How to Post a Review on Amazon
Nancy Barnes
When you want to get the word out about your newly published book you have more people who want to help you than you think. Your friends and family want your book to be successful and will gladly support you if you tell them how. One of the most important ways they can help is by posting honest reviews of the book on Amazon.com, Goodreads, and other online review sites. Plenty of good reviews will get your book off to a flying start. But, when you ask people to review your book they say they don’t know how to post a review on Amazon. Here’s a simple guide explaining How to Post a Review on Amazon to offer them.
1. Begin by signing in to your Amazon account. If you don’t have an Amazon account click on the Create your Amazon account button at the bottom of the sign-in box.
2. Enter the title of the book you want to review in the search bar at the top of the page. After clicking on the magnifying glass to the right of the search bar, the book will display.
3. On the book’s main page, scroll down until you reach the Customer Reviews summary graph. Reviews by other customers will be displayed to the right of this graph. To post a review click on Write a customer review directly below the graph.
4. After clicking on the Write a Customer Review button the page shown below will display. Give your review a Star Rating. Then give it a Title like “Wonderful Children’s Book”, “My Grandchildren Will Love It”, An Inspiring Memoir”, or “A Great Whodunit”. We hope you will be both complementary and creative with your titles. Next, write your review in the box titled Write your review.
The important thing about your review is to show other people why you liked the book. What made it special? Things like,
“It is a charming story based on old German folktales.”
“The illustrations are very engaging for my niece and nephew.”
“…a remarkably keen eye, both for the beauty of her natural world and the telling details of human frailty”
“A cozy that Agatha Christie would have been proud of”
“A wonderful gift book.”
Be honest and say what you think. It actually hurts the review if you mention that you know the author or illustrator.
When you are finished with your review, click on the submit button at the bottom right.
