How to Become A Book Reviewer

What Do You Need to Get Started as a Book Reviewer?

1. A great love of reading or enthusiasm for literature.
2. Good writing skills and the ability to be analytical or critical. 
3. Be prepared to follow a client's guidelines or instructions.
4. Have a clear undertstanding of the terms you accept when you register at a website where you intend to publish or submit your own book reviews.  
5. Willingness to network online, to participate regularly at writing sites and to use social sites.

Tips for Making Money From Book Reviews on Blogs and Web Pages

Each book review that is published as a blog post or featured on a webpage can continue making money for as long as there are ads and links that people want to click to purchase books or to find further information. 

• Set up a blog about a particular author or literary genre, featuring book reviews and analysis.  You will make money selling books and other relevant items when you register with appropriate affiliate programs suitable for a literature site or book blog.
• Make money with your own book blog by becoming an Amazon affiliate. You can also earn sales commission when you publish Helium zones, create Squidoo lenses and write at HubPages. Write book reviews for your blog, or publish each book review as a zone, a lense or a hub. Entice readers to buy that book with a customized link to the title on Amazon. You will earn commission on all books bought by anyone who accesses the site through one of your affiliate links.

Tips for Getting Paid to Write Book Reviews

Writing literary articles and book reviews is the easiest way to become a paid writer. You can be a paid book reviewer at revenue sharing sites, where your articles generate income whenever they get viewed by other people.

• Join paid-to-write sites that pay upfront, but be sure you can qualify for those payments. You might be required to gain writing stars or reach a high writing score before you can receive an upfront payment for each book review you write.

Tips for Selling Book Reviews and Finding Paid Writing Assignments

• Become a paid reviewer by writing original book reviews to sell as exclusive content for website, blogs, ezines or newsletters. Some content sites have listings of items wanted, and you can submit your own book reviews for sale. You will also find requests for paid content at freelance sites and in webmaster forums.
• Make more money from your book reviews when you know how to optimize website content with keywords. Book reviews that get a lot of traffic from search engines generate more advertising income. Good quality web content is regularly purchased by site owners, and by others seeking articles specifically written for SEO (search engine optimization).