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mainer

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5. This has been going on for a long time

Reply to usonian (Original post)

Thu Jun 26, 2025, 01:20 PM

Jun 26

It has nothing to do with Amazon, and everything to do with people being jerks online. Or jealous fellow authors. Or bitter readers.
I've gotten bad reviews for a book that I hadn't even turned in yet. No one, not even my editor, had yet seen it because I was still writing it. The bad reviews were based on "I'm not going to read this book," or "I don't like this series, so I know I won't like this book either."

At least the Amazon.com site is better at policing these phony bad reviews. Goodreads is a sewer.

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Authors hit by bad reviews on Goodreads before review copies are even circulated. [View all] usonian Jun 24 OP

Amazon has too much power, just like X, Meta, Google and all the rest. bucolic_frolic Jun 24 #1

Amazon hosts many AI-generated clones of original works. usonian Jun 24 #3

Perhaps it's time to... 2naSalit Jun 24 #2

I self publish books on Amazon... Joinfortmill Jun 24 #4

This has been going on for a long time mainer Jun 26 #5