Readers, for better or worse, are all universally critics -- and most of these critics have never successfully written a book or published one. And as a result, a sort of anger seeps in to their souls. They don't like people who get things done; they want to squash all achievement. And so they go on Amazon or wherever, and they review your book.
Thursday, August 15, 2013
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If you manage to get something into print via the classic agent-publisher system, you are far more likely to get reviews the old fashioned way - via professional reviewers who have an audience.
ReplyDeleteIf you aren't able to follow that path, your product-- however brilliant -- is likely to be considered unworthy of that type of wide exposure, or even a second look. So readers are all you've got to spread the word, God Bless'm. Even an angry, embittered voice is at least a voice.
James Aach
Author: Rad Decision, the insider novel of nuclear power.
Complaining about the nastiness of Amazon reviews is something like complaining about knockdown pitches in slow pitch softball.
ReplyDelete"and most of these critics have never successfully written a book or published one. And as a result, a sort of anger seeps in to their souls. They don't like people who get things done; they want to squash all achievement"
Well and good. But Jeff Bezos isn't going to be happy if only published authors buy from Amazon, and I suspect that the published authors won't be happy either. And though I have never written or published a book, I find that must of the anger that seeps into my soul comes from quite different sources. Yes, it annoys me when somebody in the book club picks something that strikes me as awful, but I won't have bought it from Amazon, ergo I won't review it on Amazon.