How to Make Money Writing Book Reviews

If you enjoy reading and have the ability to write clear, professional reviews of what you read, you can make money writing book reviews for various websites and magazines. A lot of freelance writers supplement their incomes writing book reviews for these outlets. Today, the Internet provides quick access to current freelance writing jobs, allowing writers to search for new work daily. Writing book reviews can be not only an excellent source of extra income for freelancers, it can be pleasurable work as well.


Instructions

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Choose a freelance job resource guide to use for leads. There are many such sites on the web. Freelance Writing (Freelancewriting.com) pulls freelance writing jobs from a number of these sources and posts them daily, giving you fresh opportunities all the time. Many of these opportunities are for book review writers. The service is free to use.
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Browse the freelance writing jobs as you would the job section of a newspaper. Start first thing in the morning, over a cup of coffee. Make a note of any book review job posted that sounds interesting.
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Contact your leads with a letter describing your writing credentials. Keep the first-contact letter short and to the point. Assure the lead that you are good with deadlines. Offer to send samples of your previous work and point to any online samples a prospective client can review. Close with a thank you and let the lead know you look forward to working with the company.
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Be professional and meet your deadlines. When you get a book review job, read the book all the way through and write succinctly, giving a thorough review without adding a lot of personal commentary. This, of course, may vary, depending upon the guidelines of the organization you're reviewing books for. The key is to write knowledgeable reviews that demonstrate you understand the book you're reviewing.
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Be patient. If you're just getting started, it may take some time to build up a list of clients. Keep applying for any book review job that interests you. Check the markets every day. Once you begin building up a client list you do book reviews for, you may get job offers from other sources. Book reviews are excellent for web content, so there are plenty of jobs available.