Book Review

How to Get Book Reviews & Endorsements

A book in Linda Stirling’s Author Income Strategies Series

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One of the most important and challenging parts of book marketing is getting book reviews and endorsements.

It’s so important and so challenging that Linda Stirling wrote an entire book about it. How to Get Book Reviews & Endorsements is a valuable tool you’ll want in your book promotion kit.

Stirling begins with a clear and concise explanation of the difference between reviews (longer essays published in other places that describe a book and offer the reviewer’s opinion) and endorsements (the short blurbs you see on book covers, the inside first page, and sometimes as part of catalog descriptions).

Why are book reviews and endorsements important? Just a few of the reasons Stirling gives include:

• They boost sales.
• They help you improve your craft (after you get over being hurt by the criticism).
• They help you understand what your audience wants.
• They increase your credibility.
• They are essential book cover design elements.
• They help libraries and bookstores decide whether to…