As a new or indie author, it can be tough to get any traction on getting your books in front of readers without paid ads. You’ve done the whole blog tour and gotten mediocre results at best so why not try a YouTube Book Review?! 

By purchasing a YouTube video book review, you get instant cozy mystery name recognition and get noticed by agents, publishers and booktube readers everywhere. 

Lisa and Courtny are both avid YouTubers who have a very focused following of Cozy Mystery Readers. Give your book and writing career the boost it needs with an evergreen YouTube video. 

In 2023, there are approximately 2.49 billion YouTube users worldwide. Source: Semrush

BookTuber video viewership is up 40% in 2018 from the same time period in 2017. Source: Google Think

How It Works

1 | REQUEST REVIEW

Click the “Get Started” link below, select your review option and pay for your review. When you submit your order, you’ll get an auto-confirmation upon payment. What you’ll need to have ready to request a review:

• Your book in An epub format

• A high resolution image of your cover

  • NOTE: We do have an UGLY cover policy in effect and will reject any book that we deem unfit due to its cover quality. If you need help with getting a professional cozy mystery cover made, please contact Molly Burton at Cozy Cover Designs cozycoverdesigns@gmail.com

• YouTube Description Details – these will be included under the video and cannot exceed 700 characters total

  • Your social media, website + book buy links  

  • Book Description

  • Book Excerpt

• Spoilers Yes/No – Please specify if you want your book review to be spoiler free or if it’s okay to include spoilers. We recommend spoiler free but can adjust the video review either way

2 | STAND BY WHILE WE READ YOUR BOOK

Upon receipt of your book or manuscript, Lisa will read the complete book and will create a full video review. Video reviews are typically 5-8 minutes long, depending on the length of your book and whether or not you’ve allowed spoilers. Depending on our current workload and schedule, book reviews can take 1-2 weeks to complete. 

3 | APPROVE BOOK VIDEO REVIEW

A link to your book review will be mailed to you when ready. You get the final say so on whether or not you want us to air the video on our channels. All reviews are honest opinions and all videos will be disclosed as paid promotions in accordance with YouTube Guidelines.

• Full Book Review – $497

  • BONUS: Includes 700 word count description, your social media links + buy links

Add-On Purchases to the Video Book Review (These cannot be purchased separately)

• Blog Post Review – $97 

• Author Interview Blog Post – $97 

• Downloadable mp4 of the book review $97 

  • NOTE: This video can be uploaded to your website, facebook, IG or anywhere else BUT Not YouTube. Once it is listed as an original video on our channel, it cannot be reposted on another channel without BOTH Channels getting a copyright violation and risking both channels getting deleted by YouTube