Thanks for your interest in becoming a member of Becky Clark’s Review Crew!

I’m so happy to have you join us!

Essentially, the purpose of the Review Crew is to post reviews of my books on launch day and in the first few days after the launch. By getting a critical mass of reviews in all the big places (Amazon, B&N, Goodreads, BookBub), and then reposting them to smaller places (your social media pages, book groups you belong to, independent bookstore blogs, library blogs and such), it creates buzz.

As more people read and pick up on your reviews and posts, it continues to generate buzz, which is what Amazon likes to see. And when Amazon likes something, it starts tossing out treats … giving me better placement on their website, adding me to their newsletters, using me in their Also Buys (“if you liked such-and-such, you’ll like Becky Clark’s book.”). And when there are more treats, there are more sales and reviews, and then even MORE treats, which means I can afford to write more books, tossing YOU the treat of more advanced reading copies!

By the time you get your copy of my book, it’s in mostly final form. I don’t need any proofreading or other editing from you. (That said, if you find typos, please contact me directly and let me know. I may or may not have time to fix them, depending on who the publisher is.)

Your job as a Review Crew member is simply to read, enjoy, and tell other people about it. (Of course if you didn’t enjoy it, I’d prefer you tell me that privately.)

For each book, you’ll know when the launch date is (that will be your deadline) and all you have to do is post your reviews and send me the link. You generally aren’t able to post reviews until the book is live, so I suggest you read the book, write your review, and then just sit on it until you get the high sign from me that the book is live.

It’s a pretty easy process. I send you a digital Advance Reading Copy (ARC) of my book through BookFunnel and you can choose whatever format you want to read it in.

I will warn you that I launch each trilogy in my new Sugar Mill Marketplace series one per month for three months so it is a flurry of activity around that time. But then there will be a break while I work on other projects so don’t get scared about the pace.

And let’s talk about those reviews for a sec. First, nevernevernever give a spoiler! Second, they’re not book reports and I don’t want you to think of them as homework. It’s just whatever you would say to a friend if you were talking about the book. It only needs to be a paragraph or so. Pop on to Amazon for a bit and read some reviews at random. See which ones resonate with you. They’re probably not the long ones that dissect every character and scene. They’re more likely to be the ones that are more informal and say things like, “This book was so much fun to read! The characters made me laugh, but they also made me cry.” Or, “If you like [insert other author’s name], you’re definitely going to like Becky Clark because…” Or, “If I could only have three books with me on a desert island, I’d want a bible, a dictionary, and Becky’s book.” Okay, maybe not that last one, but you get the idea.

We’re not curing cancer here, just helping people find books they might like. Oh, and you can write one review and cross-post it everywhere if you want. Or you can write different reviews for different platforms, completely up to you.

Whew.

That was a lot of info, so feel free to digest it at your leisure.

If you still want to join, you need to email me through my contact form, confirm you want to join my Review Crew and tell me:

  1. Tell me your full name and preferred email address
  2. Do you have an e-reader, and if so, what kind?
  3. Give me your postal mailing address so I can send thank you notes.   

As soon as you tell me those three things, I’ll email to tell you I’ve put you on the Review Crew list.

Thanks again for wanting to do this. Word of mouth is the very best way to sell books. Think about how you hear about books and authors … you find them because people talk about them either in person or in writing. And now you’re going to be that trusted source for other people!

Happy Reading!

Becky