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VydorScope · 06-03-2011, 08:30 PM

I released my first E-Book via Smashwords back in November, and its has done much better then expected. So far I have 12 reviews on Amazon(4 out of 5 avg), 18 on B&N (3.5 out of 5) and a 4.82 on Smashwords. The part that I find odd is some of the reviewers praise the book highly, 5 stars even. Some trash it like yesterday's rotten milk. Not much in between. Thier comments are often completely contridictory. One says "totally lame", another said "mind numbingly awsome."

Is that just the way it goes? I am about to release book two, and working on book 3 so I was hoping to use the reviews to improve my work, but I am not sure how to balance them?

06-03-2011, 08:30 PM	#1
VydorScope Wizard Posts: 3,418 Karma: 35207650 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: iPad	Question about reviews I released my first E-Book via Smashwords back in November, and its has done much better then expected. So far I have 12 reviews on Amazon(4 out of 5 avg), 18 on B&N (3.5 out of 5) and a 4.82 on Smashwords. The part that I find odd is some of the reviewers praise the book highly, 5 stars even. Some trash it like yesterday's rotten milk. Not much in between. Thier comments are often completely contridictory. One says "totally lame", another said "mind numbingly awsome." Is that just the way it goes? I am about to release book two, and working on book 3 so I was hoping to use the reviews to improve my work, but I am not sure how to balance them?