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Why I Won't Review for Amazon Any More

10/6/2016

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  1. Because I’m tired of being used. Rate the Product. Rate the Packaging. Rate the Delivery. Rate the Shipper. Rate the Seller. Answer Questions to “Help Another Customer”….but post a Book Review? I get thanked for reviewing, and then the review comes right down, presumably because as a published author, I am a professional. (I have certainly never concealed that—my first book was published by Del Rey Books in 1981. I had at least 7 books in print before Amazon even existed.)
  2. It’s like the worst Loyalty Program ever. Amazon tracks your every move, buying, browsing. Asks for continual feedback. Makes horrible guesses as to what you might be looking for next. Wants you to rate a book you have not had time to read, and maybe share a photo too. There’s no compensation for your work, but Amazon constantly badgers you to do more of it. For them. For Free. I feel used, pestered, and stalked.
  3. All customers should be treated equally. I get that it’s customers reviewing for other customers. But let’s be fair—if I buy a book on Amazon, am I not also a customer? Why ask me to review and then toss the review away?
 
   And who needs reviews anyway? As a customer, I am perfectly capable of deciding whether or not I want to buy an item. I don’t require—or put much stock in reviews. I don’t need computer-generated Recommendations to find a book, and I have learned that glowing reviews fail to tell me as much as a quick look inside the book.
   So no more, Amazon! I will spend my time Reading, not Rating..

4 Comments
Jessie
10/18/2016 05:13:33 pm

I see you don't want to *rate* on amazon, but is there any chance of the Warhorse of Esdragon trilogy coming out in digital form? My paperbacks are getting old and sad. Thanks!

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Susan link
10/19/2016 07:09:57 pm

Jessie, when Del Rey declined to reprint, I got rights reverted on all my books. The Warhorse books will begin to appear as e-books and trade paperbacks, but I need time to create the digital files, so it will be a few months before the Prince of Ill Luck comes out. Meantime, if you have not read The Wandering Duke, that is a Warhorse book.

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Jessie
10/20/2016 05:32:44 pm

This is wonderful news, thank you! I've got the Wandering Duke, but was worried about my paperbacks decaying with time.

Bucketlist Rebecca link
9/16/2021 05:16:05 am

This was a lovely blog postt

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