How to Grab Book Reviews

C. Hope Clark

Book reviews are an essential promotional tool for authors; they help legitimize your work in the eyes of readers, agents, and marketers, and they help sell copies. In this tutorial, instructor C. Hope Clark discusses book reviews in detail; why authors should seek them out, what qualities a solid book review needs, how authors can effectively solicit book reviews from readers, and strategies and resources authors can use to collect reviews.

About the Instructor

C. Hope Clark is a freelance writer, author of seventeen award-winning mysteries (and counting), and founder of FundsforWriters.com. Her website has been selected by Writer's Digest for its 101 Best Websites for Writers for over two decades, and her no-nonsense weekly newsletter reaches 25,000 readers eager for advice on finding income for their craft. She writes for Writer's Digest Magazine, Writer's Market, Writer's Digest University, The Guide to Literary Agents, SC Wildlife Magazine, Chapin Magazine, and more. She speaks at conferences, in online events, at retreats, book clubs, philanthropic gatherings, and libraries across the country. She lives in South Carolina on the banks of Lake Murray when she isn't researching new stories on the shore of Edisto Beach. www.fundsforwriters.com / www.chopeclark.com