In this quick and easy guide, the AskALLi team at the Alliance of Independent Authors offers guidance regarding the current best practices and ethics while gathering reviews, including a myriad ways to get more book reviews, fast.

You’ve published a book, and you know it’s good. But how would a potential reader know how good your book is?

Reviews help provide this social proof, encouraging the right readers to purchase your book. Only there are several ways you can gather reviews: from booksellers, bloggers, media, libraries and other influencers. What is harder to determine is whether a method of asking for reviews is ethical or, in some cases, illegal.