FAQs
We do monitor every book that is submitted, and it must go through a review process mainly to be sure that what is being submitted is consistent with what is being offered on Amazon. If anything is offensive or highly controversial, it may be rejected.
If the content appears to have a large percentage of AI content, it might be rejected as well. This site was created for authors to be able to showcase their original literary work and we reserve the right to reject any book we feel does not meet that criteria.
If you are not sure if your book qualifies, feel free to contact support first to have it vetted.
No, we cannot guarantee how someone will rate your book. This site was created to be a tool for authors to help one another with reviews, but we cannot control how someone is going to review your book.
We ask that every reviewer be respectful, honest, and genuine in their feedback publicly in their reviews and also privately in the portal. If you are submitting a well-written, edited, well-thought-out book, you should have no worries about the kind of feedback you will receive from this group of like-minded authors.
As a reviewer, we do ask that if you, in good conscience, cannot give a positive review, that you consider cancelling the review and moving on to another book. We do give you that option. You are not “locked in” when you choose a book to review.
Remember, we are a community created to help one another with honest, thoughtful reviews.
We offer 20 days for you to try the site out for free to see if it is a good fit for you. If you have not cancelled before your 20 day trial ends, your subscription will renew each month (or year, if that is what you signed up for) until you decide to cancel. If you do not cancel before your trial period is over you will be charged and there are no refunds.
It is up to you to cancel or ask support to cancel for you before your subscription is up for renewal.
Yes! Give us a chance to WOW you for 20 days. If you cancel, you will lose access any tokens you built up but get to keep any reviews you have received during that time.
You can rejoin at any time and use your tokens, but only get to use the free trial once.
Once you have signed up for one of our memberships, use your created login info to sign in and you will be taken directly to your dashboard where you can upload your book cover(s) and fill in the requested information. The more comprehensive info you give your readers, the more helpful for them, and probably the better the review you will receive as they will be more informed of your intentions and the content. If you will be offering a .pdf of your book, you will upload it there.
You can cancel your subscription from your My Subscriptions page here on this website.
Once you cancel your subscription, you will have still have access to the site until the trial period or month you have paid for is completed and then there will be no more charges and no more access to the members area.
Just select your subscription preference (monthly or yearly) and click the “FREE Trial” button. You can list your first book for free and get 600 tokens to use as a bonus.
You will be walked through the process step by step. You will have your own dashboard where you can upload your book cover along with the info we request for each book to help readers in their selection and review process. There you also will be able to keep track of the books you have read, the reviews you have received, and your balance of credits as they accumulate and are used based on your activity.
We accept PayPal or credit card payments. You will not be charged until the 20 day trial period is over, then you will automatically be charged according to your plan until you cancel or pause your subscription.
You can list your first book in our review library for free and get 600 tokens to use as a bonus! After that, you’ll need to review other author’s books to earn tokens. Tokens are used to publish your book to our review library where other authors and reviewers can learn more about your book and check it out for review.
The number of tokens attributed to each book depends on a couple of elements: the book’s length and the purchase price if you want a Verified Purchase review. Learn about the specific ways you can offer your book for review here.
From your dashboard, you control when you publish your book. It’s up to you to keep reading and reviewing books to acquire enough tokens to keep your book visible in the library.
The demo video above the FAQs explains how it all works.
That depends. If the reviewer has to purchase the Paper or Kindle version of your book, then the reviews will be labeled as Verified Purchase on Amazon. It will require more tokens to get your book reviewed if a purchase is involved, and how many extra tokens you will need will depend on the actual cost. The reviewer will receive more tokens for purchasing a book and those can then be used to qualify their own book(s) to be reviewed.
In order for purchased books to register as a “verified” purchase review, the review must be posted from one’s digital orders page and not on the product page. That way the review is linked to your orders and Amazon knows that you have purchased the book. I hope that makes sense.
If your book is enrolled in the Kindle Unlimited program, and you choose for your book to be downloaded as “Kindle Unlimited,” some readers think that the reviews will show as verified if they also are enrolled in KU. They do not register as verified, but (you) the author will get credit and a “payout” by Amazon for the pages read.
If your eBook is expensive, you can choose to have it downloaded as a .pdf or .epub. Also, if you are offering your download as KU, you might want to consider also offering a .pdf download for those who are not enrolled in KU to increase your readership. The token count is the same (for KU and .pdf) so you can choose both. In both cases, the review will require fewer tokens than if the book was purchased.
TOTALLY different! Our algorithm is such that while authors review books by other authors, we do not review each other’s books. For example, if you reviewed one of my books, I will not even see any of your books in the library, So… there will be no chance I could select your books to review. That way no one could ever say (even unintentionally) you swapped book reviews with me.
There is no interaction between authors, and reviewers remain anonymous unless they choose to disclose their name on Amazon. This removes any and all possible bias.
First of all, it depends on how quickly your book gets picked up for a review. Then, It depends on each author, but we set a deadline of 5 days to review a book once it has been checked out of the library, with an option to add one day of grace if needed. Most reviewers take less time than that. Of course, longer books will take longer than shorter books to read and review. You can only check out a max of two books at a time and only 8 books per 7-day rolling period to give everyone a chance. No hoarding of books! Sometimes, reviews submitted to Amazon appear right away. Others may take up to 8 days to post.
Sorry, no guarantees. This is simply a service wherein we provide the opportunity for you to make your book(s) visible to those who may like to read and review them.
Your activity has a lot to do with how many reviews your get. You have to actively participate in the review process – reviewing other authors’ books yourself if you want to get reviews for your book(s).
Your book needs to have a compelling cover and description to entice reviewers to check it out.
Your book genre and target audience affects how many reviews you may get. For example, a mystery novel may attract a lot more potential reviewers, vs. an instructional book on how to get your class-A driver’s license in Virginia, which has a very small target audience.
It is at the discretion of our author/reviewers which books they select to review. We do have a bonus system that allows you to assign some of your extra tokens to your book to entice reviewers to select your book over another book in the same category. Other than that, the process is completely organic and up to reviewer as to which books get the most reviews.
You’re right. We actually have a whole website dedicated to getting book reviews for the Christian genre with multiple categories within that genre. Check it out at https://ChristianAuthorsUnite.com
Only those who have chosen to read your book will have access.
There is a membership fee: Check our payment options below on this page. You can pay monthly or annually for a large discount. You will not be charged until the free trial period is over.
Each reader, after completing a book, will post it on their dashboard, then go directly to their digital orders page on Amazon, select that book, and record their review on Amazon. Once the review has been approved by Amazon it will be posted on the appropriate product listing page along with all the other reviews. We always validate that the reviews have been posted. This may take several days as Amazon’s approval is usually not automatic. Once we see that it has been posted, we will verify it on the author’s dashboard. If after 5 days, we have not been able to validate that the review has been posted, you will be notified to please resubmit or cancel the assignment if you have not been able to post the review.
Other authors will have limited information – just as much as they need to access your books. When you leave a review, the author will see your review and rating. This is a private – membership-only group. No one outside the members’ area, will have access to any information within the members’ area and your profile or books will have no public listing that can be crawled, linked, or searched by Amazon, Google, or any other search engine.
Your reviews are anonymous unless your Amazon handle is your actual first and last name. There is no interaction between members. A reviewer can leave private feedback about a book that they read in the private review area, but this is “one-way” communication through the site portal. We have done everything we can to remove any possible bias.
Yes, we are welcoming international authors to join our network. You will be posting reviews to your version of Amazon, but if you have an Amazon.com account in addition to your local Amazon version, then you can post reviews to the US market, which currently has the largest number of books to review. Also, some US authors accept reviews from other countries.
If you want to review books from all our US authors, you can create a separate Amazon.com account and post reviews directly on Amazon.com. To be eligible to leave reviews, you must purchase $50 worth of products every 12 months on Amazon.com. The good news is that you can purchase books from Authors in our network, which will allow you to meet your $50 minimum purchase while getting tokens to request reviews for your book.