Amazon Removes Hundreds of “Verified Purchase” Reviews
This is a fascinating forum post. Apparently, publishers are sending Amazon gift cards to reviewers. The reviewers buy the books and then write the reviews. The reason publishers do it? To get the...
View ArticleReviews Are For Readers, NOT You
Yesterday, I chatted with a writer who’s getting her first book ready to post on Amazon. She’s panicking about the possibility of one-star reviews. Here’s the truth, as Author, Jody Hedlund: Should...
View ArticleStarted Writing Your Book? That’s Great. Get Reviews
How to Get Ebook Reviews Without Slitting Your Wrists You can do it. :-)
View ArticleWriting Short Stories for Money: Series, Sales and Reviews
Thinking about writing short stories? A new author asked me about writing short stories and self publishing on Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing. We had a long chat; it was fun. I hope it helped....
View ArticleKindle Publishing: Honest Reviews
If you’re a Kindle publishing author, sooner or later you’ll be invited into review exchanges. Should you exchange reviews with another author? Or pay for reviews? My opinion… For your own sanity,...
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