Bookbub Insights: Get More Reviews


More useful advice by Nicholas C. Rossis!

Nicholas C. Rossis

From the blog of Nicholas C. Rossis, author of science fiction, the Pearseus epic fantasy series and children's booksThe last post in my Bookbub Insights series deals with that age-old question: how to get more readers to review your book. Following my post, How to Score Great Amazon Reviews: Resources and More, I will now include here some of Bookbub’s ideas on the subject, along with mine.

1. Use your Platform

When I launched Infinite Waters, I had seven reviews within a single week. With Runaway Smile, I had 30 reviews within a month. How?

A couple of weeks before launching Infinite Waters, I sent ARCs (Advance Review Copies) to several of the friends I’ve made through this blog. These are people who have read and enjoyed my work, so I know they will welcome the opportunity to review it.

With Runaway Smile, the large file size (over 20 MB) meant that it was hard to email a copy. So, I followed an alternative…

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10 thoughts on “Bookbub Insights: Get More Reviews

  1. Karen, this is such timely advice for me because I am about to self-publish my memoirs. Thank you for reblogging Nicholas’ blog. Your blog is a fount of knowledge – wonderful work!

    • This is good news, Kerry – congratulations. I am glad to have reblogged Nicholas’ blog post at the right time.
      Thank you very much for the praise.

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