ARC Service
Gold leaf, gesso, and a body in the workshop. Your cozy gilding mystery has a world that readers want to step into. iWrity ARC puts your book in the hands of those readers and builds your Amazon review count before your launch date arrives.
10–40 Reviews
Per Book Launch
4–6 Weeks
Average Timeline
100% Compliant
Amazon ToS
Gilding and gold leaf give your cozy mystery a specific, visually rich world that attracts a particular kind of reader. iWrity's matching system routes your book to readers who have tagged decorative arts, craft-based cozy mysteries, and antique or restoration settings as preferences, so you reach people who are already primed to love your book.
Zero-review listings lose buyers who would otherwise click through. iWrity schedules your ARC campaign to close before your Amazon publish date so that when your listing goes live, the reviews are already there. Your gilding mystery gets a fair shot from the very first day.
Every reader invitation, reminder, and follow-up goes out automatically through iWrity. You upload your book, set your dates, and the platform runs the campaign. Your only job is to watch the reviews arrive in your dashboard and on your Amazon listing.
Cozy mystery readers check reviews for specific signals: is the craft detail authentic, is the protagonist warm and relatable, is the mystery satisfying without being dark? iWrity's matched readers write to exactly those points because they're cozy mystery readers themselves. Their reviews are the ones that convert browsers into buyers.
iWrity ARC has never used paid reviews or star-rating guarantees. The model, free copies in exchange for honest opinions, is the same one traditional publishers have used for decades. Your campaign generates reviews that Amazon treats as fully legitimate.
If your protagonist has more cases ahead of her, your ARC readers become the core of your series readership. iWrity lets you re-engage past reviewers for future books, building a warm audience that grows with each new installment rather than starting from scratch.
Decorative arts cozy mysteries have a devoted reader base hungry for new craft settings. iWrity ARC connects you with those readers before your publish date and turns their opinions into the Amazon reviews that drive your launch and your series.
Start for freeA gilding cozy mystery features gold leaf or gilding, the art of applying thin sheets of gold or other metals to surfaces such as frames, furniture, manuscripts, or architectural elements, as a central part of the story world. The protagonist might be a gilder, a restorer, or an antique dealer whose work exposes her to secrets worth killing over. The genre draws readers who love historical craft detail, decorative arts, and the atmospheric possibilities of a workshop full of gold.
Yes, and that specificity is the advantage, not the limitation. Cozy mystery readers are loyal subgenre collectors. Someone who loves a pottery mystery will pick up a gilding mystery because the craft-protagonist formula is familiar and they trust it. The gilding detail adds novelty while the cozy structure provides the comfort they're already looking for. iWrity's reader pool includes people who actively search for new craft-based cozy subgenres.
Amazon's search and recommendation algorithm weighs review count, recency, and average rating. A book that launches with 10 to 40 reviews immediately signals to the algorithm that it has reader engagement, which improves placement in search results and also-bought lists. Early review velocity, meaning reviews arriving in the first 2 to 4 weeks after launch, has the strongest algorithmic impact.
You can adjust your campaign end date in your iWrity dashboard at any time before the campaign closes. If your Amazon launch date shifts, update your campaign settings accordingly. Readers who have already received their ARC keep it; the only change is the target date you ask them to post by. iWrity sends a notification to active readers if you update the timeline.
Yes. Many iWrity readers post across multiple platforms including Goodreads, BookBub, and Barnes and Noble as well as Amazon. While iWrity's primary focus is Amazon reviews, you benefit from any additional platform coverage your ARC readers choose to provide. If you want reviews on a specific additional platform, you can mention that preference in your campaign description as a request (not a requirement).
