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Dec 28, 2018 · We are receiving increasing numbers of complaints from authors about Amazon rejecting legitimate reviews for their books. Amazon seems to have found a way to determine if someone reviewing your book is your friend, neighbor, or even a previous co-worker.
- But First, Why Are Reviews Important?
- The 6 Mistakes That Will Cost You Your Reviews
- What Happens If You Violate Amazon’s Review Policy?
- How to Keep Some of The Violating Reviews
The more reviews you have on your book, the bigger your chances to appear on top of search results on Amazon for the relevant keywords to your book, especially if they are mostly positive reviews. And this actually goes for most other book publishing platforms. If a book has a lot of positive reviews, it is more than likely to show on top of the li...
Mistake #1: Not eligible to leave a review
There is an eligibility condition for all Amazon customers and it states that in order to contribute to customer features such as leaving a review, they must have spent at least an amount of $50 on products on Amazon using a valid card within the last 12 months.
Mistake #2: Biased reviews
Because Amazon is very cautious about the credibility of the reviews on their products, they have set some rules as to who is allowed to leave a review on an author’s book or a seller’s product. Here is a list of the people who are not allowed to leave a review on your book and whose reviews will be removed if Amazon found out about them.
Mistake #3: Incentivized reviews
Any review that is posted in exchange for any type of compensation is considered a policy violation. Below are some examples.
Amazon has an anti-manipulation policyfor customer reviews; they clearly take this matter very seriously. So, it is important to understand their policy and the consequences that someone may face if it was proven that they deliberately tried to violate any of the review guidelines. Here are the 6 possible actions that Amazon can take against author...
Don’t worry, I am not going to have you break any rules, certainly not after writing that list above. Though some of the reviews that are not allowed to be posted under “customer reviews” for violating review terms, can still be added to your book’s page on Amazon. The reviews you can still add are those from family members, close friends, authors ...
Apr 25, 2023 · The reason why Amazon deletes reviews is not easy to understand from its guidelines, which you can read here in full. However, two main areas cause the most problems for both positive and negative reviews. They are reviews from close friends and paid book reviews.
Aug 21, 2019 · Stay safe, avoid scammers, and we know you’ll find the right professionals for your book soon enough! – Originally published on Aug 21, 2019. This guide exposes some of the most common scams and shows you how to identify which publishing companies to avoid.
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Because I told her what I thought about her attitude, she then found a book published on Amazon by some guy sharing my real name, called attention to it in the thread, and then had people from her Goodreads following post trash reviews on it.
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Sep 4, 2020 · Amazon has deleted approximately 20,000 product reviews, written by seven of its top 10 UK reviewers, following a Financial Times investigation into suspicious activity.
