How do I catch up on old reader forms?
By: Hidden Gems | Posted on October 17, 2025
The most common reason you may not be able to reserve ARC books anymore is because you are too far behind in filling out the reader forms and/or leaving reviews for the books we’ve already sent you. The best way to resolve that is to fill those forms out as soon as possible. The easiest way to do that is simply go to the Books You’re Reading section of the app. From there, you’ll see all the books we’ve sent that you haven’t filled the reader form out for. In some cases you’ll even still be able to download the book files if you didn’t already do that. Once you get caught up, you should find that you are being chosen for books again. But if you have any issues with filling out the forms, please let us know!
What if I can’t leave a review for a particular book for some reason?
By: Hidden Gems | Posted on October 17, 2025
We can’t and don’t force anyone to leave a review, doing so is voluntary. Besides, we understand that life gets in the way sometimes and that there are plenty of legitimate reasons why you couldn’t or didn’t want to leave a review. Maybe something came up and you didn’t have the time to read the book that you expected (although please feel free to read it at a later date and leave your review then – better late than never!), or perhaps you just couldn’t get into the book and either didn’t finish it or didn’t like it and you don’t want to leave a negative review. That’s your choice and we know that not everyone will be able to leave reviews 100% of the time. Whatever the case, when circumstances do prevent you from reviewing a book that you requested, we still ask that you fill out our reader form. In… Read More >
Why isn’t my review showing up on my Amazon profile page?
By: Hidden Gems | Posted on October 17, 2025
In order for the Submit Review button to work, your book review must be approved and live. To verify this on Amazon in particular, you can normally check your Amazon profile page, as all of your reviews should show up on your profile. However, in some cases a book review does NOT appear on your profile, and that is generally due to one of two reasons: Your review isn’t approved yet. Amazon sometimes posts reviews immediately, and other times they spend time approving them – sometimes many days! If your review isn’t approved, it not only won’t show up on your profile page but it doesn’t show up under the book either. In this case, there is no way to add your review link to our form, because your public review link doesn’t yet exist. You may be able to see it on your end, but that’s a private edit… Read More >
Why can’t your system find my review?
By: Hidden Gems | Posted on October 17, 2025
If you have tried submitting your review but our system couldn’t find it, the book will continue to appear in the Books You’re Reading section, with a message that it couldn’t be found. We will have also sent you an email about this, with some common reasons why it couldn’t be found and steps to fix them. If you don’t see our email, please check here and follow the steps. Here is the list of common reasons and steps to take when your review can’t be found. You haven’t yet written and submitted your review on the review site you asked us to check (but plan to) If this is the case, please leave your review ASAP and THEN try asking us to look again. Note you should only click the Submit Review button AFTER you have added your review to this specific review site and they have approved and posted… Read More >
Finding Google Play Books Review Links
By: Hidden Gems | Posted on October 16, 2025
There is no easy way to find a list of all your reviews on Google Play Books, nor is there a way to go to a page that just has your review link on it. For this reason, we do not ask for manual review links for Google reviews and you can only use our find automatically button. That is also why it is important that you ALWAYS add your reviews using the same reviewer name on Google that you added to the Manage Profile Links section of the app, or we won’t be able to find it. Google allows you to change your name or add a nickname, which is then reflected as your reviewer name. If you change that name you must update your profile information on our site.
Finding Bookbub Review Links
By: Hidden Gems | Posted on October 16, 2025
The easiest way to find your review on Bookbub is via the Bookbub profile page. If you aren’t sure how to find your profile, remember that you added it to the Manage Profile Links section of the app, so by going there you can find and click the link to your Bookbup profile to be taken to it directly. Alternatively, when you login to Bookbub you can click the arrow next to your username name at the top left and then select “My Profile” (see the red arrow in the screenshot below). After that, you can then click the Reviews link in the middle of the page (see the green arrow above). From there, you’ll see a list of all the books you have reviewed. If you click on the one you’re looking for, that will take you to your review of that book and the page we need. From… Read More >
Finding Barnes & Noble Review Links
By: Hidden Gems | Posted on October 16, 2025
There is no easy way to find a list of all your reviews on Barnes & Noble, nor is there a way to go to a page that just has your review link on it. For this reason, we do not ask for manual review links for B&N and you can only use our find automatically button. That is also why it is important that you ALWAYS add your reviews using the same reviewer name on B&N that you added to the Manage Profile Links section of the app, or we won’t be able to find it. Barnes & Noble lets you use different names when you leave reviews if you want, so make sure that you are always consistent with the ones you leave for books you received from Hidden Gems.
Finding Kobo Review Links
By: Hidden Gems | Posted on October 16, 2025
There is no easy way to find a list of all your reviews on Kobo, nor is there a way to go to a page that just has your review link on it. For this reason, we do not ask for manual review links for Kobo and you can only use our find automatically button. That is why it is important that you ALWAYS add your reviews using the same reviewer name on Kobo that you added to the Manage Profile Links section of the app, or we won’t be able to find it. Kobo lets you use different names when you leave reviews if you want, so make sure that you are always consistent with the ones you leave for books you received from Hidden Gems.
Finding Goodreads Review Links
By: Hidden Gems | Posted on October 16, 2025
There are a variety of ways to find your review on Goodreads, but the easiest is to just go to your Goodreads profile page. If you aren’t sure how to find your profile, remember that you added it to the Manage Profile Links section of the app, so by going there you can find and click the link to your Goodreads profile to be taken to it directly. From there, you should see your number of reviews on the top left, under your profile image. In the example above, it says 1 review but yours will say the number of reviews you have left. Click that line and you will be taken to a page that lists all of the reviews you’ve left. From there, simply find the row for your review of the book you’re looking for and click the “View” link at the far right of the row…. Read More >
Finding Amazon Review Links
By: Hidden Gems | Posted on October 16, 2025
There are a couple of different ways to find your review link on Amazon. The first would be to navigate to your Amazon profile, which normally displays all of the reviews you have left. If you aren’t sure how to find your profile, remember that you added it to the Manage Profile Links section of the app, so by going there you can find and click the link to your Amazon profile to be taken to it directly. From there, you should see a set of boxes that contain products you have reviewed. If you see your review of the book, click on it and you will be taken to a page that just displays your review of that book. However, depending on your sensitivity filter settings as well as how many other books you have reviewed, it may be hard or impossible to find your review for this book… Read More >
