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Wednesday, November 13, 2019

The Book Review Companion: An Author's Guide to Getting and Using Book Reviews by David Wogahn (Review and Giveaway!)


As both an author and a book reviewer that has been doing this for over ten years now, I was very interested to read David Wogahn's latest book marketing guide.


Book Details:

Book Title: The Book Review Companion: An Author's Guide to Getting and Using Book Reviews
Author: David Wogahn
Category: Adult Non-Fiction, 210 pages
Genre: Book marketing, Authorship
Publisher: PartnerPress
Release date: October 24, 2019
Content Rating: G


Book Description:

The Book Review Companion is a handy reference guide, loaded with feedback from authors and real-world experience. It includes step-by-step instructions for getting and using book reviews.
  • Proven review strategies applicable to any book, and any author
  • The ten major sources for reviews, including sixty resources
  • Amazon review policies demystified and clarified
  • A complete guide to soliciting and using endorsements and blurbs
  • Detailed instructions and resources for contacting book bloggers
  • A special bonus section written specifically for new authors
No matter where you are in your author journey—traditionally published or self-published—you’ll find yourself returning to this guide again and again.


My Review:
Reviewed by Laura Fabiani

As both an author and a book reviewer that has been doing this for over ten years now, I was very interested to read David Wogahn's latest book marketing guide. 

The Book Review Companion is an easy to read guide that will be useful both to new and experienced authors, and in my opinion, book publicists too. If you're an author and you are trying to get reviews, then this book will help you to do it right. I cannot tell you how many times I get emails from authors that make me cringe and are a waste of my time. Unless authors take the task of getting reviews seriously, they will not succeed. 

Wogahn has experience in the book industry and it shows. He discusses the various topics related to book reviews without judgement, such as customer reviews, editorial reviews and paid reviews. He clarifies Amazon and Goodreads review policies. And he takes the time to show you step by step how to find reviewers and how to contact them successfully. He even discusses blurbs which I think is often overlooked by new authors. 

I think any author or publicist reading this book will learn facts and have tools to make their work easier. As Wogahn states in his intro, book reviews "contribute credibility and raise awareness" of your book. If you've written a book, I strongly suggest investing some time to read the advice so well-dispensed in The Book Review Companion.

Disclosure: Thanks to the author for sending me this book for review. I was not compensated in any other way, nor told how to rate or review this product.


But the Book:


About the Author:


David Wogahn is the author of five books and is a LinkedIn Learning author. He has worked for the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee, and was co-founder and COO of the first online publisher of sports team branded websites known today as the CBS College Sports Network.

He is a frequent speaker and trainer, including presentations for Publishing University (IBPA), the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi), the Independent Writers of Southern California, and the Santa Barbara Writers Conference.

David is also the president of AuthorImprints, an award-winning professional publishing services company that publishes books for authors and businesses using their own publishing imprint. Learn more at AuthorImprints.com and DavidWogahn.com.


Enter the Giveaway!
Ends Nov 27, 2019


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4 comments :

  1. Thanks for this wonderful resource which I would use and is very practical.

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  2. i think no matter how much we know, every book has something useful we can take away from it. thanks for sharing
    sherry @ fundinmental

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  3. This would be really interesting to read. I'm not an author, but I'd be interested to see what advice he gives them. I get contacted by authors all the time who could use some good advice on how to do it better. Ha ha.

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    1. The author of this book goes into detail about what to do and not to do when contacting bloggers. Authors should read his advice!

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