 |
|
|
|
» Home Page Internet Work » Competitions » Freebies » Online Advertising Make Money From Your Website And Become An Affiliate » Surveys » Quiz Sites » Read E-mail » Visit Websites Make Money Gaming » Free Bingo » Free Scratchcards » Play Games For Prizes » Scratchcard Example Save Money » Discount Codes » Online Auctions » Reclaim Bank Charges » Tax Refund Earn From TV » Acting Extra » Game Shows » Reality Television » Quizzes » True Stories Write For Publications » Crosswords » Letters and Tips Pages » Review Books » Sell Your True Story » TV Reviews Use Your Body » Art Model » Drug and Medical Volunteer » ID Parades » Lookalike Work At Home » Sell Household Items » Ironing And Laundry » Proofreading » Tarot and Psychic Jobs » Typing Seasonal Work » Christmas Jobs Free Contests » Car Competitions » Holiday Competitions Investments » Premium Bonds Scams To Avoid » Internet Scams » Pyramid Schemes » Stuffing Envelopes Finance » Debt Consolidation Loan |
Review Books For Cash PaymentInformation and advice on how to write book reviews for newspapers and magazines and receive cash payments and get free books: If you have specialist knowledge, have experience of writing and reviewing or hold a certain position then a variety of newspapers and magazines will pay you to review books. Such editorials are sent books, usually in advance of publication, for one of their team of book reviewers to review. The publisher and the author get free publicity when the book review is published, the newspaper or magazine gets content for their publication, readers have something interesting to read and can learn an opinion of a book prior to making a purchase and you get a free book and payment. So consider what you can offer an editor and send a letter requesting that you be considered as a book reviewer. Describe any relevant work experience, positions held, published work and previous book review experience. Editors will not normally mind you being on a panel of book reviewers for other publications so do mention these and include any cuttings or copies of previously published work. If you have not been published then you could send in a sample of your work, perhaps by reviewing a book and sending this in as an example. Scan the shelves of a major newsagent like WH Smith to see the hundreds of publications - most will have book reviews in one form or another. For example the Doctor Who Magazine has reviews of new novels written by other authors and fans. The fishing or golf magazines have reviews by experts in their field. Local newspapers have a book review section, usually in the weekend newspaper edition, that is sometimes sponsored by the local bookshop. Some editors will open these reviews out to readers to free up the time of regular journalists and writers and to provide a variety of reviews. It could be worth approaching the editor and the manager of the book shop to get onto their panel of book reviewers. Review Nursing BooksAn example of a book reviewing careerFor many years I have been reviewing nursing and medical books for over a dozen nursing publications like Nursing Standard, Nursing Times, Professional Nurse, Nursing Older People and Paediatric Nursing. I used my specialist nursing experience and qualifications to gain the work and learnt how to write book reviews. This included studying the format of previous book reviewers and adding my own unique slant to bring out features I liked in the book and those that I knew other nurses would find of interest. I got to keep each book, most of which were worth anything from £8 to £25 and was paid from £10 to £50 for each review. I rarely had to buy a book and could pre-book a forthcoming publication I wanted for my library with the book review editors by requesting to review the book as soon as it arrived in the office. Book Reviewing AdviceThis sounds obvious but it can be so obvious in some book reviews I have seen - so do read the book. Don't be tempted to read other reviews, the back cover, contents and index and use this as copy. Read the entire book and do an honest review. Readers want to know your opinion about the book. It helps them to decide if they should invest their hard earned money into purchasing the book. Not all book reviews have to say that the book is great and readers should rush out to buy the book. If you felt the author did not investigate the subject matter properly or that characters were superficial or that factual information was incorrect then there is no reason why you cannot say this. What you must do though is quantify why you thought this and perhaps even offer advice. This will usually be of help to a publisher though many authors do take reviews as personal criticism - they are after all proud of their achievement and don't want to have to read negative comments - this is why you should always quantify your comments. When writing your review do remember that real people will be reading your comments which will include the writer, the publisher and editors as well as thousands of readers. Stick to the word limit. No one wants to read a review of a novel which is the size of a novel! Stick to the word limits with a 10% margin either over or under this set word limit. If an editor wants 500 words and you send him or her 500 words then it will need little cutting and it could bring you further books to review. The less cutting and editing a book review editor has to do then the more likely they are to remember your name and send you more books to review. I rarely go a week without a book to read, review and earn money. This sounds basic but I'll say it anyway - use a word processor, spell check and grammar checking package. Type your work in double spacing on one sheet of paper. Send two printed out copies or e-mail the book review direct to the editor. Comply with whatever method the editor requests - pamper to his or her needs, make life easy for them and again you'll be the flavour of the month and get more books to review. Do save copies to disk, CD, pen drive, etc. On each copy of your book review include the name of the book, the author, the publisher, the year of publication, the number of pages and the ISBN number. This information is not to be included in your word count. Most journals, magazines etc will send you free complimentary copies of the edition where your work is published. Start a scrap book to boost your ego but also to assess your work, for record keeping and to show to other book review editors. Sell Second Hand BooksIf you have reviewed a book and do not want to keep it for your personnel or work library then you can earn a little bit more by selling the book on an online auction site like Ebay or on an online second hand bookshop like Amazon Marketplace. It is best to do this after the book review has been published in case you need to amend any copy or provide information such as the ISBN number, details of the publisher, etc. Income earnt from reviewing books should be declared to the inland review on your self assessment tax return. These payments can be offset with expenses like paper, ink cartridges, PC and printer equipment, reference books etc. You may also find the Proofreading and Copy Editing Page useful as a source of additional income and the Free Books page as a great way to get free books sent to you in the post or as downloads. 
Custom Search
If this page has not answered your questions or you need some more advice then please feel free to e-mail me. I would also welcome any advice to increase the information on this page to make it more useful to others. So feel free to e-mail me your thoughts. I would also appreciate it if you were to send the url of the www.findextrawork.co.uk to your friends, forums and websites. Automatically Add www.findextrawork.co.uk To Your Favourites Folder - Bookmark Us. The site is updated weekly with new earning opportunities. |
Earn From Shopping » Cash Back Websites » Mystery Shopping » Test Products » Complain » Coupons Free Things » Cat Freebies » Dog Food Samples » Free Auctions » Free Books » Free Brochures » Free Cinema Tickets » Free DVD Rental Trials » Free Magazines » Shampoo Samples Sell Items » Auctions » Kleeneze Reviews » Kleeneze Brochure Distributor » Join Kleeneze » Delivering Catalogue Jobs » Brochure Seller Earnings Commission Advice » FAQs » Avon » Betterware » Body Shop At Home » Make Money Selling Candles » Flowers and Plants » Hampers » Pampered Chef » Sell Old Mobiles » Photographs » Usborne Books » Virgin Cosmetics Out And About » Car Adverts » Cleaning Jobs » Deliver Leaflets » Dog Walking » Food Delivery » House Sitting » Interpreter Work » Night Class Teaching » Pub Quizzes » Report Crime » Strawberry Picking » Test Drive Cars Other Info » Search » Site Map » Contact » Newsletter » Work From Home Websites and Links » Media » Privacy Statement |