How To Get Book Reviews On Amazon WITHOUT An Email List or Following - 3 Best Ways

About this video

Sean shares three ways to get Amazon book reviews without an email list or following, after hearing from students in his free publishing course and Facebook group that reviews are a major hurdle. He first recites Amazon guidelines as he presents them: reviews cannot be from friends and family, an account must have spent over $50 to leave a review, multiple reviews cannot come from the same household, and reviews cannot be incentivized or paid for. He argues giving a free copy as an advance review copy is the allowed exception and underlies all three methods. Method one is Booksprout, where readers already look for free books to review; he says the free author plan allows up to 20 reviewers per ARC book, paid plans are $10 or $20 a month, the service tracks downloads and reviews and lets authors block reviewers, and in his experience an unpromoted book typically collects about two to three reviews. Method two is the membership site he calls Puppy, priced at $20 per month, where authors earn points called snaps by reviewing others’ books and spend snaps to request reviews; he says it avoids direct review swaps, offers verified reviews for more snaps, and warns new Amazon accounts that suddenly review heavily have been flagged. Method three is joining niche Facebook groups, engaging genuinely, then offering a free pre-release copy for feedback, following up when the book is live, and tracking reviewers in a spreadsheet.

Key takeaways

• Sean lists Amazon rules as he presents them: no reviews from friends and family, reviewers must have spent over $50, no multiple reviews from one household, and no incentivized reviews.
• He says giving a free advance review copy in exchange for feedback is the allowed exception that all three methods rely on.
• On Booksprout, Sean says the free plan allows up to 20 reviewers per ARC book, and in his experience an unpromoted book typically gets about two to three reviews.
• The site he calls Puppy costs $20 per month and uses points called snaps earned by reviewing others’ books to request reviews, with verified reviews costing more snaps.
• His third method is engaging in niche Facebook groups, offering a free pre-release copy for feedback, then following up when the book is live on Amazon.

Episode details: published April 15, 2021 · 16:16 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Sean Dollwet’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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