The book review service built for self published authors
Real readers choose your book, read it, and post honest reviews on Amazon and beyond. Then the rest of the toolkit takes over: listing analysis, expert audits, promo video and the free tools every indie author ends up needing.
Verified reviews from readers who chose your book
Reviews are earned through the community, not bought. That single difference is why reviews collected here survive Amazon's purges while paid ones vanish.
Real readers choose your book
Your book enters a marketplace where readers browse by genre and pick what appeals to them. Nobody is assigned your book and nobody is paid to praise it. That is what keeps every review inside Amazon's rules.
InkDrops keep the exchange fair
You earn InkDrops by reviewing other authors' books and spend them to put your own in front of readers. The credit system means the community is made of people who actually read, not accounts farming payments.
Reviews on the platforms that sell books
Amazon, Goodreads, Apple Books, Barnes and Noble, Kobo and more. You choose where you want reviews when you list your book.
Watermarked files protect your manuscript
Every review copy is stamped to its reader, visibly and invisibly. If your book ever leaks, you know exactly which copy was the source.
Private reviewer comments
Readers can tell you privately what almost lost them, typos included, alongside the public review. Feedback you can act on before your next launch.
Honest by design
We never write reviews, never sell them, and never promise a rating. A three star review is a valid outcome. That is exactly why the reviews stay up.
Shopping around? Good. You should.
If you are searching for a book review service, you have seen Pubby, BookSirens, Booksprout and NetGalley. We wrote an honest comparison against each one, including where the other platform is the better fit for you.
One thing you will not find anywhere: written reviews for sale. Amazon removes those and sometimes the book with them. Every platform worth your money works with real readers, and the comparisons show you how each one does it.
Read & Rate vs Pubby
Swap-link risk vs organic discovery
Read the comparisonRead & Rate vs BookSirens
ARC costs and review rates compared
Read the comparisonRead & Rate vs Booksprout
Quality versus volume, honestly
Read the comparisonRead & Rate vs NetGalley
$599 alternative for indie budgets
Read the comparisonReviews bring readers. Your listing converts them.
Book Biometrics audits your Amazon listing against the Top 100 bestsellers in your niche and tells you exactly what to change: cover, title, description, market position and A+ Content.
Cover Analysis
$29.99Thumbnail clarity, contrast and genre signalling, scored at the size shoppers actually see.
Title & Subtitle Analysis
$29.99Whether your title targets terms with real search demand, and which you are missing.
Description Analysis
$29.99Hook strength and drop off, graded sentence by sentence against converting listings.
Market Analysis
$29.99Your book against the category leaders, and precisely what closes the gap.
A+ Content Analysis
$29.99Layout and flow below the buy button, where most listings waste their best space.
When you would rather write than optimise
An analysis tells you what is wrong. These two services fix it for you, from the listing copy to the ad campaigns.
Expert Audit
A professional review of your entire Amazon listing, interpreted and prioritised by a human, not just scored by a tool.
- All-inclusive professional audit
- In-depth backend optimisation
- Enhanced reporting you can act on
Action Plan
The audit plus the work that follows it. We optimise the listing, support your Amazon Ads and hand you a roadmap built for your book.
- Comprehensive expert audit
- Amazon Ads support
- SEO-optimised listing enhancements
- Personalised success roadmap
Free tools, genuinely free
Built because we needed them ourselves. No account, no signup, no catch.
ISBN Barcode Generator
Print-ready EAN-13 barcodes for your paperback. No account, no watermark, no cost.
Open toolQR Code Generator
Codes for your book, landing page or author card, ready for print or screen.
Open toolPDF Watermarking
Stamp each ARC to its reader so a leak tells you exactly which copy leaked.
Open toolFile Converter
EPUB, MOBI, PDF and DOCX in seconds. No desktop software, no Calibre setup.
Open tool