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Sara
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Sara asked in Arts & HumanitiesBooks & Authors · 3 years ago

I need reviews for my Amazon book (Sci-Fi) Lots of reads very little reviews.?

I'm fairly new to self-publishing but I'm learning. I don't know how some of these writers get so many reviews. I have very few but my book seems very popular. Its not in the top 100 yet (usually ranges in the 200 to 300 hundreds in my category)

Any ideas on how to increase the number of reviews? Because the first thing I do when I buy something is check the reviews.

Here is the link:

https://www.amazon.com/Sarisart-C-J-Boyle-ebook/dp...

Thanks!

Update:

I'm not really sure why it appears to have extra spaces between the words? At first, I thought you meant paragraphs. I checked it out and it looks good on my computer. Are you sure it isn't a setting that you can change?

Anyway, I sell 1 to 3 of this book per day. Not fantastic sales but not bad. The people that I do speak to about this book absolutely love it - so one mans trash is one mans treasure I guess. A few of my books are adapted from screenplays and this is one of them.

Thanks.

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  • Elaine M
    Lv 7
    3 years ago
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    Only some 2% will leave a review.

  • Shazy
    Lv 4
    3 years ago

    It was set on the page with extra spaces between the words. I got bored but tried to keep reading into the fifth page. I'm sorry but it wasn't exciting enough for me to hold concentration. I wanted to see it through to the review, I really did but I just couldn't mate! I'm sorry!

    Maybe you could start with an exciting scene to captivate your readers. You said it was sci-fi yet I thought it was about the military so maybe think about it from a different angle, Change a few words here and there to keep it interesting.

  • Anonymous
    3 years ago

    I went looking for you on social media and found you on Twitter. My advice? Don't say you need reviews on your profile. It screams desperate and doesn't give me any incentive to read, much less review, your book. Personally, I enjoy doing reviews (did one just last month for another writer friend of mine) and will gladly do them when a writer offers an ARC or when I do get a chance to buy their book.

    Another suggestion would be to work on increasing your following on Twitter and on Facebook if you're not already there. Connect with other writers and readers both in and out of your genre. Hashtags like #amwriting and #amreading can help you get to know more people.

    ETA:

    I happened to glance at your account on Twitter a second time and noticed you had used the amwriting hashtag. Surprised I missed that the first time.

  • Anonymous
    3 years ago

    Nobody reads books

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