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The topic of paying for editorial book reviews is debated a lot amongst authors.
Should you pay for editorial reviews? Aren’t paid reviews slanted? Is it wrong to charge for a book review?

Some people think when you pay for an editorial book review you’re buying a good review.
You’re not asked to pay for a biased review. You are paying for the reviewer’s time to read your book, instead of someone else’s book.

There are authors who feel they are entitled to receive free editorial reviews.
The simple reality is, that over 100 million books are published each year all over the world.
You are not the only one wanting to get your book reviewed, in order to gain an edge over other books and impress potential readers.

Why They Won’t Even Look at Your Book

The few book reviewers and critics at top newspapers and magazines don’t have time to read and review all these millions of books.
They don’t charge for reviewing a book, but they do get a very nice salary to live on (and likely all kinds of perks and dinners paid for by industry interests).

You can send your print book to them by snail-mail and hope they’ll review it. Sending your book via a guaranteed delivery service such as FedEx etc., to just 20 such book critics, will end up costing you far more than buying an editorial book review from a reputable service.

Plus, the chances of getting your book reviewed by them are like winning the lottery.
Not to mention, you are really up against all the publishers as well as agents and other influential business interests all fighting to get their books reviewed!

“It can be difficult for indie authors to get noticed by reviewers at traditional publications and book blogs,” writes The Independent Publisher, adding “So, for indie authors with a budget, paid review services can be appealing.”

The Easy Solution

That’s why some prestigious editorial book review services such as Kirkus, RT Reviews, and the NY Literary Magazine, offer authors the opportunity to buy an honest editorial review.
You pay them for their time and in return, they’ll read and review your book.

This is a great opportunity for authors to get an editorial book review from a reputable source.

Are editorial book reviews worth the money?

Editorial reviews add credibility to your book and can help increase your sales.

“Winning a book award and getting a good review published are two of the best marketing tools available to the independent publisher today,” says The Independent Publisher

And according to Publishers Weekly, reviews are a crucial part of a book’s marketing strategy, whether they appear on your book’s jacket or on your book’s description page in an online book shop, “reviews make a book seem more professional while giving potential buyers an idea of what it’s about”.

Editorial book reviews are instrumental in your book advertising and marketing campaigns, on your book’s cover, and for your book’s description page in the shops you sell it.

A positive review from a reliable magazine can influence the reader’s buying decision.

“Where can I buy a professional editorial review?”

There are many services offering editorial book reviews, however, only a few are really worth getting.
You only want to spend your money on valuable editorial book reviews from reputable sites and prestigious magazines.

Having an editorial book review from an unknown site called “Ivinika’s book reviews” or some “Foofoo’s flicking reviews” is not going to help you much.

Some bestselling authors believe the more reviews the better, so they’ll purchase from all possible services. For indie authors on a tight budget it is important to spend wisely.

The most important, distinguished editorial book review services on the market are:

• Kirkus ($425 to $1149).
• NY Literary Magazine (For a limited time only $99)
• RT Reviews ($425 to $500)
• Clarion ($499)

Every author knows that to get more readers and more sales, he needs to have positive reviews.
If you’re a new author starting out on your self-publishing journey, you’ll likely have no reviews.

This can be detrimental to your ability to be found in the first place since readers often filter Amazon (and other bookseller shops) search results by the highest rated or by the most popular books.

People have this reptilian, deep-seated need for doing what others do and liking what others like to feel safe and to ‘belong’. So, we all think “Ah, here’s a book everyone likes! It’s probably nice. I should read it”.

Don’t we similarly look at ratings a film has, to confirm others enjoyed it and seek guidance from that professional reviewer as well?
With so many options out there these, whether it’s films, restaurants, electronics or a book – we all want to rely upon an authority with assumed expertise, to tell us if it’s worth our time and money.

It’s All About Credentials

Getting your first readers when you’re an unknown author, devoid of any reviews or credentials, can be real tough.

Therefore, many authors purchase book reviews.

Now, there are two kinds of book reviews which can be purchased; Editorial book reviews and fake reader reviews.

What’s the difference between reader reviews and editorial reviews?

Reader reviews are reviews given by customers who purchased your book, read it, and are now sharing their opinion. The more reader reviews you have on Amazon, and the better the reviewers star-ranked your book, the higher your book will be ranked in their algorithm and the more people will find it and buy it.

When you’re first starting out, unless you have a large and loyal family and a ton of devoted kind friends, your book won’t have any reviews. Worse, it might even have a review or two which are below 5-star, which makes it extra hard to convince the first readers to take a chance on your book and buy it.

However, NEVER Ever buy fake reader reviews! Amazon and all the other book sellers have strict policies against gaming their system and the trust of their customers, (which damages their reputation and sales) by buying fake reader reviews. They’ll close your account and Ban you.

If you want more reader reviews, you need to find ways to market your book to your target audience.
Read our tutorial (coming next week) on how to SAFELY obtain more reader reviews.

How to Obtain the Necessary Credentials

Editorial book reviews, on the other hand, are reviews written by experienced professionals who usually work at distinguished papers, magazines, or for renown book review sites.
These reviews are quite safe to buy.

The Big-5 publishers purchase editorial book reviews as do best-selling authors.
There’s absolutely nothing risky or wrong with buying editorial reviews.
All the booksellers (such as Amazon) have a section where Editorial book reviews can be featured.

Some say these purchased reviews are slanted, but considering all Tier1 newspapers like The NY Times etc., are owned by giant conglomerates who often own publishing houses as well, everything you read in a newspaper might be biased for some financial-based interest.

Authors generally feature these reviews on their book’s jacket, on their book’s sales page on Amazon/ Kobo/ Nuke/ Barnes & Noble etc.
Pick up a bestselling book at your local bookstore and you’ll likely see several editorial book reviews in the “praise” section and/or on the cover. Some Authors like to have pages full of them!

Editorial book reviews are also used in advertising campaigns and press releases.
A growing number of authors feature a positive Editorial book review in their Amazon book’s ad instead of any ‘About their book’ write-up, to drive more sales.

“Will purchasing editorial book reviews help me?”

That depends on your book and the editorial review you receive.
Receiving a positive review can definitely help you.

Kirkus Reviews, one of the biggest review services and the most expensive one, gets over 10k orders per year from both indie authors and from the biggest book publishers in the industry.

A review from Kirkus would cost you a hefty $425 and up to $725 (for a shorter wait), yet 10,000/y purchase a review at this price-tag. Most all other known and worthwhile review services charge similarly. On Lulu.com book review prices are double as high!

Why are so many authors willing to pay so much for a book review?
Because having an editorial book review helps.
It impresses people. It boosts sales.

Additionally, if you’re seeking a literary agent or publisher, an editorial review can really help your book stand out from the thousands of manuscripts agents receive per month and provide you with some of the required ‘Credentials’ agents seek and want to see.

A Better (and More Affordable) Alternative

Getting an endorsement from a trusted source can propel your writing career.
For example, one unknown author who purchased editorial book reviews sold over 500,000 copies of his books, while another author sold his book’s film rights to a Hollywood production companies. Others have gotten the attention of agents, publishers, and top magazines.

However, many complain that it’s too expensive buying a review from one of the typical book review services.

So, we’d like to share an insider-secret resource with you…
There’s another trusted and effective (yet much more affordable!) source for Editorial Book reviews.
It is from the NY Literary Magazine.

This is Not a review service but actually a real literary magazine, with a mission of bringing the best in contemporary poetry and writing to anyone anywhere.

In order to fund their free quarterly poetry issues and to support ongoing free contests, they now provide a professional book review service. Their review style is in line with The NY Times, the Washington Post and similar Tier1 press.

This insider-resource is becoming more popular by the day, so best order your book review now, before they get too busy and raise their fees. Learn all about it here.

To your success!

We all know that reviews impress readers and influence their decision whether or not to buy your book.
The more positive reviews a book has, the higher it will rank in Amazon’s search, the more popular the book will look, and the more readers will end up buying it.

It’s a fact. Reviews drastically increase book sales.

Book reviews fall under 2 categories; reader reviews and editorial book reviews.

Reader reviews help a book rank in book shops like Amazon/Kindle and others, where buyers can sort for books by highest star rank and by most reviews. Large numbers of 4-5-star reviews help a book rank and sell.

Editorial book reviews are helpful to your book’s credibility and add to your own credentials as an author. When a potential reader or buyer lands on your books’ listing page and wants to know more about it, having impressive editorial reviews will greatly influence a buying decision. The Editorial Review is placed over the reader reviews section, so buyers see it first.

See it like having authority recommendations and endorsements; they carry more weight than what unknown readers say about your book.

The more credentials you have the better.

Imagine an army general who decorates his proud chest with medals and awards and how it impresses all onlookers, especially if he has many rows of these awards.

That’s why many publishers buy reviews for books they want to make successful. And why best-selling authors purchase as many reviews as possible, even though they are already well known and successful. It’s because they all know and appreciate the power editorial book reviews have.

Unknown authors often find it very difficult to get their first book reviews and suffer a severe lack of credentials, thus (usually) ruining their chances to become best-selling authors.

Arming yourself with Credentials

Here are the 10 best ways how you can get both reader reviews and editorial book reviews:

1. Contact Top Amazon Reviewers
   Find top reviewers who review books in your genre. Offer to send them a free print or digital copy of your book in return for a review.
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   These top reviewers are often awarded various honors by Amazon including badges such as “Top 100 Reviewer” etc. If they abide by the rules they would need to mention they got a free book in return for their honest review.
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   Having a top reviewer review your book may impress some people, while others will think a review of this sort is less trustworthy as it probably wasn’t a real reader but was bribed/purchased in some way. They are usually right suspecting this!
2. Contact Top Reviewers on Goodreads
   Top Goodreads reviewers often have a nice sized following.
   Getting one of them to review your book is another great way to gain more visibility and credibility and perhaps also obtain some readers.
3. Give “Beta-Readers” free copies of your book in return for reviews
   Find readers by joining Facebook and LinkedIn groups where readers hang out.
   Give your book for free to some readers in return for reviews.
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   If you haven’t launched your book yet, now’s a great time to start collecting reviews which you can later quote in your marketing campaigns and to feature on your book’s sales page.
   Make sure to keep reminding them to read your free copy and to send you a review of it.
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   When people get free things, they are not always in a hurry to act upon them.This can be a very time-consuming, daunting activity, with no guaranty the review (if you get it at all) will sound beneficial for your marketing. Best have a name of a famous author to quote.
4. Run a Giveaway
   Buy ads to promote your giveaway. Join groups where readers interested in your genre books hang out. Promote your giveaway in the groups.
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   2 good places to run a book giveaway are Goodreads and LibraryThing.
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   Buy ads on Goodreads to promote your book promotion. (Goodreads is an Amazon company. Buy ads on Amazon as well, when doing a free/reduced Kindle book promotion).
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   On LibraryThing.com you can run free giveaways, offering a limited number of your books for free. You can give readers your digital edition so it won’t cost you a dime.
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   Members of their site can then request your book and you can choose whom to give it to.
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   Unlike promoting your free book to readers in other ways (such as free Kindle book of the day sites), these readers know they’re expected to leave you a review in return.You can then quote their review in your marketing campaigns if it’s well written.

5. Contact Book Bloggers
   Book bloggers are people who love reading and blog about books they’ve read.
   There are thousands and thousands of them. Most blogs are insignificant and never have any visitors.
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   While you may get some visibility by appearing on various book blogs, the main reason you should aim to get book bloggers to review your book is if their sites have names which might impress your readers.
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   Quoting a review from ‘Fiction Favorites’ sounds so much nicer than a review from ‘Book Bangaloobi’ which no one ever heard of.
6. Promote your Kindle book or eBook to hundreds of thousands of readers.
   Offer your book for free on a certain day or at a greatly reduced price.
   Amazon has lists of “free today” books.
   Additionally, there are numerous sites which have hundreds of thousands or even millions of people on their newsletter email list, hungry for free books and book deals.
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   These sites send out notifications (often daily) of new free books to their followers.
   Some sites, like BookBob, charge authors to promote their books while others do it for free.
   This is a great way to gain visibility and get a lot of people to download and read your book.
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   Statistically, 1% of your readers will leave you a review, so getting a lot of people to read your book will probably get you some reader reviews.
7. Incentivize your readers to leave you a review
   If you have an existing readership, ask your readers to leave you a review in return for something.
   Many product sellers do this. They offer a free sample in return for your time leaving them an honest (make sure to mention “honest” in your offer) review.
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   Don’t literally tell people to leave you a 5-star review in return for whatever you’re offering.
   That would be going against Amazon’s terms of service.
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   You could incentivize people to leave you a review by saying each month you’ll randomly select 10 of the people who left you a review and gift them your next book or some other gift. Perhaps if they live in your city you invite them for dinner, or to a private group call or chat. Or you send them a signed copy of your book with a personal dedication to them. Something that might excite them.

Getting Your Editorial Book Reviews:

8. Swap reviews with other authors
   There are many forums, author networks, and Facebook/LinkedIn groups where authors swap reviews.
   Mostly it’s beginners who are active in forums and in various communities, asking for advice. Swapping reviews with them should work because if you are a beginner and offer to swap with another beginner it reciprocal.
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   However, a successful author would have no benefit from a review by someone unknown and would, therefore, have little to no incentive to help you out – unless they know and like you.
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   Connect with best-selling authors in some live industry event. Build up the rapport, grow a new friendship and ask them to help you out and give you a review.
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   Do not suggest a swap. They may think you’ll expect them to publish your review and add it to their long list of big names praising their book, which they probably would not want to do. You’re not in that league yet…
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   There are two pitfalls to watch out for when swapping reviews with beginner authors:(a) If you give a bad review to someone else they might retaliate (even if your book is great and the review is unfairly given). Some authors therefore lie and give everyone raving reviews hoping the other authors will return the favor. Which is often the case.(b) Quoting an unknown author’s review on your book will unlikely impress anyone.
9. Contact book reviewers and critics working for top print magazines and newspapers
   Find critics at top publications who review books in your genre. Contact them through all possible mediums (per email, by messaging their social media accounts, over LinkedIn).
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   Ask them to review your book. Make sure to tell them why your book is special and include all your credentials and achievements to impress them.
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   Take into consideration that since these editors receive thousands of review requests from authors such as yourself, you have extremely low chances of getting a review.
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   Additionally, they work for a paper often owned by a huge media conglomerate which also owns one or more of the Big5 publishers (who owns tens of Imprints), so they (most likely) have their agendas on what to feature.Nevertheless, it’s still worth a try and perhaps you are lucky!Consider shipping them a print book to increase your chances, albeit this can become quite costly and there’s no guarantee they’ll even look at your book.
10. Purchase an editorial book review
    If you can’t get a top book critic at the NY Times or Washington Post or a top author to review your book, your second best option is to purchase an editorial review from a trusted source.Remember, even if you persuaded a cooperative fellow author to lend you his or her name for their endorsement of your book, the more endorsements you get the more credibility you obtain in the eyes of potential buyers.
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    Book readers and buyers hesitate to take a chance on a newly released book which doesn’t have any reviews. Editorial book reviews can help you get those first sales and reader reviews.
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    Editorial book reviews from distinguished magazines carry a lot more weight than reviews from unknown authors or insignificant book bloggers.Bestselling authors use editorial reviews in their marketing campaigns since it helps to sell their book.Editorial reviews impress potential readers.
    If you’re starting out without many reader reviews, having an editorial review can help you convince those first readers to take a chance on your book.An excellent service we recommend for your editorial book review is one offered by the NY Literary Magazine. They are the most affordable, fast, and highly professional service used by bestselling and Award authors and many others.

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Since purchasing Editorial book reviews is becoming a widespread practice amongst indie authors, self-published authors and even amongst bestselling authors (especially authors who publish with the Big Five publishers), we’ve compiled a list of the top services offering editorial book reviews to help you make wise choices.

But first, what exactly is an Editorial book review and how can it help you?

An editorial book review is a review written by a seasoned professional book critic or a book reviewer/columnist from a respectable print paper, a magazine publication or from a popular cultural website.

These reviews typically get placed in the “Editorial book review” section of a book’s listing page in an online book store such as Amazon/Kindle, Nook, Kobo, Barnes & Noble etc.

On Amazon, a potential buyer sees this section prior to scrolling down to read any reader reviews.

“Like the Shielding Respectability of Coat of Arms…”

Having a good editorial book review for your book is a powerful means of influencing readers’ buying decisions. A reader sees it as a trusted review and as an endorsement by book critics and specialists, so it impresses them with its authority and carries therefore far more weight in their eyes than what some other customer might think of your book.

A positive editorial book review may even ‘cushion’ against some negative reader reviews since the potential buyer’s 1^st impression was this editorial review. It firmly impressed upon his or her mind the credentials for your book.

Authors who receive positive editorial reviews proudly feature them on their book’s jacket/cover and in the “praise” section. Many authors use editorial book review blurbs when advertising their book.

Follow Their Example If You Want to Succeed

Do you know it is a standard practice for both Bestselling authors and publishers (yes, especially the Big 5) to purchase as many reviews as possible, even when they get the NY Times to review a book they will launch?

You’d think 1 such tier-1 review would do the trick, but from their experience, the more you decorate your book with credentials the greater are your chances to turn your book into a bestseller. Just follow their proven Blueprint!

How to get an Editorial Book Review

1. Contact top book reviewers and critics working for big magazines and newspapers.
   Ideally, you want to aim for a review from ones like The NY Times and Washington Post, because these are famous for their Bestseller Book Rank Listings.Find a way to reach these book critics either by email or through their social media accounts. Perhaps attend some events and industry meet they attend and network heavily.Ask them to review your book. Tell them what makes your book special and why they should read it.

   However, do take into consideration that approximately 1 million books are published just in America each year.
   Many authors hit on these few noteworthy book critics, asking for reviews.

   Alas, you are also up against the close connections agents and publishers foster with book critics. These special work ties and mutually beneficial friendships and business relationships are nourished over the years and aided by wining and dining together on generous expense accounts, which you likely don’t have.

   Worse, you also are up against the various insidious interests of media moguls and conglomerates, who own not only newspapers but also many of the book publishing houses.
   They have their profit-based agendas on what to promote and recommend to readers.

   Take for example the NEWS CORPORATION / FOX NETWORKS (Rupert Murdoch). They own not only TV channels but also 132 newspapers (113 in Australia alone) including the New York Post, the London Times and The Australian.

   They also own HarperCollins books. HarperCollins has over 120 book imprints, most of which are based in the United States.

   So, when their subsidiary company or any of its 120 Imprints publish a book, do you suppose their book-reviewing columnists, in all these papers and magazines they also own, (who are employed by the same mother-corporation), will give it a bad critic or refuse to review it because you want your book reviewed?

   According to RT.com “There aren’t numerous US mass media news sources at all; there are just five. Five giant corporations control 90 percent of US mass media.
   These five conglomerates are Time Warner, Disney, Murdoch’s’ News Corporation, Bertelsmann of Germany, and Viacom (formerly CBS). Their control spans most of the newspapers, magazines, books, radio and TV stations, movie studios, and much of the web news content of the United States. “

2. The logical solution is to purchase an editorial book review from a trusted, distinguished service.
   Buying an editorial book review from one of the top services guarantees you’ll receive an editorial book review which, if it turns out to be a positive review, you can use for your marketing campaigns.

Influencing People’s Buying Decisions.

Especially if you’re an unknown author, having an editorial book review is a powerful endorsement which will help you. It adds credibility to your book and impresses potential readers.

Having a book review is a crucial part of your book’s marketing strategy, no different than credentials you get by winning a notable award. And, as the Publishers Weekly states, reviews make a book seem more professional.

“It can be difficult for indie authors to get noticed by reviewers at traditional publications and book blogs. So, for indie authors with a budget, paid review services can be appealing.”
 – The Independent Publisher

Increasing Your Book’s Sales Potential

Editorial book reviews add credibility to you and to your book. When readers see an endorsement from a trusted source, readers think that book is special.

This can help unknown authors get more sales. “The endorsement gave consumers a meaningful recommendation that they could trust.” Says Guy Kawasaki, bestselling author of 10 books, including Enchantment and The Art of the Start.

Editorial book reviews are also great for quoting in your marketing campaigns, especially if you’re planning to promote your book through a service with a large email list of avid book lovers, such as BookBob. Having an editorial book review could help you convince more people to buy your book and provide the best bang for the buck out of each advertising dollar you spend.

New Opportunities?

Having a positive editorial book review may also help you to get the attention of agents or publishers.

Kenneth Bennet claims the editorial book review he purchased helped draw attention to his book, which resulted in a Hollywood film production company buying the film rights to his book.

Janet and Ed Howle, authors of The Long Road to Paris, claim they’ve seen a dramatic surge in sales and an increase in both bookstore and publisher interest after buying an editorial book review.

Comparing 7 Top Editorial Book Review Services:

[1] Kirkus Book Reviews

About:
Kirkus is the oldest, and most renown editorial book review service (and the most expensive).
They’ve been in business for over 10 years and review ~10k books per year.
Kirkus boasts a newsletter with 55k subscribers.

You can keep your purchased review private or publish it for free on Kirkus.com
1 review is chosen each week to be featured in their newsletter.
40 reviews get chosen to be featured in their bi-monthly magazine.

Pricing:
The cost for a single book review ranges from $425-$575 (with a turnaround time of 7-9 weeks) or $575-$725 with expedited delivery. A children’s book review starts at $350.

Genres:
They accept most genres.

While some authors have found a Kirkus review helpful, others feel a Kirkus review is not worth the high price. “Kirkus is a brand name that delivers marketing value for the author” says former customer author Seeley James “However, I rated the value against other marketing options and came to the conclusion it was overpriced.”

The Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLI), unleashed its quality control watchdog upon Kirkus, proclaiming “What Kirkus doesn’t tell you is that, quite often, 200 or more of the promised 250–300 words of the review will be spent on rehashing your plot. I don’t know about you, but if I’m reading a review I don’t need to know the plot. I want to know how this story made you feel… I went to Kirkus’s site and read through dozens and dozens of reviews. I have to agree with the other authors: not a single one inspired me to buy a book.”

Order their service here:
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/indie-reviews/

[2] NY Literary Magazine

About:
The NY Literary Magazine is a distinguished, contemporary literary magazine.
They publish 3 artful print and digital poetry magazines per year, and feature a selection of talented national and International writers on their website.

Their core mission is to bring fine poetry and literature to even the poorest people in any country by allowing readers to download their magazines for free.

The NY Literary Magazine now provides an affordable, professional and highly acclaimed editorial book review service, as a means to support the existence and growth of their free literary magazine and free-to-enter writing contests.

Their reviews are written in the same professional style as those by The New York Times, the Huffington Post, Publishers Weekly, USA Today, The Library Journal etc.

Genres:
They accept most fiction and non-fiction genres. (Check their website for full details).

Cost:
$99 (time-limited special offer)

Turnaround time:
3-8 weeks

Order their service here:
https://nyliterarymagazine.com/ReviewMyBook

[3] RT Book Reviews

About:
RTBookReviews.com is another popular editorial book review service.
Their core business and website is focused entirely on book reviews.

After purchasing a review, you can choose if to let them publish your review on their website or not.

Stand-out books that are recommended by their reviewers will be submitted to their editors and considered for spotlighting on RTBookReviews.com

They do not promote all the reviews they publish on their social media accounts.

Genres:
All genres are accepted except books below middle grade level and non-fiction books.

Cost:
$425 for books up to 450 pages
$500 for books 451 pages or longer

Turnaround time:
Usually 4-6 weeks, but sometimes a bit longer.

Order their service here:
https://www.rtreviewsource.com

[4] Clarion Reviews

Clarion is another pay-per-review service.
With your permission, they will post the review on their website.

Cost:
$499

Turnaround time:
$ 4-6 weeks

Order their service here:
https://publishers.forewordreviews.com/reviews/

[5] BlueInk Reviews

BlueInk is Clarion’s sister-site. They too offer paid editorial book reviews.

Cost:
$395 (delivered within 7-9 weeks)
$495 (delivered within 4-5 weeks)

Order their service here:
 https://www.blueinkreview.com/purchase

[6] IndieReader

About:

IndieReader is a smaller, less-known editorial book review service.

If they rate your book 4-5 stars, they will include it in the IR Curation Services which includes Scribd (a site where anyone can upload a PDF of their book, article, report, or promotional document) and Bibliolabs (a large, mobile library).

Cost:
Standard Review: $225 with a 5-9 week turnaround.
Rush Review: $300 with a 4-6 week turnaround

Order their service here:
https://indiereader.com/indie-book-reviews/

[7] SPR Reviews

The website Self-Publishing Reviews provides book reviews and editorial services to authors.
They aren’t one of the well-known, distinguished services and aren’t held in high regard in the publishing industry. Most of your readers won’t know who they are. In fact, some people will suspect they aren’t a legit review service.

In addition to editorial reviews, SPR also sells Amazon reader reviews (which goes strictly against Amazon’s Terms of Service. If Amazon catches you buying reader reviews, they will close down your account).
Offering paid reader reviews makes readers see them as an untrustworthy site.
If your readers check them out, they probably won’t think highly of the editorial review you received from them.

Cost:
$119-179 for an editorial book review.
Included in the price, they will share the review on their social media accounts and feature it in various locations on their website.

More information:
http://www.selfpublishingreview.com/get-reviewed/