this post.

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Lindsay graciously invited me to her blog to share some tips that would be helpful for authors regarding book reviewers!  I really must thank her for being here and I hope these tips help you.

First and foremost, be friendly! I like to join author pages or even personal pages of the authors I’m doing reviews for.  When you email a reviewer, make sure to include Facebook page / Fan page or twitter.  It tells me that this is going to be more than a “You throw your book at me and I spit out  a review” situation.

Be sure to include your book’s synopsis in your email.  I don’t know how many times I’ve had to email someone back and say “Can you tell me a bit more about your book?”

Check out the blog of the blogger.  Some blogs are very genre specific and some aren’t.  Don’t limit yourselves to blogs that just fit your genre either.  Branch out a bit!

DON’T be afraid of book bloggers that review erotica! The genre may not be your cup of tea, but that doesn’t mean their audience isn’t open to other material.   The Top Shelf reviews erotica as well as everything else under the sun.  Why?  Because I like variety!

When you’re enquiring about the status of a review, don’t just outright be like “Have you read my book yet!” Or “When will my review be up?”  That’s a tentative thing.  A blogger can tell you around what month and we can try to stick to it but we don’t get to read all the time for one reason or another.  We wouldn’t just shove off your book for any reason that wasn’t serious!

Offering to do something else with the blogger is a great way to integrate yourself more and touch base with fans.  When you’re doing a request, offer to do an interview or a guest blog.  Maybe even a giveaway.

The last and most important tip I can think of is, promote whenever you’re being posted somewhere else.  You’ve given the reviewer a book and they’ve reviewed it for you.  They’ve accepted you on their blog for an interview or an event of some kind.  The least you can do is drive attention to it.  It’s not only good for you but for them too!

I want to thank Lindsay once again for having me over here.  I really hope these tips help you out.  If you have any questions, please comment!  I’ll answer them!  Be sure to check out my blog at http://www.the-top-shelf.com!

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Thanks, Misty!

And, guys, don’t forget to comment if you’re interested in a copy of Loramendi’s Story.