23 Trending Book Reviewing Businesses [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: January 18th, 2023

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1. HoneyBook

Get clients faster with our all-in-one project, invoicing and payments management tool. HoneyBook's robust features help small businesses manage everything from brochures and proposals to contracts and online payments. Free 7-day Trial - No Credit Card Required. Voted #1 Small Business Client Management Platform.

Website traffic: 1.62M/month

2. Sportsbook Review

Bet smart with the largest online sports betting community. SBR gives you all of the tools you need to bet with confidence.

Website traffic: 1.94M/month

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4. Kirkus Reviews

Book reviews, recommendations, and the latest literary news from the most trusted voice in book discovery, Kirkus Reviews

Where they're located: Seattle, Washington, United States
Website traffic: 980K/month

5. The New York Review of Books

Website traffic: 590K/month

6. London Review of Books

Europe’s leading magazine of ideas, published twice a month. Book reviews and essays (and much more online) renowned for their fearlessness, range and elegance.

Website traffic: 880K/month

7. Most Recommended Books

Find the best book recommendations by billionaires, icons, and world-class performers.

How much they make: $12K/year
Where they're located: San Francisco, CA
How much did it cost to start: $0
Current team size: 0

How Two Best Friends Started A Side Hustle Recommending Books

Most Recommended Books helps you discover books recommended by the world's most influential people, with 500+ experts and 6,000+ books, and garnered 70,000 monthly visitors with the goal of reaching 100,000 to start looking at other ways of making money.

About

Richard started Most Recommended Books over 4 years ago

Revenue

Richard grew the business to $1K/month

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8. Readers' Favorite

Readers' Favorite provides free book reviews for authors and hosts a respected annual book award contest.

9. Foreword Reviews

Book reviews, articles, and interviews highlighting independent-, university-, and self-publishing.

How much they make: $1.08M/year
Where they're located: Traverse City, MI, USA
How much did it cost to start: $15K
Current team size: 7
Website traffic: 480K/month

The Story Behind A $90K/Month Independent Publishers And Books Reviews Publication

Foreword Reviews is a media company that started out as a magazine with a print run of 7,500 copies, serving as a brochure for publishing services including foreign rights exchange and digital content, and twenty years and some intense pivots later, it has become one of the most profitable in the book business.

About

Victoria started Foreword Reviews about 26 years ago

Revenue

Victoria grew the business to $90K/month

Costs

It cost Victoria $15000 to start the business

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10. Amazon Book Review

11. Billbooks.com

Looking for online invoicing software for small businesses? Billbooks, an online billing software, allows you to generate various professional invoice templates.

12. Book Reviews And Recommendations

Expert book reviews, free opening extracts and tailored recommendations from LoveReading. Can't choose which book to read next? Let us help you decide.

Website traffic: 190K/month

13. Cleveland Review of Books

A Regionally-Focused Journal of Literary, Cultural, and Art Criticism

Where they're located: Cleveland, Ohio, United States

14. Book Reviews

Book reviews of fiction, novels, and nonfiction books. The US Review of Books is a leading book review publication and website, including example book reviews.

15. The Candy Factory

A Place To Work. With Other People. Safely. The best of what coworking and a cafe has to offer. Come and get work done, connect with our community virtually and in person. We’re here for you. Join the work club today.

Where they're located: Lancaster, California, United States

16. The Book Review

17. Pacific Book Review Online Book Review Service

Book Review Service - Pacific Book Review Strengthen your credibility with a professional book review. It is our primary desire to provide quality book

18. Book-It Repertory Theatre

Seattle theatre inspiring audiences to read through simple and sensitive stage productions of great literature, educational outreach programs and tours.

Where they're located: Seattle, Washington, United States

19. Seattle Book Review

Where they're located: Seattle, Washington, United States

20. Axiom Business Book Awards

21. Akron News — Akron News Online, Akron Ohio, Local News, Events, Movie, and Book Reviews. Business, Sports, with Outdoor and Travel Features.

Akron News Online, Akron Ohio, Local News, Events, Movie, and Book Reviews. Business, Sports, with Outdoor and Travel Features.

Where they're located: Akron, Ohio, United States

22. Book Club Chat

Book Club Chat is a book lover's destination of book previews, reviews, and book club questions to provide readers with their next great read.

How much they make: $48K/year
Where they're located: San Diego, CA, USA
How much did it cost to start: $50
Current team size: 0
Website traffic: 90K/month

How I Started A $4K/Month Website Dedicated To Book Club Questions, Reviews And Book Lists

Book Club Chat founder Heather Caliendo started a website dedicated to book club questions, reviews, and book lists with no upfront costs by dedicating a lot of time to reading and writing high-quality content that attracts over 5,000 daily visitors and has made $4,000 per month in ad revenue alone by focusing on organic search, SEO, and Mediavine.

About

Heather started Book Club Chat about 6 years ago

Revenue

Heather grew the business to $4K/month

Costs

It cost Heather $50 to start the business

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