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Post by vampyre on May 24, 2010 16:43:37 GMT -5
not to get you all off track too much but the count down says 7h17min!
and hello from TN!
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Post by montbriac on May 26, 2010 20:36:50 GMT -5
Adding my voice to the chorus of "what's this guy's problem" is the fact that he completely misses the point that reader reviews are not the same thing as editorial publication reviews -- the general public of readers has no obligation to maintain objectivity nor are they trained to quantify and qualify the basis for their reviews. Reader reviews are organic responses to works and should be taken as such.
Seems to me that the guy, I'll call him Dipstick, is suffering under delusions of being the next Anatole Broyard (legendary NYT book critic).
Likewise, Dipstick is obviously completely out of touch with how the majority authors with message boards openly solicit reviews from their readers -- Vicki doesn't do this but even the authors who do are not asking for uber-5-star-love-it-reviews, they are just looking for support in cultivating reader interest and also in triggering automated recommendation software functions in online seller websites which actually helps lesser known authors find new readers and is in fact, one of the better tools for "little guys" to be "discovered".
Dipstick needs to get out of the 70's and realize that in the technology age where everybody has the means to express their opinion -- they will and do. He doesn't have to agree but he should recognize that the ivory tower for reviews has crumbled and that reviews serve more than one purpose now.
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Post by lurker on May 26, 2010 20:41:17 GMT -5
hey.
wth is wrong with the 70's!?!
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Post by montbriac on May 27, 2010 9:50:09 GMT -5
hey. wth is wrong with the 70's!?! The 70's were an amazing decade... it gave us disco, punk and birthed hair metal (Def Leppard formed in 1977). Alas, like the 8-track, Tab and the use of the card catalog in libraries, those days are gone (honestly, I was floored to find that old fashioned "analog" card catalogs have been removed from many libraries -- it's all on computers now). |
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Post by Raven on May 31, 2010 9:34:35 GMT -5
Well said, Montbriac!
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Post by Raven on Jun 16, 2010 21:22:23 GMT -5
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Post by vampyre on Jun 16, 2010 21:56:01 GMT -5
That is what the tags are for. They are supposed to be separate from the rating. I hope you left them a comment on hoe their ignorance is showing.
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Post by Raven on Jun 17, 2010 11:10:49 GMT -5
I posted it here for sharing. ;D
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Post by deathlynx on Jun 17, 2010 15:31:10 GMT -5
lol...I have to say, I agree with the person responding to them, the actual cost of binding the book is only a small part of the actual overhead of the book...
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Post by Raven on Jun 20, 2010 13:52:45 GMT -5
Vicki has no say in the price of her e-books.
I think the one person had it right when they said the reviewer is needlessly punishing the author for something they have no control over.
Whether or not it's overpriced isn't the author's fault and shouldn't be reflected in the review for the PAPERBACK NOVEL.
Maybe rate the e-version as not being cheaper as you hoped?
I dunno, I still think that sucks ass.
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Post by MsKay on Jun 21, 2010 3:17:05 GMT -5
ugh that person is an ignorant dumbass! .. seriously!?!?! I can not believe that person!ughhh
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Post by lurker on Jun 24, 2010 0:32:34 GMT -5
That person is a fucking idiot.
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Post by vampyre on Jun 24, 2010 2:49:30 GMT -5
I am so glad I didn't use my forum name...(JK)
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Post by Raven on Jun 24, 2010 5:49:13 GMT -5
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Post by takara on Nov 2, 2010 1:37:06 GMT -5
I'm a little late on this but... That is the biggest problem with Amazon reviews. It got even worse after the fight between publishers and booksellers over e-books. It seemed like every book that I was checking reviews of at Amazon had a number of 1 star reviews that were ALL complaints about the book not being available in the Kindle format.  |
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