I just got started reading this one and I'm already alternating between laughing and crying, or at least laughing and making odd little whimpering noises:
http://booksandpals.blogspot.com/201...ne-howett.html
The executive summary: A blog writer said an ebook had grammatical issues. The author showed up and demanded the review be removed, insulted the reviewer, and generally threw fits. Hilarity ensued.
The reviewer mentions problems like the following quotes from the book:
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She carried her stocky build carefully back down the stairs.
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Don and Katy watched hypnotically Gino place more coffees out at another table with supreme balance.
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The author replied:
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...what I read above has no flaws.
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And it keeps on getting better!
The blog comments are filling up fast with people who understandably see the author as not just unprofessional but possibly deranged. She makes Anne Rice look cool and collected, and Laurell K. Hamilton and her imaginary friends look downright normal. As soon as I started reading it, I thought of the discussions about reviews we've had here. However you respond to a bad review -- correcting it, ignoring it, whatever -- the way this lady did it is not the way to go.
P.S. Some of the author's comments are NSFW.
(best reader comment so far: "you are unhinged")