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Amazon Executes Order 66 on “Suspicious” Book Reviews

Posted on January 1, 2013 by Rob Schwarz in Publishing | no responses

Speaking of online reviews, not all is peaceful in the Amazon.

In an attempt to increase the quality of their book marketplace, the online retailer has purged (potentially) thousands of suspicious reviews, leaving many writers to wonder:

What?

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Should Authors Reply To Negative Online Reviews?

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Rob Schwarz in General | 2 responses

We all know it’s ethically frowned upon to write reviews for your own books, much less to write fake reviews for books by other authors. It happens, though. Some even don pseudonyms and secretly promote their books on forums.

Boggles my mind.

But how should authors handle negative reader reviews? Should they respond at all?

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