1. Log onto Amazon.com as you
normally would. (Note: Amazon doesn’t allow anonymous reviews.)
2. Do a search for the book
title. In my case it would be “Clouds Over Bishop Hill.”
You will get my one book.
Click on the title or the cover image.
(For other authors there may
be a list of books, or books with similar titles. In that case find and click
on the book you want.)
3. That click gets you to the
full description of the book, the prices, and all pertinent information.
4. Under the author’s name, notice
the yellow stars and “customer reviews.”
Click on “customer reviews,”
it will get you to a list of the latest reviews faster.
5. Scroll down through the
reviews until you get to a rectangular button labeled: Write a customer review. Click this button. (If you’ve gotten this
far without logging onto Amazon, you will have to create an Amazon account to
go further. Amazon does not allow anonymous reviews.)
6. You will now have four buttons
to choose from: Poor, Okay, Good, Great. Click one.
7. More buttons will ask: Is
there violence?, Is there sexual content?, and How is the story narrated? Choose
and click.
8. Below those questions you
will find a bar of non-shaded stars.
Choose the number of stars
you want to highlight.
9. FINALLY, you are down to
the TEXT BOX for entering your reviewer comments. Type in whatever you want. (You should be able to copy and paste from a Word document as
well.) Below the review box look for a box for a title. It will be much smaller. If you don't use it, Amazon will use the first sentence of your review.
10.
The last button to click is … SUBMIT.
I
have to say I never thought the process was this complicated until someone
asked me how it was done. I hope these steps are useful. I can add screen
photos if needed. I imagine the Goodreads process is similar; I will tackle
that at another time because I want this posted.
If for whatever reason you can’t or
don’t want to post to Amazon or Goodreads, go to my Facebook Author page
and leave your review or message. I want to hear from my readers.
I forgot to mention there's a place for a title or short description. If you don't add one Amazon will use the first sentence. For ideas check out how other people do theirs.
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