Rave Reviews Book Club Wants You – #RRBC

As you may know, I am a member of the Rave Reviews Book Club. What you may not know is the reason I joined and what the Club has meant to me. Let me clear these last points up.

I joined Rave Reviews Book Club to become associated with like-minded writers who were interested in promoting each other’s work. At the time, I looked at some organizations and had made the decision not to associate myself with them due to what I considered unusual quid pro quo requirements.

By quid pro quo, I’m referring to the practice of following each other if followed, reviewing each others books if reviewed and other scratch my back, and I’ll scratch yours kind of programs. At the time, these practices seemed a little shady to me and so I passed.

Then I had a chance to read a blog by an RRBC member and decided to visit the site. What I found was a whole new kind of club. RRBC is a place where others supported each other with blog tours, twitter messages, and a management team interested in Indie author success. Well, I signed up and let me now quote some statistics.

When I joined RRBC, I had about 600 Twitter followers. Today I have over 5,300 followers. I did not get these followers by an aggressive plan of following and then following back. These followers came to me because they saw I was promoting my fellow authors and would in all probability support them as well. There are over 400 members of RRBC and not all follow me so as you can see these are not just member followers.
When I joined RRBC, my first book My GRL was resting near the bottom of the Amazon ranking pile. Each time the club got behind the book (Book of the Month, Spotlight Author), the rank shot up into the five figures and held there for several days.
When I joined the club, I had twelve reviews for My GRL. Currently, My GRL has forty-four reviews that have come as a result of the publicity. Of the forty-four, nine are by club members. It can be said although all club members don’t review any individual book those that do, add substantially to the information new readers want to know before buying.

So why don’t you go to the Rave Reviews Book Club site and take a look at all the activities? You never know it may be something you want to join. (Full disclosure: I am a member of the Board of Governors, the Tweet Support Team, and host or co-host of four Radio broadcasts. YES I’m biased)

Tags: author, books, fiction favorites, His Revenge, John W. Howell Author, My GRL, Rave Reviews Book Club, thriller fiction

51 comments

Almost Iowa · January 19, 2016 - 8:05 am ·

Wow! I have often heard from authors that writing is easy, marketing is hard. It is great to find organizations that help with the hard stuff.

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1. John W. Howell · January 19, 2016 - 8:14 am ·
  
  So true. Thanks for stopping.
  
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The Story Reading Ape · January 19, 2016 - 8:09 am ·

Reblogged this on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog and commented:
A Highly Recommended Online Book Review Club 👍

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1. John W. Howell · January 19, 2016 - 8:13 am ·
  
  Thank you Chris.
  
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  1. The Story Reading Ape · January 19, 2016 - 8:34 am ·
    
    Welcome John – RRBC is a great organisation 👍😃
    
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  2. John W. Howell · January 19, 2016 - 9:56 am ·
    
    🙂
    
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J.A. Stinger · January 19, 2016 - 8:09 am ·

Reblogged this on .

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1. John W. Howell · January 19, 2016 - 8:13 am ·
  
  Thank you Jennifer. So nice of you.
  
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drewdog2060drewdog2060 · January 19, 2016 - 8:22 am ·

Thank you for the recommendation. I was unaware of the Club but will now check out their website. Kevin

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1. John W. Howell · January 19, 2016 - 9:56 am ·
  
  Great. Thanks Kevin
  
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teagan geneviene · January 19, 2016 - 8:39 am ·

Congratulations John!

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1. John W. Howell · January 19, 2016 - 10:00 am ·
  
  Thanks
  
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GUNDERSTONE · January 19, 2016 - 9:10 am ·

Reblogged this on The GUNDERSTONE review.

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1. John W. Howell · January 19, 2016 - 9:57 am ·
  
  Thanks Jason
  
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lvgaudet · January 19, 2016 - 9:18 am ·

Reblogged this on The intangible world of the literary mind.

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1. John W. Howell · January 19, 2016 - 9:58 am ·
  
  Thank you so much for the reblog
  
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Jan Hawke · January 19, 2016 - 10:49 am ·

Shared – although you getting a lot of attention from potential new friends already! 😉

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1. John W. Howell · January 19, 2016 - 12:43 pm ·
  
  Thanks Jan.
  
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kimwrtr · January 19, 2016 - 10:52 am ·

Reblogged this on Kim's Author Support Blog and commented:
Congrats, John, on your #RRBC anniversary. I also highly recommend #RRBC. Since joining April 2015, my twitter follows has risen from 500 to 2,510. My book that was book of the month in August (3 chosen each month) went from about 6 reviews to 29 and was #14 in Amazon ranking during that time. Rave Reviews Book Club is the most supportive book club anywhere that I’ve found, and I’ve belonged to quite a few in the past. They support authors and the members support each other like no other.

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1. John W. Howell · January 19, 2016 - 12:43 pm ·
  
  Thank you Kim. Thank you for the reblog as well.
  
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  1. kimwrtr · January 19, 2016 - 12:48 pm ·
    
    You’re welcome, John.
    
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The Hook · January 19, 2016 - 12:34 pm ·

My writing time is rather limited these days, John, but I’ll always be here to support you.
I’m such a dad, aren’t I?

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1. John W. Howell · January 19, 2016 - 12:39 pm ·
  
  I would say. Dad.
  
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rijanjks · January 19, 2016 - 6:41 pm ·

Reblogged this on Writing and Music and commented:
As a fellow #RRBC member, I agree with John!

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1. John W. Howell · January 19, 2016 - 7:22 pm ·
  
  Thank you for the reblog Jan.
  
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rijanjks · January 19, 2016 - 6:43 pm ·

Well said, John! As a fellow RRBC member, I totally agree with you.

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1. John W. Howell · January 19, 2016 - 7:21 pm ·
  
  Thanks Jan 🙂
  
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4willspublishing · January 19, 2016 - 9:50 pm ·

Well, what a nice post! And it seems to be pretty popular! Not shocking, though, you’re a pretty popular guy, my one of two favorite Johns!

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1. John W. Howell · January 20, 2016 - 3:20 pm ·
  
  Thanks, Nonnie. So nice of you to come by
  
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adeleulnais · January 20, 2016 - 3:02 am ·

Reblogged this on firefly465.

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1. John W. Howell · January 20, 2016 - 3:19 pm ·
  
  Thank you for the reblog
  
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dalecooper57 · January 20, 2016 - 4:01 am ·

I assume this club is for authors of complete books, as opposed to just hobby writers like myself, but I shall check it out nevertheless.

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1. John W. Howell · January 20, 2016 - 3:18 pm ·
  
  No it’s for readers and writers
  
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  1. dalecooper57 · January 20, 2016 - 3:22 pm ·
    
    I already checked it out, it does look good but I’ll be honest, I’d never have the time. I have trouble fitting in all the writing and all the blogs I’m following as it is.
    
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  2. John W. Howell · January 20, 2016 - 5:41 pm ·
    
    I understand.
    
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jenanita01 · January 20, 2016 - 4:32 am ·

This sounds like just the place for me. I already try to be as supportive as I can, but it doesn’t seem to be helping me much. Probably not doing it very well, so all kinds of help needed…

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1. John W. Howell · January 20, 2016 - 3:07 pm ·
  
  Come on down. Lot’s of help available.
  
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jenanita01 · January 20, 2016 - 4:33 am ·

Reblogged this on Anita Dawes & Jaye Marie.

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1. John W. Howell · January 20, 2016 - 3:06 pm ·
  
  Thank you so much for the reblog and visit.
  
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  1. jenanita01 · January 21, 2016 - 4:00 am ·
    
    I have joined, at least I think I have…
    
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  2. John W. Howell · January 21, 2016 - 8:12 am ·
    
    Welcome.
    
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lovessiamese · January 30, 2016 - 9:05 pm ·

Reblogged this on TheKingsKidChronicles and commented:
This sounds great. I’m going to check it out. Started to read “My Grl” and am very intrigued. Will be purchasing the book. Mr. Howell has my attention.

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1. John W. Howell · January 31, 2016 - 8:00 am ·
  
  Thank you so much for the reblog and I hope you like the book.
  
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2. John W. Howell · January 31, 2016 - 8:14 am ·
  
  Thanks so much
  
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aurorajeanalexander · January 31, 2016 - 2:35 pm ·

Reblogged this on Writer's Treasure Chest and commented:
John W. Howell recommends strongly to become a member of the rave reviews book club. A great opportunity to market your book – help others to market theirs and make great progress in your networking.

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1. John W. Howell · January 31, 2016 - 3:58 pm ·
  
  Thank you for the reblog
  
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  1. aurorajeanalexander · January 31, 2016 - 4:03 pm ·
    
    It’s my pleasure!! Thank you for permitting me to re-blog. It’s a great post.
    
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  2. John W. Howell · February 1, 2016 - 8:11 am ·
    
    🙂
    
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