Give Away Free Review Copies of Your Book

Step 1: The first page of my form asks for the reviewer's name and age, and confirms that they do in fact review books online somewhere.

Step 2: The second page of my form asks for the name and URL of the reviewer's blog. It also specifically asks if they review memoirs, since that's my book genre. This is important, because each reviewer and each blog has their own review policies and your genre may not be included on some.

Step 3: The third page of my form asks the reviewer if they accept books that contain adult content, since mine has quite a bit of mature themes.

Step 4: The fourth page of my form asks the reviewer to specify the format of their review copy (i.e. digital ebook or print copy)

Step 5: If a user selects "PDF ebook" from page 4 of my form, they are taken to the page shown above, which asks them for their email address and let's them select which websites they post their reviews on in addition to their own blog, if any.

Step 6: The next page of my form gives the reviewer a link to copy and paste in their browser, which will take them to a protected PDF file which I uploaded to Dropbox. It also informs them that the password to access this file will be sent to the email address they provided on the previous page.

Step 7: After submitting my form, the reviewer sees the message shown above, which thanks them and reminds them to check their email for the password to the book file.

Step 8: View your form submissions in Google Docs, which will include the email addresses that have requested access to your protected PDF.

Steps to Create Your Book File:

• Copy and paste the text of your book contents into a new document in OpenOffice


• Go the "File" menu and select "Export as PDF"


• When the popup window appears, select the tab farthest to the right that says "Security"


• Click the button that says "Set Open Password"


• Choose a password for reviewers to access your book download

Step 1: Head on over to Dropbox and login. Once you're signed in, open your public folder and upload your password protected PDF file containing your book.

Step 2:Once you've uploaded your book file, right click on it and select "Copy Public Link."

Step 3: Hit the button that says "Copy to Clipboard"