Anne R. Allen’s Blog: Amazon Reader Reviews: 12 Things Everybody and His Grandmother Needs to Know.
Reviews are the best way you can support your favorite authors. To assist you with the process I am re-posting Anne R. Allen’s blog about Amazon reader reviews. It explains the Amazon review process extremely well, especially regarding the “star” system. If you enjoyed a book, give it 4 or 5 stars. Anne’s blog post applies only to reviews on Amazon.
Do you have any tips about writing reviews? Are you intimidated by the process? Why do you write reviews, or not write reviews? Please comment below.
Happy Reading! And Reviewing!
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Thanks much for the shout-out, Richard. Gwen’s post is great too.
Writers and readers alike are at the mercy of Amazon algorithms these days, and those are constantly changing and always mysterious. But the one thing that seems to be constant is they don’t like the three star review.
Unfortunately, some authors to “game” the algos–and trolls do too, using them to wield disruptive power.
The best way to fight back is to write real, honest reader reviews. Especially if you like a book. It’s natural for people to want to complain if something disappoints, but we all forget to praise the things we do like. The post was meant to remind us that a little praise in the right place can be very, very powerful.
Thanks for the link. Anne’s post was very informative.
Thanks for this pointer, Richard. More helpful tips here:
“Why [and how to] Write Amazon Reviews?”
Thanks for sharing the link to Gwen Perkins “Why [and how to] Write Amazon Reviews”. I hope readers also checkout that blog.
You’re welcome!