Tag Archive | reviewing
Important Info on Book Review Requests (new and old)…
Originally posted on Happymeerkatreviews:
Hi, I just wanted to make this a sticky post on my blog to let anyone who visits know that I am unable to accept any review requests from authors at this time. I have several things going on in my personal life as well as suffering from blogger burn-out at the moment…
Book Reviewing Isn’t Simple – The Dark Truth of Author Bullying
Originally posted on Happymeerkatreviews:
*Ok, I’m honestly a little scared of posting this as I don’t want any more harassment from the wrong people… The above picture pretty much sums up how I feel today. I’m exhausted and drained from all the horrible things that have happened recently. I’ve faced cold distant treatment, attacks on…
Authors continuing to behave badly …
Originally posted on Books: Publishing, Reading, Writing:
It seems to be time – again! – to remind some “authors” out there how they should be conducting themselves in the world of promoting their books. Not everyone has bad manners, but there are enough who make it difficult for the rest of us who DO abide…
Dear Authors…An Open Letter To All Authors This Year
Originally posted on Happymeerkatreviews:
Dear Authors, Please make it easy for me to review for you this year, by remembering all these things: Please get my name right, it’s not hard to learn, it appears all over the web. Either call me by my name, or just say ‘hi’. But please don’t call me something…
The Truth About Amazon – Why I No Longer Care!
Originally posted on Happymeerkatreviews:
Ok, so I know I’ve been away for the last week. Apart from some personal stuff I’m still taking care of, I’ve been struggling to read or write anything for a post in my spare time. On Wednesday Amazon UK decided to delete a whole bunch of reviews and I saw…
Whoooo! Complaining Works! Amazon Book Reviews Are Now Exempt!
Originally posted on Happymeerkatreviews:
I just wanted to celebrate that as of today, amazon have seen sense in their guidelines and have now made exceptions to their 5 non-verified purchase reviews rule. In case you didn’t know what I’ve been talking about for the last few days, Amazon.com had recently changed its rules on posting…
Amazon’s Even Newer Reviewing Rules Will Book Reviews Be Affected?
Originally posted on Happymeerkatreviews:
WARNING: Amazon.com have updated their review guidelines…Again! Along with the already restrictive guidelines I have discussed previously in this article – Amazon’s New Reviewing Rules – Could it Affect Authors in the Future? But now they’ve updated these guidelines yet again by adding additional rules near the bottom. These rules are on…
Asking Book Bloggers for reviews? A few little tips from my little book blog
Originally posted on mylittlebookblog:
Helllllo readers, a slight musing today on mylittlebookblog; I saw a post about requesting reviews and thought I would write my own. The good, the bad and the downright ugly I thought I’d share a couple of pointers on that all important email. I think each blogger will have their own…
Amazon’s Logical TOC and Author Review Rules
Originally posted on Lit World Interviews:
I’ve posted about reviews and inserting a table of contents into your eBooks before, but I wanted to discuss them again, with special emphasis on Amazon KDP rules. First, just a quick word about the table of contents. I’m editing a non-fiction book that I want a proper NCX…
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