Every once in a while, I hear that an author—usually an indie author, unfortunately—reacted in a rude and unprofessional manner to a less than stellar review of their work. Recently, a popular indie author was accused of repeatedly contacting a reviewer to object to critical comments in their review, allegedly threatening or bullying the reviewer (I don’t have, nor am I interested in the specific details). The hostile reaction by some authors to poor reviews has reached the point where some established book reviewers are considering whether or not they should continue writing reviews, especially critical ones.
I practically opened a bottle of bubbly when I got my first 1-star review. I still get the occasional review that puzzles me (like the one that says all my characters are blond), but hey - a story only happens half in my mind, and half in the readers'.
So my main take away from you post: I should go back to sharing more of these review of social media 😁
I was quite shocked when an author sent me a DM complaining that my 3-star rating destroyed their perfect stats! I pulled the rating. Their argument was that writers should only give 5 stars to other writers, in support. So, because we write, we can't have opinions? Besides, 3 stars is not a diss, in my mind, it's an "OK, but..." rating.
I practically opened a bottle of bubbly when I got my first 1-star review. I still get the occasional review that puzzles me (like the one that says all my characters are blond), but hey - a story only happens half in my mind, and half in the readers'.
So my main take away from you post: I should go back to sharing more of these review of social media 😁
Hey, if the customer says they were blond--they were blond! And now a whole hoard of blond-loving readers will be compelled to read your book😁😁😁
I was quite shocked when an author sent me a DM complaining that my 3-star rating destroyed their perfect stats! I pulled the rating. Their argument was that writers should only give 5 stars to other writers, in support. So, because we write, we can't have opinions? Besides, 3 stars is not a diss, in my mind, it's an "OK, but..." rating.
Tell me who it was and I'll give them a 2-star rating. It's for their own good.
I'd rather not! Not much of a sense of humor I'm afraid....
Awwww.... Spoilsport🤨
Gospel
Just telling it like it is.
Well said!
Thank you!
That's funny! But now you can market the book to dog lovers: If you don't read my book, it means you hate dogs!