This is The Simplest Way to Get 1000s of Reviews for Your Book in Amazon KDP

About this video

Sean argues the simplest way to get a lot of reviews is to have a really, really good book. Strategies, ads, ARC copies and beta readers cannot produce positive reviews if the book sucks, he says, but a genuinely helpful book prompts readers to reciprocate, share it, and review without being asked — the same human nature that makes people recommend a good movie. He says top publishers he has observed over five years, and he himself, only pursue an initial batch strategically and then focus on selling. He describes getting the initial 30 to 40 reviews via an ARC/email list, Booksprout, Facebook groups and similar routes, after which sales of a good book generate hundreds or thousands of organic reviews. A five-star book, he says, is defined solely by solving the reader’s specific problem: entertainment for fiction, learning a skill for non-fiction. Length and formatting do not matter, he argues, if the problem is solved — using growing carrots indoors as an example of identifying every sub-problem to cover.

Key takeaways

• A genuinely good, problem-solving book is presented as the core review strategy
• Get an initial 30 to 40 reviews strategically, then focus on selling, not chasing reviews
• Readers reciprocate and share when a book actually helps them
• For non-fiction, identify the exact skill/problem buyers want solved and cover it fully
• Page count and formatting matter less than whether the reader’s problem is solved

Episode details: published March 14, 2022 · 10:59 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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