We use a standard five-star rating system and only post reviews we have awarded a three-star rating or better. Our goal is to help authors with positive advertising for their books and to provide insightful reviews to help readers find the perfect book by a new or established author.
All of our reviews have an Amazon purchase link as well as optional links for a Video Book Trailer, Author's Website, Facebook and Twitter pages.
We display your book cover and you can also add your biography and photo to your review. Our photo upload system is very easy to use, two clicks and our system will accept any picture of any size and will automatically resize to fit our page and keep its aspect ratio so it looks as great as you do!
There is also a comment section where visitors can post their own reviews/comments about your book using our comment system or Facebook. You can use this section to post all of your other reviews for your book so they are all on one central review page. You will have access to your own Author Members' Area where you can login and update your author biography, picture and all the links on your page. So if you don't have some of your links now, you can always add them later.
Your review can be accessed directly from your simple review link like this one for world famous author, David Baldacci: http://readersfavorite.com/review/3974. We can also work with you to create a Review Quote for your cover that meets your space needs. This Review Quote will be based on and in the same spirit as our review of your book.
Review your Reviewer
When you receive a review from Readers Favorite, the first line of the review indicates who your reviewer was so you can look them up on our About Us page. Knowing the type of person who provided your review can help you understand the potential demographics of readers who will enjoy your book.
This also benefits the reviewer by giving them proper credit and recognition for their work and time.
Because it is critical that reviewers provide quality reviews, we invite you to review your reviewer. When your review is complete you will be able to login to your Author's Area and rate your reviewer on a five-star scale and provide a short review, just as they did for you.
Your feedback is presented to the reviewer to help them improve their skills, the same way book reviews help authors improve theirs. The information is also passed to the Readers Favorite staff to help us ensure the quality of our reviewers and reviews.
Review Exchange and Book Donation program
We have added a Review Exchange to help authors obtain more reviews of their book, and a Book Donation program to allow authors to obtain more exposure and reviews while helping charitable organizations. These features are enabled by default, but you can disable one or both of them from your Author's Area.
Trade reviews with
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Authors can never have enough reviews. Our Review Exchange program button informs other authors that you are willing to trade reviews with them. Simply put, you will consider reviewing another author's book in exchange for them reviewing yours. The other authors do not need to have a Readers Favorite review to participate. |
Donate Books to:
Teachers
Schools
Libraries
Soldier Programs
Senior Programs
Children Programs
Hospital Programs
Charity Programs
Nonprofit Programs
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The Readers Favorite Book Donation program was created to help non-profit and charitable organizations (schools, libraries, soldier donation programs, convalescent homes, etc.) by providing them with free books and to help authors garner more exposure for their work.
Exposure is key to the success of your book. One way is to provide free copies of your book to people in exchange for reviews, which also gets copies of your book circulating. Our Book Donation program helps you accomplish this by informing visitors that you are willing to give free copies of your book to schools, libraries and other non-profit organizations in exchange for some reviews.
However, you are not guaranteeing everyone free copies of your book. You are just indicating that you are willing to take requests. What organizations you choose to donate to, if any, and how many books you decide to send are completely up to you. |
Both of these buttons appear next to the blurb of your book in our category listing. Click any category on the left for examples. These buttons will also appear on your review page with a link to detailed information for your visitors so they know how the systems work.
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We have added an "Email the author" link under the title of your book on your review page so authors (Exchange Program) and charities (Donation Program) can contact you. It is also available to agents, publishers, publicists, journalists, and visitors. The link opens a professional looking contact window that enables them to send an email to you without having to reveal your email address to maintain your privacy. |
View a sample review to test the "Email the author" link and to see how the Review Exchange and Book Donation buttons will appear on your review page (be sure to click the "More..." links to see the information on the programs your visitors will see).
NOTE: Reviews in each of our 70+ categories are listed in alphabetical order with those in the Review Exchange and Book Donation programs listed first, followed by those in just one of the two programs, then all other reviews.
What can be submitted for review?
We accept manuscripts, published and unpublished books, eBooks, audio books, comic books and poetry books. Currently we do not accept erotica or short stories. Your work must be in English and fit into one of our 70+ genre categories. If you receive a review of 3 stars or more and your work is currently available for purchase, we will post your review on our site, Barnes & Noble, Google Books and Facebook. You can also post the review on your Amazon page.
Your book must currently be on those sites for us to post your review. We are happy to review manuscripts, but they must be complete, edited, and formatted according to our Formatting Guidelines. We cannot post the review for a manuscript until the book is available for purchase.
When your review is complete we will send you an email with a link to your new review on our site, and to your Author's Area where you can update your information including all links and your author biography.
You may use as much or as little of our review as you wish. We write several paragraphs to provide you with a lot of material to pick quotes from. All that we require is that you keep the first line of the review that credits both your reviewer and us. You can move that line to the end of the review excerpt if you wish.
Our goal is to help authors, so if you receive a poor review, our reviewer will point out any issues they had with your story to help you make it better. Once you have revised it, we will be happy to review it again.
If you receive a 5 star review, you may use our Readers Favorite 5 Star Review logo on any of your marketing materials (website, book cover, etc.). You can simply right click on the logo and save it to your computer. It is a fast loading image suitable for websites. We will also provide you a free high resolution publishing version to be used for your book or other marketing materials.
We provide all of this completely FREE of charge. |
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Who are your reviewers?
Our reviewers are volunteers with a passion for reading and are as varied as the stories they read. When you submit the form below, it will be sent to all our reviewers for selection. You can see our Reviewers on our About Us page.
If you would like to join the Readers Favorite Team, please fill out our Reviewer Application.
How long does it take for a review?
Due to the ever-increasing amount of reviews we do each month, our free reviews take about 3 months. However, not all books receive a review. This is due to both the volume of review requests we receive and the description of your book that you enter in the Review Request form below. Our reviewers are like any other readers; if your book does not sound interesting to them, they will not want to read it. We do not assign books to reviewers, they select them from a detailed list. We use this process to ensure your book is reviewed by someone interested in your story.
If your book is not selected by a reviewer after 90 days, we will remove the request and notify you by email. Most review sites don't take the time to inform you of this, instead they leave authors in a perpetual uncertain limbo as they wait for a review that will never come. We believe authors are more important than the review company, not the other way around. We will also encourage you to resubmit your review request with a new description to give it a second chance at attracting a reviewer.
What happens to my book after you review it?
We donate all physical books to 4 well known charities so the books will go on to bring joy to others and provide the books with more exposure.
We provide children's and young adult books to St. Jude Children's Hospital and to schools through the Kids In Need Foundation. Adult books are provided to needy seniors through Meals on Wheels and to adults learning to read with the help of the Adult Literacy League.
Should I send in a physical or digital version of my book for review?
Most authors choose to submit a digital version of their book because it generally means the review will be completed faster. Books that are attached to the Review Request form below are available to our reviewers instantly, so there is no mailing delay and it is available to our international reviewers (we only mail physical books to reviewers based in the US).
However, digital books cannot be donated to the charities mentioned above, which is why we created our Book Donation program mentioned earlier on this page, to give all authors the opportunity to donate their book to a plethora of charitable organizations directly from their Readers Favorite review page once their review is complete.
Your review will not be impacted by your decision to send a physical or digital version of your book. If the cover of your book is not included in your digital version our reviewers will be able to see the cover on your Amazon page. If your digital version has a lot of illustrations and the file size is larger than 19mb, complete the form below without attaching the file and contact us for instructions on how to use a free service to email us the larger file.
Try our industry-changing Express Review!
Reviews are so important for authors, not only to assist them with advertising but to give the author valuable feedback on their work. Readers Favorite was founded to help authors acquire these quality reviews. Unfortunately, as we grow, so does our turnaround time for reviews. So like most review companies we offer an Express Review option.
However, we fail to see how review companies can charge as much as $500 just to expedite a review they are willing to give away for free in a few months. As a result, we are trying to change the review industry in favor of authors by offering an Express Review in less time and for a fraction of the price.
Receive a Readers Favorite Express Review in just 2 weeks PLUS a critique of the key features of your book AND one month of free promotion in our Featured Book rotator for only $49!
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Guaranteed review of your book
Due to the sheer volume of book review requests we receive only about 70% are reviewed. An Express Review guarantees that your book will be reviewed. |
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Review completed and posted in 2 weeks
While free reviews average about 3 months to complete, and 40% don't receive reviews, an Express Review is completed and posted on our site, Barnes & Noble, Google Books and Facebook. You can also post the review on your Amazon page. |
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Critique of 5 key areas of your book
In addition to your review, you will receive a separate document with a mini-critique of your book. It will provide ratings with explanations on 5 key areas of your book: Appearance, Plot, Development, Formatting and Marketability. This information can be used to help you improve your book or as further quotable material for advertising. |
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One month in our Featured Book rotator
 We will add your book cover to the Featured Book rotator for one month.
Our Featured Book rotator is at the top left of every page on our site and rotates randomly through all our Featured Books. When a book cover is clicked it will take the visitor to the book's Readers Favorite review page.
It is positioned to attract the attention of our thousands of weekly visitors, many of whom are agents, publishers and publicists who are here viewing reviews we have done for their authors or submitting requests for new reviews. We are also visited by bloggers and journalists who have read our press releases and are visiting to see our Award Winning books, as well as authors and people just looking for a good book to read.
We do not sell this advertising space; we provide it to our authors as a perk for purchasing any of our Author Services to help them promote their book. By not selling the space we keep the number of images down, which provides those in the rotator more screen time.
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NOTE: Paying for an Express Review only affects the turnaround speed of your review and in no way impacts its quality or rating. You must receive at least 3 stars to have your review posted on our site and to be put in the rotator. If you are mailing your book please allow extra time for your book to get to us and then for us to mail it to our reviewer. |
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