Frequently Asked Questions
Getting your book reviewed doesn’t have to be complicated. At ReaderVerified, we help authors secure Amazon-verified reviews that actually matter. Below you’ll find answers to the most common questions our ReaderVerified family asks.
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ReaderVerified was created by authors for authors. It is a simple way to get those much-needed verified Amazon reviews without begging your friends and family for the umpteenth time. See more about ReaderVerified here.
Simple, just purchase then read another member’s book and give a constructive, honest review of their work. Then you will receive a credit and your book will be added to our library for review consideration. Checkout all of the features of ReaderVerified here.
Because members purchase books for $2.99 through Amazon, reviews frequently appear as Verified Purchase reviews. Mistakes are made, but most often our reviews are Verified by Amazon. You can see more on how ReaderVerified pricing structure works here.
- No, but we strongly encourage our members not to submit a review with fewer than three stars.
- Instead, we ask our ReaderVerified Family to send us a constructive review of the book they read, listing both its strengths and weaknesses.
- You will receive a credit, and the author can read your comments privately without being publicly shamed online.
- Let’s remember that many of our self-published authors are new or first-time authors, and we don’t want to embarrass them publicly.
Yes, to ensure that a review is an Amazon verified review, we need all of our members to list their eBooks for $2.99 USD on Amazon. An Amazon verified review is much better at improving your visibility, your rankings and more importantly your sales.
There’s no strict limit on how to get book reviews through ReaderVerified. But because reviews are verified purchases, we recommend no more than three per week per book. It keeps the process fair and ensures reviews stay thoughtful and genuine.
- Yes, if you don’t like the book you are reading and would prefer to read and review another book, we will contact the author and let them know that their review was cancelled.
- They will receive their credit back, and you may pick another book.
- If you just need a little more time, let us know and we will inform the author about the delay. Please be considerate, we are all in the same boat. The goal is ethical book reviews, not pressure.
- Once you have submitted your verified review on Amazon, it typically takes 1-5 days for them to send you a confirmation email.
- Click on the ‘See full review’ button, and it will take you to your review.
- Then copy and paste the URL and send it to [email protected].
- If you notice your review on Amazon before they send you the confirmation email, you can send us that URL, and it will be the same.
No, Amazon is very strict about this. Please do not set up two different accounts. If you use your real name plus a pen name. You can add all of your books and pen name(s) to the same account.