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Originally Posted by ASparrow
My reviews on Smashwords have been much too kind.
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Reviews are kind of a bad place to report errors and such; if there are lots of typos in a book I sure mention that in the review but I don't actually report the specific errors to the author, so it's unlikely that the issue will actually be fixed.
I think that authors who distribute their work mainly in digital format, over the internet, should adapt some if not all of the methods that are being used in software development. This includes a versioning system so you can see what changes you made to your work and when; as well as a bug tracker where readers can go and report typos, plotholes, and the like directly to the author.
Currently there is almost no good way to give authors feedbacks on their books. I don't want to list errors in detail in a review because it could put other people off (even though it's a good story despite the issues); same goes for the self promotion threads here in this forum. I'm extremely reluctant to give feedback here.