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Book Reviews with BookSirens - Screening Reviewers

31 Aug 2023 · 1 min

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Julie Broad explains how to use Book Sirens to screen and approve ARC (Advance Reader Copy) requests so authors can control who downloads their books. She describes reviewing a reader's history and preferences to accept or reject reviewers (e.g., reject those who dislike certain topics or leave harsh reviews). She notes that, as of May 2023, Book Sirens can request reviews be posted to Kobo, Apple, BookBub, and Google, and recommends the platform as a low-cost way to obtain reviews.

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Kobo, Apple, BookBub, and Google (as of May 2023).

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On Book Sirens, you have the option to have readers request your ARC for approval so you can control who is getting your book. It allows you to review a reader's history and have more control over who gets to download your ARCs. So if someone clearly hates books about blue flowers and your book talks about blue flowers, you may want to reject the reviewer. Or if you see they have a tendency to harshly review the majority of books, you also may wish to reject them too. Overall, it's a pretty low budget option to test out in order to see if you can get a few reviews. You can request reviews be posted to Kobo, Apple, BookBub, and Google as of May 2023. So that's pretty awesome. Go Book Sirens.