AN EASY PEASY WAY TO POST AMAZON REVIEWS

An Easy Peasy Way to Post Amazon Reviews

By Lois W. Stern, 

My #TheNewBookReview associate and 

Your #TheNewBookReview contact 

Our guest post on this #SharingwithWriters today is my associate who makes my other blog, tick. She suggested to me in our frequent text messages that an author chosen for her inclusion in one of the books in the anthology series she founded and publishes mentioned that he thinks there are more authors who don’t know how to do their fellow authors (and themselves!) a favor by leaving reviews on Amazon!  So, I conned Lois into sharing simple instruction with visitors and subscribers to this blog, indeed I both conned and begged her to do it. Be sure to read her credit line below that covers some of the other free and massively successful things she does and recommends to help her battery of anthology contributors as well as authors in general including her value-added contests for placement in her anthologies. I did say, FREE, didn’t I? 

Posting Amazon Reviews the Easy Way

Lately Amazon has nearly hidden that magic spot for posting a book review, but here's a simple way to get directly to it:

1. Begin by typing AMAZON.COM  into your browser.

2. Find a search bar that looks like this: 

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3. Click on the little arrow for the drop-down menu on the left side of the bar until you come to the word “BOOKS.”

4. Once there, type the title of the book you are planning to review. 

5. You will then see an image of the book on the left and a row of stars on the right. It will look like this:

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  (The number on the left indicates the rating average of the title you chose. The average rating for this book was 5 stars.The number on the right indicates the number of reviews this book received. So far this book received 6 reviews and all of them were rated five stars! 

6. Click on those stars and the following window pops up: 
7. There you are! Click on SEE CUSTOMER REVIEWS at the bottom of the graph.

8. Next click on the "Write a Customer review”  prompt in the oval bar below bar and you’re good to go. 

     Here are a couple ways you will benefit from writing reviews: 

 

From an author’s viewpoint, it’s really all about learning more about our industry, getting ideas to motivate and inspire, and to network with other authors. The process will introduce you to influencers and be one part of your own path to influencing others! Increase the effectiveness of each of your reviews by sending a thank you that includes a link to wherever you publish it, on Amazon, on your blog, at Goodreads. That Amazon doesn’t allow that is a mistaken rumor. You can find a quotation to that effect directly from Amazon in Carolyn’s  How to Get Great Book Reviews Frugally and Ethically.

THINK YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO WRITE A REVIEW? 

CHECK OUT A FEW HINTS TO HELP YOU HERE.

Lois W. Stern, Founder and Editor of the Tales2Inspire Anthologies

ABOUT LOIS: 

When offered a retirement incentive too good to pass up, I ended my professional career as the reading/writing coordinator for the Department of Special Education in a prominent Long Island school district. But I had loved my work and worried about what I would do to fill my days ahead with equal fulfillment. So after those twenty-one years as an active educator, I continued to pursue my love of writing, soon becoming co-editor of a popular Long Island web-zine. As I created and authored my column, Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives, I solidified my special niche of investigative journalism, now putting those same talents to work with Tales2Inspire,  an "Authors Helping Authors" project I initiated in 2012, never dreaming it would grow in such strength and numbers as it has. I work with a passion to deliver exactly what I envisioned , and best of all, it’s Free. I am thrilled to be able to help other talented writers build stronger author platforms and continually strive to find new and innovative opportunities for discovery. 

Lois has now published twelve Tales2Inspire® treasured Tales2Inspire Jewel Collection anthologies and six award winning Tales2Inspire 2-in-1 Diamond Collection anthologies.Her work has been featured in the New York Times, Newsday, Long Island Press, Barnard Magazine, on Local Access TV and in live presentations in varied venues. As TheNewBookReview Associate, Lois serves as an outreach to help other authors brand themselves as authors of talent. 

 Get a FREE Tales2Inspire book at: www.tales2inspire.com/gifts       

Visit her Tales2Inspire blog HERE.

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 Carolyn Howard-Johnson is the multi award-winning author of fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. She is also a marketing consultant, editor, and author of the multi award-winning #HowToDoItFrugally Series of books for writers including "The Frugal Book Promoter" (https://bit.ly/FrugalBookPromoIII), and "The Frugal Editor" both offered in their third editions by Modern History Press. Others in that series are "How to Get Great Book Reviews Frugally and Ethically," and two booklets, both in their second editions also from Modern History Press. The booklets, "Great Little Last Minute Editing Tips for Writers" (https://bit.ly/LastMinuteEditsII) and "Great First Impression Book Proposals" (https://bit.ly/BookProposalsII) are career boosters in mini doses and both make ideal thank you gifts for authors. The one on writing book proposals is also available as an Audio Book. "The Frugal Editor "(https://tinyurl.com/TheFrugalEditor), was recently released in its third edition. It is the winningest book in this series for writers. 

 Carolyn also has three frugal books for retailers including one she encourages authors to read because it helps them understand what is needed to convince retailers to host their workshops, presentations, and signings. It is "A Retailer’s Guide to Frugal In-Store Promotions: How To Increase Profits and Spit in the Eyes of Economic Downturns with Thrifty Events and Sales Techniques" (https://bit.ly/RetailersGuide). In addition to this blog, Carolyn helps writers extend the exposure of their favorite reviews at https://TheNewBookReview.blogspot.com. She also blogs all things editing--grammar, formatting and more--at "The Frugal, Smart, and Tuned-In Editor" (https://TheFrugalEditor.blogspot.com). Learn more and follow it to get news on her new releases directly from Amazon at https://bit.ly/CarolynsAmznProfile.