OnlineBookClub.orgReviews of onlinebookclub.org

I like that they made an effort to make sure the reviewer actually read the book. The review itself was very thoughtful.

I find customer service to be quick, honest, and fair. I appreciate the review format they use because it's aimed to be honest, constructive, and balanced.

You are very busy, but when help is needed, you come through very well given time.

The company is great, especially as a new book reviewer, as they help you grow your skills and experience.

I absolutely love the OnlineBookClub. I joined this year because I love reading and had been reviewing books on my socials. I was new to the platform but they gave me a chance to review a book and prove myself, and I was so grateful. Even after I reviewed it and made mistakes they corrected me. I didn’t know how to properly review, but now I do. And I recently got paid for the first book I reviewed. I love how we are able to offer feedback to authors. This is such a great supportive community, you don’t find many of them like that online.

I honestly started off enjoying this website and being able to read books for free with the idea that I would be paid for my reviews. It was meant to be fun, and something I could do in between real life as my down time. However, I wrote a review in my own words and was marked down for “plagiarism”. Keep in mind, I used my own words. I came off too “generic” according to the editor, and thus I was banned from ever reviewing again. It was my first review. I had actually paid $3 of my own money for that book, with the intention of getting $25 back from doing a review. As it was a higher amount of money for a beginner, I thought I would try my best to sound as professional as I could in my review. Horrible mistake because they seemed to think I was an AI which I am not. I suspect that the book they wanted me to review was supposed to be 5/5 stars (I gave 2/5) and thus they banned me. I only suspect that because the book was poorly written with all the reviews being 4 or 5 stars. I was the only one going against the grain and got banned so it does make me wonder. I think OnlineBookClub would benefit a lot if they had a “Warning” which gives you the option to just edit your review to their standards. Completely banning someone for trying their best to sound as professional as possible is just an absolute low blow. Especially when it was my first ever review.

After writing 3 reviews for this site I am disappointed. My first review went well, I learned what they were looking for and adjusted my methods. My second review I was told I gave just a “summary” of the book and not enough on what I thought of the writing. My third review I did less summarizing and focused on reviewing the writing and flow of the actual book. All of the writing in the review was my own, but they banned me for plagiarism! Plagiarism is copying someone else’s work and that is definitely not what I did! They said they didn’t think I actually read the book. The book was hard to follow and my review stated that. It is completely unprofessional to ban someone for something as severe as plagiarism when that is not what happened. If you think my review sucked then tell me to fix it, don’t ban me.

It's a scam. Even if you do the reviews correctly, meeting all the requirements (which are not few), they do not contact you to send you the corresponding import. Furthermore, they are tremendously demanding. Instead of formally hiring a professional review team, they use people demanding a professional review while paying a pittance.