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When my first book was published in the dark ages \u2013 the 1990s \u2013 I didn\u2019t have to think about online reader reviews.<\/span><\/p>\n

Amazon was only starting to sell books when <\/span>WHY CAN\u2019T A MAN BE MORE LIKE A WOMAN?<\/span><\/em> was released in the spring of 1995; Barnes and Noble was still a strictly bricks and mortar business.<\/span><\/p>\n

That meant that reader reviews came in the form of good, old-fashioned, word-of-mouth\u00a0 recommendations among friends. If you liked a book, you told someone: “You will love this book.”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

It was a pretty simple process.<\/span><\/p>\n

Reader reviews have power<\/h2>\n

In today\u2019s publishing environment where the Internet lets us recommend books to anyone, online reader reviews have become powerful and influential. <\/span>In fact, most readers rely on them to make purchasing decisions<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Whether they should or shouldn\u2019t doesn\u2019t matter. The fact is that they do.<\/span><\/p>\n

This can be frustrating. Unless you\u2019re at the same level as authors who are household names — think John Grisham, Jodi Piccoult, Carl Bernstein — you probably struggle to get reviews.<\/span><\/p>\n

No matter what you do, and no matter how popular your book seems to be, getting reviews from fans can be a real challenge.<\/span><\/p>\n

Is that your fault?<\/span><\/p>\n

Are you doing something wrong?<\/span><\/p>\n

Maybe. <\/span><\/p>\n

But maybe not.<\/span><\/p>\n

2 main reasons readers don’t write reviews<\/h2>\n

There can be so many reasons why people don’t review the books they read.<\/span><\/p>\n

I wanted to know what they are, especially because even award-winning authors struggle to get readers to write reviews. So\u00a0<\/span>I did a little digging.<\/span><\/p>\n

I asked readers why they don\u2019t review books.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here’s what they said:<\/span><\/p>\n

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1. The process is intimidating. They don\u2019t know how or where to start, or what they should even share in a review.<\/span><\/li>\n
2. They think writing a review will take too much time.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

   <\/a><\/p>\n

   Can you blame them?<\/p>\n

   The “missing link” for reader reviews<\/h2>\n

   It’s up to you as an author to help them get over those two significant obstacles to reviewing your book.<\/p>\n

   And now you can.<\/p>\n

   The “missing link” for reader reviews is a resource that helps them write something meaningful in just minutes — something that removes those barriers.<\/p>\n

   I’ve created that resource — well, make that two resources — one for fiction, another for nonfiction. Both use <\/span>a simple process for writing a short, meaningful, and honest book review in just minutes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

   I’ve reader-tested them, and readers love them! They\u00a0told me that they will review more books now because they know how to do it quickly and easily.<\/span><\/p>\n

   Get more reader reviews<\/h2>\n

   <\/a>Now I’m bringing my solution to you. <\/span><\/p>\n

   My unique new <\/span>Reader Book Review Form for Fiction<\/a><\/strong> and <\/span>Reader Book Review Form for Nonfiction<\/a><\/strong>, available for the first time this week, have the potential to significantly increase the number of reader reviews you receive.<\/span><\/p>\n

   Each is a fill-in-the-blanks PDF form that asks readers key questions about the book they just read (the questions for fiction and nonfiction differ so there’s a form for each category). The forms follow the steps used by Amazon, starting with the rating and ending with the review title.<\/span><\/p>\n

   The questions help readers focus on precisely what other book lovers want to know about the book they\u2019re reviewing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

   Whether readers type their answers into the form or print it and hand write their thoughts and opinions, the result is a short, pithy review they can post on any site that accepts reader reviews. And it all happens in just minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n

   Help readers discover great books<\/h2>\n

   <\/a>Help yourself and help readers. You owe it to yourself to purchase one of these forms.<\/span><\/p>\n

   And, as you might expect if you\u2019ve been hanging out here with me for awhile, I\u2019m giving you more than a form with your low purchase price of just $29<\/strong>. You also get:<\/span><\/p>\n

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   • A list of ways to use and distribute your groundbreaking form<\/span><\/li>\n
   • A social media image that encourages readers to write reviews plus suggested text to post when you share the image on Facebook, Instagram, and other social networks<\/span><\/li>\n
   • A sample blog post outline that educates readers on how their reviews help other book lovers<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

     I hope you\u2019ll join me in giving\u00a0this form<\/a> to readers. Buy it once for just $29 — share it as many times as you want! <\/span><\/p>\n

     It could be the one thing that finally gets you the online reviews your book deserves.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

     CLICK HERE to buy now!\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

     Once you purchase your form, come back here and tell us how you’re using it!\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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     Tip of the Month<\/strong><\/h2>\n

     <\/a>I\u00a0like to share\u00a0a \u201cTip of the Month,\u201d a free resource or tool for authors, on the last\u00a0Wednesday of the month.<\/p>\n

     In keeping with today’s post topic, reviews, this month’s tip is the Book Reviewers Yellow Pages<\/a>.<\/p>\n

     Use the search box under the big blue image on the website<\/a> to search 2,411 book bloggers by genre and category.<\/p>\n

     It definitely skews toward fiction — with the exception of memoir and biography — which makes sense. Nonfiction authors should be looking for bloggers that write about their topic.<\/p>\n

     As always, be sure to visit each site before requesting a review. You want to know as much as you can about the blogger you’re contacting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

     <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

     When my first book was published in the dark ages \u2013 the 1990s \u2013 I didn\u2019t have to think about online reader reviews.<\/span><\/p>\n

     Amazon was only starting to sell books when <\/span>WHY CAN\u2019T A MAN BE MORE LIKE A WOMAN?<\/span><\/em> was released in the spring of 1995; Barnes and Noble was still a strictly bricks and mortar business.<\/span><\/p>\n

     That meant that reader reviews came in the form of good, old-fashioned, word-of-mouth\u00a0 recommendations among friends. If you liked a book, you told someone: “You will love this book.”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

     It was a pretty simple process.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,11,12],"tags":[79,629,1036,83],"class_list":["post-11531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-tactics","category-tools","tag-book-reviews","tag-honest-book-reviews","tag-reader-book-review-form","tag-reader-reviews"],"yoast_head":"\n