Jozef Imrich who wrote a wonderful, gripping true story of his escape from Communist held Czechoslovakia called Cold River just left a Comment on my recent why Amazon Should Blog post made mention of the pain that bad reviews on Amazon cause. That gave me an idea. Amazon could allow authors to respond to reviews. That would create a person dialog and be fascinating to follow. It also might do something Amazon's Connect, it's author blog does not yet do--it could join the overall conversation of the blogosphere. Another Idea for Amazon
Some Amazon reviews by anonymous cowards are peppered with pure malice and vindictive and have hardly anything to do with the book or story ... Only customers who purchased the book from Amazon.com should be able to post a review on that book. Reviewers should be allowed anonymity, as long as Amazon.com keeps track of the reviewer's real identity. Amazon.com should not allow any Tom, Dick or Harry with a Yahoo! Or HotMail Email address to post reviews on any books they want that's the system they have now and it has resulted in a review process that cannot be trusted. If you buy the book from Amazon.com, then you can review it. Amazon.com Fraud
In view of the recent glitch that outed anonymous online reviewers, Internet reviewing is taking a beating. Is that fair? Amazon Anonymous Time to get tough: Managing anonymous reader comments
Ironically, in true naked conversation style. Top down and bottom up
The Blog, The Press, The Media: Look who's more likely to go to the markets
Initially, the seed was planted by Woody Allen when I was crossing the metaphorical Iron Curtains for the second time ...
Every blogger knows that to sell books and gain credibility, you must get your book's message to the news media via a publicity campaign. A good literary publicist is the vital link between authors and the media contacts who will determine whether your book becomes the talk of the town or languishes on bookshelves ... If you've ever sent a novel off to an agent or publisher, you'll know they're looking for certain things when they read your manuscript. The words by Stephen King on the first page, for example.
I'm supposed to be writing, but here I sit fiddling around with blogs, surfing the net, reading other people's writing, making myself another cuppa.
• This is my blog. There are many like it, but this one is mine. Help Me, Help You: How to Get the Most Out of the Author-Publicist Relationship: The literary snob [ From blog to book. Publish your own work and keep control.
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• · · · What we have here is a failure to communicate. Ironically, in true naked conversation style ; A new wave of start-ups are cashing in on the next stage of the Internet. The New Wisdom of the Web ; I'm so into technology, I breathe it. It's my favorite. Life's too short not to try to do what makes you happy. Technology vs. Reality, "The Write Tech"
• · · · · On internet dating - Each person is unique and contradictory Science of falling in love; And are some people really luckier than others, or is it all in their heads? As Luck Would Have It; Imagine a freelance writing niche where there is little competition, the demand is high, the money is very good, and the projects are fun and relatively easy to write. Amazon has created a marketplace for monetizing ideas, opinions and human intelligence in general... which is basically brilliant. Everything old is new again: Human Intelligence Test
• · · · · · I know you are but who am I? Kudos to "Legitimate" Review(er)s ; Salon.com had an interesting article about anonymous bloggers (it's part of their premium site so you may have to suffer through an ad to see it). Bloggers Anonymous