KDP Reviews Rd. 2 - My Strategy to Get Low Content Book Reviews for Launch
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- Getting early reviews is important for your Low Content KDP Books to ensure your launch is successful, but where can you get them? We can't always launch and hope for organic reviews because social proof via reviews is a very important component to also advertising using Amazon Marketing Services (AMS).
In this video, I provide two helpful sites that you can consider using to obtain unbiased reviews as part of your review and book launch strategy.
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To be really honest Pubby can resourceful but it can also be a downfall. Even though you are able to have your book read (verified reviews) which will cost more. Readers will choose your book not pay for it even when you request verified and give mediocre reviews where you know it was not read. This has been going on for months now. And the worse part is that reviews are being taken down by Amazon after a month or so after the review was published.
Another problem is that most authors that are so call reading your novel will be spiteful and give you 3 stars if your work had more of a better ranking then them. Ive seen this happen to a lot of authors on Pubby. There are trolls on that site. Some authors are nice and honest but a lot just pick your books for the snaps they really donât read your book. Its a great site if you want to up the number of reviews but donât expect high quality reviews. You wonât get them there.
Yes, Iâve experienced both sides ( good and the bad) with Pubby as youâve outlined. I see it as an option for consideration now rather than a structure to implement when I launch my books.
Well articulated comments and thank you for watching.
Are these 2 sites valid in the European market? like germany
You need a US Amazon Account to provide reviews.
We can't create a kindle edition for the low content books, so we can't use pubby for verified reviews
Correct, however you can can get unverified reviews and these are still very important for social proof to customers.
@@globalselfpublishing How we can get unverified reviews for low content books?
@@MinoDM I have used Pubby on a few low content books and itâs been quite effective. They have to be âhigh qualityâ low content books though where you have committed a lot of time to make them high value for customers, not just books youâve spent 1-5 hours on.
I have contacted the Pubby people and they have told me that they do accept non-content or low content books as you can upload the respective PDFs to Pubby.
Is PUBBY and GET BOOKS REVIEWED another way to determine niches that are selling? Does a book we publish that receives good reviews carry any weighting with Amazon regarding the next book we launch ?
You could possibly use them as Niche Research but just because they are published doesn't necessarily mean the author has completed the right niche research. The algorithm of Amazon is kept very secret but I suggest they would possibly promote those authors that have books that have sold very well a bit more than untried and tested authors.
Hello, thank you for your work and all information. I have one question. Is it possible to get reviews for the "would you rather book and ebook" low content type? Thank you for your response.
Thanks for your feedback on the videos. Yes, you can get reviews on Pubby for Low Content Books, just not No-Content books.
Thank you Romney you are a very helpful person and I like your all videos really,
I have two questions please :
it maybe looks like a silly question so forgive me for that: is puppy legal with amazon because English is not my mother tongue so I want know from you please.
it will mean a lot if you explain how to upload books on puppy in a specific video just like other videos you do about publishing on amazon.
thank you so much I hope you better life and more success.
Many authors and publishers do use Pubby. I've used Pubby in the past. I have created a video in my course about how to upload to Pubby so I'm a little reluctant to create one for CZcams as students have paid for the opportunity to view that lesson in my course.
â@@globalselfpublishing I don't know how to thank you, Romney
you have unique content and you talk about many things which I couldn't find it in another place on youtube.
thank you so much
My absolute pleasure and thank you for your feedback!
Is it worth investing in Pubby when creating and launching a low content book ?
Iâve used Pubby at times and Iâve found it beneficial.
Hi Romney
Great content, as usual, the beauty of your videos is that we, newbies, can dip in and find an answer to almost any of our KDP problems at the time they arise, but I have 2 that I cannot find the answer to and I am hoping you can advise me. Will Pubby work on a puzzle book? As I have just launched my first which whilst it is doing well on PPC, but at a very high ACOS of 147%, has sold 40 copyâs in 7 days and is climbing the rankings fast but has not got any reviews to sustain it once the PPC stops. I am in the fortunate position of being able to afford to lose money on the launch if that achieves the ranking needed to get up to page one or two and then look to recover that investment through the long-term sales. What I am confused about is what is the best way to use the advertising budget? Should I just put it all in to get as many sales as possible in the shortest possible time, or restrict it to a daily amount that will run out of budget most days, but prolong the time period that the campaign can run?
Hi John. Thanks for the feedback. I've never tried a Puzzle Book on Pubby before and I can't see why you couldn't place it on the platform to get reviews? I've seen other books of similar ilk on the platform.
The first 30 days are crucial for the long term survival and keyword placement of a book. The Amazon Algorithm collects a lot of data during this time so the more sales you can get in the initial 30 days is important. Your budget should therefore be based over the initial 30 days from when it goes LIVE and then re-asses after day 30 to see how its placed. I'm always careful when advising about budget spend and Amazon Advertising costs because my goals and targets for my books may be different to others and I would hate to think someone has blown up their budget by overspending too quickly.
@@globalselfpublishing Hi, Romney thanks for responding, I take your point on the giving of budget advice, I was unaware of the importance of the first 30 days so that is something new to take into account when running PPC. Thanks Again
Hi John. How is your success with pubby for your books? Which one is better, pubby or PPC?
This was great, does your course include reviews and launching as well? Thanks!
Iâm in the development stages of a new 2022 course that will include all these things. My current course is more of an intro to KDP and how to create your books for free and to scale your self publishing at the early stages.
@@globalselfpublishing perfect, I went ahead and bought your course. I'll grab the 2022 course when it's out as well. I'll work on the basic in the mean time. Thanks for the great content!
It doesn't happen often on CZcams but it really transfers over that you care about helping people. Cheers.
Thank you. I really appreciate it!
Thanks for the video.
When using Pubby to get verified reviews for low content books
*what percentage on average of buyers left you a review?*
100% because if someone didnât leave a review, Pubby arranged someone else to provide a review but it just took a little longer.
@@globalselfpublishing But a rate as high as 100% could arouse amazon's suspicions?
is it availabel in europe market ? like germany and french
No. Just Amazom.com
Hi good video! You say that we can get reviews on Pubby for low content book but what do you mean for low content? Activity or puzzle books or coloring books are low content? Because I see that Amazon doesn't allow you to make Kindle version of this kind book. Moreover, I understand that Pubby is only for Us people. If I have an Italian amazon account I can't enter Pubby?
Thanks very for question. Yes, an annoying part of Pubby is you need an Amazon.com account. My Australian one doesnât work so I understand your frustration being from another country. I just created a .com account for my online purchases.
The books that I have used Pubby for have been Low Content Letter Tracing books as an example. I wouldnât consider them âLowâ rather âMidâ content books that people are happy to review based on the quality and value I provide. Sometimes I spend weeks on them so the quality is high. Definitely donât use for no content books and only coloring books if they are super high quality.
Hi Romney,
Can we have a profitable low content book by only relaying on organic reviews? I mean without trying services like pubby. Have you had any books like that?
Thank you :)
Hi Damian. Absolutely. The main disadvantage is that you may need to use some Amazon Ads to kick start the sales and generate some reviews that way. Social proof is very important for books, particularly new books, therefore if you rely solely on organic reviews it could take a very long time to begin to get traction.
@@globalselfpublishing Thank you very much :)
So we need a .Com account to review. Do wee also need one in kdp as author. Can we upload with a non .com one and get reviews
You require a .com Amazon account to review on Pubby but you can upload with any account.
Is Pubby useful for low content books like journals, logs, etc⊠and Iâve read reviews and apparently Amazon no longer allows reviews from Pubby. You must have a verified purchase. Is this true?
I've used Pubby for Low Content books but not for blank journals or logs, rather Childrens picture Story Books. Can you please share the link where you read that Amazon no longer allows reviews from Pubby? There are always rumours on this sort of thing so I'm just looking for confirmed evidence from Amazon directly?
@@globalselfpublishing it wasnât confirmed by Amazon, thatâs why I was asking you. I read reviews on Facebook from users. Most said it was good in 2020-2021, but recently it had gone a bit downhill and has been getting harder to get reviews without verified purchases. BTWâŠI have several of your Udemy courses. I love them. Iâm doing the book cover course now.
Hi Stephen. No, I haven't had any direct evidence to suggest that Amazon are targeting any specific review service such as Pubby. From what I read, they meet the TOS of Amazon Reviews but as always, ensure you are comfortable with any service or software you use to not comprimise your account.
Thank you so much for choosing my courses on Udemy. That's fantastic and I hope they are providing you with some great value to scale your Self-Publishing. The Book Cover design course is an important one so a very good choice!
Thanks again and take care, Regards, Romney
How long have you been working with Pubby?
Approx 12 months but havenât used for about 3 months now as Iâm working on a couple of new projects.
Is there a way to get reviews without reviewing others? Because i don't have the criteria to review others?
And thank you đ
The ultimate way is to build an email list or group of people that would be happy to provide an unbiased review of your book in return for a copy of your book. This can effectively be done with Low and High Content Books (not 'No' Content Books). Once they receive a copy, they provide a review for you.
@@globalselfpublishing ok but is there an option to buy the book so i can be eligible to review it? I mean the other book, not mine
Reviews without selling the book sounds waste of time. Why should Amazon push that book.
Reviews provide Social Proof. Social Proof creates more sales. More Sales increases your ranking. The higher your ranking the more Amazon pushes your book!
Dont use pubby worsr service they kill my sells
Iâd have to disagree. Iâve found them to be great! If your book is great, expect to get great results. Have a poor book and expect to get poor and unbiased reviews!
@@globalselfpublishing I have a really poor book, yeah. That's maybe because one of the reviewers leave a bad review on mine and then publish MY BOOK with another cover few days later. The reviewers there are the worst and not just 1 case... I have issues with 3 reviewrs... they think Amazon is a team planner and some of them just dont know what they are talking about. Really bad experience with Pubby, also with the team running the site, they dont even care. If someone wants to try so try. But me NEVER AGAIN.