The penultimate post in my Bookbub Insights series deals with that age-old question: how to get more readers to review your book. Following my post, How to Score Great Amazon Reviews: Resources and More, I will now include here some of Bookbub’s ideas on the subject, along with mine.

1. Use your Platform

When I launched Infinite Waters, I had seven reviews within a single week. With Runaway Smile, I had 30 reviews within a month. How?

A couple of weeks before launching Infinite Waters, I sent ARCs (Advance Review Copies) to several of the friends I’ve made through this blog. These are people who have read and enjoyed my work, so I know they will welcome the opportunity to review it.

With Runaway Smile, the large file size (over 20 MB) meant that it was hard to email a copy. So, I followed an alternative route…