Make it easier for readers by giving them a direct Amazon review link they can use to write an honest reader review.

I’ve created a short video that shows how to send them directly to the review form for your book on Amazon.

Finding your direct Amazon review link

All it takes is a few clicks. Here’s how to do it:

Abbreviated transcript/instructions:

1. On your book’s sales page, go to the review stars at the top under the book title. (No reviews yet? I cover that later in the video.)
2. Hover your mouse over the stars. Click on “see all customer reviews.” That takes me down the page to my reviews.
3. Underneath the summary of reviews, you’ll see the option to “review this product.” Click on “write a customer review.” It takes your readers to the review template. This is where readers review your book.
4. To share that specific link, go to top of your screen and copy the URL. Use a URL shortener (I use bit.ly but there are others) to make a shorter version.
5. When you don’t have reviews already, from your sales page, scroll down to customer reviews. (You’ll still have the customer review section.) You’ll see the “write a customer review” link. Click on that.
6. Copy that URL and shorten it.
7. Share the link with readers. In particular, include it when you give them the Build Book Buzz Reader Book Review Form.
8. Add it to the end of your book so readers can click on it in the e-version or  type it into a browser for the print version.

Why this is important

Like it or not, reader reviews are the “social proof” readers look for when making a decision about buying a book.

Most authors struggle to get reviews, so the easier you make it for readers to write a short, honest, and meaningful review, the more likely they will be to support you with a review.

For help finding readers who write reviews, be sure to read “9 places to look for readers to write reviews” on this site.

What’s your best tip for getting reader reviews? Please tell us in a comment! 

Authors can do this with the best-selling or well-known authors in their genre or category, too.

That’s the approach behind today’s hack for getting more book reviews. This one focuses specifically on getting book reviews on blogs.

It will take you seconds — literally seconds — to find bloggers who review books just like yours.

Here’s a short, 2.5-minute video showing you how to do it.

Loose transcript for getting more book reviews video

You’ll get more out of this if you watch the short video, but here’s a loose transcript:

• Here’s a quick and easy author hack for finding more blogs that review books in your genre or category.
• It starts with Google. I’ll show you an example for both fiction and nonfiction.
• Type the name of a popular author in your genre or category plus “book review” into the search box.
• You’ll get a list of bloggers that reviewed that author’s books.
• (I go through this process for a romance novelist and a business book author.)
• These bloggers might review your book, too.

More ways to find reviewers

There are many other ways to snag those essential reader reviews, too. They include using social media and paid services.

For a list of resources you can use to secure reviews, download my free report, “9 places to look for readers who write reviews,” here.

How do you get reviews for your books? What’s working for you right now? Share your best tip in a comment!