tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209220937063434171.post1863860697508931599..comments2023-07-26T05:48:07.472-04:00Comments on Papa Pat Rambles: A Post about Amazon reviews : One YearHabakkuk21http://www.blogger.com/profile/11928724752057162332noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209220937063434171.post-53434588144006357722018-09-20T19:15:09.038-04:002018-09-20T19:15:09.038-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287821785570247118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209220937063434171.post-43682405120915168602015-07-10T02:22:47.481-04:002015-07-10T02:22:47.481-04:00I'd encourage you to remove most of your blogg...I'd encourage you to remove most of your bloggy bits from your reviews and shorten them substantially. Most readers of reviews want about a paragraph or two and won't read much more than that unless they find the topic compelling. Just a suggestion. :)<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209220937063434171.post-44665906912630390282015-07-09T00:37:55.818-04:002015-07-09T00:37:55.818-04:00I often had this happen to me when I reviewed exte...I often had this happen to me when I reviewed extensively on Amazon, Pat. I'd write a thoughtful review, and get no feedback whatsoever. No helpful votes, even...I never did understand why this was, either, because if I was willing to read a book and think about it critically, didn't that mean something?<br /><br />Since then, I've noticed this phenomenon over at Shiny Book Review, too. Sometimes the most thoughtful reviews get read extensively, but no one says anything whatsoever. (Granted, at SBR, it is not essential for a ranking to be upheld. The work is the work, and so long as we do the work and keep doing the work, that's all that matters.)<br /><br />I think sometimes the reason no one says anything is because I've done my job.<br /><br />But I also think people are tired, stressed out, working too much for too little pay, and they don't have much time to give constructive criticism. People will say something if it's really awful, sometimes, but if they like it, they just give it a "like" and move on (and sometimes don't even give it a like, or it's not recorded even if they did give it...sigh).<br /><br />I've been a Vine Reviewer in the past; I haven't been active now for two-plus years because of my own writing and editing. (I only have so many hours in the day, so most of my reviews have been because of work I've done at SBR. Sometimes I will review a book I think is extremely outstanding even if I don't review it at SBR, but that's rare; usually I am going to review it at SBR and do so in a week, or I have already reviewed it at SBR and then review it again at Amazon.)<br /><br />Finally, Pat, I'm glad you have picked up Kindle Unlimited. It's because of people like you that I put my four novellas into KDP and hope people will find 'em...though so far, I haven't had a whole lot of luck.Barb Caffreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04092044978119992953noreply@blogger.com