If you love to read and to write, about books, authors and literature, writing book reviews could be the perfect way for you to get paid for writing. There is constant demand for book reviews on the Internet, you will never run out of book titles to review, and it is possible to make money writing book reviews for websites, blogs, ezines and newsletters.

[1] Write book reviews for websites.

How much you get paid for writing book reviews depends upon how you decide to make your money. If you choose to publish on some writing or review sites, you can receive upfront payments, or you can earn ongoing income from advertising revenue from the number of times your review is read at the site. You can also use your own web pages to earn money for writing book reviews.

- Publish your book reviews for upfront payments at Helium or Associated Content, providing you meet the requirements of those sites. Both sites offer the opportunity to earn residual income from page views and share of advertising revenue. You can also earn from page views of your book reviews at Bukisa and Shvoong.

- Offer your book reviews with exclusive rights at web content sites like Constant Content and Daily Article. Once it is sold, your review can only be used by the purchaser.

- Make money as an Amazon affiliate when you set up your own pages at Squidoo and Hub Pages. You can also use your own Amazon affiliate id on a Helium Zone.

- Buy a domain and pay for hosting your own website. Set it up to show Amazon links for all the books you review.

- Set up your own online bookstore at eBay or Amazon, and write book reviews for each book you promote.

[2] Post book reviews on a blog or in a newsletter.

When you post your book reviews on your own book blog, you can make money as an affiliate of Amazon or of eBay. Those affiliate programs allow you to integrate images and promotional links for relevant titles.

With a book blog you can build up a following of subscribers and regular readers, and you can share links to your posts at social network sites. Your book reviews will of course appear in search results. The more traffic you get to your blog, the more money you can earn from it.

* You can start your own regular Internet newsletter, to promote your Amazon affiliate links or eBay bookstore.

[3] Write book reviews for clients and publishers.

If you join a few freelance job sites and writing forums, you may find opportunities to work for clients who require book reviews to feature regularly on their own sites, or to use in marketing their own affiliate links.

* Writing online book reviews is a great way to be of service to authors and publishers, because it helps boost sales of their books.

The big advantage of writing book reviews for the Internet is that it provides readers with a range of opinions about the same book, rather than the view of a professional book critic, or a guest reviewer, in a print publication. It is also an excellent way to get paid for writing.

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