KINDLE PRE-ORDERS
On my previous post on Kindle pre-orders, it didn’t occur to me to mention how to get around two important obstacles:
- Book reviews: The book isn’t live yet, so how can customers review it?
- Look Inside: Kindle pre-orders don’t show a Look Inside, so how can customers preview it?
Fortunately, there are solutions to both problems.
PRE-ORDER REVIEWS
Kindle customers can’t review your Kindle pre-order because they haven’t received the Kindle e-book yet.
But there are two ways around this problem.
- Publish a print edition, e.g. with CreateSpace. Launch the print edition first. Once the print edition is live on Amazon, customers can review the print edition.
- Send out advance review copies. Enter editorial reviews for your book through Author Central. Generally, these should be from sources that may command respect from customers, such as an indie magazine or an expert in the field.
Two questions to…
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